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Gilg. OB IM

SEAL no. 1528 · IM 21180x · Epics · Gilgameš · Unknown · 39 lines · 214 words · 423 signs · 7 Sumerograms

Transliteration

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Obv.
1[............]
2[.........] ú-ba-lu-nim?⌉
3[.........] qí-iš-tim
4[.........-t]i iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu
5[...] ab x [x x] x ha x x-at-tim
6[...] x-ma i ni-ú-ši-ib we-da-ni
7[...] x ka-uk?-ka-ab li-x x x x
8[...] x-ma i ni-ši-ib we-da-ni
9x [...] x ša erēnim(gišEREN) ma-ṣa-a[r qí-iš-tim]
10x [...]-ṣa-ba-at-sú [...]
11x [...] ni ip? pu x [...]
12m[a-...] x ⌈7? ki?⌉-iṣ-ri ḫur!-ša!-ni!⌉ ba x x x [(x x)]
13zi-za-na-am i-[...]-ra-am-mu-ú ar-ta-am mu-ba-x x [(x x)]
14ha-[...] x-ru x x-tim ba-ṣu x ši im x ab x [x] / im
15i-[x (x) x] x-am x x x-am i-né-er-ma te-ri-ik [(x x)]
16i-[né-er?] ha-am-ši-šu-ú
17di-x (x) x ir-ta-hi-iṣ qí-iš?-tam <ša> erēnim(gišEREN)?⌉ mu-ša-bi-i-li
18E-nu-na-ki pu-zu-ra-mi-ip-te
19wa-al-dam ṣe!-ri-im mi-it!-lu-ka-am i-le-’ì is-sà-qá-r[a-am] / a-na ib-ri-[šu]
20i-na du-ni-ka-ma ma-ṣa-ra-am te-né-ra-am
21mi-nu-ú-um ú-ba-ta-kúm? qí-iš-tam ša GIŠ
22šu-né-el šu-pi-a-am erēnam(gišEREN) ši-ha-am ša mu-ha-šu ša-ma-a-a ša-an-nu
23lu-pu-uš daltam(gišIG) ša qá-na ru-pu-ús-sa
24a-a ir-ši?⌉ ša-ga-ma-am si-pa-am li-li-ik?⌉
25a!(DIŠ)-ma-at le-ta-ša qá-na ru-pu-ús-sa
26a-a iṭ-he-ši-im a-hu-um i-lu-um li-ra-a[m!-ši]
27a-na bi-ti En-líl li-bé-el Pu-ra-[a]t-tum
28li-ih-du-ú-ma um-ma-an Nippur(NIBRU)k[i]
29li-ri-ís-si-im En-líl
Rev.
30[............]
31–3 Illegible traces.
34[x (x)] x ub-ba-la-ši-na-ti na-[...]
35[x x x]-ak-bu i-di x x x [...] / [...]
36x (x) x i-mi-dam-ma ni-x x x [...]
37[x x x]-ma me-e i-za-x x x [x x x] x
38[x x x x] x-im-ma me-e i-za-x x [x x x] x
39i-x x x x ma x x ra a [x x x x] x-im
40–7 Illegible traces.
48–57 Surface missing.
Up. Ed.
58[.........]-ri-im?⌉ [(x)]
59[.........] x-ri-bu [(x)]

Translation

1       Not preserved.

2       [...] they bring.

3       [...] forest,

4       [...] they held (hands?)

5       [...] ...

6       [...] and let us sit down on our own.

7       [...] star ...

8       [...] and let us sit down on our own.

9       [...] of the cedar, the guardian [of the forest],

10     [...] will seize him [...]

11     [...] ... [...],

12     [...] 7 knots ...

13     ... [...] ... foliage ...,

14     [...] ...

15     [...] ... he smote and ...,

16     he [smote] five times.

17     ... he went trampling through the forest cedar,

18     he discovered the secret abode of the Anunanki gods.

19     The wild-born was able to give counsel, he said to his friend:

20     “By your strength alone you slew the guardian,

21     what will now fell for you the forest of wood?

22     Lay down, make beautiful for me a tall cedar,

         whose top vies with the heavens!

23     I will make a door whose breadth is a reed-length,

24     let it not have a pivot, let it travel (in) the door jamb.

25     Its side will be a cubit, a reed-length its breadth,

26     may no stranger draw near it, may a god have love for [it!].

27     To the house of Enlil the Euphrates shall take it,

28     may the folk of Nippur rejoice and

29     may Enlil delight in it!”

Remainder too damaged 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. 1528; view on seal.huji.ac.il.