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322, [22] pages, xxiii pages of plates : 23 cm. Includes Sumerian texts and English translation of 2 hymns attributed to Šulgi, King of Ur. Includes bibliographical references. Access-restricted-item.
Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D) is a Sumerian hymn dedicated to the Third Dynasty of Ur ruler Shulgi, written on clay tablets dated to between 2100 and 2000 BC.
Mar 22, 2019 · Not only epics and myths but also hymns played a very important role in Sumerian literature. They honored prominent figures and one of them was Shulgi, the second ruler of the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2094-2047 BC).
hymn of praise to shulgi From: History begins at Sumer , by Samuel Noah Kramer, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1981. Shulgi, the son of Ur-Nammu, the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur, is one of the more renowned kings of Sumer, whose reign endured for almost half a century.
Nov 19, 2022 · A Praise Poem of Shulgi (c. 2020-2000 BCE) is an ancient Sumerian document celebrating the famous run of 200 miles (321.8 km) in one day made by the king Shulgi of Ur (r. 2029-1982 BCE) to distinguish his reign by officiating at the religious festivals in the cities of Nippur and Ur on the same day.
- Joshua J. Mark
- A Praise Poem of Shulgi is a Sumerian document celebrating the famous run of the king Shulgi of Ur between the cities of Nippur and Ur in one day,...
- Yes. Modern scholarship maintains that Shulgi of Ur actually made the run from Nippur to Ur and back in one day, just as he claims.
- A Praise Poem of Shulgi was written, as the piece itself says, to make Shulgi's name live on after his death for his great feat of the run between...
- Yes. A Praise Poem of Shulgi was part of a public relations campaign to elevate the reputation of the king as a god among gods. It was recited wide...
A praise poem of Shulgi (Shulgi A): translation. 1-6 I, the king, was a hero already in the womb; I, Culgi, was born to be a mighty man. I am a fierce-looking lion, begotten by a dragon. I am the king of the four regions; I am the herdsman and shepherd of the black-headed people. I am a respected one, the god of all the lands.
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A praise poem of Shulgi (Shulgi B): translation. 1-10 To make his name famous for all time until distant days, and to transmit to posterity and the days to come the praise poems of his power, the songs of his might, and the lasting fame of his exceptional intelligence, King Culgi, king of Urim, has brought the songs' latent wisdom before the ...
