Pabilsaĝ's journey to Nibru
- A.1
am ur2-ra-am3 gun3-a e2-a-ni giri17-zal
The wild bull with brindled thighs, whose house is noble! My king, the wild bull with brindled thighs, whose house is noble! Pabilsaĝ, the wild bull with brindled thighs, whose house is noble! His house, the house of Larag, is noble, his house is noble! His city, a mighty city, is abundant, and his house is noble! The warrior's house is the house of Larag; Lord Pabilsaĝ's city is a mighty city ……. His birthplace was the shrine Nibru ……. The place where he drank good milk was the house ……. From the place, the pure place, ……. Isin, the unique house ……. The place which the bull embraces ……. Like a scorpion rising up from among the thorns, he is a fearsome scorpion; like a wolf rising up from his lair, he is likely to growl; like a lion rising up in the pathway, he is likely to beat …….
- A.2
lugal-ĝu10 am ur2-ra-am3 gun3-a e2-[a-ni giri17-zal]
- A.3
{d}pa-bil2-saĝ am ur2-ra-am3 gun3-a e2-a-ni [giri17-zal]
- A.4
e2-a-ni e2 la-ra-ag giri17-zal-am3 e2-a-ni [giri17-zal]
- A.5
iri-ni iri a2 ⌈maḫ⌉ ḫe2-ĝal2-la e2-a-ni giri17-[zal]
- A.6
ur-saĝ-e e2-a-ni e2 la-ra-ag⌈?⌉ [X]
- A.7
en {d}pa-bil2-saĝ-ĝe26 iri-ni iri a2 ⌈maḫ⌉ [X (X)]
- A.8
ki u3-tud-da-ni eš3 ⌈nibru⌉[{ki}] […]
- A.9
ki ga zid gu7-a-ni e2 […]
- A.10
ki ki sikil-ta MA X [X (X)]
- A.11
i3-si-in{ki}-na e2 saĝ-dili [X (X)]
- A.12
ki gud-e gu2-⌈da⌉ la2-a-ni gud šu ur2 ĝiš [X]
- A.13
mir-gin7 kiši17-kiši17-ta zig3-ga-ni mir ni2-ĝal2-la-⌈am3⌉
- A.14
ur-bar-ra-gin7 šubtum6-ta zig3-ga-ni dum-dam-e ak-da
- A.15
piriĝ-gin7 eme!(KA) sig-ta zig3-ga-ni a-a ⌈?⌉-be2-dam
- A.16
ud-ba šag4-tum2-ma nam-dun mu-un-ak-e
At that time, he wished to dig (?) in the meadows; the lord wished to dig (?) in the meadows. Lord Pabilsaĝ wished to dig (?) in the meadows; in all the meadows of Isin, my king wished to dig (?). So then my king set off for Nibru.
- A.17
en-e šag4-tum2-ma nam-dun mu-un-ak-e
- A.18
en {d}pa-bil2-saĝ-ĝe26 šag4-tum2-ma nam-dun mu-un-ak-e
- A.19
šag4-tum2-šag4-tum2 i3-si-in{ki}-na-ke4
- A.20
lugal-ĝu10 nam-dun mu-un-ak-e
- A.21
ud-ba lugal-ĝu10 nibru{ki}-še3 na-ĝen
- A.22
ur-saĝ {d}pa-bil2-saĝ ki {d}en-lil2-la2-še3 du-a-ni
And as the warrior Pabilsaĝ set off in Enlil's direction, as he he set off, now he turned (?) in front of that house in Isin. And then my lady in Isin came out ……. At the spacious house, the house of Isin, she …… her hair, then she …… the hair in curls (?) ……. Her headdress was loosened. She addressed Pabilsaĝ joyfully: Good-looking …… the house of Isin! Warrior Pabilsaĝ …… borne to Nintur! You who are travelling from (?) Larag to …… that house in Isin, say to your father, May she be my spouse! Say further to Enlil, …… with me! Fix your sights on it, fix your sights on it, and may you be its lord! The house of Isin ……. May you, Pabilsaĝ, be its lord, and may I be its lady! (small no. of lines missing)
- A.23
du-a-ni e2-bi i3-si-in{ki}-na an-ta nam-mi-ib2-⌈gi4⌉
- A.24
ud-ba nin-ĝu10 i3-si-in{ki}-na saĝ a ba-ni-in-⌈e3⌉
- A.25
e2 daĝal-la e2 i3-si-in{ki}-na-ka siki-ni mi-ni-ib2-[X]
- A.26
siki lum-ma-bi nam-ma-an-[…]
- A.27
suḫ-bi am3-bu-re-bu-re […]
- A.28
⌈{d}pa-bil2-saĝ⌉-[ra] [šag4] ⌈ḫul2⌉-le gu3 ⌈mu-na⌉-[de2-e]
- A.29
sag9-ge X […] ⌈e2⌉ i3-si-in[{ki}-na]
- A.30
ur-saĝ {d}pa-bil2-saĝ [X] GI X [X] {d}nin-tur5-re tud-[da]
- A.31
la-ra-ag{ki}-da e2-bi i3-si-in⌈{ki}⌉-[na] mu-un-ši-du-de3-⌈en⌉-[na]
- A.32
a-a-zu-ur2 dug4-ga-na-ab mu-ud-na-ĝu10 ⌈de3⌉-[a]
- A.33
{d}mu-ul-lil2-ra taḫ-a-na-ab ma-a-da X [X X]
- A.34
igi du3-du3 igi du3-du3 za-e u3-mu-un-bi ⌈de3⌉-[a]
- A.35
⌈e2⌉ i3-si-in{ki}-na igi 1(AŠ) [X (X)]
- A.36
⌈{d}⌉pa-bil2-saĝ za-e u3-mu-un-bi de3-a me-e ga-⌈ša-an-bi de3⌉-[a]
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- B.1
[…-bi] ⌈gu⌉-bi gu ⌈ḫe2⌉-[em]
(Enlil speaks:) …… and may its flax be flax! …… and may its grain be grain! …… may its …… be good for eating.
- B.2
[…]-bi še-bi še ḫe2-[em]
- B.3
[…] X-bi niĝ2 dug3 gu7 ḫe2-⌈em⌉
- B.4
[i3-ne-eš2] [{d}]⌈utu⌉ ud ne-e-a ur5 ḫe2-en-na-nam-ma-⌈am3⌉
And now, under that very sun and on that day, so it really happened. …… waved their tails in the Kir-sig watercourse, waved ……. …… established the house ……. …… the most righteous ……. …… the good bull-calf, the ruler ……. …… established the house ……. …… its flax was flax. …… its grain was grain. …… its …… was good for eating. (small no. of lines missing)
- B.5
[id2-de3] [{id2}]⌈kir11⌉-sig-e kun-bi i3-sud-e
- B.6
[…] an-še3 i3-sud-e
- B.7
[…] ⌈zid⌉-da e2 im-ši-ĝa2-[ĝa2]
- B.8
[…] X lu2 zid-zid-da [X]
- B.9
[…] ⌈amar⌉ zid-da-ke4 ensi2 X […]
- B.10
[…] X saĝ e2 im-[ši-ĝa2-ĝa2]
- B.11
[…] X-bi ⌈gu⌉-[bi gu …]
- B.12
[…] X-bi ⌈še⌉-[bi še …]
- B.13
[…]-bi niĝ2 [dug3 gu7-bi …]
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- C.1
{d}nin-⌈isin2⌉[si]-[na] […]
Ninisina ……. In the Kir-sig watercourse …… their tails …… Isin ……. Joyfully his son married a wife ……; joyfully Lord Pabilsaĝ married Ninisina ……. She …… him the digging implement for the Kir-sig watercourse. …… their tails …… Isin …… for him.
- C.2
id2-de3 ⌈{id2}⌉[kir11-sig-e] […]
- C.3
kun-bi i3-⌈si⌉-[in{ki}] […]
- C.4
dumu-ni ḫul2-la-da dam ⌈in⌉-[tuku …]
- C.5
en {d}pa-bil2-saĝ-ĝe26 ḫul2-la-da {d}nin-isin2⌈si⌉-[na] [in-tuku …]
- C.6
id2-de3 {id2}kir11-sig-e {ĝiš}al mu-na-X […]
- C.7
kun-bi [i3]-si-in{ki}-na e-ne-er mu-na-X […]
- C.8
{d}en-⌈lil2⌉-[le] id2-de3 im-ma-gub gu3 mu-na-[de2-e]
Enlil stood beside the river and spoke to it. He stood beside the Kir-sig watercourse and ……: River, may …… your outlet be …… for him. May you establish …… the house here. …… the most righteous ……, …… great wild bull ……. (approx. 1 line missing)
- C.9
id2-[de3] ⌈{id2}⌉kir11-sig-e im-ma-gub nam-mi-X […]
- C.10
⌈id2⌉ […] kun-zu BIR an-še3 a ḫe2-na-[…]
- C.11
X […] e2 ḫe2-em-ši-ĝa2-[ĝa2 …]
- C.12
[…] ⌈lu2⌉ zid-zid-da […]
- C.13
[…] ⌈?⌉ gal UN […]
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- D.1
[(X) X lul-la ka]-na šu ⌈mu-un-na⌉-[tum3-tum3]
(3 lines unclear) But Pabilsaĝ would not eat (?) the bull in his mouth; nor would …… Pabilsaĝ eat (?) the sheep in his mouth. He did not rub the …… pot ……. Don't go …… to ……. They raised the …… lament, and put ……. They raised Lord Pabilsaĝ, and put ……. They set him down (?) in the city of his sister. His sister came out to him from the house. (5 lines unclear) But Pabilsaĝ would not eat (?) the bull in his mouth; nor would …… Pabilsaĝ eat (?) the sheep in his mouth. He did not rub the …… pot ……. Don't go ……! (unknown no. of lines missing)
- D.2
[(X) X lul]-la ka-na a mu-un-na-⌈?⌉-[lu]
- D.3
[X lul]-la ka-na a im-mi-ib-ri
- D.4
[{d}pa]-⌈bil2⌉-saĝ gud ka-a-ni ba-ra-mu-⌈da⌉-[gu7]
- D.5
[…] [{d}pa-bil2]-saĝ e-ze2 ka-a-ni ba-ra-mu-da-⌈gu7⌉
- D.6
[…]-ra {dug}utul2 MUD-a-ke4 šu nu-mu-da-?
- D.7
[X] X-na-še3 ba-ra-da-du-de3-en
- D.8
[X] ⌈u3⌉-li-li mu-un-il2-e-ne mu-ni-in-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
- D.9
⌈u3⌉-mu-un {d}pa-bil2-saĝ mu-un-il2-e-ne mu-ni-in-ĝa2-ĝa2-ne
- D.10
uru2 nin9-a-na-ka am3-mi-in-gub-bu-ne
- D.11
e-ne-ra nin9-a-ni e2-ta mu-na-ra-e3
- D.12
[…] X ḪUB2 lul-la mu-un-si-ig
- D.13
[…] me-ri lul-la mu-un-si-ig
- D.14
[…] lul-la ka-na šu mu-un-na-tum3-tum3
- D.15
[…] NE lul-la ka-na a im-mi-ib-ri
- D.16
[…] X lul-la ka-na a im-mi-ib-ri
- D.17
[{d}pa]-⌈bil2⌉-saĝ gud ka-a-ni ba-ra-mu-da-gu7
- D.18
[…] [{d}pa-bil2]-⌈saĝ⌉ e-ze2 ka-a-ni ba-ra-mu-da-gu7
- D.19
[…-ra {dug}utul2 MUD-a-ke4 šu] ba-ra-mu-da-⌈sub(KA×X)⌉
- D.20
[… ba-ra-da-du]-⌈de3⌉-en
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