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VS 1, 32 (Ipiq-Ištar of Malgium)

SEAL no. 1538 · VA 3359 · Malgium (mod. Tell Yassir) (uncertain) · 41 lines · 128 words · 347 signs · 16 Sumerograms

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1di-pí-iq-eš4-tár LUGAL
2ši-ki-in dEN.KI ddam-ki-na
3LUGAL ma-al-gi-imKI
4DUMU a-píl-ì-lí-šu
5i-nu AN den-líl DINGIR.MAḪ
6ù dé-a šar-ri
7mi-li-ik ma-tim im-l[i]-ku
8wa-ši-ib LU-im be-el pi-ri-iš-tim
9ú-tá-di a-na ḫi-ir-ti-šu
10el-le-tim ddam-ki-na
11ar-ḫi-iš-mi mu-uḫ-ri ḫi-ṭa
12šu-ti-qí ma-ru-uš-ta-am
13a-na wa-ar-ki-a-tim
14lu ki-na iš-da-šu
15ma-al-gu-umKI a-al-ki
16šar-ru-tum BALA-um li-<ri>-ik
17a ip-pa-ar-ku i-na É.NAM.TI.LA
18i-nu-mi-šu ur-dam ma-a-tum
19i-na-ap-ḫa-ri ka-lu-šu
20iš-ku-un ḫa-ba-ra-tam ra-bi-tam
21ù ma-ru-uš-tam i-pu-u[š]
22ú-ša-al-pí-it ki-iṣ-ṣa-a[m]
23šu-ba-at DINGIR.MAḪ ra-bi-tim
24ù mi-lam ra-aš-ba-am GIŠKIRI6-ša i-⌈ki-is⌉
25di-pí-iq-eš4-tár LUGAL na-a’-du
26bi-ni-it qá-ti-šu
27ša dé-a a-na-ku
28i-na šu-ur-ri dé-a ddam-ki-na
29a-na wa-ar-du-<ti>-šu-nu ir-šu-nin-ni
30⌈e⌉-[p]u-uš-ma ab!-ni bi-ta-am
31a-na DINGIR.MAḪ um-mi-ia
32áz-qú-up-ši-im GIŠKIRI6-a-am el-lam
33sí-ma-at i-lu-ti-ša
34ú-ša-aš-⌈ki⌉-in SÁ.DU11 ⌈in⌉-bi-im
35a-na da-a-ar-i-tam! maḫ-ri-ša
36ab-bi šum É É.KI.TUŠ.GIŠ.PI
37ú-te-er-ši-im pa!-ra-ka-<am> pa-ni-a-am
38ù šu-ba-sà ar-mi
39ša te-em-me-ni ú-da-ap-pa-ru
40DINGIR.MAḪ er-re-tam ra-bi-tam
41li-⌈ru⌉-ur-šu

Translation

  1. Ipiq-Eštar, king,
  2. created by Enki (and) Damkina,
  3. king of Malgium,
  4. son of Apil-ilišu,
  5. when Anu, Enlil, Belet-ili,
  6. and Ea, my king,
  7. held council for the land
  8. the one that dwells in the Apsû, the lord of secrets,
  9. let his wife know,
  10. the pure Damkina:
  11. "Quickly, take away the sin,
  12. ward off the evil!
  13. In the future,
  14. its foundations shall be firm,
  15. (of) Malgium, your city.
  16. The kingship, the dynasty may last long.
  17. It shall never cease in Enamtila!"
  18. At that time, the land came down
  19. in its whole entirety.
  20. It made a great clamour
  21. and did an evil (deed).
  22. It destroyed the sanctuary,
  23. the dwelling of the great Belet-ili,
  24. and cut the awesome height, her garden.
  25. I am Ipiq-eštar, devout king,
  26. creature of his hand,
  27. of Ea.
  28. As soon as Ea (and) Damkina
  29. received me for their service,
  30. I made, I built the house
  31. for Belet-Ili, my mother,
  32. I planted her a pure garden,
  33. (as a) sign of her divinity,
  34. I established regular fruit offerings
  35. for ever for her.
  36. I called it Ekitušgeštu.
  37. I returned to her her former shrine
  38. and I installed her dwelling.
  39. Who removes my foundation,
  40. may Belet-Ili inflict on him
  41. a great curse.

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. 1538; view on seal.huji.ac.il.