The king — his name, from time immemorial,
to shine forth in distant days.

I. Prologue

The king — his name, from time immemorial,
to shine forth in distant days —
Shulgi, king of Ur:
his arm is the praise, his might is the song.
What comes first of his great wisdom —
that is his eternal name,
to be cherished in the heart and performed in days to come.

The mighty son of Ninsumun —
he brought what comes later to the fore.
He raises his arm in greeting to the song.
What he has fashioned — good things proceeding from the heart —
they shine by themselves.

II. The Scribal King

I am a king born of a king, a queen bore me.
I, Shulgi, a man of noble birth —
destined for happiness from the trusting heart.

In my youth it was the tablet house.
The tablets of Sumer and Akkad — I mastered the scribal art.
No one like me in noble birth has inscribed clay.
In the scribal art, in the place of expertise, I surpass all.
Additions, subtractions, accountings —
I completed the counting to the utmost.

Nanibgal, the pure — Nisaba —
gave me broad hearing and alert understanding.
I am a scribe who leaves nothing behind,
whom nothing surpasses.

III. The Hunter and Warrior

When I rise up like a leopard,
racing powerfully like a wild cat,
it brings joy to the heart of heaven.
For my exuberance, Enlil sounds a true cry.

They gave me the scepter for my justice.
They set my foot on the neck of all lands.
My weapon — its name is set in the south.
My battle cry, struck down, is placed in the north.

In battles of contest I go out
toward the place where Enlil decreed.

I have marched at the front of my army.
When I look, the field shines clear.
I go about placing delight in weapons —
the bronze lance, the mace —
who can match them in my hands?
I know the striking power of the quiver strap.

When I strike south and north with violence,
flying like the force of the north wind —
it does not seize my heart.
The mountains give off a divine terror to the earth.

My companion, my friend, is young Utu.
In the faithful place, he sees me.
I, Shulgi — when brilliance shines, I speak with him.
He is the god of the beautiful eye in my battle.
Young Utu, beloved of the mountain —
the lamma-spirit of my weapon.

By his word I am made strong,
by his word I am vigorous.
When battle is joined tree to tree,
Utu rises for me.
The weapon of the north, good to me, is chosen.
Southward to Elam it falls against their cry.

However much the rebel land rises against my weapon —
its people, like grain fallen to dust,
fill Sumer and Akkad.

Let my deeds shine by themselves.
Let the name of my strength resound far and wide.
My wisdom is filled with subtlety.
No mouth speaks against anything of mine.

IV. The Hunt on the Steppe

When I walk in princely fashion,
when I go out hunting the living creatures of the steppe —
the lion, the leopard, the great serpent —
when they come near, when they retreat,
their heroic roar fills the steppe around me.

From the front I will not flee.
From the flanks I will not fall back.
I will arm the strong arm — the weapon will not fall.
In the white-toothed day, the bronze spear is planted in life.
At their roaring, my chest will not pull back.
I will not flee to sit aside.

Like a hero slaying heroes
I act in the steppe with speed and joy.
Where the cry of the wild ox sounds,
where the foot is cut in the steppe —
I silence them there.

From this day to a distant day,
no one will say: "That one was beaten but once."
My lion who completed the weapon —
the number of its strikes cannot be counted.

Let my deeds shine by themselves.
Let the name of my strength resound far and wide.
My wisdom is filled with subtlety.
No mouth speaks against anything of mine.

V. The Archer

Shulgi — god of young manhood, foremost of the army.

In the forest I set the net;
in skill I draw the bow.
What is released from my two hands —
the arrow hits it.

The great wild bull, the bull of heaven,
the bison, the auroch — they roar.
Their heads tossing at the mountain's foot —
into the arm of my strength I drive the toothed arrow.

Like an ancient watchtower, may the prey fall.
Its head, like a broken quern-stone,
may it touch the ground.

The gazelle, with steppe power, racing —
its entrails hung from the arrow.
One lift of my arm — it holds to the ground.
Not one of the clan escapes.

I am the male with eyes straight ahead.

When I go in my course —
I know how to strike the cypress.
What I scatter — its place does not spring up again.

To my mother Ninsumun, who bore me,
I am the child of the five good things and ten good things.

Let my deeds shine by themselves.
Let the name of my strength resound far and wide.
My wisdom is filled with subtlety.
No mouth speaks against anything of mine.

VI. Different from All Kings

I am a king — a perfect hero — different from the land.
Shulgi, trusted one, of great strength.
I am mighty. I am not someone crooked. I do not know evil.

In the river, my barge's neck does not bow.
My army's donkey — its life does not fall away.

Like my companion, young Utu,
when I stand like a lion at the side,
when I wheel back like a leopard —
I am the good groom.
Like a wild ass in running, my strength does not cease.
I go out and my knees do not tire.
I have no rival.
In the dew I am a leaping bull.

My word — nothing is to be spoken against it.
My praise-song — it places its mouth in true judgment.

I am a pure diviner.
In the path of omen-reading, I am Nintur herself.

To perfect the rituals of purification,
to sing praise to the en-priest at nightfall in the cloister —
the chosen ones of the holy heart —
in the south laying down the head,
in the north striking the battle cry.

The word of the gods is most precious.
At the white lamb, the sheep of inquiry,
the oracle is given and given again.
My divination inspires wonder like precious stone.
Good and evil are not confused.

I am a bright heart by myself.
I am a king — the heart of one sheep.
The arm of command — what is in all the world — it sees.

Let my deeds shine by themselves.
Let the name of my strength resound far and wide.
My wisdom is filled with subtlety.
No mouth speaks against anything of mine.

VII. The Musician

I am Shulgi, king of Ur —
and music: let my neck be given to it.
I have not passed by any part of it.

Tigi, adab — the breadth and depth of perfect musicianship —
I know them.
The flute captures the heart.
To make it sound — my arm is not broken for it.
Rising and setting — I have inscribed the wood.

The beautiful third string of the zami-lyre — I know it.
The sound and inner heart of music —
I know its inner workings.

The miritu — what belongs in a fine house —
its hand-play I extend.
The algar, the sabitu — the royal design —
I know the crown-worthy fingering.

The urzababitum, harhar, zanaru —
the urgula, the dim-lu-barge-drum —
I bring their voices out like the great drum,
like the hands of a musician's son drumming.

Those who have no instrument of their own —
someone brings them to my place.
Now I am skilled in their hearts.

To find melody, to draw it out —
steady music does not escape my hand.
The reed flute, the shepherd's pipe,
the breath crying —
placing lamentation.
The steady heart — I know it.

I am the joyful one, I am the one who makes good.
I pass my days in princely delight.

VIII. Joy and Its Boundary

Let any person lay understanding at their own feet.
This thing — in the turning eye —
turned back to the boundary of life.
No one has traversed the bitter mountain's distant neck.

I am the mighty one, trusted by his own strength,
trusted by his own exalted name.

Ninsumun, the mother who bore me —
a mother who bore such a one!
In my anointed courtyard she spoke sweetly of me.
Falsehood has no place in the mouth.
The woman does not let go of the child's hand.
In my palace, joy passes the days.

I, Shulgi — in living, in distant days,
the things I make great —
I am a king, since the days of my fate were decreed.
In living with such good heart —
before Utu, son of Ningal, I am held.

I am a king — let my name be sweet in song for distant days.
What knows my song, what knows my word —
what returns its head — they are stars of heaven.

The awe of the palace's forehead must stand firm.
The measuring rod and line — the city is always being built.
The awe of my forehead — who is its match?

Who is its equal in all lands, like a balance-scale?
The awesome radiance, the hailstorm — in my hand.
Who has such power in the land, like a yoke?

IX. The Five Languages

I know how to strike and release a sin.
In great matters you are present.

Seizing Hilzum, advancing on Elam —
I know how to answer with force.

I am the seed of Sumer's son.
Hero of Sumer — I am the hero.

Thirdly — the people of the dark mountains:
I speak to them.
Fourthly — the Amorite, the man of the mountain:
he stands interpreting the language.
I make all his words right by means of his tongue.
Fifthly — Subir, the one who shouts in the language of the land:
though he is not a child of that city,
he extracts the word in his tongue.

When I make the judgment of Sumer straight,
I return all five languages.
No tongue builds a wall to interpretation in my palace.

X. Justice and Wisdom

My completed judgments — the heart is deeply satisfied.
I am the knowing one — the name of kingship is above.

My assembly laid down — like people who have bent their heads.
The great herald, sounding his voice —
to prostrate with inner fear,
to counsel back and forth, to speak in multitude,
to decree fate in the assembly.

My generals — I know how to counsel them,
I know how to address them.

The word — like a river in its flooding, in its turbulence —
bringing the guilty to me,
stabilizing my great lands.
With the word, like a weapon, I demolish cities.

I am one who has no mother —
I know the heart of the word.
My word — the head pours oil — it is the word of words.
The heart blazing like fire — I know its cooling.
The mouth — like a reed-thicket set on fire —
I know how to cool it.

My word, surpassing the advocate, sets things level on the ground.
I am the person of most precious things.
Humility — its weight, its head, is precious to me.
Nothing of mine is to be extorted.

By the word of An, by the word of Enlil —
the life of the land, the life of all lands, falls into my hand.
I am one whose place does not move,
whose course does not change.

XI. Before the Gods

I know how to stand before the gods.
I know how to cool the heart of the Anunna.

Shulgi — in princeliness, I am the one whose great neck bows in reverence.
Great things — who can equal me in them?
In my joyful heart — who can equal me?

I am one who does not cast away what walks with me.
I am the one who stretches far, who raises the head.

Toward a fraudulent place — I have not gone.
To the great irrigated fields I have given my attention.
For the garden, for the right field —
I planted the tree there.
I gave strength to the mound, the head of the canal, the ditch.

I have great oil, I have great wool.
My grain is exalted.
The heart's desire of the gods' temples —
the heart's center — it grows greatly in me.

I am Shulgi — the life of Sumer.

XII. No Rival

I am a king who has no rival.
Let it be said: my things are great things.
I am a king — what of mine is not grasped?

By my wisdom, my surpassing strength, my justice —
by my firm word, what cannot be destroyed from me —
by my skill in cutting judgment like Ictaran —
since Enlil measured out the strength of the teeming people to me:

Let it be Ur! Let it be the son of Sumer!
Let it be the land of Gutium — the man of Utu's light!
King — for the distant day — for the one:
from my heart, the uprising is never brought against him.

XIII. The Song Endures

From people who have died, laid down from above —
even when understanding is seized in death —
the song from that ancient time, from afar:

to bring it near — the tigi-lyre, the drum —
never falsely found, never returned by mouth in falsehood,
not given as a thing abandoned to be decreed by any lord.

Let its long song be brought to light in my pleasant house.
Let the hand of music hold it.
Let the heart of the land make it glow like a slow fire.

XIV. Dedication and Curse

What it has — from it, evil is glad.
Who has life — may it rise to heaven.
From this day to distant days —
the one who raises up the name of Enlil:

If a king is straight like me —
the praise, the prayer, the song of my expertise,
the strength of my heroism, my footpath —
let the pleasant palace follow that king.
What has spoken pleasantly to him — let the heart be drawn to it.
Let the strength of my care rise up.
Let the exuberance of my song come and come.
With great understanding, let it do thus for him.
The place of his arm — nothing is its equal.
Let all my things be scattered by the hand, let pride be raised up.
Let my good name be found and found again.

But if in his heart he brings evil to it,
nothing of mine is damaged —
let Nanna judge him by the strength of his uprising.
Let Utu sweep him with his blazing head.
Let his king go to his footpath, let his word be scattered.
In the fullness of his living days,
let what is in his strength be done.

XV. The Eternal Name

I am a king — from what I know, the cry of dignity sounds.

For my surpassing wisdom,
like a master scribe, for my ancient name —
let my song be found — let the star be born.

In the south — in Ur, the holy place, it grew.
The house of wisdom-Nisaba, the star of my song.
In the north — in Nippur, in the great place, it stands.
For my prayer to rest in the Ekur.

Let the scribe stand — let his hand seize it.
Let the singer stand — let the voice be sent out.

The tablet house — forever its form does not change.
The place of knowledge — forever its form does not cease.
My seized wisdom — now, here — it is so.

What is spoken against in all the world —
what is placed in the path, in the word of my song —
what is its match?

May An, Enlil, Utu, and Inana
never confirm falsehood against me.
May no one treat me with treachery.

XVI. The Inscription

On this day — in my inscription —
my city never destroyed, my wall never damaged,
my mountain never shaken like a reed fence,
my praise that never ends at its boundary:

How is it that the singer places it in song?
Knowing is the foremost thing — the eternal name.
Falsehood is not truth — how is it inscribed?

I am a king — my arm's lamma-spirit is its might —
it is the song.
In my footpath the singer has placed it.

Let my song never be destroyed.
Let my word never be cast from any mouth.

I am a king who is good for the land,
from the sprouting of the seed
to the boundary of the teeming people.
My kingship — the things set down in it.
His crown — let it not be lifted from heaven.
His scepter — let it not descend from the royal throne.

I am the mighty one, to whom expertise and wisdom are given.
In my great things, the boundary is complete.

A lion facing the bronze spear — glittering like a net.
A leopard raising its hand — to tear like a comb-made reed.
The wild bull of great strength — whose arm does not turn back,
killed on the steppe, rolling in its mountain.

The mountain — as if what the heart does not draw —
as if what the heart does not reach —
it is done.

XVII. Closing

The word going from it — who knows? It is false.
The place of the tablet — its heavy word.
My expertise, my might.
The open arm — the place of greeting.

My truth — they answer it with a unified hand,
they tear it at the opened mouth.
The hero — his might — I exceed his might.
Shulgi — his shade is hung over the mountain.

I am the king who dedicated the weapon in the rebel land.
My eternal name — the great arm extends it.

Now — Utu — in the day —
the land that does not know the son of Sumer,
the cloak of its path — the hand is not laid on it,
at its side, no advocate stands.

The younger brothers — the advocates for them.
The firstborn — the bound word, the born song.
My song — like stars, they cry out its voice.
From my word, like... they touch the ground.

[Lines 366–373 fragmentary.]

In its house, I am the one who crosses the threshold straight.
I am the man named by Nanna.

The head that follows the house of Enlil —
the heavenly mother who bore it.

I am Shulgi.
My house is the mountain-house, the palace.
The seat of my kingship — it is great praises.
Like a lapis-lazuli mountain, I am cunningly made.

Inana — lady of the gods —
my arm's lamma-spirit, my might — it is her song.

I exceed all kings.
What is in all the world — he has completed it.

My praise is sweet.

Nisaba be praised.

Colophon

Colophon: Shulgi B (ETCSL c.2.4.2.02), a royal self-praise hymn of Shulgi of Ur. 385 lines. Translated from the Sumerian transliteration on the ETCSL (Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, University of Oxford). The ETCSL English translation (t.2.4.2.02) was consulted as a reference to check understanding; all English is independently derived from the Sumerian. Lines 366–373 are fragmentary in the source; lacunae are noted in the text. Translated by the liberation-translator tulku lineage for the New Tianmu Anglican Church Good Works Library, 2026.

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Source Text

Shulgi B (ETCSL c.2.4.2.02) — Sumerian Transliteration

Source: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), University of Oxford. etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk

[1] lugal-e mu-ni nij2-ul-ce3
[2] ud su3-ra2-ka pa e3 ak-de3
[3] dcul-gi lugal urim5ki-ma-ke4
[4] a2-na za3-mi2-bi-im kalag-ga-na cir3-bi-im
[5] gal-an-zu nij2 saj-bi-ce3 e3-a-na mu da-ri2-bi-im
[6] cag4-bal-bal-a ejer ud-da-ka cu-a bal-e-de3
[7] kalag-ga dumu dnin-sumun2-ka-ra
[8] jectug2 ejer-ra-bi igi-ce3 mu-un-na-de6
[9] a2-ni cir3-ra silim-ec2 mu-un-e
[10] dim2-ma nij2 sag9-ga cag4-ta DU-a-ni ni2-bi i3-buluj5-e
[11] lugal a lugal-e ru-a nin-e tud-da-me-en
[12] dcul-gi-me-en dumu-gir15 cag4 zid-ta nam dug3 tar-ra-me-en
[13] tur-ra-ju10-ne e2-dub-ba-a-a-am3
[14] dub ki-en-gi ki-uri-ka nam-dub-sar-ra mi-ni-zu
[15] nam-dumu-gir15 je26-e-gin7-nam im nu-mu-un-sar
[16] nam-dub-sar-ra ki nam-kug-zu-ba lu2 im-mi-re6-re6
[17] zi-zi-i ja2-ja2 cudum nij2-cid-de3 zag im-mi-til-til
[18] dnanibgal sig7-ga dnisaba2-ke4
[19] jectug2 jizzal2-la cu dajal ma-ni-in-dug4
[20] dub-sar jal2 taka4-a nij2-e nu-dib-be2-me-en
[21] sa nemurx(PIRIJ.TUR)-gin7 zig3-ga-ju10-ne
[22] anceniskum(PIRIJ)-gin7 kac4 kalag-ga di-ja2
[23] cag4 an-na-ke4 hul2-la ma-ab-de6
[24] a-la-ja2 den-lil2-le gu3 zid ma-ni-in-de2
[25] nam-si-sa2-ju10-uc jidru ma-an-cum2-mu-uc
[26] gu2 kur-kur-ra-ka jiri3 ba-da-gub
[27] jictukul-ja2 mu-bi sig-ce3 mu-un-jal2
[28] aga3-kar2 sig10-ga-ju10 igi-nim-ce3 mu-un-jal2
[29] me3 cen-cen-na um-ta-ab-e3-en
[30] ki ib2-dug4-ga den-lil2-la2-ce3
[31] ama erin2-na-ju10-u8 igi-ce3 ba-du-un
[32] igi-bar-ra-ju10-u8 a-cag4 ba-ab-zalag-ge-en
[33] je26-e-me-en jictukul-la a-la mu-un-ja2-ja2-an
[34] urudcukur urudma-sa-tum a-ba-da-ab-jal2-le-en-na
[35] kucda-lu-uc2-a a2-sag3-ge-bi mu-zu
[36] im-dug im-lag hul sag3-ge-ju10
[37] mir im ne3-jal2-la-gin7 dal-le-da-bi
[38] cag4 dab-ba-ju10-u8 la-ba-ab-dib-be2-en
[39] ni2 zi ir kur-re ba-ab-cum2-mu-un
[40] cec gu5-li-ju10 cul dutu-am3
[41] ki zi-cag4-jal2-la-ka igi mu-na-ni-du8
[42] dcul-gi-me-en dalla e3-bi-a inim mu-un-da-bal-e-en
[43] dijir igi sag9 me3-ja2-a-kam
[44] cul dutu kur-ra ki aj2 dlamma jictukul-ja2-kam
[45] inim-ma-ni-ce3 ga-mu-un-kalag-ge LA ga-mu-un-ne3-e
[46] me3 jic jic-e la2-a-ba dutu ja2-a-ar ma-an-e3
[47] jictukul igi-nim-ma dug3-ja2 bi2-tar
[48] sig-ce3 elamki-ma gu3-ba jic ma-ab-us2
[49] ki-bal jictukul-ja2 a-na ba-zig3-zig3-ga
[50] nam-lu2-ulu3-bi ce sahar-ra-gin7
[51] ki-en-gi ki-uri ha-ba-ni-du8
[52] nij2 ak-a-ja2 ni2-bi ga-buluj5
[53] kalag-ga-ja2 mu-bi a2 bi2-su3-ud
[54] jectug2-ju10 nij2 galam-ma sug4-ga-am3
[55] a-na-ju10 nij2 ka-ge dib-ba nu
[56] nam-nun-da du-du-a-ju10-ne
[57] u2numun2 jic hul u2numun2 jic hul zukum-ma-ju10-ne
[58] til-lu-ug til-lu-ug-da nij2-zi-jal2 edin-na dab5-dab5-be2-da-ju10-ne
[59] ur-mah ug ucumgal edin-na-ke4
[60] me-da im-ti-ba me-a jen-na-ba
[61] gu3 nam-ur-saj-ja2-bi-ir edin-na ja2-la ha-ba-ni-dag-dag
[62] sa-du3-a-ta ba-ra-ab-ci-jen-ne-en
[63] ce-er-tab-ta en-nu-uj3 ba-ra-bi2-ak
[64] a2 jic-la2-a ba-ab-ak jictukul ba-ra-bi2-cubub
[65] ud zu2 sis-a-bi urudcukur zi-ba he2-bi2-jar
[66] za-pa-aj2-bi-ce3 gaba-ju10 ba-ra-bi2-zig3
[67] je26-e tuc-ju10-ce3 ba-ra-ba-ta-jen-ne-en
[68] ur-saj ur-saj-e gaz-a-gin7
[69] edin-na nij2 ul4-la-ac hu-mu-ni-ak
[70] gu3 cubtum5-ma ki jiri3 kud-da-ba edin-ba hu-mu-sig9-si-ig
[71] tur3 amac ki saj bi2-in-bur2-bur2-ra
[72] sipad ildum2-ma-bi-ir su-bi hu-mu-dug3
[73] ud me-da ud ul-le2-a-ce3
[74] ga-nam 1(AC)-bi ba-an-da-sig10-ga lu2 nam-mu-un-ci-ib-be2
[75] ur-mah jictukul-la bi2-til-la-ju10
[76] a-ra2-bi zag-bi-ce3 cid-bi ba-ra-zu
[77] nij2 ak-a-ja2 ni2-bi ga-buluj5
[78] kalag-ga-ja2 mu-bi a2 bi2-su3-ud
[79] jectug2-ju10 nij2 galam-ma sug4-ga-am3
[80] a-na-ju10 nij2 ka-ge dib-ba nu
[81] dcul-gi dijir nam-juruc-a saj-kal erin2-na-me-en
[82] tir-ra sa i-ni-sa2 ti galam-ma i-ni-gid2
[83] nij2 cu 2(MAN) a2-ta ri-a-ja2 jicgag-pan he2-ni-ib-ri-en
[84] am gal gud an-na sumun2 alim gu3 ib2-de2-de2-e
[85] kur-ur2-ra saj bal-e-da-bi
[86] a2 ne3-jal2-la-ja2 ti zu2 mu-ni-in-ri
[87] u3 ur5-re nij2 la-ga me-dim2
[88] zi-bi edin-na cub-cub-bu-da-bi
[89] an-za-gar3 libir-ra-gin7 hu-mu-cubub
[90] saj-bi jicnaja3 hul-gin7 ki he2-bi2-tag
[91] ance edin-na-ce3 jices2-ad la-ba-nu2-en pu2 la-ba-ba-al-e
[92] jicgag-u2-tag-ga la-ba-ci-gid2-en
[93] gaba-ri-ju10-gin7 dub3 bi2-bur2
[94] gaz tur-ba dur3 sal-la gaz-gin7-nam la-ba-ci-ni10-ni10-de3
[95] ceg9-bar ne3-jal2-la edin-na kac4 di-da-bi
[96] ur5-bi jicgag-ta ba-ta-la2
[97] a2 1(AC) zig3-ga-ju10 ki-a ba-ab-ha-za
[98] jicgag-pan-ta zu2 kece2-ja2 na-me
[99] im-ri-a 1-am3 lu2 na-ma-ta-ed2-e
[100] nitah igi si sa2-a-me-en
[101] AB-ru-um ki-iz-ru-um-ma DU-a-ju10-ne
[102] jicilar sag3-ge-bi gal-zu-me-en
[103] jic-nu11 an-ta cu bar-ra-gin7 kac4 /dug4-bi
[104] nij2 bi2-ra-a-ju10 ki-bi nu-zi-zi-i
[105] nij2-gu2-un-na-ce3 da ba-ri-e
[106] jicellag nij2 an-na dirig-ga-am3 tug2-gin7 im-ra-ra-an
[107] nij2-ur2-4 nim-gin7 jir2-re-da a2-sag3 bi2-ib-cubub-be2-en
[108] dcul-gi-me-en dub3 cu bar-ra-gin7 mac am3-mi-ib2-dab5-be2-en
[109] a2-ju10 nij2 na-me la-ba-dab5-be2 ma-ga-tum ma-cum2
[110] ki-jiri3-jen-ju10 nij2 mu-un-jar-jar
[111] edin-ta du-ju10-ne nij2 mu-un-ci-la2-la2
[112] ama ugu-ju10 dnin-sumun2-ka-ra
[113] dumu nij2 5 nij2 10-ni je26-e-me-en
[114] nij2 ak-ja2 ni2-bi ga-buluj5
[115] kalag-ga-ja2 mu-bi a2 bi2-su3-ud
[116] jectug2-ju10 nij2 galam-ma sug4-ga-am3
[117] a-na-ju10 nij2 ka-ge dib-ba nu
[118] lugal-me-en ur-saj cu du7-a kalam-ma kur2-ra-am3
[119] dcul-gi nir-jal2 usu gal-gal-la-me-en
[120] kalag-ga-me-en nij2 saj nu-gen6-me-en nij2-hul nu-zu-me-en
[121] id2-da jicma2-gur8-ju10 gu2 nu-mu-da-ja2-ja2
[122] ance erin2-na-ju10 zi-bi nu-mu-e-da-cub-be2
[123] cec gu5-li-ju10 cul dutu-gin7
[124] zag-ce3 pirij-gin7 sug2-sug2-ge-ja2
[125] ance sahar la2 ug-gin7 ceg11 gi4-a-ja2 kuc7 sag9-ga-bi-me-en
[126] dur3ur3-gin7 kac4-a ne3-ju10 nu-silig-ge
[127] kac4-ta e3-a-me-en dub3 nu-kuc2-u3-me-en
[128] nam-te nu-jal2-me-en isic-a gud-gu4-ud-me-en
[129] inim-ju10 nij2 ka-ta nu-cub-bu-dam
[130] mi2-ju10 di nij2-gen6-na-ka ka-ga14 mu-ci-jal2
[131] mac2-cu-gid2-gid2 dadag-ga-me-en
[132] jiri3-jen-na inim uzu-ga-ka dnin-tur5-bi je26-e-me-en
[133] cu-luh-ha nam-icib cu du7-de3
[134] en-ra za3-mi2 -de3 ji6-par4-ce3 huj-e
[135] lu2-mah nin-dijir cag4 kug-ge pad3-da
[136] sig-ce3 saj ja2-ja2 nim-ce3 aga3-kar2 sig10-ge
[137] e2 cu-nir-ra-ke4 jal2 da13-da13-[X]
[138] jic-gid2-da a me3 tu5-tu5-[X]
[139] ki-bal-a-ce3 sa2 galam-ma ja2-ja2-[X]
[140] inim dijir-re-e-ne nij2 kal-kal-la-am3
[141] sila4 babbar udu kij2-gi4-a-ka inim-jar u3-bi2-jar-jar
[142] ki mu pad3-da-ba a eca ba-ni-de2
[143] inim sizkur2-ra-ka udu sa am3-mi-ni-ib2-gi4-gi4-in
[144] mac2-cu-gid2-gid2-ju10 na-ja2-ah-gin7 u6 mu-e
[145] udu sa gi4-a cu-ja2 ma-an-dab
[146] sag9-ga hul-da la-ba-an-da-ha-ze2-en
[147] cag4 zalag ni2-ja2-me-en igi-ju10-ta i3-du-un
[148] lugal-me-en cag4 udu 1-a-kam
[149] a2 aj2-ja2 nij2 ki-car2-ra-ka igi mu-na-ni-du8
[150] nij2 ak-ja2 ni2-bi ga-buluj5
[151] kalag-ga-ja2 mu-bi a2 bi2-su3-ud
[152] jectug2-ju10 nij2 galam-ma sug4-ga-am3
[153] a-na-ju10 nij2 ka-ge dib-ba nu
[154] dcul-gi lugal urim5ki-ma-me-en
[155] u3 nam-nar-ra gu2-ju10 ha-na-cum2
[156] nij2 na-me-bi la-ba-da-an-gib-en
[157] tigi a-da-ab nam-nar cu du7-a buru3 dajal-bi mu-zu
[158] jic cu-kar2-ke4 cag4 bi2-ib-dab5
[159] si ak-de3 a2 nu-mu-e-ci-ib-gaz-e-en
[160] zi-zi-i cu2-cu2-ba jic mu-e-hur-hur
[161] jicgu2-uc za-mi2-a kam-ma sag9-ga mi-ni-zu
[162] jicsa-ec5 u3 cag4 nam-nar-ra-ka cag4 du-bu-la mi-ni-zu
[163] jicmi-ri2-tum nij2 e2 sig9-ga-ke4 cu mu-un-gid2-gid2-de3
[164] jical-jar jicsa-bi2-tum in-dim2 lugal-la aga cu-si mu-ni-zu
[165] jicur-za-ba-bi2-tum jichar-har jicza-na-ru
[166] jicur-gu-la jicdim3-lu2-ma2-gur8-ra ne-gin7 gu3 mi-ni-e3
[167] dumu nar-ra cu tam-tam-ma-gin7
[168] jic-gu3-di jic la-ba-ra-ab-tuku-a ki-ju10-uc lu2 mu-ni-ib-DU-[X (X)]
[169] u3-ne-en cag4-bi ba-zu-zu
[170] nij2 ud-bi-ce3 cu-ja2 jal2-la-gin7 ba-e-de3-ja2-ja2-de3-[X]
[171] ad pad3-de3 gid2-i tu-lu gen6-na cu-ja2 la-ba-ra-e3
[172] gi-di gi sipad-gin7 nu-um-me
[173] cumun-ca4 mur ca4-e i-si-ic ja2-ja2
[174] cag4 gen6 saj us2-bi-gin7 i3-zu
[175] hul2-hul2-le-me-en dug3-dug3-ge-me-en
[176] giri17-zal nam-nun-na ud zal-zal-le-me-en
[177] lu2-u18-lu ni2-te-a-ni-ce3 jectug2 he2-ja2-ja2
[178] nij2-bi nij2 igi nijin2-na-ka
[179] zag nam-til3-la saj im-gi4-a
[180] ze2 kur nam-gu2-ka3-ka lu2 la-ba-an-da13-da13-e
[181] kalag-ga ne3-ni-ta nir-jal2-la-me-en
[182] mu mah-a-ni-ta nir-jal2-e
[183] nij2 he2-em-gu-ul-gu-ul-e a-na-ac ba-ni-ib-la2-e
[184] ama ugu-ju10 dnin-sumun2-na-ra ama na-an-da-u3-tud
[185] hul2-hul2-le-ja2 dug3-dug3-ge-ja2
[186] a-sila3-jar-ra-ju10 mi2-ec2 ma-ni-in-dug4
[187] nij2-lul-la ka-ga14 nu-un-jal2
[188] munus-e tur-ra cu nu-bar-re
[189] e2-gal-ja2 nij2-hul2-hul2-la ud mi-ni-ib2-zal-zal-e
[190] dcul-gi-me-en til3-la ud su3-ra2-ka nij2 mi-ni-ib-gu-ul-gu-ul-lu-ja2
[191] lugal-me-en ud nam-ju10 ba-tar-ra-ta
[192] til3-la ur5 sag9-ge nij2 gu-ul-gu-ul-lu-ja2
[193] igi dutu dumu dnin-gal-la-ka-ce3 ba-ra-ma-ni-la2
[194] lugal-me-en ud til3-la su3-ra2-ce3
[195] mu-ju10 ud ul-le2-a-ac cir3-re he2-em-dug3-ge
[196] cir3 zu-ju10-gin7 inim zu-ju10-gin7
[197] nij2 saj gi4-a mul-an-bi-me-en
[198] ni2 saj-ki e2-gal gen6-ne2-dam
[199] saj-gag gi-nindan iriki du3-du3-u3-dam
[200] ni2 saj-ki-ju10 a-ba-da-ab-jal2-la-am3
[201] kur-kur jickab-gin7 a-ba-da-ab-jal2-en-na
[202] ni2 me-lem4 jickar2 sig10-sig10 cu-ja2
[203] jicrab3-gin7 kalam-ma a-ba-da-jal2-le-na
[204] nam-tag-ga sag3-ge du8-u3-bi mu-zu
[205] inim-ma gal-gal-la silim-zu jal2-[la-me-en]
[206] a e3-a-gin7 gu3 gal ud gal ud a [X X]
[207] hi-il-zumki dab5-be2 elam um-ci-[X]
[208] a2-jal2 inim-ma-bi-ir gaba-ri-ni mu-zu
[209] dumu ki-en-giki-ra numun-ba je26-e-me-en
[210] ur-saj ki-en-giki-ra ur-saj je26-e-me-en
[211] 3-kam-ma-ac [lu2] kur ku10-ku10-ga-ke4
[212] je26-e-me-en [gu3 mu-na]-de2-e
[213] 4-kam-ma-ac [mar-tu] lu2 kur-ra A [X (X)]
[214] eme bal-e mu-un-da-an-gub-be2
[215] je26-e eme-ni-ta inim-inim kilib-ba-ni si mu-un-na-ab-sa2-e
[216] 5-kam-ma-ac su-bir4ki-a U.NAM.KUR gu3 ra
[217] eme-na dumu iri-na nu-me-en-na inim ba-an-di-ni-ib-kar-re
[218] di ki-en-giki-ke4 si sa2-da-ju10-ne
[219] 5-bi eme-bi ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4-in
[220] e2-gal-ja2 kac4 inim bal-e eme-e li-bi2-du3-e
[221] di-til-la-ja2 cag4 uc im-gu7
[222] gal-zu nam-lugal an-ta-jal2-bi-me-en
[223] unken jar-ra-ju10 uj3 saj sig10-ga-gin7
[224] nijir gal si gu3 SA gu3-bi-a ni2 cag4-ga cub-bu-de3
[225] ad gi4-gi4-da inim car2-car2-dam
[226] pu-uh2-ru-umki nam tar-tar-re-de3
[227] cagina-ju10-ne-er ad gi4-gi4 mu-un-zu inim car2-car2 mu-zu
[228] inim id2-gin7 unu2-ba suh-ra-ba
[229] cer7-da saj i3-tum2-tum2-ja2 ma-da gal-gal-ja2 suhuc ma-ab-ge-en-ge-en
[230] inim-ta jictukul-gin7 iri lah5-me-en
[231] nam-kug-zu-ju10 gam-gam-da-bi-gin7
[232] nam-kalag-ga saj-izi [bar7]-a-gin7
[233] ama tuku nu-me-en cag4 inim-[ma] mu-zu
[234] inim-ju10 saj i3 li inim-ma-kam
[235] cag4 izi-gin7 bar7-a sed4-bi mu-zu
[236] ka jic-gi-gin7 izi-ba cum2-ma te-en-te-en-bi mu-zu
[237] inim-ju10 lu2-inim-ma dirig-ga ki mu-un-ci-ib-la2-e
[238] nij2 kal-kal-la je26-e lu2-bi-me-en
[239] sun5-na dugud-bi saj-bi ma-kal
[240] nij2 na-me-ja2 la-ba-da-kar2-kar2-re-de3
[241] inim an-na inim den-lil2-la2-ta
[242] zi kalam-ma zi kur-kur-ra-ka giri17 cu ca-ba-jal2
[243] ja2-la nu-dag-ge muc3 nu-tum2-mu-bi-me-en
[244] dijir-re-e-ne gub-bu in-ga-zu
[245] da-nun-na-ke4-ne cag4 sed4-de3 mu-zu
[246] dcul-gi nam-nun-na gu2 gal pec11-a-me-en
[247] nij2 gal-gal-la a-ba-da-jal2-le-en-na
[248] cag4-ja2 hul2-la a-ba-da-jal2-la
[249] nij2 ja2-la dag-dag-ge bar-ce3 nu-cub-be2-me-en
[250] ur5-gin7 gid2-gid2 saj jal2-a-me-en
[251] a2 ki-lul-la nu-mu-ci-aj2-[ja2]
[252] a-gar3 gal-gal-e gu2 mu-[un-cum2]
[253] gan2-ne2 gana2 zid-de3 jic mu-[ni-in-du3]
[254] du6 saj eg2 pa5-re a2 cum2-mu-[me-en]
[255] i3 gal-gal-me-en siki gal-[gal]-me-en
[256] gu nam-ju10 mah ce nam-[ju10] mah
[257] enmen2 cag4-jar dijir-re-e-ne-ka cag4-zarah ma-ab-gu-ul-gu-ul
[258] dcul-gi-me-en zi ki-en-gi-ra-me-en
[259] lugal bad-ba9-ra2 gaba-ri nu-tuku-me-en
[260] in-ga-ab-be2-en nij2-ju10 nij2 gal-am3
[261] lugal-me-en a-na-ju10 cu ba-ab-tej3-je26-e
[262] jectug2 a2 dirig nam-si-sa2-ju10-uc
[263] inim gen6-na nij2 nu-ha-lam-e-ju10-uc
[264] dictaran-gin7 di ku5-ru gal-zu-ju10-uc
[265] den-lil2-le a2 uj3 lu-a-na mu-da-an-aj2-ja2-ta
[266] uri he2-em dumu ki-en-gi-ra he2-em
[267] ki gu-ti-umki lu2 i-dutu he2-em
[268] lugal ud ul-le-a 1-ra
[269] cag4-ju10 nij2-a2-zig3 ba-ra-mu-un-na-ta-ab-de6
[270] nam-lu2-ulu3 us2-a an-ta sig10-ga-ta
[271] jectug2 dab5-ba-ba na-ja2-ah-gin7 nu-me-en-na
[272] en3-du ud-bi-ta libir-ra ul-le2-a
[273] tigi za-am-za-am cu ci-tum2-mu-de3
[274] ud na-me lul-ce3 ba-ra-bi2-pad3 ka-ge ba-ra-bi2-gi4
[275] nij2 libir-ra-bi en he2-bi-tar-tar cub-bu-de3 ba-ra-bi2-cum2
[276] tigi za-am-za-am ki di-bi nij2 na-[me] jectug2-ga he2-ni-us2
[277] cir3-gid2-da-bi e2 dug3-ga-ja2 pa e3 ha-ba-ni-ak
[278] nij2 cu-ta ba-ra-cub-bu-da-[bi]
[279] cu nam-nar-ra-ke4 he2-bi2-la2-la2
[280] cag4 kalam-ma-ke4 izi zal-gin7 he2-bi2-ak
[281] a-na ab-tuku ur5-re ib2-hul
[282] a-ba nam-til3 an-na ba-e-e3
[283] ud me-da ud ul-le2-a-ce3
[284] lu2 den-lil2-la2 mu-un-zi-[zi-i]
[285] tukum-bi je26-e-gin7-nam lugal si sa2-am3
[286] mi2 cudu3 cir3 nam-kug-zu-ju10
[287] a2 nam-ur-saj-ja2 ki-jiri3-jen-na-ju10
[288] lugal-bi-ir e2-gal dug3-ga-na he2-na-an-us2
[289] nij2 in-na-dug3-ga cag4-ce3 he2-na-gid2
[290] mi2-ja2 usu-bi he2-en-zi-zi-[i]
[291] cir3-ja2 a-la-bi he2-en-tum2-tum2-mu
[292] jectug2 gal-gal-ju10 ur5-da hu-mu-na-ak
[293] kalag-ga nij2 in-da-sig10-ge-da-gin7
[294] ki a2-na la-ba-ni-ib-jal2-la-am3
[295] nij2-nam-ju10-u8 cu ha-ba-an-sag3-sag3-ge me-tec2 hu-mu-i-i
[296] mu dug3-ga-ju10 he2-en-pad3-pad3-de3
[297] tukum-bi cag4-ga-ni nij2-erim2 mu-e-ci-ib2-tum3
[298] nij2 na-me-ja2 saj ba-an-sag3
[299] lu2 a2 zig3-ga-bi-ir dnanna di he2-en-e
[300] dutu saj-izi-e cu he2-en-da-ab-ri-e
[301] lugal-bi ki-jiri3-jen-na he2-du inim-ma-ni al-ze2-er
[302] un-ga-til3 ud til3-la-ni-a
[303] nij2 usu-na he2-en-ak en3-du me-da tum3
[304] lugal-me-en in-ga-zu-a-ta nij2-me-jar gu3 i3-de2
[305] jectug2-jectug2-ga dirig-ga-ju10-ce3
[306] um-mi-a-gin7 mu libir-ra-ju10-ce3
[307] nij2-umun2-a en3-du-ju10 he2-en-pad3-de3 mul-an he2-u3-tud
[308] sig-ce3 urim5ki-ma ki sikil-la bi2-mu2
[309] e2-JECTUG2.dNISABA mul en3-du-ja2-ka
[310] nim-ce3 nibruki-a ki-gal-la bi2-gub
[311] cudu3 e2-kur-ra ki he2-us2-sa-ju10-uc
[312] dub-sar he2-gub cu-ni he2-eb-dab5-be2
[313] nar he2-gub gu3 hu-mu-un-ne2-re-de2
[314] e2-dub-ba-a da-ri2 hur nu-kur2-ru-dam
[315] ki-umun2 da-ri2 hur nu-silig-ge-dam
[316] jectug2 dab5-ba-ju10 i3-ne-ec2 ne-e ur5-ra-am3
[317] nij2 ka-ge dib-ba ki-car2-ra
[318] jiri3-jen-na inim en3-du-ja2-kam a-na mu-ci-jal2-la
[319] an den-lil2 dutu dinana lul ba-ra-na he2-ge-en
[320] u3 nam-erim2-e lu2 na-an-ga-am3-me
[321] ud ne-e mu-sar-ra-ju10-a
[322] iri nu-mu-un-gul-la bad3 nu-mu-un-sig10-ga-ju10
[323] kur gi-sig-gin7 nu-mu-un-dub2-ba-ju10
[324] ar2 zag li-bi2-til-til-la-ju10
[325] a-na-gin7-nam nar-e en3-du-a mu-ci-ja2-ja2-a
[326] nij2-umun2-a saj-kal mu da-ri2-kam
[327] nij2-lul nij2-gen6-na nu-me-a sar-re-bi a-na-gin7-nam
[328] lugal-me-en a2-ja2 dlamma-bi kalag-ga-na cir3-bi-im
[329] ki-jiri3-jen-na-ju10 nar-e mu-ci-in-jar
[330] en3-du-ju10 nij2 nu-ha-lam-e-de3
[331] inim-ju10 nij2 ka-ta nu-cub-bu-de3
[332] je26-e lugal kalam-ma dug3-ga-me-en
[333] numun ba-i-i-ta zag uj3 lu-a-ce3
[334] lugal nij2-ja2 nij2 bi2-in-sig10-ga-am3
[335] aga-ni an-ne2 ba-ra-ba-ta-an-il2
[336] jidru-ni barag nam-lugal-la-ta ba-ra-ba-ta-ed3-de3
[337] kalag-ga nam-kug-zu jectug2 cum2-ma-me-en
[338] nij2 gal-gal-ja2 zag-bi til-la
[339] pirij igi urudcukur-ra ga-racsar-gin7 cab-cab-e
[340] nemurx(PIRIJ.TUR) cu zig3-ga igi jicga-rig2-ak gi-gin7 ca5-ca5-dam
[341] zi-bi ur-gir15-gin7 uruddur10-uc NE-NE-ga
[341A] sumun2 usu gal-gal gud a2 nu-gi4-a
[343] gud kur-bi-ce3 DU-ba edin-na mi-ni-gaz-za
[344] kur-ba cu-a bal-e-da-bi
[345] hur-saj nij2 cag4-ge nu-gid2-i-gin7
[346] cag4-ge cu nu-tej3-je26-e-gin7 ib2-ak
[347] inim ib2-ta-DU.DU i-gi4-in-zu lul na-nam
[348] ki nam-dub-ba inim dugud-dugud-da-bi
[349] nam-kug-zu-ju10 nam-kalag-ga-ju10
[350] a2 jal2 taka4-a ki silim-ec2 di-ja2
[351] mu-un-zu-a-na nu-mu-un-[...]-na
[352] nij2-gen6-na-ju10 nij2-lul-la-gin7
[353] cu tec2-a mu-un-ru-gu2 ka tar-ra mu-un-si-il-le
[354] ur-saj kalag-ga-ni kalag-ga rib-ba-me-en
[355] dcul-gi jissu-a-ni kur-ra la2-a-me-en
[356] lugal jictukul a-RU-ub ki-bal-na je26-e-me-en
[357] mu da-ri2-ju10 a2 gal bi2-su3-ud
[358] i3-ne-ec2 dutu ud ne-a-a
[359] kur dumu ki-en-gi-ra nu-zu-ba
[360] sa-dur2 kaskal-bi-ce3 cu la-ba-jal2-la-ba
[361] zag-ba ka-inim-ma lu2 nu-gub-gub-ba
[362] cec di4-di4-la2 lu2-inim-ma-be2-ne
[363] dumu-saj inim u3-tud cir3 kad4 inim kad4-bi-im
[364] cir3-ja2 mul-an-gin7 gu3 im-de2-e-ne
[365] inim-ju10-ta X-gin7 ki im-tag-tag-ge-ne
[366] [...] buru5mucen DU-a-gin7
[367] [...]-da la-ba-an-dug4
[368] [...] zag til-la-me-en
[369] [...] X-ba nir-jal2-me-en
[370] [...]-a mu-da-an-zu
[371] [...] JAR [...] su3-ud-da
[372] [X] X X X X je26-e-me-en
[373] [X X] X tag-tag-da-bi
[374] e2-bi-a lu2 si sa2-bi kun4 dib-be2-me-en
[375] lu2 mu pad3-da dnanna-me-en
[376] saj us2 e2 den-lil2-ka ama-a-tud an-na-me-en
[377] dcul-gi-me-en e2-ju10 e2-hur-saj e2-gal e2-gal-bi-im
[378] ki-tuc nam-lugal-ja2 za3-mi2 gal-gal-la-kam
[379] hur-saj za-gin3-na-gin7 ca-ba-an-galam-en
[380] dinana nin dijir-re-e-ne-ke4
[381] a2-ja2 dlamma-bi-im kalag-ga-ja2 cir3-bi-im
[382] lugal-lugal-e-ne-er dirig-ga-me-en
[383] nij2 ki-car2-ra-ke4 cu mi-ni-in-du7
[384] za3-mi2-ju10 dug3-ga-am3
[385] dnisaba za3-mi2

Source colophon: Sumerian transliteration from the ETCSL (etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk), c.2.4.2.02. J-encoding (charenc=j) applied throughout. Editorial marks (lacunae, uncertain readings, corrections) preserved as in the source.

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