Transliteration history

&P346279 = CDLI Literary 000763, ex. 013
#atf: lang sux
@tablet
@obverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] mah#-e a#-[...]
#tr.en: May the supreme ... have a contest for me
2'. [...] sa nu-duh#-[...]
#tr.en: In your ... with bindings(?) that are not loosened
3'. [...]-za um-mi-in-hu?-um#?-[...]
#tr.en: After ... snaps you off(?) in your thick(?) reed fence
4'. [...] gal-gal-sze3 um-szi-in-gal2-le#?-[...]
#tr.en: After he sets you towards the great cauldrons (for fuel)
5'. [... {gesz}]banszurx(|GISZGALxGU|)-ga2 ninda kum2 ninda te-en-e si um-ma-ni-[...]
#tr.en: After hot and cold foods are set in order on my table(!)
6'. [zu2]-lum mah saga gesztin-da szar2-ra
#tr.en: After superior quality dates mixed with wine
7'. [...] tur3#? ku3-ga# lal3 ku7-ku7-da kin2 um-ma-ni-[...]
#tr.en: After butter of the pure cattlepen, and sweetening honey are prepared
8'. [...] inim# du10 {d}en-ki-ka-ta# lal3 um-da-szar2#-szar2#?
#tr.en: After honey is mixed with (various) grades(!?) (of?) flour of the good word of Enki (i.e., purified by incantation?)
9'. [...]-re#? e2-gal du10-ga-na {gesz}bun ha-ba-ni-ib2#?-[be2]
#tr.en: Shulgi can have a meal in his good palace
10'. [...] GI# sum4!? ba-du3-a tur3 amasz ki-gub-zu-um#?
#tr.en: ... cheek(?), who fashions a beard(?), the cattlepen and sheepfold is your station
11'. [...]-rux(TE)-da izi-gin7 gir2#? gesz-gin7 ba-ra-dim2-en#?
#tr.en: And therefore(?) unlike wood you cannot be fashioned into arrowheads along with(?) the quiver, flashing(?) like flame
12'. [...] eme!-bi sila# limmu2
#tr.en: And therefore(?) (regarding) the double dur axe, its “tongue” (i.e., blade?) an “intersection of streets”
14'. [...] uruda-da ba-ra#-am3-da-sa2-e
#tr.en: The mitum weapon, (or any) weapon of copper, you(!?) cannot coexist/vie(!?) with(?) (as a binding or handle?)
15'. [...] pa-bi zi2-a nig2-gu7 masz2-ansze
#tr.en: The young reed is stripped of its foilage by the ox, (it is) fodder for livestock
16'. [...]-sze3 e3-a kad5 e zu HU-da
#tr.en: Little sprouts gone out to the wall, binding ...
17'. [...]-si#-ig-ga {gesz}tukul-la x szu x [...]
#tr.en: Arrows ... silent men(?) ... weapons
18'. [...] gi-ir in-sze3 mu-ni-ib2#?-[...]
#tr.en: Again the Tree insulted the Reed
19'. [...]-ti#-la KA NE [...]
#tr.en: Reed at that time(?) ... a living person/sustaining someone(?) ...
20'. [...] sag# mu-un-[...]
#tr.en: The insulter ...
$ rest broken
@reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
#tr.en: ...
2'. [...] mu-na-[...]
#tr.en: ...
3'. [...] tigi# mah KA#? [...]
#tr.en: The great ala and tigi drums ...
4'. [...] di mu#-na-ni#-[...]
#tr.en: May our king judge our case and make a decision
5'. [...] x-a-[...]
#tr.en: My king: Tree, my ward/subordinate(?)
6'. [...]-dub2# asz2 la-ga mu-[...]
#tr.en: Has insulted (as with?) clods(?), he has cursed (as with?) clods(?)
7'. [...] ka-asz bar-me [...]
#tr.en: May our king judge our case and make a decision
8'. [...] mu#-un#-[...]
#tr.en: Shulgi was answering them
#tr.en: Shulgi was answering them
$ rest broken

&P346279 = CDLI Literary 000763, ex. 013
#atf: lang sux
@tablet
@obverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] mah#-e a#-[...]
#tr.en: May the supreme ... have a contest for me
2'. [...] sa nu-duh#-[...]
#tr.en: In your ... with bindings(?) that are not loosened
3'. [...]-za um-mi-in-hu?-um#?-[...]
#tr.en: After ... snaps you off(?) in your thick(?) reed fence
4'. [...] gal-gal-sze3 um-szi-in-gal2-le#?-[...]
#tr.en: After he sets you towards the great cauldrons (for fuel)
5'. [... {gesz}]banszurx(|GISZGALxGU|)-ga2 ninda kum2 ninda te-en-e si um-ma-ni-[...]
#tr.en: After hot and cold foods are set in order on my table(!)
6'. [zu2]-lum mah saga gesztin-da szar2-ra
#tr.en: After superior quality dates mixed with wine
7'. [...] tur3#? ku3-ga# lal3 ku7-ku7-da kin2 um-ma-ni-[...]
#tr.en: After butter of the pure cattlepen, and sweetening honey are prepared
8'. [...] inim# du10 {d}en-ki-ka-ta# lal3 um-da-szar2#-szar2#?
#tr.en: After honey is mixed with (various) grades(!?) (of?) flour of the good word of Enki (i.e., purified by incantation?)
9'. [...]-re#? e2-gal du10-ga-na {gesz}bun ha-ba-ni-ib2#?-[be2]
#tr.en: Shulgi can have a meal in his good palace
10'. [...] GI# sum4!? ba-du3-a tur3 amasz ki-gub-zu-um#?
#tr.en: ... cheek(?), who fashions a beard(?), the cattlepen and sheepfold is your station
11'. [...]-rux(TE)-da izi-gin7 gir2#? gesz-gin7 ba-ra-dim2-en#?
#tr.en: And therefore(?) unlike wood you cannot be fashioned into arrowheads along with(?) the quiver, flashing(?) like flame
12'. [...] eme!-bi sila# limmu2
#tr.en: And therefore(?) (regarding) the double dur axe, its “tongue” (i.e., blade?) an “intersection of streets”
14'. [...] uruda-da ba-ra#-am3-da-sa2-e
#tr.en: The mitum weapon, (or any) weapon of copper, you(!?) cannot coexist/vie(!?) with(?) (as a binding or handle?)
15'. [...] pa-bi zi2-a nig2-gu7 masz2-ansze
#tr.en: The young reed is stripped of its foilage by the ox, (it is) fodder for livestock
16'. [...]-sze3 e3-a kad5 e zu HU-da
#tr.en: Little sprouts gone out to the wall, binding ...
17'. [...]-si#-ig-ga {gesz}tukul-la x szu x [...]
#tr.en: Arrows ... silent men(?) ... weapons
18'. [...] gi-ir in-sze3 mu-ni-ib2#?-[...]
#tr.en: Again the Tree insulted the Reed
19'. [...]-ti#-la KA NE [...]
#tr.en: Reed at that time(?) ... a living person/sustaining someone(?) ...
20'. [...] sag# mu-un-[...]
#tr.en: The insulter ...
@reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] mu-na-[...]
#tr.en: ...
3'. [...] tigi# mah KA#? [...]
#tr.en: The great ala and tigi drums ...
4'. [...] di mu#-na-ni#-[...]
#tr.en: May our king judge our case and make a decision
5'. [...] x-a-[...]
#tr.en: My king: Tree, my ward/subordinate(?)
6'. [...]-dub2# asz2 la-ga mu-[...]
#tr.en: Has insulted (as with?) clods(?), he has cursed (as with?) clods(?)
7'. [...] ka-asz bar-me [...]
#tr.en: May our king judge our case and make a decision
8'. [...] mu#-un#-[...]
#tr.en: Shulgi was answering them