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ETCSLtransliteration : c.4.15.2

A hymn to Nergal (Nergal B)

1.	[ur-saĝ dumu] /maḫ\ ni₂ gur₃-ru ^den-lil₂-la₂
2.	[ud-gin₇ ra-ra] ki-bal-še₃ gu₃ ĝar-ra
3.	[igi-ni-še₃ u₁₈]-ru bar-ra-ni-še₃ mar-uru₅ zig₃-ga
4.	[…] X-ba-ni ki-bi [X]-/ge\
5.	[en] [^dmeš₃]-/lam\-ta-e₃-a /ni₂\ [ḫuš gur₃-ru]
6.	[X X]-a-ni kur /erim₂\-[ĝal₂ nu-ed₂]-de₃
7.	[si ma-az]-za-ni kalam-[ma …]-la
8.	[…] ^ĝiš/tukul bi-in-sag₃\
9.	[…] X IM ^den-[lil₂-le] u₃-tud-da
10.	[…] GAL X X [mar]-/uru₅\ X X X
11.	[…] X X […]-/ĝar\-re-/en₆\
12.	[a₂] nam-ur-saĝ-<ĝa₂>-zu mu-gub-/be₂-en₆\
13.	[saĝ il₂]-la gu₃ ra-bi-da nir-ĝal₂
14.	lu₂ zu-me diĝir-re-e-ne-ke₄
15.	e₂ ĜA₂×X-e ba-[X]-ar kalam-ma-ka
16.	an-/ne₂ mu\-niĝin₂ niĝ₂-/nam\-[ma] a₂ /mu-un\-kiĝ₂
17.	ud nam-X mu-X X X
18.	a-/ma\-[ru] kur sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ge₅ mu-ni-dug₄-ga
19.	niĝ₂ ḫul-[ĝal₂]-bi kuš₇ su₃-su₃-me-en
20.	en-na nu-/še-ga\-še₃ su₃-su₃-me-en
21.	ur-saĝ /gal\ kur-kur-/ra\-[me]-/en\
22.	ŠEŠ-a /dub₂-dub₂\-e gu₃ ba-an-de₂-de₂
23.	ĝiri₃ nu-/ni\-gub X X-ni-du-un
24.	šaĝan 7-gin₇ X X-e ba-an-dib
25.	saĝ gig₂ teš₂ an-še₃ gu₂ bi₂-in-ĝar
26.	tum₁₂^mušen-bi-a lal₃-/da\ zag mi-ni-dib-be₂
27.	sim^?[^mušen] /babbar gig₂\-bi-a zag mi-ni-dib-be₂
28.	[X X sila] sig₉-sig₉-ga X […]
29.	/ni₂\ [(X)]-zu iri mu-/un\-[dul]
30.	men /zid\ maḫ ni₂-zu […]
31.	X X u₁₈-lu lu₂-u₃ gaba nu-[mu]-gi₄
32.	ki nin ki kal-kal nam-^den-lil₂ ša-ba-ak-e
33.	igi saĝ il₂ kalam-ma nam-lugal ša-ba-ak-e
34.	a-a-ni-ra uĝ₃ /su₃\-ud-bi-/ta\ mi-ni-ib-e₃
35.	kur-ra e₂^? X X X ki /di^?\-bi-še₃ i₃-/ši\-de₆ ^dnergal-ke₄
36.	^der₃-ra [lugal]-/ni\ mi₂ na-mu-un-e
37.	sug₂-sug₂-ge-eš-am₃ an-ra dirig-ga-me-en
38.	an lugal-e šid du₃-mu-na-ab
39.	nam tar-re nam mu-un-di-ni-ib-tar-re ^dnergal-ka-me-en
40.	^dnin-šubur sukkal ki gal kur-ra-ke₄ ^dnergal-ka-ke₄ silim-bi ba-ni-in-dug₄
41.	en-e ḫur-saĝ-ta [lu₂-sa]-gaz ki mu-e₃-a-me-en
42.	^d/en\-[lil₂]-gin₇ ki X kur teš₂-a [a₂]-/zu\ nu-ed₂-de₃
43.	[ur]-/saĝ\ [X] /gu₂^?\ du₃ ^den-lil₂-la₂
44.	[zar-re-eš] ^den-lil₂-ra ud 1(AŠ)-a du₈-du₈
45.	[… ḫul] /gig\ ^dnergal i-zi-gin₇
46.	[…] kur ud e₃ zig₃-ga-me-en
47.	[^da-nun-na mu]-un-sug₂-ge-eš
48.	[…] ki-in-dar sud-sud-gin₇
49.	[…] X-a-ni ^dnergal-ka-me-en
50.	[…] in-ga-[…] X
51.	[…] X […]
52.	[…] X X
53.	[…] tud-da
54.	[… zar-re]-/eš₂\ du₈
55.	[… dumu] [^d]/en\-lil₂-la₂
56.	[…] ^dlugal-er₉-ra
57.	[za₃-mi₂-zu dug₃]-/ga\-am₃

Print sources

van Dijk 1960, p. 35-56: composite text, translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996b: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

AO 5391 (TCL 15 26)

Revision history

15.vii.1999-22.vii.1999: GC, editor: standardisation
06.xii.1999: JAB, editor: proofreading
13.xii.1999: GC, editor: SGML tagging
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.ii.2000: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published