Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum
Translated by Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
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Chapter I Tablet 13963, Plate 10, Hymn to Bel
1. ù-mu-un na-àm-zu-ka na-àm- ......... še-ir-ma-al nì(IM)-[te-na] O lord of wisdom, ................ supreme by thyself!
2. dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un na-àm-zu-ka .... še-ir-ma-al nì(IM)-te-na O Bêl, lord of wisdom, ............. supreme by thyself!
3. a-a dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un-e kur-kur-ra O father Bêl, lord of the lands!
4. a-a dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un dug(KA)-ga zi(d)-da O father Bêl, lord of righteous command!
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