Gilgamesh II 034 (P273162)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Gilgamesh II 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273162 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | At the first glimmer of dawn, Gilgameš [...]: |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | '[...] your mother, a gazelle, your father, a wild donkey, ... [...]; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | '[...] reared with their milk, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 'taught all the pastures! The paths, o Enkidu, [...], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 'may they mourn you, may they not fall silent by night or day [(...)]! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 'May they mourn you, the elders of the extensive city of Uruk, the sheepfold! [...], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | 'the crowd, giving blessings behind us! May it mourn you,19 [...]! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 'May they lament, the meadows like your mother! May it mourn you, the boxwood tree, [...], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 'between which we crept! May it mourn you, the bear, hyena, [...], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 'cheetah, stag, (and) jackal, the lion, wild bulls, deer, [...], |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 'the herds and animals of the open country! May it mourn you, the sacred River Ulay, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 'on its bank we always walked! May it mourn you, the holy Euphrates, which [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | 'as water from a water-skin! May he mourn you, the young men of the extensive city of Uruk, [...], |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | 'who watched our battles, as we killed the Bull of Heaven! May he mourn you, the farmer [...], |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | who will extol your name with a sweet work song! Ditto (May he mourn you), ... [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | 'first [...] ... will extol your name! Ditto (May he mourn you), the herdsman [...], |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | '[...] set milk (and) ghee in your mouth! Ditto (May he mourn you), the shepherd [...], |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | '[...] put ghee below you! Ditto (May he mourn you), the elders [...], |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | '[...] always put ale in your mouth! Ditto (May she mourn you), the prostitute [...], |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | '[...] ... anointed the crown of your head with sweet-scented oil! May they mourn [...], |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | '[...] the groom's marriage ceremony, who a wife ... [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | '[...] brothers may they mourn over you! Like your sisters [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 'their tresses be loosened on [...]! |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 'Ditto (May they mourn) for Enkidu, your mother and your father! On his steppe I will mourn you! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 'Listen to me, o young men, listen to me! Listen to me, o elders of the [...] city [...]! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 'I shall mourn my friend Enkidu, like a professional female mourner [(...)] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | 'I shall lament bitterly. The axe at my side, the trust of [...], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 'the sword of my belt, the shield in front of me, the holder of ... [...], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 'the garment of my festivals, the girdle of my delight: [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 'it robbed me. O my friend, mule on the run, donkey [...], |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 'panther of the open country, o Enkidu, mule on the run, donkey of [...]! |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | 'We who ... and went up the mountain, seized the Bull of Heaven [...], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | 'destroyed Humbaba, mighty king of the Cedar Forest. [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | 'what sleep seized you? You, come back to me and [...] not [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | 'But he (Enkidu), he is not lifting his head; I am feeling his heart but [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | 'at all.' He covered (his) friend's face like that of a bride, (saying:) 'I [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | 'I am circling over him. Like a lion whose cubs (are) in pits, [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | 'in front of him and behind him. I am tearing out (and) discarding (my) curly |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | 'hair.' He was tearing off (and) throwing away (his) finery, like something taboo [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [...] Gilgameš sent out a call to the land: 'Smith! [...] worker! |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | 'Coppersmith! Goldsmith! Jeweller! Make my friend [...]!' |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [...] he fashioned a statue of his friend: 'The limbs of my friend [...]; |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | '[...] ... the eyes are of lapis lazuli (and) your chest of gold, your body [...].' |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [mim-mu]-⸢u₂⸣ še-e-ri a-na na₂-ma-ri {d}GIŠ-⸢gim₂⸣-[maš ...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢AMA⸣-ka MAŠ.DA₃ a-ka-a-nu a-bu-ka ⸢ib⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | [... i]-⸢na⸣ še-zib-bi-šin u₂(I-)ra-bu-u-ka ka-a-⸢šu⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [u₂-še]-⸢e⸣-di kal₃ me-re-e-<ti> KASKAL-MEŠ {d}en-ki-du₃ [...] | |
| 5 | [lib-ka]-⸢ka⸣ a-a i-qu(TUR-)la GE₆ ur-ra [(...)] | |
| 6 | ⸢lib⸣-ku-⸢na⸣-ka {lu₂}AB-MEŠ IRI DAGAL{eš} UNUG{ki} šu-pur-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢um⸣-ma(BA-)nu-um i-kar-rab EGIR-na lib₂-ki-ka [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢lu⸣-u-⸢nam⸣-ba-a qer-bet a-ki-i AMA-ka lib₂-ki-ka {giš}[TAŠKARIN ...] | |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ ina bi-ri-su-nu ni-hi-tal-pu lib₂-ki-ka a-su ⸢bu⸣-[ṣu ...] | |
| 10 | min₃-dan-nu lu-lim du-ma-mu UR.MAH AM-MEŠ a-a-li₃ [...] | |
| 11 | bu-ul nam-maš-e EDIN lib-ki-ka {id₂}u₂-la-a ⸢qad⸣-[diš-tu₂ ...] | |
| 12 | ni-tal-lak ina a-ha-šu₂ lib₂-ki-ka el-lat pu-ra-ti ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | A-MEŠ na-a-di lib₂-ki-ka {lu₂}GURUŠ-MEŠ IRI DAGAL{eš} UNUG{[ki} ...] | |
| 14 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ME₃-MEŠ-na-ṭu-lu ME₃-MEŠ-na-ṭu-lu a-la nu-na-er lib₂-ki-⸢ka⸣ {lu₂}[ENGAR ...] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂⸣ a-la-ala DU₁₀.GA u₂-še-la MU-ka {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ki-ka)>} AB ⸢TI⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | [x]-um-me-⸢e⸣ ma-har-e u₂-še-la-a MU-ka {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ki-ka)>} {⸢lu₂⸣}[NA.GADA ...] | |
| 17 | [x še]-⸢zib⸣-bi he-e-mat {u₂}GI.NA ina pi-i-ka {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ki-ka)>} ⸢re⸣-[eʾ-u₂ ...] | |
| 18 | [x] ⸢iš⸣-ta-kan ina KI.TA-ka I₃.NUN.NA {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ki-ka)>} AB-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | [x] ⸢ku⸣-ru-u-nu iš-tak-kan <ina> pi-i-ka {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ki-ka)>} {munus}⸢ha⸣-[rim-tu₂ ...] | |
| 20 | [x x] x I₃ tap-pa-šiš UGU-ka DU₁₀.GA lib₂-⸢ku⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 21 | [x] ⸢e⸣-mu-tu₂ ša₂ DAM UN KUM IŠ KI KA x [...] | |
| 22 | [x] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ{e} lib₂-ku-u₂ UGU-ka GIM NIN-MEŠ-⸢ku⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [uš]-šur pe-ra-tu₂-šun ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | {<|KI.MIN|(lib₂-ku-u₂)>} ana {d}en-ki-du₃ AMA-ka AD-ka ina na-me-šu-ma a-ba-[kak-ka ...] | |
| 3 | ⸢ši⸣-ma-i-ni GURUŠ-MEŠ ši-ma-na-a-a-ši ši-ma-na-a-a-ši ši-ma-i-ni AB-MEŠ ⸢IRI⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ana-ku ana ib-ri-i {d}en-ki-du₃ a-bak-ki ki-ma {la}lal-la-⸢ri⸣-[ti (...)] | |
| 5 | a-nam-ba-a ⸢ṣar⸣-piš ha-ṣi-nu a-ha-a-a tu-ku-lat [...] | |
| 6 | nam-ṣar ši-bi-i a-ri-te ša₂ pa-ni-ia mu-kil li-x x [...] | |
| 7 | lu-ba-ri-ši-na-ta-a lu-ba-ri-ši-na-ta-a ni-bi-ih lal-la-a-a [...] | |
| 8 | e-kim-ma-ni a-ia-ši ib-ri ku-dan-nu ṭar-du a-[ka-nu ...] | |
| 9 | nam-mar ša₂ EDIN {d}en-ki-du₃ ku-dan-nu ṭar-du a-ka-nu ša₂ [...] | |
| 10 | ša i-ni-nu-ma ni-lu-u₂ KUR{u₂} ni-iṣ-ṣa-bat a-la [...] | |
| 11 | nu-ša₂-al-pi-te {d}hum-ba-ba šar₄ {giš}TIR {giš}ere-ni dan-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | mi-na-a šit-tu₂ iṣ-bat-ka-ma ka-a-ši at-ta tur-ra-ma ⸢la⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | u šu-u₂ la i-na-ša₂-a SAG-MEŠ-šu₂ a-la-pa-te lib₃-ba-šu-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | mim-ma-ma ik-tu-ma ib-ri GIM E₂.GI₄.A pa-nu-uš ana-ku [...] | |
| 15 | a-su-ra UGU-šu₂ GIM UR.MAH ša₂ ina šu-ta-a-te mu-ra-[nu-ša₂ ...] | |
| 16 | ina pa-ni-šu₂ u EGIR-šu₂ a-ba-qa-am a-ta-ba-ka qu-un-[nun-tu₄] | |
| 17 | ⸢pe-er⸣-tu₄ i-na-as-sah(HAR) i-na-da-a da-qa-a-te a-⸢šak⸣-[kiš ...] | |
| 18 | [x x] {⸢d⸣}GIŠ-gim₂-maš a-na KUR ri-gim ul-te-ṣi {lu₂}SIMUG(MURUB₄) {⸢lu₂⸣}[...] | |
| 19 | {[lu₂]}⸢qur⸣-qur {lu₂}KU₃(UD).DIM₂(BAN) {lu₂}GAB₂.SAR e-pu-uš ib-⸢ri⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | [...] ib-na-a ṣa-lam ib-ri-šu₂ ša₂ ib-ri-ia₂(NIG₂) mi-⸢na⸣-[tu-ka ...] | |
| 21 | [x x] x x ⸢i-ni⸣ ša₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ GABA-ka ša₂ KU₃.SI₂₂ SU-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
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