CDLI Literary 000383 (Lament for Eridu) composite (P469685)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000383 (Lament for Eridu) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469685 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
English translation
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| surface a 5 | The roaring storm covered it like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet. |
| surface a 6 | It covered Eridu like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet. |
| surface a 7 | In the city, the furious storm resounded ... |
| surface a 8 | In Eridu, the furious storm resounded |
| surface a 9 | Its voice was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people ... |
| surface a 10 | Eridu was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people ... |
| surface a 11 | Its king stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. He wept bitter tears. |
| surface a 12 | Father Enki stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. He wept bitter tears. |
| surface a 13 | For the sake of his harmed city, he wept bitter tears. |
| surface a 14 | Its lady, like a flying bird, left her city. |
| surface a 15 | The mother of E-maḫ, holy Damgalnuna, left her city. |
| surface a 16 | The divine powers of the city of holiest divine powers were overturned. |
| surface a 17 | The divine powers of the rites of the greatest divine powers were altered. |
| surface a 18 | In Eridu everything was reduced to ruin, was wrought with confusion. |
| surface a 19 | The evil-bearing storm went out from the city. It swept across the Land— |
| surface a 20 | —a storm which possessses neither kindness nor malice, does not distinguish between good and evil. |
| surface a 21 | Subir came down like rain. It struck hard. |
| surface a 22 | In the city where bright daylight used to shine forth, the day darkened |
| surface a 23 | In Eridu where bright daylight used to shine forth, the day darkened. |
| surface a 24 | As if the sun had set below the horizon, it turned into twilight. |
| surface a 25 | As if An had cursed the city, alone he destroyed it. |
| surface a 26 | As if Enlil had frowned upon it, Eridu, the shrine Abzu, bowed low. |
| surface a 27 | 1st kirugu. |
| surface a 28 | It cried out bitterly: “O the destruction of the city! The destruction of the house!” |
| surface a 29 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 30 | second time the storm destroyed the city—its song was plaintive. |
| surface a 31 | ... was trampled (?) ... |
| surface a 32 | ... intensified the lament. |
| surface a 33 | It cut the lock from its main gate. The storm dislodged its door. |
| surface a 34 | ... It stacked the people up in heaps. |
| surface a 35 | ... on its own destroyed it. |
| surface a 36 | It turned ... into tears. |
| surface a 37 | ... defiled ... |
| surface a 39 | ... It distorted its appearance |
| surface a 40 | ... It distorted its appearance. |
| surface a 41 | It circled its ... wall. It overturned its foundations. |
| surface a 42 | Throughout his city, the pure, radiant (?) place, the foundations were filled with dust. |
| surface a 43 | It cast down its ziggurat, the shrine which reaches up to heaven, into a heap of debris. |
| surface a 44 | The loftiness of its elevated door-ornament, befitting a house, was stripped down (?) |
| surface a 45 | It cut down the gate, its Great-Ziggurat-of-Heaven-and-Earth-Covered-with-Terrible-Awesomeness, its shining door, |
| surface a 46 | and it broke through its bolt. |
| surface a 47 | It ripped out its doorframe. The house was defaced. |
| surface a 48 | 2nd kirugu. |
| surface a 49 | The destruction of Eridu Its destruction was grievous. |
| surface a 50 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 51 | At its lion-faced gate, the place where fates are determined, |
| surface a 52 | it mutilated the copse (?) forming the ornament of the house ... |
| surface a 53 | Ka-ḫeĝala and Igi-ḫeĝala, the doorkeepers of the house, ... |
| surface a 54 | Prematurely they destroyed it utterly. They completely altered ... |
| surface a 55 | At the gate of the uzga precinct, the animal-fattener ... the great offerings. |
| surface a 56 | Its birds and fish were neglected there. Destruction ... |
| surface a 57 | Throughout his house, radiant (?) in silver and lapis lazuli, tears ... |
| surface a 58 | The hired man and the governor ... |
| surface a 59 | The festivals ... grandly ... |
| surface a 60 | Holy songs, songs of all kinds ... |
| surface a 61 | The šem(-drum) and ala(-drum) ... |
| surface a 62 | The great divine powers, all the divine powers ... |
| surface a 63 | The place of the gods of heaven and earth ... |
| surface a 64 | The judgment by the king, the holy sceptre at his right side, ... |
| surface a 65 | The en priestess, lumaḫ priest and nindiĝir priestess ... |
| surface a 66 | The minister Isimud ... |
| surface a 67 | Strangers to the house ... its side. |
| surface a 68 | Eridu, the shrine Abzu, ... silently |
| surface a 69 | The enemy ... cleansed in a magnificent robe. |
| surface a 70 | ... a man ... the people ... |
| surface a 71 | Along with the fluids spilled from his guts, his blood spilled forth. |
| surface a 72 | The ..., which like the azure sky was embellished forever, ... |
| surface a 73 | ... grasped ... |
| surface a 74 | 3rd kirugu. |
| surface a 77 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 78 | ... distressed and anxious ... |
| surface a 79 | ... like a pigeon ... |
| surface a 81 | The birds of the destroyed city ... a nest. |
| surface a 82 | The ukuku bird, bird of heart’s sorrow, ... the place. |
| surface a 83 | Pain ... |
| surface a 84 | The area became entangled in wild thornbushes. |
| surface a 85 | It ... wild thornbushes. |
| surface a 86 | The holy kettles which no one may look at, |
| surface a 87 | The Šimaškians and Elamites, the destroyers, looked at them. |
| surface a 88 | In the House of Nisaba’s Wisdom, the house of understanding, ... covered over ... |
| surface a 89 | The divine powers which embellish the Abzu ... |
| surface a 90 | When the holy treasures stored in the treasury were put ... |
| surface a 91 | ..., when, like a mist lying heavily on the earth, |
| surface a 92 | .., they went like small birds shooed from their hiding places. |
| surface a 93 | Holy lapis lazuli ... |
| surface a 94 | Eridu ... |
| surface a 1 | Father Enki uttered a lament for himself ... |
| surface a 2 | 4th kirugu. |
| surface a 3 | Bitterly Father Enki uttered a lament for himself. |
| surface a 4 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 5 | Because of this, Enki, king of the abzu, |
| surface a 6 | stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. It bowed its neck down to the ground. |
| surface a 7 | Eridu’s lady, holy Damgalnuna, the faithful cow, the compassionate one, |
| surface a 8 | clawed at her breast, clawed at her eyes. |
| surface a 9 | She uttered a frenzied cry. She held a dagger and a sword in her two hands—they clashed together. |
| surface a 10 | She tore out her hair like rushes, uttering a bitter lament: |
| surface a 11 | “You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her—where is a lament uttered bitterly for you? |
| surface a 12 | Eridu! You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her—where are tears wept for you? |
| surface a 13 | I fall like a bull in your lofty ... falls ... |
| surface a 14 | I am ... My heart ... |
| surface a 15 | ... queen ...” |
| surface a 2 | ... far away ... the great gods. |
| surface a 3 | Lord Enlil, king of the lands, |
| surface a 4 | looked maliciously at Sumer. He demolished it. |
| surface a 5 | He destroyed the Ki’ur, the great place. |
| surface a 6 | He razed with the pickaxe all of the shining E-kur. |
| surface a 7 | He destroyed it but did not abandon it— |
| surface a 8 | —at the lunches, in his great dining hall, they call his name. |
| surface a 9 | Aruru, the sister of Enlil, |
| surface a 10 | destroyed her city Iri-saĝ-rig. |
| surface a 11 | In Keš, the creation place of the Land, |
| surface a 12 | the people saw inside its holy sanctuary where daylight had been unknown. |
| surface a 13 | She destroyed it but did not abandon it— |
| surface a 14 | —at the lunches, in her great dining hall, they call her name. |
| surface a 15 | Lord Nanna, Lord Ašimbabbar, |
| surface a 16 | destroyed his city Urim. |
| surface a 17 | He decimated the Land with famine. |
| surface a 18 | He committed a sacrilege against the E-kiš-nu-ĝal. He struck at its heart. |
| surface a 19 | He destroyed it but did not abandon it— |
| surface a 20 | —at the lunches, in his great dining hall, they call his name. |
| surface a 21 | inanna, the queen of heaven and earth, |
| surface a 22 | destroyed her city Uruk. |
| surface a 23 | Fleeing from the E-ana, the house of seven corners and seven fires ..., |
| surface a 24 | she destroyed it but did not abandon it— |
| surface a 25 | —at the lunches, in her great dining hall, they call her name. |
| surface a 26 | “My beloved, who has ever seen such a destruction as that of your city Eridu!” |
| surface a 27 | 6th kirugu. |
| surface a 28 | “My beloved, for how long was it built? For how long is it destroyed? ... adornment of the Abzu.” |
| surface a 29 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 30 | “Lord Enki, who has ever seen such a destruction as that of your city Eridu? |
| surface a 31 | Who has ever seen such a misfortune as that of the shrine Abzu, your house?” |
| surface a 32 | No one goes up to his offering terrace. |
| surface a 33 | At the lunches, in his great dining hall, they do not call his name. |
| surface a 34 | Enki, king of the abzu, |
| surface a 35 | felt distressed, felt anxious. At the words of his spouse, |
| surface a 36 | he himself began to wail. He lay down and fasted. |
| surface a 37 | My king, you must not be distressed, you must not be anxious. |
| surface a 38 | Father Enki, you must not be distressed, you must not be anxious. |
| surface a 39 | Son of An, return your heart to your Ki-ur and your attention to your city. |
| surface a 40 | Living in an alien city is miserable—return your attention to your city. |
| surface a 41 | Living in an alien house is miserable—return your attention to your house. |
| surface a 42 | What can anyone compare with this city?—return your attention to your city. |
| surface a 43 | What can anyone compare with this house?—return your attention to your house. |
| surface a 44 | Eridu’s day is long. Its night is over. |
| surface a 45 | May your throne say to you “Sit down.” |
| surface a 46 | May your bed say to you “Lie down.” |
| surface a 47 | May your house say to you “Be rested.” |
| surface a 48 | May your holy dais also say joyfully to you “Sit down.” |
| surface a 49 | May your father An, the king of the gods, satisfy your heart. |
| surface a 50 | A person, a humble man, brings you a lament over your wife’s faithful house. |
| surface a 51 | When he sings it before you, may that person soothe your heart. |
| surface a 52 | When he recites a prayer, look kindly upon him. |
| surface a 53 | 7th kirugu. |
| surface a 54 | It destroyed your ... and struck against your house. |
| surface a 55 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
| surface a 56 | ... and may he restore it for you. |
| surface a 57 | ... your ... |
| surface a 59 | Do not hide like a criminal ... |
| surface a 1 | House of princely powers, standing in mighty water—the waters have receded from it ... |
| surface a 2 | One can walk on its wide swamp. Within it grow wild thornbushes. |
| surface a 3 | The delightful boat Wild goat of the abzu—the waters have receded from it; ... its sheepfold ... the wharf. |
| surface a 4 | They were Sirsir, the tutelary deity, and the man who rides the boat. At the prow ... was hurled down in front of them. |
| surface a 5 | Evildoers destroyed the house, and its rites were disturbed. |
| surface a 6 | At the giguna shrine, the sacred house, evildoers ... |
| surface a 7 | The E-unir—the shrine raises its head as high as heaven. Its shadow ... |
| surface a 8 | At the great gate, the lion-faced gate, the place where fates are determined, evildoers ... They set fire to its door. |
| surface a 9 | Ka-ḫeĝala and Igi-ḫeĝala, the doorkeepers of the house, ... |
| surface a 10 | Enki, at the ... place, ... its people. |
| surface a 11 | the Abzu ... the powers of the Anunna gods. |
| surface a 1 | In Eridu ... |
| surface a 2 | City in the reedbeds ... |
| surface a 3 | In Eridu, young bulls ... |
| surface a 4 | Without being a marsh boar ... |
| surface a 5 | Eridu, like a bull ... |
| surface a 6 | The lady of the city cried, “My city ...!” |
| surface a 7 | 3rd kirugu. |
| surface a 8 | Father Enki! O your house, O your city, O your people ... the mountains. |
| surface a 9 | Its ĝešgiĝal. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| surface a | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | u4 te-esz du11-ga tug2-gin7 ba-e-dul gada-gin7 ba-e-bur2 | |
| 6 | eridu{ki}-ga tug2-gin7 ba-e-dul gada-gin7 ba-e-bur2 | |
| 7 | iri-a u4 husz-e szix(|KAxBALAG|) mi-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 [...] | |
| 8 | eridu{ki}-ga u4 husz-e szix(|KAxBALAG|) mi-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 [...] | |
| 9 | za-pa-ag2-bi nig2-me-gar u18-lu-gin7 ba-e-dul ug3-bi [...] | |
| 10 | eridu{ki} nig2-me-gar u18-lu-gin7 ba-e-dul ug3-bi [...] | |
| 11 | lugal-bi iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-ra-gub er2 gig mu-un-sze8-sze8 | |
| 12 | a-a {d}en-ki iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-ra-gub er2 gig mu-un-sze8-sze8 | |
| 13 | nam iri hul-a-na er2 gig mu-un-sze8-sze8 | |
| 14 | nin-bi muszen dal-a-gin7 iri-ni ba-ra-e3 | |
| 15 | ama e2-mah-a ku3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na iri-ni ba-ra-e3 | |
| 16 | iri me ku3-ku3-ga me-bi szu ba-ab-bala | |
| 17 | garza(|PA.AN|) me gal-gal-la-kam me-bi ba-da-kur2 | |
| 18 | eridu{ki}-ga igi nigin2-nigin2-bi ba-kur2 szu suh3-a ba-ab-du11 | |
| 19 | u4 hul du3-a iri-ta ba-ra-gen kalam i3-ur4-ur4-re | |
| 20 | u4 saga hul nu-gal2-la sa6-ga nu-zu hul nu-zu-e | |
| 21 | su-bir4{ki}-e a-gin7 im-mi-ib2-gar szu im-ma-da-an-szub | |
| 22 | iri-a u4 zalag-ga e3-a u4 ba-da-ge6-ge6 | |
| 23 | eridu{ki}-ga u4 zalag-ga e3-a u4 ba-da-ge6-ge6 | |
| 24 | {d}utu an-ur2-ra szu2-a-gin7 an-usan-sze3 ba-du3 | |
| 25 | iri an-ne2 nam ba-an-ku5-ra2-gin7 ni2-bi-a ba-an-gul | |
| 26 | {d}en-lil2-le sag-ki gid2-da-gin7 eridu{ki} esz3 abzu gu2 ki-sze3 ba-ni-ib-gar | |
| 27 | ki-ru-gu2 1(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 28 | a uru2 gul-la e2 gul-la-ri gig-ga-bi im-me | |
| 29 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 30 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 u4-de3 iri mu-un-gul-gul ad-bi gig-ga-am3 | |
| 31 | [...] x giri16 im-ma-ni-ib2-gar | |
| 32 | [...] x a-nir ba-da-an-tab | |
| 33 | abul-la-bi {gesz}si-gar bi2-in-ku5 {gesz}ig-bi u4-de3 im-ma-gub | |
| 34 | [...] gub-ba ug3 zar-re-esz ba-an-sal | |
| 35 | [...] mu-un-du8 ni2-bi-a ba-an-gul | |
| 36 | [...] x er2-ra mu-un-ku4 | |
| 37 | [...] x x pe-el [...] | |
| 38 | [...] | |
| 39 | [...] |SIG7.ALAN|-bi mu-un-kur2 | |
| 40 | [...] |SIG7.ALAN|-bi mu-un-kur2 | |
| 41 | [...] bad3-bi mu-un-nigin2-nigin2 ur2-ba ba-ni-ib2-bala | |
| 42 | iri? ki sikil-la zal-a-ni sahar-ra ur2 mi-ni-ib2-si | |
| 43 | u6-nir esz3 an-ne2 us2-sa-bi sahar-tu11-e ba-an-gar | |
| 44 | gesz-bur2-ba me-te e2-a-ke4 ni2 il2-il2-a il2-bi ba-e-suh | |
| 45 | ka2 u6-nir-gal-an-ki-ni2-husz-ri-a-bi | |
| 46 | {gesz}ig za-gin3-bi gu2-guru5 bi2-in-du11 {gesz}sag-kul-bi ba-du3 | |
| 47 | gesz-ka2-na-bi ba-ra-an-bu e2 igi ba-ab-kur2 | |
| 48 | ki-ru-gu2 2(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 49 | eridu{ki} gul-la-ri gul-la-bi gig-ga-am3 | |
| 50 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 51 | ka2 igi pirig-ga2 ki nam tar-re-ba | |
| 52 | {gesz}tir e2-a he2-du7-bi ba-ra-an-guz [...] | |
| 53 | {d}ka-he2-gal2 {d}igi-he2-gal2 i3-du8 e2-a [...] | |
| 54 | u4 nu-du11-ga-ba mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz x x mu-un-kur2-kur2-ru-usz | |
| 55 | ka2 uz-ga kuruszda nidba gal-gal gul-la [...] | |
| 56 | ku6 muszen-bi musz3 ba-ni-ib2-tum2 gul-la [...] | |
| 57 | e2 ku3 {na4}za-gin3-na zal-a-ni er2 x [...] | |
| 58 | hun-ga2 szagina [...] x [...] | |
| 59 | ezem-ma gal-e x x [...] | |
| 60 | szer3 ku3 szer3 ha-mun [...] | |
| 61 | szem3 {kusz}a2-la2 [...] | |
| 62 | me gal me szar2-ra [...] | |
| 63 | ki dingir an ki-a [...] | |
| 64 | di lugal-e gidri ku3 a2 zi-da [...] | |
| 65 | en lu2-mah nin-dingir [...] | |
| 66 | sukkal {d}isimu-de3 a2 [...] | |
| 67 | e2 lu2 nu-zu-ba da-bi x [...] | |
| 68 | eridu{ki} esz3 abzu si-ga-bi [...] | |
| 69 | tug2 mah-he su-ub-ba lu2-erim2?-e he2-[...] | |
| 70 | x lu2 x ug3 x x he2-mi-in?-[...] | |
| 71 | u3-mun-bi a? bala-bala-e-da usz2-ni im-bala | |
| 72 | [...] x an sig7-ga-gin7 ul-sze3 tag-ga-am3 | |
| 73 | [...] gu2-da ba-an-la2 | |
| 74 | ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 75 | x [...] | |
| 76 | A [...] | |
| 77 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 78 | x [...] x ur5 usz2-a sza3 sag3-ga [...] | |
| 79 | [...] x ku3 tu{muszen}-ma-gin7 [...] | |
| 80 | AN x [...] | |
| 81 | muszen uru2 gul-la-ke4 gud3 [...] | |
| 82 | u3-ku-ku{muszen} muszen sza3 sag3-ga-ke4 ki? [...] | |
| 83 | sza3 dab5 x [...] | |
| 84 | {gesz}{u2}kiszi17 kur-ra-ke4 zu2 ba-ni-ib2-kesz2 | |
| 85 | {gesz}{u2}kiszi17 kur-ra-ke4 gar3 ba-ni-ib2-[...] x x | |
| 86 | {uruda}szen ku3 lu2 igi nu-bar-re-da | |
| 87 | szimaszki{ki} elam{ki} lu2 ha-lam-ma igi i-ni-in-bar | |
| 88 | e2-|GESZ.PI.TUG2.AN.NISABA| e2 gesztu2 [...] KA? [...] ba-szu2 | |
| 89 | me abzu sze-er-ka-an du11-ga [...] x ba-ab-DU | |
| 90 | gil-sa ku3 |URUxGAR| gar-gar-a ki x [...] gar-ra-ba | |
| 91 | muru9-gin7 ki us2-sa [...]-a-ba | |
| 92 | buru5{muszen}-gin7 a2-bur2-bi sar-sar-ra ba-e-re7-esz | |
| 93 | ku3 {na4}za-gin3 [...] ba-ab-DU | |
| 94 | eridu{ki} nig2 [...] x ba-ab-du11 | |
| 95 | esz3 bar x [...]-bi-a | |
| 96 | an-szeg6-ga2 [...]-in-du3 | |
| 97 | tir hur-sag?-ga2 [...] mu-ni-in-[...] | |
| 98 | x NE x [...] x [...] | |
| 99 | IM? [...] | |
| 1 | a-a {d}en-ki i-lu ni2-te-na [...] | |
| 2 | ki-ru-gu2 4(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 3 | a-a {d}en-ki i-lu ni2-te-na gu3 gig im-me | |
| 4 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 5 | nam-bi-sze3 {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke4 | |
| 6 | iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-da-gub gu2 ki-sze3 ba-an-la2 | |
| 7 | nin-bi ab2 zi |E2xSAL|-a ku3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na | |
| 8 | gaba-ni i3-hur-re igi-ni i3-hur-re gu3 nir-ra im-me | |
| 9 | szu 2(disz)-a-na gir2 ba-da-ra szu bi2-in-du8 tesz2-bi i3-gu7-e | |
| 10 | siki-ni {u2}|ZI&ZI.LAGAB|-bur-gin7 i3-ze2-e i-lu gig ga2-ga2 | |
| 11 | uru2 munus-zu nu-til-la a-la-zu nu-gi4-a-gu10 me-a er2-zu ba-gig | |
| 12 | uru2-ze2-eb{ki} uru2 munus-zu nu-til-la a-la-zu nu-gi4-a-gu10 me-a er2-zu ba-sze8? | |
| 13 | gu4-gin7 [...] mah-za ba-e-szub-be2-en hul? [...] mu-szub-be2 | |
| 14 | x [...] x dim2-ma-me-en sza3-gu10 [...] | |
| 15 | [...] AN ga-sza-an-e [...] | |
| 1 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] su3-u4-da-asz dingir gal-gal-e-ne | |
| 3 | u3-mu-un {d}mu-ul-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4 | |
| 4 | ki-en-gi-ra i-bi2 hul he2-en-szi-bar giri3-bala-a he2-em-gul? | |
| 5 | ki-ur3 ki gal za3 he2-bi2-in-tag | |
| 6 | e2-kur za-gin3-na du3-a-ba {gesz}al-e he2-em-mi-in-ra | |
| 7 | za3 he2-bi-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag | |
| 8 | kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3 | |
| 9 | {d}a-ru-ru nin9 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 | |
| 10 | iri-ni iri-sa12-rig7 za3 he2-bi2-in-tag | |
| 11 | kesz3{ki} ki-|SIG7.ALAN| kalam-ma-ke4 | |
| 12 | |GA2xMI| ku3 u4 nu-zu-ba ug3-e igi he2-ni-in-bar | |
| 13 | za3 he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-tag | |
| 14 | kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3 | |
| 15 | u3-mu-un {d}nanna u3-mu-un {d}dili{im2}-babbar | |
| 16 | iri-ni uri2{ki}-ma za3 he2-bi2-in-tag | |
| 17 | sza3-mar-ra-ka ka-na-ag2-bi he2-en-til | |
| 18 | e2-kisz-nu-gal2 ag2-gig-ga he2-bi2-ak sza3-bi? he2-bi2-ra | |
| 19 | za3 he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag | |
| 20 | kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3 | |
| 21 | {d}ga-sza-an-an-na ga-sza-an an ki-ke4 | |
| 22 | iri-ni unu{ki}-ga za3 he2-bi2-in-tag | |
| 23 | e2-an-na e2 ub 7(disz) izi 7(disz) kar-kar-re-de3 an x ti? | |
| 24 | za3 he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag | |
| 25 | kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3 | |
| 26 | mu-u4-na-gu10 uru2-zu uru2-ze2-eb{ki}-gin7 gul-la a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in-du8 | |
| 27 | ki-ru-gu2 6(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 28 | mu-u4-na-gu10 me-na ba-du3-e me-na ba-gul?-e me-tesz2 abzu? [...] x | |
| 29 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 30 | u3-mu-un dam-an-ki uru2-zu uru2-ze2-eb gul-la a-ba-a mu-ni-in-du8 | |
| 31 | esz3 abzu e2-zu-gin7 hul-a a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in-du8 | |
| 32 | ki-szu-tag-ga-ni lu2 nu-e11-de3 | |
| 33 | kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni li-bi2-in-pa3-de3 | |
| 34 | {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke4 | |
| 35 | sza3 ba-an-sag3 ur5-ra-ni ba-usz2 inim gidlam-na-sze3 | |
| 36 | ni2-te-a-ni i-si-isz mi-ni-ib-la2 sza3-ka-tab-ba ba-an-nu2 | |
| 37 | lugal-gu10 ur5 nam-ba-ug7-e sza3 nam-ba-sag3-ge | |
| 38 | a-a {d}en-ki ur5 nam-ba-ug7-e sza3 nam-ba-sag3-ge | |
| 39 | dumu an-na sza3-zu ki-ur3-zu-sze3 iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}musztu-zu-sze3 | |
| 40 | iri kur2-ra tusz-a gig-ga-am3 iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}musztu-zu-sze3 | |
| 41 | e2 kur2-ra tusz-a gig-ga-am3 e2-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}musztu-zu-sze3 | |
| 42 | iri lu2 ta nu-ub-da-sa2-a iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}musztu-zu | |
| 43 | e2 lu2 ta nu-ub-da-sa2-a e2-zu {mu-usz-tug2}PI-zu | |
| 44 | eridu{ki}-ga u4-bi ba-su3-su3 ge6-bi ba-til-til | |
| 45 | asz-te-zu tusz-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 46 | mu-nu2-zu nu2-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 47 | e2-zu ni2 te-na-ab hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 48 | bara2 ku3-zu hul2-la-bi diri-bi tusz-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 49 | a-a-zu an lugal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 sza3-zu he2-eb-du10-ge | |
| 50 | lu2-ulu3 lu2 sun5-na er2 e2 zi dam-za mu-ra-an-de6 igi-zu-sze3 du12-a-bi | |
| 51 | lu2-ulu3-bi sza3-zu ha-ba-na-hun-ge26 | |
| 52 | siskur2-ra du11-ga-na igi zi bar-mu-sze-eb | |
| 53 | ki-ru-gu2 7(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 54 | x x x x za3-zu he2-bi2-in-tag e2-zu ba-e-de3-szub | |
| 55 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 56 | ... ki-bi ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4 | |
| 57 | [...] x-za | |
| 58 | [...] x | |
| 59 | lu2 ha-lam ak-a-gin7 sag nu-mu-un-[...] | |
| 1 | iri me nun-na a gal-la diri-ga a-e ba-da-ri sa6? [...] | |
| 2 | sug dagal-bi giri3 ba-an-ga2-ga2 sza3-ba {gesz}kiszi17 kur-ra ib2?-mu2-mu2 | |
| 3 | ma2 giri17-zal-la ma2 dara3 abzu a-e ba-da-ri sa6? [...] amasz-bi kar bi2-ib2-kar? [...] | |
| 4 | {d}sir2-sir2 an-gub-ba u2 lu2 ma2 u5 na-nam ma2-sag-ga2 [...] igi-bi-da ba-e-szu2 BU x [...] | |
| 5 | e2-a lu2-erim2-e mu-un-hul-usz me-bi szu suh3-a ba-ab-du11 | |
| 6 | gi-gu3-na-ke4 e2 ku3 lu2-erim2-e abzu [...] | |
| 7 | e2-u6-nir esz3 an-gin7 sag-bi mu-un-il2 gissu-bi [...] | |
| 8 | ka2 gu-la ka2 igi pirig-ga2 ki nam-tar-ra lu2-erim2-e {gesz}ig-bi izi ba-ab-szum2 | |
| 9 | {d}ka-he2-gal2 {d}igi-he2-gal2-e i3-du8 e2-a x [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x {d}en-ki-ke4 ki x x x A gesztu2 ug3-bi [...] | |
| 11 | [...] du ki ha-lam abzu me {d}a-nun-na [...] | |
| 12 | [...]-bi bi2-ib2-de2-a kalam-ma [...] | |
| 13 | [...] x-gin7 gesz GA BA [...] | |
| 14 | [...] x sza3 iri x [...] | |
| 1 | eridu{ki}-ga [...] | |
| 2 | iri gesz-gi NE [...] | |
| 3 | eridu{ki}-ga gu4-ab2 [...] | |
| 4 | szah2 gesz-gi nu-me-a [...] | |
| 5 | eridu{ki}-ga gu4-gin7 x [...] | |
| 6 | nin iri-ke4 e2-gu10 IM x [...] x x [...] | |
| 7 | ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | |
| 8 | a-a {d}en-ki a e2-zu a iri-zu a nam-lu2-ulu3-zu kur-ra [...] | |
| 9 | gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
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