CDLI Literary 000382 (Lament for Uruk) composite (P469684)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000382 (Lament for Uruk) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469684 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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| surface a 1 | The ... which had developed -- its wiping clean (?) was to be accomplished (?) |
| surface a 2 | The ... of heaven and earth put their divine powers ... to sleep (?). |
| surface a 4 | ... mortal man multiplied to become as numerous as the gods. |
| surface a 5 | When together ... had achieved a momentous decision, |
| surface a 6 | , the ... of the gods ... |
| surface a 7 | Enki and Ninki determined the consensus - |
| surface a 8 | Enul and Ninul assigned the fate, ... |
| surface a 9 | When together An and Enlil had created it, that one resembled ... |
| surface a 10 | When Ninlil had given it features, that one was fit for ... |
| surface a 11 | When together Aruru, Suen and Enki had fashioned its limbs, |
| surface a 12 | that one turned pitch black, as at night, halfway through the watch, ... |
| surface a 13 | All the great gods paled at its immensity and ... was brought about. |
| surface a 14 | Like a great wild bull which bellows mightily, that one filled the world with its roar. |
| surface a 15 | As its gigantic horns reached up to heaven, who trembled in his very core? |
| surface a 16 | As it was piled up over the mountains like a battle-net, who turned away? |
| surface a 17 | Who caused wailing and lamenting in those streets and ...? |
| surface a 18 | Uruk, like a loyal citizen in terror, set up an alarm |
| surface a 19 | (and exclaimed) “Rise up!” Why did its hand seize Uruk? Why did the benevolent eye look away? |
| surface a 20 | Who brought about such worry and lamenting and ...? |
| surface a 21 | That one drew nearer. That one settled upon the ground. Why would he withdraw? |
| surface a 22 | Who distorted Uruk's good sense and deranged its good counsel? |
| surface a 23 | Who smashed its good udug deity? Who struck its good lamma deity too? |
| surface a 24 | Who desecrated the fearsome radiance which crowned it? |
| surface a 25 | Who brought about mob panic in Uruk? Who ... sickness too? |
| surface a 26 | Along with the city, the foreign lands ..., who ... in the temple of Uruk? |
| surface a 27 | That one ... |
| surface a 2 | Who made ...? |
| surface a 3 | Why was ... expanded? Who made the black-headed people become so numerous? |
| surface a 4 | Who overthrew ...? |
| surface a 5 | ... was destroyed - who restored ...? |
| surface a 6 | Who confronted ...? |
| surface a 7 | That one crushed ... |
| surface a 8 | That one ... |
| surface a 1 | ... like ... |
| surface a 2 | ... and Utu, who in human form renders judgment at the law court of heaven, set and did not rise again. |
| surface a 3 | ... bore a heavy burden of sin. |
| surface a 4 | ... the altered verdicts of Lord Nunamnir. |
| surface a 5 | who can smite ...? |
| surface a 6 | ... and they approach (?) |
| surface a 7 | ... he brings ... forth. |
| surface a 8 | ... of Enlil ... |
| surface a 9 | He ... and puts an end to ... |
| surface a 2 | ... each and every one ... |
| surface a 3 | ... its ways were ... |
| surface a 4 | ...its destruction and demolition, ... |
| surface a 5 | The ... of the gods ... attention. |
| surface a 6 | ..., who neglected ..., |
| surface a 7 | ... the city watched as the evil ghost approached. |
| surface a 8 | ... breathed painfully, he wept bitterly. |
| surface a 9 | ... there was no nodding of the head. |
| surface a 10 | He consoled himself with tears and laments - the city trembled. |
| surface a 11 | A defiled hand smote him and flattened his skull - the city collapsed. |
| surface a 12 | The fearsome radiance overwhelmed like ... |
| surface a 13 | The proud city of all the lands became like one who spreads havoc. |
| surface a 14 | The faithful cowherds themselves overturned every single cattlepen. |
| surface a 15 | The chief shepherds themselves burned (?) every sheepfold. |
| surface a 16 | They built them up like grain heaps, they spread them out like grain piles, |
| surface a 17 | they were convulsed. ... they drenched the fields with water, they turned the city into a swamp. |
| surface a 18 | They did all that. Like reeds in a wasteland, life could not be revived. |
| surface a 19 | They brought ruination. Evil things menaced (?) the city. |
| surface a 20 | A hush settled over the awed hearts of its people like a cloak. |
| surface a 21 | Its good udug deities went away, its lamma deities ran off. |
| surface a 22 | Its lamma deity (said) “Hide in the open country” and they took foreign paths. |
| surface a 23 | The city's patron god turned against it and its shepherd abandoned it. |
| surface a 24 | Its guardian spirit, though not an enemy, was exiled (?) to a foreign place. |
| surface a 25 | Thus all its most important gods evacuated Uruk, they kept away from it. |
| surface a 26 | They hid out in the hills and wandered (?) about in the haunted plains. |
| surface a 27 | In the city built upon peace, food and drink were overturned like a saman vessel. |
| surface a 28 | In the pasture lands a tumultuous noise arose, the asses and sheep were driven away. |
| surface a 29 | Elderly people and babies, taking their rest, ... in front ... |
| surface a 30 | They saw ... and slaughtered (?) ... |
| surface a 1 | He ... and opened his clenched fist. |
| surface a 2 | He ... and reached out his hand. |
| surface a 3 | The ... of Sumer, the city whose king crossed over to an enemy land, |
| surface a 4 | to ... - he smote it with the might of his weapon. |
| surface a 5 | He ... and turned the place into dust. |
| surface a 6 | He ... and piled the people up in heaps. |
| surface a 7 | ..., how long until its charms are restored? |
| surface a 8 | 2nd kirugu. |
| surface a 9 | The ... of heaven ... and the people ... to the limits of heaven. |
| surface a 10 | Its gišgigal. |
| surface a 11 | He ..., stretched forth his hand and induced terror in the land. |
| surface a 12 | Enlil struck out with great ferocity. He announced: |
| surface a 13 | “A deluge dashing the hoe on the ground shall be invoked. |
| surface a 14 | At its front war shall be a ... axe, at its rear it shall be a ... |
| surface a 15 | Its overgrown hair shall be a harrow, its back shall be flames. |
| surface a 16 | Its countenance shall be a malevolent storm that enshrouds heaven and earth. |
| surface a 17 | The glint of its eyes shall be lightning that flashes far like the Anzud bird. |
| surface a 18 | Its mouth shall rage -- a blazing fire that extends as far as the nether world. |
| surface a 19 | Its tongue shall be an inferno, raining embers, that sunders the Land. |
| surface a 20 | Its arms shall be the majestic Anzud bird that nothing can escape when it spreads wide its talons.” |
| surface a 21 | “Its ribs shall be crowbars that let light pass inside like the sun's rays. |
| surface a 22 | Knotted at both its hips shall be city-destroying slingstones. |
| surface a 23 | Its great haunches shall be dripping knives, covered with gore, that make blood flow. |
| surface a 24 | Its muscles shall be saws that slash, its feet those of an eagle. |
| surface a 25 | It shall make the Tigris and Euphrates quaver, it shall make the mountains rumble. |
| surface a 26 | At its reverberation the hills shall be uprooted, the people shall be pitched about like sheaves, |
| surface a 27 | Sumer and Akkad shall shiver, they shall be flooded like a harvest crop. |
| surface a 28 | The foolish shall rejoice, they shall exclaim (?): |
| surface a 29 | “Let it come -- we shall be seeing war and battle in the city, |
| surface a 30 | how the sacred precinct (?) is destroyed, how the walls are battered down, how the city's peace is disrupted, |
| surface a 31 | how among the loyal families honest men are transformed into traitors.”" |
| surface a 32 | “But the sensible shall beat their breasts and droop (?) their heads. |
| surface a 33 | At midnight they shall be afraid and tearful, and suffer insomnia. |
| surface a 34 | In bed, under the covers, they shall be unable to sleep soundly, they shall wander about the city. |
| surface a 35 | They shall be immobilised, their courage shall run out: |
| surface a 36 | “May our allies serving in times of war raise their forces for peace. |
| surface a 37 | May the word of Enlil be sent back, may it turn tail. |
| surface a 38 | May the venom of Nunamnir's anger become exhausted. |
| surface a 39 | May those vicious men who have seized the E-kur be punished. |
| surface a 40 | May those who have set their sight upon Nibru be swept away.”" |
| surface a 41 | 3rd kirugu. |
| surface a 42 | My heart is filled with sorrow, I am tear-stricken. |
| surface a 43 | Its gišgigal. |
| surface a 44 | Oh, Sumer! Alas -- your spirit! Alas -- your structure! Alas -- your people! |
| surface a 45 | The word of An, having been assigned its place, has destroyed the sacred precinct (?). |
| surface a 46 | The pronouncement of Enlil, having been set in motion, ... |
| surface a 47 | The deluge dashing the hoe to the ground ... |
| surface a 48 | The great and fierce ..., Lord Nergal |
| surface a 49 | ... like Gibil, Nergal ... |
| surface a 51 | War ... enemy lands ... echoed. |
| surface a 52 | Like arrows in a quiver ... |
| surface a 53 | Evildoers in Sumer ... |
| surface a 54 | Gutium, the enemy, overturned ... |
| surface a 55 | Sumer, caught in a trap, ... |
| surface a 56 | ts people were thrown into turmoil ... |
| surface a 57 | he mighty heroes of Sumer ... |
| surface a 58 | ... the heart of a hurricane ... |
| surface a 59 | They advanced like the front rank of troops, ... |
| surface a 60 | Like ... they were crushed, every one of them ... |
| surface a 61 | Their war veterans gave up, their brains were muddled. |
| surface a 62 | The troop leaders, the most outstanding of the men, were viciously hewn down. |
| surface a 63 | Gutium, the enemy, ... weapons ... |
| surface a 64 | Gutium, the enemy, ... weapons ... |
| surface a 65 | Like a swelling flood, like ..., Subir poured into Sumer. |
| surface a 66 | They ... like stampeding goats, they tore apart the corpses of the population. |
| surface a 67 | They mutilated Sumer and Akkad, they pulverised it as with a pestle. |
| surface a 68 | They destroyed its settlements and habitations, they razed them to ruin mounds. |
| surface a 69 | The best of Sumer they scattered like dust, they heaped up ... |
| surface a 70 | They massacred its populace, they finished off young and old alike. |
| surface a 71 | They destroyed the city of the Anuna gods, they set it aflame. |
| surface a 72 | hey put out both Uruk's eyes, they uprooted its young shoots. |
| surface a 73 | They wandered all through the libation places of the Anuna gods. |
| surface a 74 | And even Kulaba, which is the primeval city, they turned into a place of murder. |
| surface a 75 | 4th kirugu. |
| surface a 76 | Alas - Sumer! Alas - its people! |
| surface a 77 | Its gišgigal. |
| surface a 78 | Uruk! They seized your wharf and your borders and ... |
| surface a 79 | At Uruk shouts rang out, screams reverberated, its captured men ... |
| surface a 80 | The noise reached to the south. The south was destroyed and ... |
| surface a 81 | The impact forced its way to the uplands. The uplands were struck and ... |
| surface a 82 | To the right and left no people moved about, no habitations were built. |
| surface a 83 | There was no ... and the mobilisation of troops did not ... |
| surface a 84 | ... rose up to heaven. Heaven perished and its strength did not ... |
| surface a 85 | ... upon the earth. The earth was scattered, and it did not ... |
| surface a 86 | All the settlements were dispersed - Uruk stood all alone. |
| surface a 87 | It was a bull, it was a champion, it was immense with pride, but it ... to the weapons. |
| surface a 88 | All night and even until midday battle was waged, and afterwards it did not ... |
| surface a 89 | Battering rams and shields were set up, they rent its walls. |
| surface a 90 | They breached its buttresses, they hewed the city with axes. |
| surface a 91 | They set fire to its stations, they ... the city's dwellings. |
| surface a 92 | They destroyed it, they demolished it. |
| surface a 93 | Uruk, the good place, was ... with dust. |
| surface a 94 | Like a great wild bull wounded with an arrow, ... |
| surface a 95 | Like a wild cow pierced with a spear, ... |
| surface a 96 | The mighty one rushed with his weapons and ... implements of war. |
| surface a 97 | Subir, rising up like a swelling floodwave, ... |
| surface a 98 | They trampled (?) through the streets and ... |
| surface a 99 | They let the blood of the people flow like that of a sacrificial cow, they tore out everything that had been built. |
| surface a 100 | The citizens of Uruk ... |
| surface a 101 | They ... and threw down ... |
| surface a 102 | They ... and put an end to ... |
| surface a 103 | They seized ... |
| surface a 104 | They struck ... |
| surface a 105 | They destroyed ... |
| surface a 106 | They ... |
| surface a 107 | They demolished ... |
| surface a 108 | They set up ... |
| surface a 109 | They heaped up ... |
| surface a 110 | They put an end to ... and did not leave behind ... |
| surface a 111 | ... Subir entered ... |
| surface a 112 | 5th kirugu. |
| surface a 113 | ... cried out “... has been created” and he smeared dust ... |
| surface a 114 | Its gišgigal. |
| surface a 115 | ... reached ... |
| surface a 1 | The enemy land ... |
| surface a 2 | zabala ... |
| surface a 3 | In Ur, the E-kiš-nu-gal ... |
| surface a 4 | Cattlepen and sheepfold, evil ... |
| surface a 5 | The land of Subir ... |
| surface a 1 | All the great gods ... |
| surface a 2 | The Anuna gods ... |
| surface a 4 | The daises ... |
| surface a 1 | Lady inanna whose greatness is vaster than the mountains, |
| surface a 2 | hovering like An, vested with grandeur like Enlil, |
| surface a 3 | like her father, perfect by night and in the heat of the day, |
| surface a 4 | like Utu, surpassing in vigour, |
| surface a 5 | singularly exalted in all the four regions - |
| surface a 6 | let Išme-Dagan take pleasure in relaxing in your temple, |
| surface a 7 | let him murmer to you in your temple, |
| surface a 8 | let him raise his head to you in your E-ana. |
| surface a 9 | Let Išme-Dagan serve you as your steward. |
| surface a 10 | Let him prepare great bulls for you. |
| surface a 11 | Let him dedicate great offerings to you. |
| surface a 12 | Let him make the beer, fat and oil plentiful for you. |
| surface a 13 | Let him make syrup and wine flow for you as from stone jars. |
| surface a 14 | Let Išme-Dagan, |
| surface a 15 | son of Enlil on the king's pedestal, bow in homage to you. |
| surface a 16 | May he make the ub and ala drums resound grandly for you. |
| surface a 17 | May the tigi sound sweetly for you, and may the zamzam play for you. |
| surface a 18 | May they play ... on the tigi for you, |
| surface a 19 | expressing your prayers and supplications before you. |
| surface a 20 | In bringing forth ..., |
| surface a 21 | all that there are, at your E-gipar in Uruk, |
| surface a 22 | as a humble man who has grasped your feet, |
| surface a 23 | as a reverent man who has experienced your exaltedness, |
| surface a 24 | e has brought a lament as offering to you and will ... |
| surface a 25 | As for everything that happened to Sumer and Akkad, |
| surface a 26 | which he has witnessed in Uruk, the aggrieved place, |
| surface a 27 | may the most knowledgeable cantors perform songs there. |
| surface a 28 | If the Anuna gods emerge tearfully, |
| surface a 29 | let them promise to us that as it was when heaven and earth came about, |
| surface a 30 | nothing of that time shall be changed. |
| surface a 31 | If An looks kindly upon that man and at the well-built city, |
| surface a 32 | the place of determining fate, |
| surface a 33 | “Man and city! Life and well-being!" |
| surface a 34 | proclaim for him. Let praise ring out. |
| surface a 35 | Let him be made surpassing above all, to his right or left |
| surface a 36 | Tireless lamma deity, take hold of his head, |
| surface a 37 | pronounce his fate in charitable words - |
| surface a 38 | - by the command of An and Enlil it will remain unaltered for a long time. |
| surface a 39 | 12th kirugu. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| surface a | ||
| 1 | [...] x gar-ra re szu gur-bi x x-dam | |
| 2 | [...] x an? ki-ke4 me-bi x x nu2 | |
| 3 | [...] x E NE ba-ab-ra | |
| 4 | [...] lu2 ti dingir-re-e-ne-gin7 a-na me bi2-ib2-tab | |
| 5 | [...]-bi-ta |GA2xGAR| su3-e mi-ni-in-se3-ge5-esz-a | |
| 6 | [...] dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 sza3 x [...] mu-un-gu7 | |
| 7 | {d}en-ki {d}nin-ki umusz mi-ni-in-gal2-e-esz 3(u)-a-kam | |
| 8 | {d}en-ul {d}nin-ul-e nam bi2-in-tar-re-esz ...-du11 | |
| 9 | an {d}en-lil2-bi ba-an-u3-tu-usz-a ...-gin7 e-ne ba-se3 | |
| 10 | {d}nin-lil2-le musz3-me mi-ni-in-szum2-ma x x e-ne ba-ab-tum3 | |
| 11 | {d}a-ru-ru {d}suen {d}en-ki-bi me-dim2-bi ba-an-ak-esz-a | |
| 12 | e-ne ba-he2-szi ge6 en-nu-ug3 MASZ-a-gin7 [...] x-asz ba-ab-gar | |
| 13 | dingir gal-gal-e-ne kusz3-kusz3-ta ba-an-sig7-ge-esz [...] mi-ni-ib-gal2 | |
| 14 | am gal-gin7 gu3 mah im-mi-ib-du11 szix(|KAxBALAG|)-bi e-ne ba-e-si | |
| 15 | si gal-bi an-ne2 he2-em-us2-sa ni2-bi a-ba-a in-dub2 | |
| 16 | sa-par4-gin7 kur-re he2-em-dub-ba a-ba-a ba-ni-in-gur | |
| 17 | sila-ba er2 a-nir a-ba-a i-ni-in-gar x [...] | |
| 18 | unu{ki}-ge lu2 zi ni2 te-a-gin7 x x [...] | |
| 19 | zi-ga szu-ba a-na-asz ba-ni-ib-dab5 igi zi? a-na-asz ... | |
| 20 | sza3 sag3 a-nir-ra a-ba-a i-ni-in-gar x x x IM [...] x | |
| 21 | e-ne ba-ab-te sahar-ra e-ne ba-an-tusz? giri3 a-na-asz ba-da-ze2-er | |
| 22 | dim2-ma-bi szu bala a-ba-a bi2-in-ak umusz-bi a-ba-a bi2-in-kur2 | |
| 23 | {d}udug sa6-ga-bi a-ba-a ib2-ta-an-dub2 {d}lamma-bi a-ba-a in-ga-an-ra | |
| 24 | ni2 me-lam2 sag-ga2 gal2-la-bi szu hul a-ba-a bi2-in-du11 | |
| 25 | unu{ki}-ga tesz2-bi a-ba-a ib2-ta-an-gu7?-x x gig a-ba-a in-ga-x x | |
| 26 | iri-da kur-kur [...] unu{ki}-ga e2-ba a-ba-a ... | |
| 27 | e-ne [...] | |
| 1 | [...] x x | |
| 2 | [...] x SA RA [...] x a-ba-a in-ak | |
| 3 | [...]-ni sag a-na-asz ba-ab-su3 ug3 sag-ge6-ga a-ba-a in-lu-lu-un | |
| 4 | ... a-ba-a za3 im-mi-in-tag | |
| 5 | [...]-bi gesz im-mi-gul [...] a-ba-a dur2-bi-sze3 mu-un-gi4 | |
| 6 | [...] x a-ba-a sag im-mi-tu-lu | |
| 7 | [...] x-ba e-ne ba-ze2-er | |
| 8 | [...] x NI x x E NE [...] | |
| 1 | [...]-gin7? sag x x x x x | |
| 2 | [...] x DU {d}utu lu2 ki di an-na-ta [...]-a szu2 sza-ra-us2 gu2-bi nu-mu-szi-ib2-zi | |
| 3 | [...] x-in-di-be2-esz nam-tag dugud ba-ab-il2 | |
| 4 | [...] di kur2-kur2 en {d}nu-nam-nir-ra | |
| 5 | [...] x-ga-ke4 a-na bi2-in-tu11-be2 | |
| 6 | [...]-ni-in-szub da mu-un-szi-ib-ak-ne | |
| 7 | [...] gal2 igi szum2-ma im-mi-in-e3 | |
| 8 | [...] {d}en-lil2-la-ka [...] x-kusz2-u3 | |
| 9 | [...] x-bi bi2-ib2-til-e | |
| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x-sze3 tesz2-e ni2-ba [...] | |
| 3 | [...] x-la-ba a-ra2-bi ba-[...] | |
| 4 | [...]-gul-lu se3-se3-ge4-bi a2-bi [...] | |
| 5 | ... dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 gesztu2 ba-szi-in-x | |
| 6 | [...] x-ke4 gu2 ba-an-da-szub-ba | |
| 7 | [...] x gidim hul bi2-in-te-a iri igi-ba ba-du8 | |
| 8 | [...] zi hul i3-pa-an-pa er2 gig i3-sze8-sze8 | |
| 9 | [...] KA mu-un-ak-e sag sag3-ge nu-ga2-ga2 | |
| 10 | er2-re a-nir-ra sza3 mu-ni-ib-kusz2-u3 iri ni2-ba mu-da-dub2 | |
| 11 | szu pe-el szu ba-ab-ra sag ba-ab-tal2 iri ni2-ba ba-an-ta-ra | |
| 12 | ni2 me-lam2 i-bi2 du3-a-gin7 ni2-bi-a ba-an-te | |
| 13 | iri sag-ku3-gal2 kur-kur-ra re ha-lam gar-gin7 ba-du3 | |
| 14 | amasz {lu2}sipa zi-de3 du3-du3-a re ni2-bi-a ba-an-bu-bu | |
| 15 | tur3 unu3 gal-e du3-a re ni2-bi-a ba-an-tab-tab | |
| 16 | zar-gin7 ba-du3 zar-gin7 ba-sal ni2-bi-a ba-an-ur4 | |
| 17 | HAR SUH3 a-sza3-ga a ba-ab-gar iri sug-ge4 ba-ab-gu7 | |
| 18 | i3-ak-ak gi ki sumun-na-gin7 u3-tu-da nu-ga2-ga2 | |
| 19 | sag2 ba-ab-du11 iri-a nig2-hul-a |KAxLUM| mu-un-da-an-x x | |
| 20 | sza3 ni2 te ug3-ba nig2-me-gar tug2-gin7 i-im-dul (x x) | |
| 21 | {d}udug sa6-ga-bi im-ta-an-e3-e-esz {d}lamma-bi ba-da-an-kar-re-esz | |
| 22 | {d}lamma-bi edin-na bar-bi2-ib-da giri3 kur2 ba-ra-an-dab5-be2-esz | |
| 23 | iri dingir-bi ba-da-gur sipa-bi ba-da-an-tak4 | |
| 24 | maszkim-bi lu2-erim2 nu-me-a ki kur2 im-ma-an-x | |
| 25 | dingir gal-gal-bi ur5 in-ze2-esz bar-ta ba-su8-ge-esz | |
| 26 | hur-sag-ga2 bar im-ma-an-dab5-be2-esz edin-lil2-e ba-ab-[...] | |
| 27 | iri silim du3-a gu7 nag-a {dug}saman-gin7 im-mi-in-szub | |
| 28 | sza3-tum3?-ma dum-dam mu-ni-in-za ansze udu im-mi-in-e3 | |
| 29 | ab-ba lu2-banda3{da} sza3 kusz2-u3-bi x igi-sze3 KA BA bi-x x | |
| 30 | x x-ne igi mu-un-bar-bar x x bi2-ib2-szar2-szar2 x x x | |
| 31 | [...] x-bi ba-BU-BU x x | |
| 32 | ... ba-ni-ib2-du11-ge-[...] | |
| 33 | [...] x-a me-a [...] | |
| 1 | [...] ki szu sag3 mi-ni-in-du8? | |
| 2 | [...] mu-na-kal?-la? szu mu-na-gid2 | |
| 3 | [...] ki-en-gi-ra iri lugal ki-bala-a-sze3 | |
| 4 | [...]-sze3 ba-ra-ab-bala a2 {gesz}tukul-la [...] mu-un-dub2 | |
| 5 | [...] RI ki sahar-da im-ma-an-gi4 | |
| 6 | [...] ug3 zar-re-esz mi-ni-in-du8-du8 | |
| 7 | [...] la-la-a-ni en-na bi2-ib2-gi4-gi4 | |
| 8 | ki-ru-gu2 2(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 9 | x x x an NA x x x kur za3 an-sze3 ug3-e [...] x x | |
| 10 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 11 | x x x-e im-la2 szu mi-ni-in-gid2-gid2 kur-re ni2 bi2-in-te | |
| 12 | {d}en-lil2-le husz gal-bi mu-un-tag gu3 ba-an-de2 | |
| 13 | a-ma-ru ki al ak-e gu3 im-ma-ab-zi | |
| 14 | me3 ugu-bi-sze3 {uruda}dur10-gag-am3 egir-bi-sze3 |PA.HAR| 1(disz)-am3 | |
| 15 | siki lum-ma-bi {gesz}gan2-ur3-ra-am3 {mu}murgu-bi-sze3 izi-am3 | |
| 16 | sag-ki-bi u4 hul-du3-am3 ki an-na dul-lu-dam | |
| 17 | gesz-nu11-bi nim gir2-re anzu{muszen}-gin7 igi su3-u4-bi bar-re-dam | |
| 18 | gu3-bi mer-mer-ra-am3 izi bar7-a kur-re su3-su3-u3-dam | |
| 19 | eme-bi ga-an-ze2-er-ra-am3 u3-dub2 szeg3-ge26 kalam-ma dar-re-dam | |
| 20 | a2-bi anzu{muszen} mah du10 bad-re6 nig2-nam nu-e3-am3 | |
| 21 | ti-ti-bi nig2 za-ra ak-dam u4 zal-gin7 zal-le-dam | |
| 22 | szab-ba-bi-a a2-sag3 uru2 gul-la nig2-kesz2-sze3 mu-un-la2 | |
| 23 | hasz2 gal-bi gir2 sur usz2 dul4-dul4-lu u3-mun bala-bala-e-dam | |
| 24 | sa-sa-bi {uruda}szum-me szab-dam giri3-bi hu-ri2-in{muszen}-na-am3 | |
| 25 | {i7}idigna {i7}buranun ni2 mu-ni-ib-te kur-ra gu3 mi-ni-ib2-ra | |
| 26 | szix(|KAxBALAG|) gi4-bi-sze3 hur-sag i3-bu-re ug3 zar-re-esz i3-sal-e | |
| 27 | ki-en-gi ki-uri su im-sag3-sag3-ge buru14-gin7 i3-su3-su3-u3 | |
| 28 | nu-zu-u3-ne im-szi-hul2-hul2-e-esz szeg5? im-szi-ib-tar-re-ne | |
| 29 | he2-em-du me3-a gesz-gesz-la2-sze3 iri igi he2-bi2-ib-du8-un-de3-en | |
| 30 | |URUxKAR2| im-gul-la-a-asz bad3 im-se3-ge5-a-asz iri silim i3-si-il-le-a-asz | |
| 31 | numun zi sag lul-la sag zi-da szu bala mi-ni-ib-ak-a-a-asz | |
| 32 | lu2 zu-u3-ne gaba sag3 i3-ak-ne sag i3-sal-sal-e-ne | |
| 33 | a2 ge6-ba ni2 er2 mu-ni-ib-te-esz igi lib i3-ak-ne | |
| 34 | ki-nu2 {tug2}nig2-bara3-bi u3 du10 li-bi-ku-ku-ne iri{ki} im-nigin2-nigin2-ne | |
| 35 | e-ne-ne szu-ne-ne ba-du3-du3 sza3 dar i3-ak-ne | |
| 36 | a2-tah gub me3 silim-me-esz2 gaba-bi ha-ba-ab-zi-zi-i | |
| 37 | inim {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 he2-bi2-ib-gur-re murgu-bi-sze3 ha-ba-gub | |
| 38 | x x {d}nu-nam-nir-ra-ka usz11-bi he2-bi2-ib-til-e | |
| 39 | lu2 husz e2-kur-ra x mu-un-dab5-be2-esz-a igi-bi he2-em-szi-tum2 | |
| 40 | nibru{ki}-sze3 igi-bi mu-ra-szi-ni-ib2-gal2-la szusz3 he2-em-mi-ib-su-su | |
| 41 | ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 42 | sza3-gu10 er2 im-si szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2 | |
| 43 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 44 | ki-en-gi a sza3-zu a bar-zu a nam-lu2-u18-lu-zu | |
| 45 | inim an-na ki-bi-sze3 ga2-ga2-de3 |URUxKAR2| i3-gul x x | |
| 46 | du11-ga {d}en-lil2-la2 di-di-de3 im-ma-ni-szi-ib-[...] | |
| 47 | a-ma-ru ki al ak-e x [...] | |
| 48 | x husz gal en {d}nergal [...] | |
| 49 | x x x {d}gibil-gin7 {d}nergal [...] | |
| 50 | [...] x x tum3-gin7 i3-[...] | |
| 51 | me3 ki-bala [...] x szix(|KAxBALAG|) mu-[...]-gi4-gi4 | |
| 52 | ti mar-uru5-a-gin7 [...]-til-e [...] | |
| 53 | ki-en-gi-ra lu2-erim2 [...] | |
| 54 | gu-ti-um ur-re ba-e-bala [...] | |
| 55 | ki-en-gi gesz-bur2-ra i3-bala-la x [...] | |
| 56 | ug3-bi szu suh3-ha im-ma-ab-du11 x [...] | |
| 57 | ur-sag kal-ga ki-en-gi-ra-ke4 gesz [...] | |
| 58 | sza3 {tu15}u18-lu-da zu NE EN e11? [...] | |
| 59 | erin2 sag-gin7 mu-un-lah5-lah5-esz-am3 AN [...] | |
| 60 | KASKAL x-gin7 mu-un-gaz-usz 1(disz)-a re an-gin7 [...] | |
| 61 | me3 zu-ba szu-ba bi2-ib-szub dim2-ma-bi [...]-ak | |
| 62 | sag erin2-na lu2-ta e3-a-me-esz gar3 hul-bi [...] x | |
| 63 | gu-ti-um{ki} ur-ra x E NE [...] {gesz}tukul [...] x | |
| 64 | igi-bi da-bi-a nu-mu-un-bar-bar-re-esz-a GIR2-GIR2 [...] | |
| 65 | su-bir4{ki}-e a mah e3-a-gin7 a x [...] x-gin7 ki-en-gi-ra ba-an-de2 | |
| 66 | masz kar-ra-gin7 ur x [...] ug3 ad6-bi mu-un-si-il-le-esz | |
| 67 | ki-en-gi ki-uri gu2-gur5?-ru-usz {gesz}naga3-sze3 mu-un-ak-esz | |
| 68 | masz-kan2 a2-dam-bi mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz du6-du6-ra mi-ni-in-si-ig-esz | |
| 69 | ki-en-gi sag-e sahar-gin7 mu-un-dub-bu-usz x [...] mu-un-tu11-be2-esz | |
| 70 | nam-lu2-ulu3-bi aga3-kar2 bi2-in-se3-ge5-esz tur mah-bi mu-un-til-le-esz | |
| 71 | iri{ki} {d}a-nun-ke4-ne mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz izi mu-ni-in-ri-ri-esz | |
| 72 | unu{ki}-ga igi tab-bi mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz {gesz}isimu2{mu2}-bi mu-un-suh-u3-usz | |
| 73 | ki-a-nag {d}a-nun-ke4-ne-ke4 nigin2-nigin2 im-mi-in-dib-be2-esz | |
| 74 | kul-ab{ki} iri ul in-ga-me-a ki-lul-la bi2-in-sag3-sag3-ge-esz | |
| 75 | ki-ru-gu2 4(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 76 | a ki-en-gi a nam-lu2-ulu3-bi | |
| 77 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 78 | unu{ki} kar-zu za3-zu ba-ab-dab5-be2-esz [...] | |
| 79 | unu{ki}-ge gu3 im-ra szegx(|KAxLI|)? im-gi4 lu2 szu dab5-bi [...] | |
| 80 | sig-sze3 za-pa-ag2 im-gar sig ba-gul a2 nam-ba?-[...] | |
| 81 | nim-sze3 szu im-zi nim ba-se3 tab-ba la-ba-x [...] | |
| 82 | zi-da gab2-bu ug3 nu-di a2-dam nu-du3-du3 [...] | |
| 83 | ki x x-bi-a nu-un-gal2 zi-ga la-ba-szi-ib-x [...] | |
| 84 | an-sze3 x x il2 an i3-til a2-bi DI li-bi2-[...] | |
| 85 | ki-a x bi2-ib-DU ki i3-bara3 ni2-bi nu-um-x [...] | |
| 86 | masz-kan2-masz-kan2 ba-bir-bir unu{ki} dili-bi ba-du3 [...] | |
| 87 | gu4-dam usu-tuku-am3 tesz2 im-dagal {gesz}tukul-e im-x [...] | |
| 88 | ge6 an-bar7-gan2-ba dam-ha-ra im-ak egir-bi-sze3 nu-x [...] | |
| 89 | {gesz}gu4-si-ASZ {kusz}gurx(|E.TUM|){ur3} ba-su8-ge-esz bad3-bi mu-un-si-il-si-il-le-esz | |
| 90 | za3-e3-ba gu2-giri3 mi-ni-in-gar-re-esz iri {gesz}al-e bi2-in-ra-ra-asz | |
| 91 | ki-gub-ba izi mu-ni-in-szum2-mu-usz iri-tusz-ba mu-un-[...] | |
| 92 | mu-un-se3-ge-esz mu-un-gul-lu-usz | |
| 93 | unu{ki} ki du10 sahar-da im-da-[...] | |
| 94 | am gal-gin7 ti mu-ni-in-gid2-gid2-i x [...] | |
| 95 | sun2?-gin7 {gesz}szukur mi-ni-in-te-te x [...] | |
| 96 | kal-ga {gesz}tukul-e sag ba-an-szum2 gesz me3 [...] | |
| 97 | su-bir4{ki}-e a mah a e3-a-gin7 zi-ga ... | |
| 98 | e-sir2-e-sir2-ra du10 mi-ni-in-MUSZ2-MUSZ2 [...] | |
| 99 | u3-mu-un nam-lu2-ulu3 ab2-gin7 mu-un-sur-sur-re-esz nig2 dim2 mu-un-ze-x-re-esz | |
| 100 | dumu unu{ki}-ga-ke4-ne [...] x-le-esz | |
| 101 | x x-bi I x [...]-in-tu11-usz | |
| 102 | x x x x ... mu-un-til-le-esz | |
| 103 | [...] mu-un-da-an-dab5-be2-esz | |
| 104 | [...] bi2-ib-se3-ge5-esz | |
| 105 | [...] mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz | |
| 106 | [...]-in-ri-ri-esz | |
| 107 | ... mu-un-ha-lam-e-esz | |
| 108 | [...] mu-un-gar-re-esz | |
| 109 | [...]-bi gesz? ba-an-tu11-usz | |
| 110 | [...] ba-an-til-le-esz ... nu-mu-un-tak4-a-asz | |
| 111 | [...] x-ha-e su-bir4{ki}-e ba-an-ku4 | |
| 112 | ki-ru-gu2 5(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 113 | [...] im-ma-dim2 gu3 im-me [...] sahar mi-ni-in-su-ub | |
| 114 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi | |
| 115 | [...]-zu sa2 mi-ri-ib-du11 [...] x gaba hul-bi DI-ga2 | |
| 116 | [...] sa6-sa6 gub-ba | |
| 117 | [...] us2-sa | |
| 118 | [...]-da | |
| 119 | [...]-ga? | |
| 120 | [...]-an-RI | |
| 121 | [...]-ba-sze3 | |
| 122 | [...] gar | |
| 123 | [...] x | |
| 124 | [...] x | |
| 125 | [...] x | |
| 126 | [...] x | |
| 127 | [...] x-esz | |
| 128 | [...]-gur | |
| 129 | [...]-i | |
| 130 | [...]-asz | |
| 131 | [...]-dub2-usz | |
| 132 | [...]-esz | |
| 133 | [...]-usz | |
| 134 | [...]-esz | |
| 1 | ki?-bala? e2? [...] UR [...] | |
| 2 | ki zabala{ki} [...] TA [...] | |
| 3 | uri2{ki} e2-kisz-nu-gal2 [...] TA [...] | |
| 4 | tur3 {e2}amasz e2 x [...] hul [...] | |
| 5 | ki su-bir4{ki} [...] | |
| 1 | dingir gal-gal [...] | |
| 2 | {d}a-nun-na [...] | |
| 3 | DI NE x [...] | |
| 4 | bara2-bara2? [...] | |
| 5 | IM [...] | |
| 1 | nin nam-gal-la-ni kur-ra diri-ga | |
| 2 | an-gin7 dib {d}en-lil2-gin7 ni2 gur3-ru | |
| 3 | a-a-ni-gin7 ge6 an-szeg6-ga2-ba he2-du7 | |
| 4 | {d}utu-gin7 nam-szul-la za3 dib | |
| 5 | ub-da limmu2-ba dili-ni mah | |
| 6 | ni2 dub2-ba e2-za hu-mu-hul2-le | |
| 7 | e2-za mul-ma-al hu-mu-ri-ib-za | |
| 8 | e2-an-na-za sag hu-mu-ri-in-il2 | |
| 9 | {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan u2-a-zu ha-ra-da-gub | |
| 10 | gu4 gal-gal-e si ha-ra-ni-ib-sa2 | |
| 11 | nidba gal-gal-e gesz hu-mu-ra-ab-tag-ge | |
| 12 | kasz i3-udu i3 hu-mu-ra-ab-szar2-e | |
| 13 | lal3 gesztin bur-gin7 ha-ra-ab-de2-e | |
| 14 | {d}isz-me-{d}da-gan-e ki lugal gub-ba | |
| 15 | dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 giri17 szu ha-ra-ab-tag-ge | |
| 16 | ub3 a2-la2-e gu3 nun hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 17 | tigi a-ra-du10 za-am-za-am hu-mu-ra-ab-du12 | |
| 18 | x x x tigi-a hu-mu-ra-ab-du12 | |
| 19 | siskur a-ra-zu-zu sag-bi-sze3 ha-ra-e3 | |
| 20 | x x e3-a gal2-gal2-la-sze3 | |
| 21 | unu{ki} e2-ge6-par4-ra-za | |
| 22 | lu2 sun5-na giri3-zu mu-un-dab5-ba | |
| 23 | ni2-tuku nam-mah-zu mu-un-zu-a | |
| 24 | er2 siskur-ra-ta ma-ra-an-de6 u3-mu-un-x x | |
| 25 | nig2 ki-en-gi ki-uri a-na-ab-ak | |
| 26 | unu{ki}-ga ki gig-ga igi-na bi2-du8-am3 | |
| 27 | nar gal-zu szer3-ra hu-mu-ni-ib-tum2-tum2 | |
| 28 | u3-mu-un-e3-esz er2-bi {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne | |
| 29 | u4 an ki-in-du-a a-na gal2-la-ba | |
| 30 | u4-bi nam-me-kur2-ru he2-me-ne-esz | |
| 31 | an lu2-ba-ra igi zi u3-mu-un-szi-in-bar | |
| 32 | iri{ki} du3-a ki nam tar-re-da | |
| 33 | lu2 iri-bi nam-ti nig2 du10-ge | |
| 34 | gu3 zi-mu-na-ni-ib me-tesz2 he2-i-i | |
| 35 | zi-da gab2-bu-na he2-bi2-in-diri | |
| 36 | {d}lamma ga2-la nu-dag-ge sag-ga2-na tuku-bi2-ib | |
| 37 | nam-tar-ra-ni inim? zi du11-ga-a-ba | |
| 38 | inim an-na? {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 su3-da-sze3 nu-kur2-ru | |
| 39 | ki-ru-gu2 12(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
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