Gilgamesh II 046 (P273200)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Gilgamesh II 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273200 |
| Museum no. | IM 067577 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'o 1'–o i 1'o 1' | Survey [...] and [...]! |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | [...] its brickwork is not kiln-fired brick, |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | [...] the 7 [...] did [...] lay [...]! |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | [...] is date-grove, a šāru-measure is clay-pit, a pitru-measure is [...]: |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | [...] and a pitru-measure is Uruk, the measurement. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | [...] the tablet-box of cedar, |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | release its clasps of bronze! |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | Open the lid of its secret, |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | lift up the tablet of lapis lazuli and read aloud |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | all the hardships, all that Gilgameš kept going through! |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | He surpasses (other) kings, brave, powerfully built, |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | hero, native of Uruk, butting wild bull! |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13' | He goes at the fore as the leader, |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14' | he also goes at the rear as the trust of his brothers! |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15' | A strong bank, the protection of his army, |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16' | a violent wave, the one who destroys a wall of stone! |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | Wild bull of Lugalbanda, Gilgameš, perfect in strength, |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18' | suckling of the exalted cow, Rimat-Ninsun! |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19' | Gilgameš so tall, perfect, terrifying, |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 20'20'–o i 20'20' | the one who opens mountain passes; |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 21'21'–o i 21'21' | the one who digs mountainside wells, |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 22'22'–o i 22'22' | the one who crosses the ocean, the wide sea, as far as the sunrise; |
| Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 23'23'–o i 23'23' | the one who surveys the world-regions, the one who keeps searching for life, |
| Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 24'24'–o i 24'24' | the one who reaches through his strength Uta-napišti, the distant; |
| Obverse Column i [24:25] o i 25'25'–o i 25'25' | the one who restores cult-centres that the flood destroyed, |
| Obverse Column i [25:26] o i 26'26'–o i 26'26' | the one who establishes cultic regulations for the numerous people! |
| Obverse Column i [26:27] o i 27'27'–o i 27'27' | [...] can be compared with him for kingship? |
| Obverse Column i [27:28] o i 28'28'–o i 28'28' | [...] can say [...] Gilgameš: 'I am the king'? |
| Obverse Column i [28:29] o i 29'29'–o i 29'29' | Gilgameš was his name from the day he was born, |
| Obverse Column i [29:30] o i 30'30'–o i 30'30' | two-thirds of him god but one-third of him human. |
| Obverse Column i [30:31] o i 31'31'–o i 31'31' | Belet-ili drew [...] of his body, |
| Obverse Column i [31:32] o i 32'32'–o i 32'32' | Nudimmud [...] his build. |
| Obverse Column i [32:33] o i 33'33'–o i 33'33' | [...] ... was splendid [...], |
| Obverse Column i [33:34] o i 34'34'–o i 34'34' | [...] stature ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [34:35] o i 35'35'–o i 35'35' | [...] distance between [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 1'o 1' | With [...], |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | with [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | A hunter [...], |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | beside [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | One [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10' | There was [...], |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | to [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | The hunter [...]: |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | 'My father, one [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 14'14'–o ii 14'14' | 'In the land [...], |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [... hi]-⸢iṭ⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢SIG₄⸣-šu la ⸢a⸣-[gur-rat] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢id⸣-du-u₂ 7 [...] | |
| 4' | [... {giš]}⸢KIRI₆⸣-MEŠ šar₂ es-su-⸢u₂⸣ pi-⸢tir⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [x x] u₃ pi-ti-ir ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} ⸢tam⸣-[ši-hu] | |
| 6' | [x x] {giš}tup-šen-na ša₂ {⸢giš⸣}[EREN] | |
| 7' | [pu-uṭ]-⸢ṭer⸣ har-gal-li-šu ša₂ ⸢ZABAR⸣ | |
| 8' | [pi-te]-⸢ma⸣ KA₂ ša₂ ni-ṣir-ti-[šu₂] | |
| 9' | [i]-⸢ši⸣-ma ṭup-pi {⸢na₄⸣}ZA.GIN₃ ši-tas-si | |
| 10' | [mim-mu]-u₂ {d}GIŠ-gim₂-maš DU.DU{ku} ka-lu mar-ṣa-a-ti | |
| 11' | [šu]-⸢tu⸣-ur UGU LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂-nu-ʾu-u₂-du EN gat-ti | |
| 12' | ⸢qar⸣-du lil-lid UNUG{ki} ri-i-mu mut-tak-pu | |
| 13' | ⸢il⸣-lak ina pa-ni a-ša₂-red | |
| 14' | ⸢ar⸣-ka ⸢il⸣-lak-ma tukul-ti ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15' | ⸢kib⸣-ru dan-nu ṣu-lul um-ma-ni-šu₂ | |
| 16' | ⸢a-gu⸣-u₂ ez-zu mu-ab-bit BAD₃ NA₄ | |
| 17' | [ri]-⸢mu⸣ ša₂ {d}LUGAL.BAN₃.DA {d}GIŠ-gim₂-maš git-⸢ma⸣-lu e-mu-qi₂ | |
| 18' | [e]-⸢niq⸣ ar-hi ṣir-ti {f}ri-mat—{d}NIN.SUN₂ | |
| 19' | [ši]-⸢hu⸣ {d}GIŠ-gim₂-maš git₂-ma-lu ra-šub-bu | |
| 20' | [pe]-⸢tu⸣-u₂ ne₂-re-be₂-e-ti ša₂ hur-sa-a-ni | |
| 21' | [he]-⸢ru⸣-u₂ bu-⸢u₂⸣-ri ša₂ ⸢GU₂⸣ KUR{i} | |
| 22' | [e]-⸢bir⸣ a-ab-⸢ba ta⸣-ma-ti DAGAL{ti} EN {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ | |
| 23' | [ha-a]-a-iṭ kib-ra-a-ti muš-⸢te-ʾu⸣-u₂ ba-la₂-ṭi | |
| 24' | [ka]-⸢ši⸣-id ⸢dan⸣-nu-⸢us⸣-su a-na {m}UD—ZI ⸢ru⸣-u₂-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 25' | [mu]-⸢ter ma-ha-zi⸣ ana aš-ri-šu₂-nu ša₂ u₂-hal-li-qu a-bu-bu | |
| 26' | [mu]-⸢kin par-ṣi⸣ ana UN-MEŠ a-pa-a-ti | |
| 27' | [x x] ⸢it-ti⸣-šu iš-ša₂-an-na-nu a-na LUGAL{ti} | |
| 28' | [...] {⸢d⸣}GIŠ-gim₂-maš i-qab-bu-u₂ a-na-ku-ma LUGAL | |
| 29' | {[d}GIŠ-gim₂]-⸢maš ul⸣-tu u₄-um ⸢iʾ⸣-al-du na-bu šum-šu₂ | |
| 30' | [šit-tin]-⸢šu₂⸣ DINGIR-ma šul-lul-ta-šu₂ a-me-lu-tu | |
| 31' | [x x pag]-⸢ri⸣-šu DINGIR.MAH ⸢uṣ-ṣir⸣ | |
| 32' | [...] gat-⸢ta⸣-šu₂ {⸢d}NU⸣.DIM₂.[MUD] | |
| 33' | [...] x NA ša₂-ru-uh [...] | |
| 34' | [...] ⸢la-na⸣ x x U₂ [...] | |
| 35' | [...] bi-rit [...] | |
| 36' | [...] x x [...] | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢it⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 2' | ⸢it-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ṣa-⸢a⸣-[a-du ...] | |
| 4' | ina ⸢pu⸣-[ut ...] | |
| 5' | 1{[en} ...] | |
| 10' | ⸢i⸣-[ba-aš₂-ši ...] | |
| 11' | a-na [...] | |
| 12' | ṣa-⸢a⸣-a-[du ...] | |
| 13' | a-bi 1{[en} ...] | |
| 14' | ina ⸢ma⸣-[ti ...] | |
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