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Ul) UJl an-ki-a nam tal'-ra-da' (2) Sil"
bUI'-la-ki-e me-gal-la sag-an-sú mi­
lli-ib-ila' (3) dingil'cn_lil_e en dingil'
nin-gir-su-sú igi-zid-mu-si-bcu·. (4)
Ur11-me-a nig-dú slg-nam-e (5) sag
tig-bl: nam-gí (6) sag 4 clingil'en_lil_
id tig-bi nam-gí(7) sag-tig-bi ¡¡am­
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~81a-ge en nam-mulní-il-il (9)so;] dingil'
en-lil-la-ge ídidigna-ám a·du!J-ga
nam-al'a. (10) é-e lugal-bi gll-ba-de
in) é-ninnü an-ki-a sig-e mu-ag-!Jc"
1. Cylinder A I-VII, 7.
2. da circumstantial § 98.
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The Dream of Gudea 1 •
COL. 1
(1) When in determining fate in heaven
and earth (2) he exalted Lagash
with great decrees, (3) Enlil upon
the lord Ningirsu 100ked faithfulIy.
(4) "In my city propriety exists noto
(5) The waters return not to their
bank, (6) the waters of Enlil return
not to their bank, (7) the waters retmn
not to their bank,
(8) the high flood gleams not fulI of
strength, (9) the waters of Enlillike
the Tigris flow not with fresh wa.
ter. (10) The temple its king shalI
proclaim, (11) Eninnü in heaven and
earth he shalI cause to arise in splendour."
3. ;>a9-il, 'to exalt', compound yero with direct object § 204. Compare Cyl. B
16_3, é-e me-gal-la sag-mi-ni-ib-il, 'the temple according to great decrees he erect­
""l".
4_ sag, 'waters, flood', from the root seg, 'to rain'. The 'waters of Enlil'
refe!!' to fue canal which supplied Lagash from the Tigris, in modern Arabic the
Sl'wtHm-Sil. and referred to in the date of the 33rd year of Hammurabi as the
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