CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 024 (P346135)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346135 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1' 1' | The 5th is ..., a screaming sagkal snake, ...(?), splitting the mountain range |
| obverse col 1' 2' | The 6th is ..., beating its breast against the mountain like a flood |
| obverse col 1' 3' | The 7th is ... flashing like lightning(!), no one will approach its side |
| obverse col 1' 4' | The seven heroes, the youth Utu gave to Gilgamesh |
| obverse col 1' 5' | They(?) will bring the boats for portage to the base of the mountain range |
| obverse col 1' 6' | It was made pleasing there for the one who cuts the juniper |
| obverse col 1' 7' | It was made pleasing there for lord Gilgamesh |
| obverse col 1' 8' | In his city as a single man he sounded the horn |
| obverse col 1' 9' | As two companions (he and Enkidu), (they) shouted together |
| obverse col 1' 10' | The one who has a household to his household, the one who has (lives with) a mother to his mother |
| obverse col 1' 11' | May single males acting(?) like me, act on behalf of my power |
| obverse col 1' 12' | The one who has a household to his household, the one who has (lives with) a mother to his mother |
| obverse col 1' 13' | The single males acting(?) like me, fifty of them, have acted on behalf of my power |
| obverse col 1' 14' | He set out to the house of the blacksmith |
| obverse col 1' 15' | He was pouring (the metal for) the (blade of the) a'ašgar ax, the agasilig axe(!?), the arms of heroism |
| obverse col 1' 16' | He set out to the grove of deep shade |
| obverse col 1' 17' | He was striking (down) the axe handle(?) of halub wood, apple wood, and boxwood |
| reverse col 1 1' | No one can cut a three-ply rope(?) |
| reverse col 1 2' | On a wall, water does not overwhelm a man(?) |
| reverse col 1 3' | Fire cannot be extinguished in a house with a reed fence |
| reverse col 1 4' | You help me, I shall help you, what is it of ours that someone can take (away)? |
| reverse col 1 5' | When it sank, when it sank |
| reverse col 1 6' | When the Magan boat sank |
| reverse col 1 7' | When the barge(?), Magilum, sank |
| reverse col 1 8' | A raft, a lifeboat, seized ... |
| reverse col 1 9' | Come! let us go and have a look! |
| reverse col 1 10' | (But) if we go |
| reverse col 1 11' | There will be an aura, there will be an aura, turn back! |
| reverse col 1 12' | There will be cunning(?) there will be cunning, turn back! |
| reverse col 1 13' | (This is) your thought, (but) come, let's go! |
| reverse col 1 14' | After someone has not even approached (within) 3600(?) ninda |
| reverse col 1 15' | Huwawa has (already) “seized” (him in) his house of juniper/cedar |
| reverse col 1 16' | He has looked, it is the look of death |
| reverse col 1 17' | He has shaken his head (taking an oath?), its is a head filled with (punishment for?) sin |
| reverse col 1 18' | You who are a young man to your detriment, you will not return to the city of your mother |
| reverse col 1 19' | He imposed his aura into his muscles and his feet |
| reverse col 1 20' | He could not turn his foot (i.e., take a step) on the ground |
| reverse col 2 1' | Huwawa by means of his own strength ..., he said? to him “sit” |
| reverse col 2 2' | The hero(!) sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises |
| reverse col 2 3' | Huwawa sat down, wept, and made sobbing noises |
| reverse col 2 4' | Huwawa ... compassion for Gilgamesh |
| reverse col 2 5' | Gilgamesh, release me! |
| reverse col 2 6' | So that I may speak a word with Utu |
| reverse col 2 7' | Utu, (I) do not know the mother that bore me, (I) do not know the father that reared me |
| reverse col 2 8' | I was born in the mountain, you reared me |
| reverse col 2 9' | Gilgamesh swore an oath by heaven, he swore an oath by earth, he swore an oath by the netherworld |
| reverse col 2 10' | He seized his hand(?), (saying): “you shall not be deprived” |
| reverse col 2 11' | At that time, Gilgamesh, the native, had compassion in his heart |
| reverse col 2 12' | Gilgamesh was speaking to Enkidu |
| reverse col 2 13' | Enkidu, may the captured bird go (back) to its place for me(?) |
| reverse col 2 14' | May the captured youth be returned to the lap of his mother |
| reverse col 2 15' | His servant Enkidu was replying |
| reverse col 2 16' | The tall, (if) he lacks intellect |
| reverse col 2 17' | The Namtar demon/fate will consume him, the Namtar demon/fate having not been revealed |
| reverse col 2 18' | The caught bird that is to go back to its place |
| reverse col 2 19' | The caught youth that is to be returned to the lap of its mother |
| reverse col 2 20' | You will not return to the city of your birth mother |
| reverse col 2 22' | Huwawa was speaking to Enkidu |
| reverse col 2 23' | Enkidu is defaming me |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | [... musz]-sag-kal szeg11#? gi4#?-[...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [... a]-ge6-gin7# kur-ra gaba [...] | |
| 3' | [...] nimx(TUM3)-gin7 i3-gir2-gir2-re da-bi-sze3#? [...] | |
| 4' | [... ur]-sag sul {d}utu {d}gilgames3-ra [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x [...] hur-sag-ga2-ke4 hu-mu-ni-in-tum2-tum2#?-[...] | |
| 6' | [{gesz}]erin#? ku5-ku5#-de3#? hul2-la-gin7 im-ma-na-ni-ib2#?-[...] | |
| 7' | [... {d}]gilgames3-e hul2-la-gin7 im-ma-na-ni-ib2#-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]-na#? lu2 dili-gin7 si gu3 ba-ni-in-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] 2(disz)# tab-ba-gin7 gu3 tesz2 ba-ni-in#-[...] | |
| 10' | [...] e2-a-ni-sze3 ama tuku ama#?-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-dili ga2-gin7 ak a2#-gu10#-sze3# hu#?-[...] | |
| 12' | [...] e2-a-ni-sze3 ama tuku# ama#?-[...] | |
| 13' | [...]-gin7 ak# ninnu-am3 a2-ni-sze3 ba-x-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] simug-sze3# giri3-ni bi2#?-[...] | |
| 15' | [{uruda}]a2#?-asz#?-gar#? aga#?-URUDU-SAL a2 nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka im#-x-[...] | |
| 16' | [...]-na# giri3#-[...] | |
| 17' | [... {gesz}]taszkarin#?-na-ka im-ma#-[...] | |
| 18' | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | esz2!(TUG2)# esz5 tab-ba [...] | |
| 2' | bad3-da [...] | |
| 3' | e2 gi-sig-ga [...] | |
| 4' | za-e ga2-e tah-ma-ab ga2#-[...] | |
| 5' | ba-su-a-ba# [...] | |
| 6' | u4 ma2 ma2-gan{ki} [...] | |
| 7' | ma2-GI ma2-gi-lum [...] | |
| 8' | ma2-<da>-la2 ma2 zi-sza3-gal2-la-ka#? [...] | |
| 9' | ga2-nam!-ma ga-an-szi-re7{+re}-[...] | |
| 10' | tukumbi [...] | |
| 11' | ni2 i3-gal2 [...] | |
| 12' | umun2 i3-gal2 [...] | |
| 13' | nig2-sza3-zu ga2-nam-ma ga-an-szi#-[...] | |
| 14' | usz 1(gesz2) ninda#{+a#}-[...] | |
| 15' | hu-wa-wa e2 {gesz}erin-na-ka-ni x-[...] | |
| 16' | igi mu-szi-in-bar igi#? [...] | |
| 17' | sag mu-na-tuku4-tuku4 sag#? [...] | |
| 18' | gurusz# ba#?-da#?-me-en-na iri ama tu-da#?-[...] | |
| 19' | [...] giri3#-na ni2 ba-an-ri ni2 [...] | |
| 20' | [...] li#-bi2#-[...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | hu#-wa#-wa# usu#-ni#-ta#? x [...] x tusz-a mu-na#-x-[...] | |
| 2' | ur-UR-e dur2 im-ma-gar# [er2 im]-ma#-an#-pa3 si12-si12 i3-ga2#-[...] | |
| 3' | hu-wa-wa <dur2> im-ma-gar er2 im#-ma#-an-pa3 si12-si12 i3-ga2#-[...] | |
| 4' | hu-wa-wa {d}gilgames3-ra# sza3-ne-sza4 KA [...] | |
| 5' | {d}gilgames3 szu-ba#-mu#?-u8#? | |
| 6' | {d}utu inim ga-mu-na-ab-be2#? | |
| 7' | {d#}utu# ama tu-da-ga2 nu-zux(SU) a-a bulug3-ga2-[...] | |
| 8' | [kur]-ra# mu-tu-de3-en za-e bulug3-[...] | |
| 9' | {d}gilgames3 zi an-na mu-un-pa3 zi ki-a mu-un#-[pa3] zi kur-ra mu-un-[pa3] | |
| 10' | [...]-sze3# mu-un-dab5 ki-za nam-ba-an-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-ba#? {d}gilgames3 dumu-egir sza3-ga-na arhusz ba-an-[...] | |
| 12' | [{d}]gilgames3 en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2#-e | |
| 13' | en#-ki-du10 muszen dab5-ba ki-bi-sze3 ha#-[x]-DU | |
| 14' | gurusz# dab5#-ba ur2 ama-ni-sze3 he2-gi4#-gi4# | |
| 15' | [...]-ni en-ki-du10-e gu3 mu-un-ni-ib-[...] | |
| 16' | [...]-ra2 dim2-ma [...] | |
| 17' | [...] nam-tar [...]-SU# | |
| 18' | [...] ki#-bi du#-[...]-bi | |
| 19' | [...]-dam | |
| 20' | [...]-de3# | |
| 21' | [...]-hul#? | |
| 22' | [...]-de2#-e | |
| 23' | [...]-hul#? | |
| 24' | [...] x | |
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