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A song of Šulgi (Q000419)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A song of Šulgi |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000419 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | X šag₄-ta kug-ga X x e₃ | ... coming forth from the pure ... |
| 2 | x X kalam-ma x ki hul₂ x | ... of the land ... joyfully ... |
| 3 | x X X X X X X x X KI X X | [......] |
| 4 | x X dug₄-ga x X NA X X | ... good ... |
| 5 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ eridug{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | The king should not speak to Eridug |
| 6 | nun gal a-a {d}en-ki hul₂-la-a | the great prince, father Enki, who rejoices |
| 7 | {d}šul-gi-re eridug{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi should not approach Eridug! |
| 8 | nun gal a-a {d}en-ki hul₂-la-a | the great prince, father Enki, who rejoices |
| 9 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ nibru{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | “Lugal-bu’i should not be in Nippur! |
| 10 | kur gal a-a {d}en-lil₂ hul₂-la-a | Great Mountain, father Enlil, who rejoices |
| 11 | {d}šul-gi-re nibru{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi, do not enter Nippur! |
| 12 | kur gal a-a {d}en-lil₂ hul₂-la-a | Great Mountain, father Enlil, who rejoices |
| 13 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ e₂-šu-me-ša₄-še₃ na-ŋen | The king should not enter the Ešumeša temple |
| 14 | en {d}nin-urta-ke₄ hul₂-la-a | the lord Ninurta who rejoices |
| 15 | {d}šul-gi-re e₂-šu-me-ša₄-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi, do not enter the Ešumeša! |
| 16 | en {d}nin-urta-ke₄ hul₂-la-NI | the lord Ninurta who rejoices |
| 17 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ keš₃{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | The king should not approach Keš |
| 18 | {d}nin-sumun₂-zid-gal-an-na hul₂-la-a | joyful Ninsumunzidgalana |
| 19 | {d}šul-gi-re keš₃{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi should not approach Keš! |
| 20 | {d}nin-sumun₂-zid-gal-an-na hul₂-la-a | joyful Ninsumunzidgalana |
| 21 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ urim₂-še₃ na-ŋen | “Lugal-bu’išu should not be in Urim! |
| 22 | en {d}dil-im₂-babbar hul₂-la-a | lord Dilimbabbar, who rejoices |
| 23 | {d}šul-gi-re urim₂{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi should not speak to Urim |
| 24 | en {d}dil-im₂-babbar hul₂-la-a | lord Dilimbabbar, who rejoices |
| 25 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ e₂-babbar₂-še₃ na-ŋen | The king should not go to the Ebabbar |
| 26 | sun₄ za-gin₃ BA X hul₂-la-a | lapis lazuli ... joyfully |
| 27 | {d}šul-gi-re e₂-babbar₂-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi, do not enter the Ebabbar! |
| 28 | sun₄ za-gin₃ BA X hul₂-la-a | lapis lazuli ... joyfully |
| 29 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ kul-aba₄{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | the king of Kulaba should not say: |
| 30 | {d}nin-iri₁₂-gal-ke₄ hul₂-la-a | joyful Ninirigal, |
| 31 | {d}šul-gi-re kul-aba₄{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi should not approach Kulaba! |
| 32 | {d}nin-iri₁₂-gal-ke₄ hul₂-la-a | joyful Ninirigal, |
| 33 | lugal-ŋu₁₀ ki zabalam₂{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | The king should not approach the place Zabalam |
| 34 | x {d}inana-ke₄ hul₂-la-a | the ... of Inana, who rejoices |
| 35 | {d}šul-gi-re ki zabalam₂{ki}-še₃ na-ŋen | Šulgi should not be in the place of Zabalam |
| 36 | x {d}inana-ke₄ hul₂-la-a | the ... of Inana, who rejoices |
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