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An adab (?) to Nuska for Icme-Dagan (Icme-Dagan Q) -- a composite transliteration
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1 - X KI X
2 - (d)a-nun-na dijir gal-gal-e-ne
3 - é-gal kug ki-tuc IM X GID mu-X X
4 - nam-sukkal-mah-a-ni mu-ra-an-cúm en (d)nu-nam-nir-re
5 - jidru kug cu-za ma-ra-ni-in-ge-en mu-zu dalla bí-in-è
6 - jic-hur é-kur-ra cu du7-du7 níj galam-galam-ma-bi
7 - cu-luh jarza mah-bi ús zid dab5-bé kug-ge sikil-e-bi
8 - me lu-lu-a me dirig-ga-bi pa è mah ak-bi
9 - cu ci-bí-du7-du7 dug4-ga nam-gal-la ud tìl-la-cè za-a-àm
10 - (d)nuska nun na de5 é-kur-ra za-e ci-bí-in-ga-me-en-nam
11 - an ki cú-a kur níjín-na-ba dili-zu ì-mah-me-en
12 - ub-cu-unken-na ki á áj-já gal-gal-la-cè
13 - (d)a-nun-na dijir ki a-na me-a ma-ra-si-si-dè-ec
14 - ec-bar dug4-ga u18-ru (d)en-líl-lá za-e cu mu-ne-ri-ib-X-en
15 - inim kug an-gin7 cu nu-tèj-jé6-zu-cè igi-bi cu-mu-e-ci-jál
16 - X mah gùrù ki ús-a-bi nam-bi igi-bi ib-zu-zu-un
18 - X X (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan-na ki X
19 - hé-a AC áj
1 - X X
2 - X X X me hé-na-X
5 - en gal X (d)nuska saj dijir gal-gal-e-ne
6 - (d)nuska nun nir-jál é-kur-ra saj X X
7 - cul á áj-e gal-zu ec-bar X X
8 - dijir zid X X X ki áj X cùdù jic tuku
9 - ud é-kur za-gìn èc me i-i ezen-gin7 dù-a-ba
10 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi hi-li-a mu-un-dúr-ru-ne-ec-a-ba
11 - inim sag9-ga (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan-na ka kug-zu hé-em-tùm
12 - ì-ne-dug4 ud cú-cè e-ne-ne-er sù-rá-cè hu-mu-ne-dùg
13 - ud é (d)en-líl-lá èc me i-i ezen-gin7 dù-a-ba
14 - (d)en-líl (d)nin-líl-bi hi-li-a mu-un-dúr-ru-ne-ec-a-ba
15 - inim sag9-ga (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan-na ka kug-zu hé-em-tùm
16 - ì-ne-dug4 ud cú-cè e-ne-ne-er sù-rá-cè hu-mu-ne-dùg
17 - cùdù a-ra-zu-a cu mú-mú-da-ni igi dùg hu-mu-ni-du8-uc
18 - tìl níj dùg bal dùg mu giri17-zal-la za-e è-mu-na-ra-ab
19 - en-en gal-gal sig nim-ma-ke4-ne nun íl-bi hé-a
20 - nam-nun zi-jál-la kur-kur ùj lu-a ul-cè hé-ak-e
21 - (d)ic-me-(d)da-gan dumu (d)en-líl-lá-ka igi dùg hu-mu-ni-du8-uc
22 - tìl níj dùg bal dùg mu giri17-zal-la za-e è-mu-na-ra-ab
23 - en-en gal-gal sig nim-ma-ke4-ne nun íl-bi hé-a
24 - nam-nun zi-jál-la kur-kur ùj lu-a ul-cè hé-ak-e
25 - AN (d)nuska
26 - X-a-ni hé-me-en UD X
27 - X X
1-11 - ... The Anuna, the great gods, the holy palace, the dwelling-place. Lord Nunamnir has appointed you as his chief minister; he has firmly put the holy sceptre in your hand, and made your name glorious. You are perfectly suited to perform the ordinances of the E-kur in all their complexity, to teach the proper execution of the lustrations and the august rites, to purify and clean, and to make grandly manifest the numerous divine powers, the surpassing divine powers; indeed, to give command with grandeur is now consummately and irrevocably yours. Moreover, you are indeed Nuska, the prince and the counsellor of the E-kur! In the entire extent of heaven and earth, in all the countries, you alone are mighty.
12-16 - The Anuna, the gods of the earth, as many as they are, will gather before you in the Ubcu-unkena where the great verdicts are pronounced and the great commands are given. It is you who for them the forceful decisions made by Enlil. They always pay attention to your holy words, which, like the heavens, can never be grasped fully. In (?) the lofty , imbued with awesomeness, firmly founded, you announce their lot.
18-19 - Icme- ... ...