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Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 643 sections

1. 593

   [X] X X saĝ si ba-ni-in-sa2

2. 594

   [nitalam]-a-ni en-me-er-kar2 barag-ge4 mu-un-da-ab-si

3. 595

   […] um-mi-in-zi-zi

4. 596

   [ga-nam] im-da-lu-lu aratta{ki}-aš u8-da sila4-bi

5. 597

   [ga-nam im]-da-lu-lu aratta{ki}-aš ud5-da maš2-bi

6. 598

   [ga-nam im]-da-lu-lu aratta{ki}-aš ab2-da amar-bi

7. 599

   [ga-nam] ⌈im⌉-da-lu-lu aratta{ki}-aš eme5 dur3ur3 kaš4 gig2-ga-<bi>

8. 600

   aratta{ki}-a na-an-da-be2-a

9. 601

   [guru7-še3] ḫe2-em-dub-dub gu2 ḫe2-em-ĝar-ĝar

10. 602

    [ḫe2]-⌈ĝal2⌉ za-a ḫe2-ĝal2-zu

11. 603

    […] en aratta{ki}-ra u3-mu-ni-in-ak

12. 604

    […] X X X RA ḫe2-en-[X (X)]

13. 605

    […] mu-un-di-ni-ib-X-e

14. 606

    […] mu-un-ta-e3

15. 607

    […] si mu-un-na-ab-sa2

16. gap

    (3 lines missing)

17. 611

    […] me-te-aš […] ĝal2

    (An unidentified person speaks:) …… befitting ……, …… the ilu song of the heart, …… your abundance in his ……. Enlil has granted you ……, and may …… be made known. …… his father was not luxuriantly fertile, and poured forth no semen. Enlil, king of all the lands ……. In accordance with the tasks which he has now established, the people of Aratta …… their task of plying gold, silver and lapis lazuli; the men who …… golden fruit, fruit trees, with their figs and grapes, shall heap the fruit up in great mounds ……; and shall dig out the flawless lapis lazuli from the roots of the trees, and shall remove the succulent part of the reeds from the crowns of the trees, and then shall heap them up in a pile in the courtyard of E-ana for Inana, the lady of E-ana.

18. 612

    […] X SI i-lu šag4-[ga …] X

19. 613

    […]-ni-a ḫe2-ĝal2-zu AN […]

20. 614

    […] {d}en-lil2-le saĝ-eš mu-ri-in-rig7 [X]-⌈la⌉-la-ĝa2 ḫe2-zu-zu

21. 615

    […] kar2 a-a-ni nu-lam-lam a nu-un-de2

22. 616

    {d}en-[lil2] [lugal] ⌈kur⌉-kur-ra-ke4 ḫu-mu-un-?-re ni2-ba

23. 617

    eš2-gar3 ⌈im⌉-ma-an-du3-a-gin7

24. 618

    nam-lu2-u18-[lu] aratta{ki}-a-ke4

25. 619

    kug-sig17 kug {na4}[za]-gin3 bal ak-de3 eš2-gar3 X (X) X

26. 620

    lu2 gurun kug-sig17 gurun ĝiš gub-bu-de3

27. 621

    {ĝiš}peš3 ĝeštin-ba niĝ2-ta ub4-ba-gin7 guru7 gal-še3 [u3]-mu-un-dub

28. 622

    {na4}za-gin3 duru5 ur2-ba mu-un-bur2-re-ne

29. 623

    {gi}ušub pa-ba mu-un-ta-bal-e-ne

30. 624

    {d}inana nin e2-an-na-ra

31. 625

    kisal e2-an-na{ki}-ka guru7-še3 mu-un-dub-bu-ne

32. 626

    lugal-ĝu10 ĝa2-nu na ga-e-de5 na de5-ĝu10 ḫe2-e-dab5

    Come, my king, I shall offer you advice: let my counsel be heeded. I shall speak words to you; let them be heard. Let the people choose a man …… of the foreign lands, and let the people of Aratta speak ……. When I go from here, the ever-sparkling lady gives me my kingship. Ĝeštin-ana ……. In that city ……, festivals were not ……. Daily ……. (approx. 6 lines missing)

33. 627

    inim ga-ra-ab-dug4 ĝizzal ḫe2-e-ak

34. 628

    lu2 X ⌈? E⌉ kur-kur-ra uĝ3-e u3-⌈un⌉-pad3

35. 629

    [nam-lu2]-⌈ulu3⌉ aratta{ki}-[ke4]

36. 630

    [X]-me-eš2 i-im-da ḫe2-em-me-ne

37. 631

    ĝe26-e gu2-e-ta du-a-ĝu10-ne

38. 632

    ⌈nam-lugal⌉-ĝu10 nin mul-mul-e ma-an-šum2

39. 633

    {d}ĝeštin-an-na […]

40. 634

    iri-ba lil2 […]

41. 635

    ezen nu-mu-[…]

42. 636

    ud šu2-uš nam-[…]

43. gap

    (approx. 6 lines missing)

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