Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

(9) A praise poem of Shulgi (Shulgi E) [2.4.2.05], l. 58 (Ludwig 1990, 44-45)
[ Topic en 3.du.œu 10 …] [ Focus ki.ßu.ke 4 lu 2 nam [ Presupposition bi 2.ib 2.da 13.da 13.a]]
As for the songs about me …, it is not (only) THE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO DO
SO who should sing them, (but rather they should be sung on every important
occasion)
53. en 3.du.œu 10 a.da.ab ˙e 2.em tigi As for the songs about me, whether adab,
ma.al.ga.tum ˙e 2.em whether they are tigi or malgatum,
54. ßir 3.gid 2.da ar 2 nam.lugal.la Whether shirgida or praises of kingship,
55. ßumun.ßa 4 kun.œar bal.bal.e Whether shumunsha, kunnar or balbale,
˙e 2.em
56. gi.gid 2 za.am.za.am ˙e 2.em Whether gigid or zamzam,
57. œeßtu 2.ge nu.dib.be 2 ka.ta That they never pass out of memory and
nu.ßub.bu.de 3
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never lapse from people’s mouths,
58. ki ßu.ke 4 lu 2 nam It is not (only) the people in the cultic
bi 2.ib 2.da 13.da 13.a centers who should perform them,
59. e 2.kur za.gin 3.na muß nam They should sung without end in the shining
ba.an.tum 2.mu E-kur!
60. d en.lil 2.ra eß 3 u 4 sakar.ra.ka.na so that they are played for Enlil in his
˙e 2.na.du 12
61. eß 3.eß 3 kaß gi.rin a.gin 7
Shrine of the New Moon!
(and) at the Esh’esh festival, where the
su 3.su 3.u 3.da.bi girin-beer is endless like water,