Löhnert provides the reader with an in-depth analysis of the Sumerian Balag lamentation song "utu-gen e-ta" "Come out like the sun" comprising transliteration and translation of all fragments hitherto available and a line-by-line commentary. Attached is a likewise comprehensive edition of the song "zi-bu-u zi-bu-u" "Arise! Arise!", which as 69 verses in common with the much bette documented "utu-gen e-ta". The study is supplemented by an introduction of Sumerian lamentation songs composed in Emesal from the Old Babylian period.

    Vorwort                                                                                                                                                                     IX

    Konventionen                                                                                                                                                           XI

    I         Das altbabylonische Balag

        I 1. Vorstellung und Zielsetzung der Arbeit                                                                                                          1

        I 2. Emesal-Klagelieder – Eine Texttypologie                                                                                                     3

        I 3. Zur Uberlieferungsgeschichte von Emesal-Klageliedern                                                                           11

        I 4. Der Textbestand der altbabylonischen Zeit                                                                                                  22

        I 5. Identifizierung altbabylonischer Balags                                                                                                         24

        I 6. Tafelformate                                                                                                                                                     30

            I 6.1. Hochformat                                                                                                                                                33

            I 6.2. Querformat                                                                                                                                                 35

            I 6.3. Prismen                                                                                                                                                      36

            I 6.4. Stichzeilen und andere Vermerke                                                                                                           36

        I 7. Der strukturelle Aufbau eines Balags                                                                                                             41

            I 7.1. Das Kirugu                                                                                                                                                 41

            I 7.2. Die Litanei                                                                                                                                                 52

        I 8. ‚Sitz im Leben‘                                                                                                                                                  55

            I 8.1. Altbabylonische Balag im Kult: Zur Relevanz und Entwicklung am Beispiel ^dutu-gen₇ e₃-ta’s        55

            I 8.2. Sanger und Schreiber altbabylonischer Klagelieder                                                                             61

    II Die Manuskripte der Balags „Wie die Sonne tritt heraus!“ und „erhebe dich, erhebe dich!“

        II 1. Textsiglen                                                                                                                                                         89

        II 2. Manuskriptverteilung auf die Kirugus der beiden Balags                                                                           92

        II 3. „Wie die Sonne tritt heraus!“ –Manuskripte mit abweichender Reihenfolge der Kirugus                      96

   III Das Balaĝ „Wie die Sonne tritt heraus!“

        III 1. Belege des Titels ^dutu-gen₇ e₃-ta und Identifizierung des Balags                                                           97

        III 2. Datierung des Textes                                                                                                                                  100

        III 3. Textaufbau des Balags                                                                                                                                102

        III 4. Manuskripte                                                                                                                                                  110

            III 4.1. Das 1. Kirugu: ^dutu-gen₇ e₃-ta                                                                                                             111

            III 4.2. Das 2. Kirugu: urim₂ ki gul-la-gen⁷                                                                                                      122

            III 4.3. Das 3. Kirugu: aB: [...] am₃-me / I. Jt.: gu₃ uru₂ hulu-a-na                                                                 132

            III 4.4. Das n+1. Kirugu: dam-gara₃ ra ba-da-kur₂                                                                                        136

            III 4.5. Das n+2. Kirugu: Titel unbekannt                                                                                                         143

            III 4.6. Das n+3. Kirugu: x x [...] x x si? u₄-ul-la uru₂-gu₁₀                                                                               150

            III 4.7. Das n+4. Kirugu: [... a]-za-lu-lu                                                                                                              151

        III 5. Ubersetzung als Komposittext                                                                                                                     154

        III 6. Die ‚Version‘ des Manuskriptes N2                                                                                                            163

        III 7. Inhalt und Stilistik des Balags                                                                                                                      166

        III 8. Die Kirugus des Balags                                                                                                                                173

            III 8.1. 1. Kirugu: „Wie die Sonne tritt heraus!“                                                                                                173

            III 8.2. 2. Kirugu: „ie um das zerstorte Ur“                                                                                                        258

            III 8.3. 3. Kirugu: „...] stost sie aus!“                                                                                                                  294

            III 8.4. n+1. Kirugu: „er Handler hat sich abgewendet“                                                                                   314

            III 8.5. n+2. Kirugu: Titel unbekannt                                                                                                                  346

            III 8.6. Das n+3. Kirugu: „...] ewige Tage, mein Machtiger“ und Kolophon1                                                374

            III 8.7. Das n+4. Kirugu: „[... Er]barmen!“ und Schluskolophon                                                                      377

   IV Das Balaĝ „Erhebe dich, erhebe dich!“

        IV 1. Belege des Titels zi-bu-u₃ zi-bu-u₃ und Identifizierung des Balags                                                        385

        IV 2. Textaufbau des Balags                                                                                                                                386

        IV 3. Textvertreter                                                                                                                                                  387

        IV 4. Paralleltexte                                                                                                                                                  392

            IV 4.1. Das 1. Kirugu: zi-bu-u₃ zi-bu-u₃                                                                                                           392

            IV 4.2. Das 5. Kirugu: Titel unbekannt                                                                                                             396

        IV 5. Ubersetzung als Komposittext                                                                                                                    399

        IV 6. Inhalt des Balags                                                                                                                                          405

        IV 7. Die Kirugus des Balags                                                                                                                              407

            IV 7.1. 1. Kirugu: „Erhebe dich, erhebe dich!“                                                                                               407

            IV 7.2. 2. Kirugu: „ein Vater! Der Himmel steht vor dir!“ –Transliteration                                                   433

            IV 7.3. 3. Kirugu: „eine Wehklage, meine Wehklage!“ –Transliteration                                                     436

            IV 7.4. 4. Kirugu: „chau umher, schau umher!“ –Transliteration                                                                  438

            IV 7.5. 5. Kirugu: Titel unbekannt                                                                                                                   439

   V Zusammenfassung                                                                                                                                              447

    Anhang: ‚Nicht-orthographische‘ vs. ‚orthographische‘ Schreibungen                                                              453

    Literaturverzeichnis und Abkurzungen                                                                                                                  459

    Indices                                                                                                                                                                      483

   Tafelteil