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A tigi (?) for Šulgi (Šulgi L) (Q000404)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationA tigi (?) for Šulgi (Šulgi L)
IDQ000404
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotSusa
Coordinates32.1895, 48.2569

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
sa-gida A,
1x X A₂ X X x... side ...
2x X me₃-a šen X x... battle
3x X UŠ URUGAL GUR₅ a-zu X x X mu-na-a-šum₂... the length of the king ... his physician ...
4x-ta sipad šul-gi ni₂ kur₂-ra i₃-ru... shepherd Šulgi, a strange fearsomeness ...
5x sipad a-zu-u₃ me-teš₂ ša-mu-u₃-i-i... shepherd, physician of heaven
6sa-gid₂-da-am₃it is a sagida
unknown B,
7x X UG ba-ni-ra aga₃-kar₂ im-mi-sig₁₀... he adorned it with a crown.
8x sumun me ŋar im-mi-ŋa₂-arThe old me was piled up.
9x ki-bal-a-ke₄ gu₂-kiri₆ im-mi-dug₄... of the rebel land, he made good the orchard.
10x X kur iši su₃-ra₂-a-ba za-pa-zu im-mi-x... of the distant land, your voice ...
11x šeg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄-a-zu-ta X... because of your rejoicing
12x sug-zag-ge₄ bi₂-gu₇ x... devoured the marshes.
sa-jara C,
1x X X X x
2x X-še₃ mu-dug₄... he made perfect.
3x X im-mi-us₂-sa... he sat down.
4x tir izi šum₂-ma-gin₇like a burning forest
5x ni₂-ba mu-ni-šu₄... he made it appear in his own
6x ni₂-zu-da x kur₂-re saŋ im-da-sag₃-ge... your own ... is scattered by the enemy.
7sa-ŋar-ra-am₃It is a sabar.

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