Gilg. OB Harmal 2
According to unofficial digging records the tablet was found in HL 3-295 R. 211 L. II.
Transliteration
Hover or tap a word for its lemma and meaning.
| obv. | |
| 1–2 Missing. | |
| 3 | x x x x x x [..........] |
| 4 | x x ni i x x x ib-ri x x [.......] |
| 5 | [k]i-ma li-li-si l[i-i]š-ša-pu ri-g[i-im-ka ...] |
| 6 | [l]i-ku-nu x x x x di ka [(x)] x x [x x] x [...] |
| 7 | x [...] x tu hi il ka x x x [x] x x [x x] |
| 8 | x x [...] ⌈ú⌉-ul x x [x (x) x] x tu [x] x tam [(x)] |
| 9 | [x] x [...] x [x] x [x x x] x x tu x dBI[L4] |
| 10 | [x] x [.........] x x [x] x x x ri [x (x) x] |
| 11 | [...] x [...] x x ni-mi-da-am x [x (x)] x [(x)] |
| 12 | a-na ṣa-x x x x x x [x] x-tim iš-⌈ta-hu-ut⌉ x x x x [(x)] |
| 13 | x x [(x)] x te er x [(x)] x [x (x) dBI]L4? x x x-ri-šu i-x [(x)] |
| 14 | ⌈i⌉-nu-⌈ma⌉ ib-ri ni-x x x ib ri ⌈ša⌉ Hu-bi-bi i-⌈ta⌉-l[a-ku] |
| 15 | [š]a-ki-in ki-ib-su šu-⌈te-ši⌉-ir pa-da-nu-ma ⌈ša na⌉ x ⌈ki-ib⌉-s[u] |
| 16 | [n]e-ta-al-ka aš-šu-ru la a-la-ki-im id-ka [x] x x |
| 17 | ⌈i ni-iš⌉-ku-un ⌈ka?⌉-ka i-na ba-a-ba Hu-bi-bi x di x [(x)] |
| 18 | [x x x] x-bi-a-tum il-qé x x x aš-ṭú ša ṣé-ri |
| 19 | [i-sa-qa-r]a-am a-na ib-ri-šu mi-qí-te me-he-e-ma |
| 20 | [Hu-bi-bi ki-ma] dAdad(IŠKUR) ⌈i-ša-ha⌉-am a-na ṣé-⌈ri-ni⌉ |
| 21 | [x x x] x du ku tu ma x x x x x x hu x [x] |
| 22 | [x x x] x ka ru hu x x x x e x x x [x] |
| 23 | [x x x] x x tu x x x [...] x x [x x] |
| 24 | [...............] |
| 25 | [x x x] šu x [.........] |
| 26 | [x x] x at x [.........] |
| 27–28 Illegible traces. | |
| rev. | |
| 29 | [x x] x [x] x [...] x x x [...] |
| 30 | [x x] im x [...] x x x ba-a[l...] |
| 31 | x x x [......] x x x ša ap/at ta x [x x x] |
| 32 | x x [......] x ha x x x x [x (x) x] |
| 33 | [......] x x x ma tam x x [x] x x x [x (x) x] |
| 34 | [x x x] x x x [x x x] x x x x x x x [x x x x] |
| 35 | x x x-šu a-x [............] |
| 36 | ⌈i⌉-na qí-ša-ti-ma x x x x x x x x x x x x |
| 37 | x-mi ik-ru-bu-uš pānam(IGI) a-na me-e-lam-mi iš-ta-ka-an x [(x)]-šu |
| 38 | ⌈a⌉-na ha-ta-im ba-la-ṭám-ma ⌈ú⌉-ul ba-al-ṭà-nu dBI[L4 x] x x-nam? |
| 39 | [r]e-qé-et-ka ta-x x [x] mu-ha-šu i-na ba-li hu-x [x (x x)] |
| 40 | [n]a-ap-li-ís-ma x [x] x x i-ṣí lu i-pa-li-ìs x [x] |
| 41 | [p]u-tu na-pí-iš-ti-ia ⌈úṣ?⌉-ra-am-ma dBIL4 i-na x-li-⌈ka⌉ |
| 42 | ⌈ú⌉-li-id-ka littum(ÁB) ša su-⌈pu⌉-ri Ni-in-su-mu-na |
| 43 | la-ma? [te]-te-li-<a>? šadî(KUR)di-⌈ia?⌉ x i?-na x x ša mu-ši-ia a-[(x)] x-ma? |
| 44 | i-na pî(KA) dŠamaš(UTU) da-pí-nim qú-ra-di-[im? i]š-me-e bi ir [(x)] x |
| 45 | ša-ad-de-e dBIL4 ta-ak-t[a]-x x an x [x x x] x |
| 46 | [l]u-ra!?-bi-a-ku gišerēnam(EREN) giššurmēnam(ŠU.ÚR.MÌN) ⌈gišsu⌉-pa-lam ši-hu-t[im i-ṣ]í |
| 47 | [s]i-ma-tu ekallim(É.GAL) wa-al-da ṣērim(EDIN) ⌈mi-it-lu-kam i⌉-l[e]-i |
| 48 | [i]b-ri a-wi-lum Hu-bi-bi ú-ul x x-šu?-tim la x x [x] x |
| 49 | [x] x x-nu-tu dSîn(EN.ZU)? 30 i-di ni x ri x ih ni x x x x |
| 50 | [x x] x x x du? ⌈tu i-ṣí⌉ x ni x li x [x (x)] x [x] |
| 51 | [...] x x x [...] x x x mi [...] |
| 52 | [......] x [...] x ma x ri [...] |
| 53 | [.............] x x [...] |
| 54–5 | At least two lines missing. |
| left edge, col. i | |
| 56' | x ⌈i⌉ ṣa lu ti ka x šu da ka ta |
| 57' | [x] x ma ar x ti a-ni-ich a-na zi x i |
| 58' | [x x x x] x x x x ri-ir |
| 59' | [......] x |
| left edge, col. ii | |
| 60' | x x x x ša 30 x x x x [x x] |
| 61' | x x x tam lu ma x x ru ú x x |
| 62' | em-qú-ú x x [x] x x x x |
| 63' | [x x] x x x [......] |
Translation
1–3 Missing or too broken for translation.
4 “... my friend ... [...]
5 Let [your] shout boom loud like a kettledrum!
6 Let ... be firm ...”
7–10 too broken for translation
11 “[...] ... support [...]
12 to ... he has become afraid ...
13 ... Gilgameš ...
14 when, my friend, we ... that Ḫuwawa comes and [goes]
15 there is a track, the way is well trodden, ... track.
16 We have come to a place where one should not go! Your arm ...
17 Let us set a weapon in the gate of Ḫuwawa! ...”
18 [...] ... took ... The fierce one of the wold
19 [declared] to his friend, “The onslaught of a tempest is
20 [Ḫuwawa! Like] Adad he will swoop down on us!”
21–35 too broken for translation
36 In the woods ...
37 ... greeted him, he turned his gaze to the radiant auras, to smite
38 its ... “We are not truly alive, O Gilgameš, ...
39 is distant from you, you ..., the top of his head ...[...]
40 Look! ... had he looked at the trees ...
41 Have mercy on my life, O Gilgameš, in your ...
42 The cow of the fold (or “folds”), the goddess Ninsun, bore you.
43 Before you came up my mountains ... in of my night I ...
44 From the mouth of mighty hero Šamaš [I] heard ... [...]
45 the mountains, O Gilgameš, you have ... [...] ...
46 Let me grow for you cedar, cypress, and supālu-juniper, the tallest trees
47 fit to decorate a palace!” The wild born was able to give counsel:
48 “My friend, a man will not ... Ḫuwawa ...”
49 ... the moon god ...
Remainder too broken for translation.
Commentary
General: The transliteration and translation follow George 2003.
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. 1527; view on seal.huji.ac.il.