Hymns, Sumerian; Sumerian language -- Texts; Sumerians -- Religion
36. _ud-gal an-na-ge gù-ba-an-de uku-e še-ám-šá_
36. The great spirit of Heaven has been uttered and the people wail.
37. _ud-gal-e_(_253_)_ an-ta gù-ni-ib-im-me uku-e še-ám-šá_
37. The mighty spirit on high he commanded forth and the people wail.
38. _ud kalam tíl-tíl-e azag ki_ ...
38. The spirit that annihilates the Land ...
39. _im-ģul-e a-maģ-è-a-gim_ ...
39. The evil storm like a mounting inundation ...
40. _giš-dúr_(_254_)_ uru-ge sag-gaz ni-ag_ ...
40. The shepherd of the city it slew ...
41. _an-na ùr-ba? mu-un-nigin_ ...
41. Of heaven its foundation it ...
42. _ud-da igi-ba-ne mu-un-ne-ne_ ...
42.
43. _bàr-bàr-ri ne-gig-edin-na tùr(?)_ ...
43.
44. _an-ne-bar-ám ne-gùr-gùr_ ...
44.
45. _an-ne é UD-UD è_ ...
45.
46. _kalam-ma lăg-lăg-ga_ ...
46.
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Col. V.
(Lines 1-6 mostly illegible.)
7. _Uri-(ki)-ma túg-gim ba-e-gul ... gim ba-e-búr_
7. Ur like a garment thou hast destroyed, like a ... thou hast scattered.
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8. _ki-šub-gú 5-kam-ma-ám_
8. It is the fifth song.
9. _ud ug(?)-ám al-[ ]uku-e še-am-šá_
9. The spirit of wrath like a _lion_ ... and the people lament.
10. _giš- gí- gál -bi- im_
10. This is its antiphon.
11. _ud-ba ud uru-da ba-da-an-gar uru-bi_ ...
11. At that time the spirit of wrath upon the city was wrought and the
city....(255)
12. _a-a __d.__Nannar uru dim-dūl-dūl-da ba-da-an-[ ]uku-e še-ám-šá_
12. Father Nannar upon the city of _master workmen_ ... and the people
wail.
13. _ud-ba ud kalama-ta ba-da-an-kár uku-e še-ám-šá_
13. At that time the spirit of wrath _descended_ upon the Land and the
people wail.
14. _uku-bi šika-kud-da [nu-me-a bar-ba ba-e-si]_
14. Her people without water jars sit without her in desolation
15. _bád-ba gú [?_(_256_)_]-nin [kaskala im-ma-an-gar-gar uku-e še-ám-šá_]
15. Within her ... in the ways are _placed_ and the people wail.
16. _ká-gal-maģ gĭr-gál-la-[ba àd-a im-ma-] an [BAD]_
16. The great city gate and the highways with the dead are _choked up_.
17. _duk?-tun-sìr-gim dū-a-ba [sag-bal-e] ba-ab- gar_
17. Like a leather vessel all of her the usurper cast asunder(?)
18. [ ] _e-sir gĭr-gál-la-ba àd im-ma-an-gar-gar_
18. In her ... streets and roads corpses he _heaped up_(?)
LITURGICAL HYMNS OF THE TAMMUZ CULT. 3656 (MYHRMAN NO. 5)
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