Gilg. OB Harmal 1
According to unofficial digging records the tablet was found in HL 3-286 R. 211 L. II.
Transliteration
Hover or tap a word for its lemma and meaning.
| obv. | |
| 1 | ⌈e-li⌉-i-ma a-na ṣú-ri-im ⌈ša⌉ šadîm(KUR) na-ap-li-ìs x [x] x x x x x |
| 2 | ši-ta-am ša i-li a-na-ku ek-mé-ku |
| 3 | ⌈ib⌉-ri šu-tam a-ṭú-ul ki la-<ap?>-⌈ta-at⌉ ki ne-ma-⌈at ki da-al⌉-ha-at |
| 4 | a-⌈na⌉-ku rīmī(AM)⌈meš ṣé⌉-ri-im aṣ-ṣa-ab-ta-nim |
| 5 | i-ša-se-šu qa-qa-ra-am i-le-te tar-bu-u’-ta-šu i-⌈ta-ki⌉-ip ša-me-e {x} |
| 6 | i-na pa-ni-šu a-na-⌈ku? al?-tu⌉-ud |
| 7 | i-ṣa-ba-at na-x [x x x x x-i]a? la-wi-at a-hi-ia |
| 8 | x-ia iš-⌈lu⌉-pa-a[n-ni x x x] x-im i-na du?-ni (x) ki x |
| 9 | ⌈u-sú⌉-ki il-l[i]/t[u]-x [x x] x-ti-ia me-e na-di-šu [iš-q]í-a-ni |
| rev. | |
| 10 | [i-l]um ib-ri ša ⌈ne⌉-la-ku-šum |
| 11 | ú-ul ri-mu-um-⌈ma⌉ nu-ku-ur mi-im-⌈ma⌉ |
| 12 | ⌈zi-mu⌉ ša ta-mu-ru dŠamaš(UTU) na-am-ru-⌈um⌉ |
| 13 | ⌈i⌉-na da-an-na-tim i-ṣa-ba-at qa-at-ni |
| 14 | ša me-e na-di-šu iš-qú-ka |
| 15 | ìl-ka ⌈mu⌉-ka-bi-it qa-qa-di-ka |
| 16 | dLugal-bàn-da ne-[i]n-ne-mi-id-ma |
| 17 | iš-ti-a-at ne-pé-iš ši-ip-r[a]-am ša la i-ba-aš-šu-<ú> i-n[a] <ma>-tim |
Translation
obv.
1 “Go up on to the mountain crag and
look at [...] ...”
2 “I have been robbed of the sleep of the gods!
3 My friend, I saw a dream:
how ominous it was, how ..., how confused!
4 I took hold of (some) bulls from the wild –
5 (one) was cleaving the ground with its bellowing,
the cloud of dust it made thrusted into the sky.
6 in front of it I leaned myself forward.
7 It seized ... [...] had enclosed my arms.
8 ... he pulled [me] forth [...] ... by force ...
9 My cheek ... [...] my ...,
[he gave] me water to drink from his waterskin.”
rev.
10 “My friend, the [god] to whom we are going,
11 is he not the wild bull, is he not very strange?
12 The countenance that you saw was shining Šamaš,
13 he will take our hand in adversity.
14 The one who gave you water to drink from his waterskin
15 was your god who honours you,
16 Lugalbanda.
We hall join forces and
17 do a thing unique,
a feat that does not (yet) exist in the land!”
Commentary
General: Unless noted, the transliteration and translation follow George 2003. Minor differences in translation are not commented upon.
5: There is no need to interpret i-⌈ta-ki⌉-ip as present tense “to match ilette” (George 2003, 250). The form is most likely a perfect G ittakip.
7: i-ṣa-ba-at is most likely a perfect G iṣṣabat.
15: Cf. commentary to l. 15 of George, Gilg. OB Schøyen 2 for mimma as adverb reinforcing negation.
Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 1526; view on seal.huji.ac.il.