CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 002 (P363615)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363615 |
| Museum no. | IM 067628 |
| 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
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| Line | English |
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| reverse 31' | I survived to the next year; the appointed time passed. |
| reverse 32' | 1st tablet, ludlul bēl ... |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [...] lord of wisdom, thoughtful god, [...] calming [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [...] lord of wisdom, thoughtful god, [...] calming (by) daytime. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [...] his fury is a storm, a deserted land; (yet) [...] his strength is sweet (like) a morning breeze. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | His anger (has) no equal, his turmoil is flood; (yet) his heart is favourable, his mind is merciful. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | The weight of whose hand the heavens can not bear; (even if) his gentle palm helps the dead. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Marduk, the weight of whose hand the heavens can not bear; (even if) his gentle palm helps the dead. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | In (his) rage, graves are exposed then he (also) raises the fallen one from the disaster. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | He frowns and (both) the tutelary deity and the protective deity abandon (the man); he gazes and his (personal) god returns to the one whom he pushed away. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | His punishment is forthwith dangerous ...; (yet) he is merciful, and quickly becomes like a mother. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | He hurries to care for his beloved, and, like a cow (for its) calf, he searches out after him constantly. |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121–o 2222 | His beatings are barbed: they pierce the body; (yet) his bandages are soothing: they heal death (lit. fate). |
| Obverse [22:24] o 2323–o 2424 | When he speaks, he endows (people) with sin; (yet) on his day of justice, obligations and faults are absolved. |
| Obverse [24:26] o 2525–o 2626 | It is he who afflicts (people) with the utukku-demon of shivering; he, with his spells, (who) drives off chills and terror. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | He is the one who reduces Adad's storm and Erra's blow. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | He is the one who reconciles the infuriated gods (and) [...]. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | He is the lord (who) oversees [...] of the gods. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 3030–o 3030 | There is none [...] whose behaviour he does not know. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | Marduk oversees everything in the god's heart. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | No other god comprehends his intention. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | His heart is as merciful as his hand is heavy. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 3434–o 3434 | His mind is as healing as his weapons are murderous. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 3535–o 3535 | (For) the one who (is) against his will, who may cool down his blow? |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | Without his will, which [...] may become light? |
| Obverse [36:37] o 3737–o 3737 | Let me proclaim his fury, (me) who ate [...] like a fish. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 3838–o 3838 | Quickly, he is favourable to me as he heals [...]. |
| Obverse [38:39] o 3939–o 3939 | Let me teach the people [...] is close. |
| Obverse [39:40] o 4040–o 4040 | His favourable understanding [...] the fault. |
| Obverse [40:46] o 4141–o 4646 | From the days Bel [...] ... [...] and the hero Marduk [...], my (own) god rejected me; my (own) goddess became inactive [...] the protective deity of welfare [...]; my (own) tutelary deity [...]. |
| Obverse [47:48] o 4848–o 4848 | My rank [...] |
| Obverse [48:49] o 4949–o 4949 | [...] have been laid upon me. |
| Obverse [49:50] o 5050–o 5050 | I was expelled (from) my house [...]; |
| Obverse [50:51] o 5151–o 5151 | My omens are obscure [...]; |
| Obverse [51:52] o 5252–o 5252 | signs of the diviner and ... [...]; |
| Obverse [52:53] o 5353–o 5353 | [...] the rumour of the street ... [...]. |
| Obverse [53:54] o 5454–o 5454 | (When) I sleep at night [...]. |
| Obverse [54:56] o 5555–o 5656 | (As for) the king, flesh of the god [...] he binds his heart [...]. |
| Obverse [56:58] o 5757–o 5858 | The attendants [...] denigrating talk [...]; they are gathering together [...]. |
| Obverse [58:60] o 5959–o 6060 | If the first one (says): "His life [...]", the second says: "I will remove [...]"; |
| Obverse [60:61] o 6161–o 6161 | thus the third: "[...] his appointment"; |
| Obverse [61:62] o 6262–o 6262 | the fourth [...] "I will enter his house"; |
| Obverse [62:63] o 6363–o 6363 | the fifth is inciting fifty (against me); |
| Obverse [63:64] o 6464–o 6464 | [...] and the seventh will follow like his protective deity. |
| Obverse [64:65] o 6565–o 6565 | They have gathered around me; their band is a knot of seven. |
| Obverse [65:66] o 6666–o 6666 | As merciless as a storm, similar to utukku-demons [...] |
| Obverse [66:67] o 6767–o 6767 | [...] their flesh is one and they are (all) set with (one) mouth. |
| Obverse [67:69] o 6868– | They have become wild and they are burning like fire. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | They persuaded ... (and) obstacles against me. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | They [...] my noble mouth as with a bridle. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | My lips that had prattled [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | My sonorous roarings [...] silently. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | (Once) so high, my head bowed down [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | My heart, (once) so steady, [...] in terror. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | (Once) so wide, my chest [...] the youngest. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | My arms, (once) far-reaching, are (now) covered [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | I, who had gone about like a lord [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | I had been splendid but I turned [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Within my large family [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | I go along the street [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | I enter the palace [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | My city [...] like my enemy. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | As if it were hostile [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | To [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | To [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 2424–r 2424 | [...] place me (as) its (own) flesh [...] |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2525–r 2626 | For the one who speaks kindly of me, [...] will open for him; the eloquent one who slanders at me will be placed [...]. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2727–r 2727 | As for the one who talks (with) maliciousness of me, the god is his helper. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2828–r 2828 | The one who says: "It is enough!", his haste [...]. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2929–r 2929 | (For) the one who does not help, life becomes like (that of) a protective deity. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 3030–r 3030 | I have neither acquired someone at my side, nor seen a merciful one. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 3131–r 3131 | To the riffraff, they distribute all that was mine. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 3232–r 3232 | They have blocked up the mouth of my canal with silt. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 3333–r 3333 | In my meadows, they have driven away the work song. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 3434–r 3434 | Like the city of my enemy, they put silence (upon my) my city. |
| Reverse [29:31] r 3535–r 3636 | They let another take my office and they appointed a stranger for my rites. |
| Reverse [31:33] r 3737–r 3838 | Days of depression;, nights of wailing; months of anxious silence, years of misery. |
| Reverse [33:35] r 3939–r 4040 | All day long, I indeed moaned like a dove. Like a singer I made the lamentations loud. |
| Reverse [35:37] r 4141–r 4242 | My eyes were always bursting into tears; my cheeks were burning with tears as if I was trampled. |
| Reverse [37:39] r 4343–r 4444 | Fear in my heart has turned my face black; terror and panic have turned my skin pallid. |
| Reverse [39:40] r 4545–r 4545 | [...] of my heart have shaken in constant trembling. |
| Reverse [40:41] r 4646–r 4646 | [...] and like a burning fire. |
| Reverse [41:42] r 4747–r 4747 | Words of my prayer [...] ... [...] ?ever-ignited?. |
| Reverse [42:43] r 4848–r 4848 | [...] ... my supplication was strife. |
| Reverse [43:44] r 4949–r 4949 | [...] my words were as difficult as the dark. |
| Reverse [44:45] r 5050–r 5050 | I speak [...] (but) my conversation is an obstacle. |
| Reverse [45:47] r 5151–r 5252 | As if, in daytime, good fortune will come straight to me, the moon will appear (and) my sun will shine. |
| Reverse [47:48] r 5353–r 5353 | One year and the next, my appointed time has passed. |
| Reverse [48:49] r 5454–r 5454 | Tablet 1, "Let me praise the lord of [...]". |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _en_ ne2-me-qi2 _dingir_ musz-[ta-lum] | |
| 2 | [...] mu-szi mu-up-pa-szir3 [...] | |
| 3 | [...] _en_ ne2-me-qi2 _dingir_ musz-ta#-[lum] | |
| 4 | [...] mu-szi mu-up-pa-szir3 ur-ri# | |
| 5 | [... _u4_]-mi me-he-e na-mu-u2 ug-gat-su# | |
| 6 | [u3 ki]-i# ma-nit sze!(ESZ)-re-ti za-aq-szu2 t,a-a-bu | |
| 7 | [uz]-zu#-usz-szu la ma-har a-bu-bu ru-ub-szu2 | |
| 8 | mu-us-sah-hir# ka#-ra-as-su ka-bat-ta-szu2 ta-a-a-rat | |
| 9 | sza2# nag#-be qa-[ti-szu2] la i-na-asz2-szu-u2 sza2-ma-'u-u2 | |
| 10 | rit-tusz rab#-bat# u2-kasz-szu mi-i-ta | |
| 11 | {d}marduk sza nag#-[be] qa#-ti-szu2 la i-na-asz2-szu-u2 sza2-ma-'u-u2 | |
| 12 | rab-ba-tum rit-ta#-szu u2-kasz-szu mi-i-ta | |
| 13 | i-na lib-ba-ti-szu2 up-ta-at-ta-a qab-ra-a-tum | |
| 14 | e-nu-szu2 ina ka-ra-sze-e u2-szat-bi ma-aq-tu2 | |
| 15 | ik-ke-lem-mu-ma i-ne2-es-su-u2 {d}lamma u {d}alad | |
| 16 | ip-pal-la-as-ma a-na sza2 is-ki-pu-szu2 _dingir_-szu2 i-sah-hur-szu2 | |
| 17 | ak-s,a-at a-na sur-ri en-nit-ta-szu2 ka-bit-ti | |
| 18 | ik-kar-rit,-ma za-mar-ma i-tar a-lit-tusz | |
| 19 | id-du-ud-ma ri-ma-szu u2-kan-ni | |
| 20 | u3 ki-i a-ra-ah bu-u2-ri it-ta-na-as-ha-ra _egir_-szu2 | |
| 21 | za-aq-ta ni-t,a-tu-szu2 u2-sah-ha-la zu-um-ra | |
| 22 | pa#-asz2#-hu s,i-in-du-szu2 u2-bal-la-t,u nam-ta-ra | |
| 23 | i#-qab-bi-ma# gil2-la-ta usz-rasz-szi | |
| 24 | ina _u4_ i-szar-ti-szu2 up-ta-at,-t,a-ru i'-il-tu4 u- an-nu | |
| 25 | szu-u2-ma tuk-tuk-ka ra-iba u2-szar-szi | |
| 26 | ina te-e-szu2 _ku3_ ip-pa-ru szu-ru-up-p[u] u hur-ba-szu | |
| 27 | musz-man-t,i# ra#-ti# _dingir iszkur_ me-hi-is,ti _dingir_er3-ra | |
| 28 | mu-sal-lim _dingir_ [...] ta#-ri szab-ba-su-u2-ti | |
| 29 | be-lu4 s,i#-[ru] lib3#-bi _dingir-mesz_ i-bar-ri | |
| 30 | ma-la sza# [...] a-lak#-ta-szu2 ul i-de | |
| 31 | {d}marduk at#-ta# sza# i#-na lib3-bi _dingir-mesz_ i-bar-i | |
| 32 | _dingir_ a-a-um-ma ul i-lam-mad t,e3-en-szu2 | |
| 33 | a-na ki-i kab-ta-at _szu_-su lib3-ba-szu2 re-me-ni | |
| 34 | a-na ki-i gas,-s,u _gisz-tukul-mesz_-szu2 ka-bat-ta-szu2 musz-ni-szat | |
| 35 | sza la lib3-bi-szu2 man-nu me-hi-is,-ta-szu2 li-szap-[szi-ih-(ma)] | |
| 36 | e-la kab-ta-ti-szu2 ia-u2 li-gal-lil ul# [...] | |
| 37 | lu#-sza2-pi ug-gat-su sza2 ki-ma nu-u2-ni ak-ti#-x [...] | |
| 38 | i-nu-nam-ma za-mar ki-i u2-bal-lat-[...] | |
| 39 | lu-szal-mid-ma _un-mesz_ kit-ru-ba gi#?-[x x] | |
| 40 | hi-is-sa-as-su _munus-saga_-tu# a-na [x x x] | |
| 41 | ul-tu-ud-ma _en_ [x x x] nu [x x x] | |
| 42 | u3 _ur-sag_ {d}marduk [pu]-su [x x x] | |
| 43 | id-da-an-ni _dingir-mu#?_ [sza2-du-szu i-mid] | |
| 44 | [ip-par]-ku# {d}isz-ta-[ri i-be2-x x] | |
| 45 | [isz-lit {d}]alad#-saga# [sza2 i-di-ia | |
| 46 | [...] la#-ma#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x mu#?-du#?-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] szi#-ri-szu2 isz#-[...] | |
| 3' | a#-na# qa-ab _munus saga_ ia pe#-ta# | |
| 4' | mu-ta-mu-u2 t,a-pil,-ti-ia2 sza2-kin# | |
| 5' | da-bi-ib nu-ul-la-ti-ia _dingir_ re# | |
| 6' | a-na sza2 iq-bu-us a-hu-la-pi ha-mut,-su# | |
| 7' | sza la ka-szim-ma i-te-me ba-lat,-su sze-du#- | |
| 8' | ul ar-szi a-lik i-di ga-mi3-la ul a-mar | |
| 9' | a-na s,i-in-di u bi-ir-ti u2-za-'a-i-zu mim-ma-a-a | |
| 10' | pi-i na-ri-ia u2-man-di-du sa-ki-ka | |
| 11' | qer-be2-ti-ia u2-szes-su-u2 [...] | |
| 12' | ki-i _iri_ na-ki-ri usz-qu-mi-im _iri_-ia5 | |
| 13' | par-s,i-ia u2-szal-qu-u2 sza2-nam-ma | |
| 14' | u3 ina pil-lu-de-e-a a-ha-a usz-ziz-zu | |
| 15' | _u4_-mu szu-ta-nu-hu _ge6_-sza# ger-ra-ni# | |
| 16' | _iti-mesz_ qi2-ta-a-a-u2-lu i-dir-tu4 _mu-an-na_ | |
| 17' | ki-ma su-um-mi ad-mu-ma gi-mir _u4_-me-ia | |
| 18' | za-ma-risz qu-bi-ia u2-sza2-as,-rap# | |
| 19' | i-na bi-tak-ki-i szub-ra-a _igi-min_-a-a | |
| 20' | mi#!-sisz# di-ma-ti s,ur-ru-pa u2-suk-ka-a-a | |
| 21' | us,#-s,al-lim pa-ni-ia2 a-di-rat lib3-bi-ia | |
| 22' | masz#-ki#-ia# u2-tar-ri-qu pi-rit-tu4 u hat-tu4 | |
| 23' | [...] lib3#-bi-ia ina gi-tal-lu-ti ir-tu-ba | |
| 24' | [...]-ma ki-ma s,a-rap i-sza2-ti | |
| 25' | nab#-[x] musz#-tah#-mi-t,i e-mat tes2-li-ti | |
| 26' | [ki]-ma# s,al#-tu4# pu-uh2-pu-uh2-hu-u2 su-pu-u2-a | |
| 27' | [...] szap#-ti-ia ki-i da#-i#-mi asz2-t,a | |
| 28' | [...] a-ta-mu-u2 nap-ra-ku na-pa-lu-u2-a | |
| 29' | tu#-sza-at i-na ur-ri isz-szi-ra da-me-eq-tu4 | |
| 30' | ar-hu in-nam-ma i-nam-me-ra {d}utu-szi# | |
| 31' | _kur_-ud-ma a-na ba-lat, a-dan-ni e-ti-iq | |
| 32' | _dub 1(disz)-kam_ lud-lul _en_ [...] | |
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