MC 7, 16A (The Great Revolt against Narām-Sîn A)
Transliteration
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| Obv. | |
| 1 | [Ki-šiki Ku-tu-]úki Ti-waki Wu-ru-muki] |
| 2 | [Ka-zal-luki Gi-r]i-it-ta-abki A-pí-wa-a[kki] |
| 3 | [...] ⌈x x⌉ [Ib-ra-atki D]i-il-ba-atki |
| 4 | [..-b]iki Ú-ru-⌈uk⌉ki ù ⌈Sí⌉-ip-pí-irki |
| 5 | [i-nu-m]i-šu-ma LUGAL-ki-in a-bi a-la[m] Ú-ru-ukki i-ne-er-ma |
| 6 | [an-du-r]a-ar Ki-iš-ši-i-imki iš-ku-un |
| 7 | [ù? ap-pa-ti-š]u-nu ú-ša-ag-li-ib ù [k]ur-ṣe-e-šu-nu |
| 8 | [ú-ka-as]-⌈sí⌉-ip ù LUGAL.LUGAL.ZA.GÌN.GI.NA mu-ša10-li-⌈il-šu-nu⌉ |
| 9 | [a-na A-kà]-dèki ú-ru ù i-ia-ti in-ši-iš lam-ni-iš |
| 10 | [i-ta-a]k-ru-ni-ne i-na di-[i]n Iš8-tár ù An-nu-ni-ti[m] |
| 11 | [i-na ta]-ḫa-zi-im iš-̓a4-ar-šu-nu-t[i] ⌈x⌉x um na ra am [...] |
| 12 | [x x (x) K]i-iš-šu-ú-umki la na-ka-ar a-ḫu-ti i[a-ši x (x)?] |
| 13 | [bi-ri-i-i]t Ti-waki ù Wu-ru-muki i-na A.ŠÀ A.GÀ[R-dEN.ZU] |
| 14 | [bi-ri-i-i]t É-sa-ba-ad É dNin-kar-ra-a[k] |
| 15 | [Ki-š]iki ip-ḫu-ur--ki-šiki Ki-iš-[š]u-ú-[umki] |
| 16 | [DUMU Ṣú-mi]-ra-at-eš8-tár ⌈mu⌉?-ṣa-ri-iḫ-tim a-na LUGAL iš-šu-ni-[i]š-šu |
| 17 | [... Ku-t]u-úki |
| (lacuna of approx.1–2 lines) | |
| 1’ | [mx x] x ⌈ú⌉-t[u ..] |
| 2’ | [mÌ]R-il-li-li [Ú]-⌈ma-wu-ú⌉[ki] |
| 3’ | [m]A-ma-mu-ul-li-li N[i-i]p-pa-ru-ú-umki |
| 4’ | [m]Bu-bu Di-ru-úki |
| 5’ | [m]A-mar-gi-in LUGAL Ú-ru-uk⌈ki⌉ |
| 6’ | [m]⌈Pa?-ša?⌉-a[ḫ-n]a?-ad-gal-ni Lu-lu-bu-úk[i] |
| 7’ | [mi-]x-šu ⌈gu⌉-ul-lu-ba-at mi-x-šu qa-am-ma-[at] |
| 8’ | [x]-ta-i! 30 NU.BÀNDA i-na ⌈90⌉ [l]i-mi a-na x x |
| 9’ | [i]l-li-ku-nim-ma ⌈i⌉-na ta-[ḫa-zi-i]m x[...] |
| (rest of obverse broken, lacuna of unknown length) | |
| Rev. | |
| 1’ | (traces) |
| 2’ | [ka-ki] i-p[u?-š]u?-m[a m]a-tu-u[m] x [...] |
| 3’ | [...] ik-ki-[ru]-ni-in-ne-ma a[r?...] |
| 4’ | [a?-di?] ⌈9⌉-šu ⌈ú⌉-wa-a[š]-ši-ir-šu-nu-[ti ...] |
| 5’ | [...]-⌈x⌉ [x]-na-na-sa ma-aḫ-ru-ú x [...] |
| 6’ | [a-na ta-ḫa-zi-im] ú-ṣa-ab-bé-em-ma 5 ra-b[a-ba-tam di-ku] |
| 7’ | [...] x A-mar-gi-in LUGAL Ú-ru-u[kki] |
| 8’ | [a-na ta-ḫa-z]i-im ú-ṣa-[ab-bé-e]m-ma 4 ra-ba-ba-tam d[i-ku] |
| 9’ | [...] ⌈a⌉? [...] ša-la-am-tam |
| 10’ | [...] [a/i-n]a ta-ḫa-zi-im |
| 11’ | [...] |
| (lacuna of 1–2 lines) | |
| 1ʼʼ | (traces) |
| 2ʼʼ | [...] a-du-⌈uk-šu-nu⌉-[ti] ⌈i⌉-na?[...] x BU |
| 3ʼʼ | [i-na ti]-bu-ut DUMUmeš A-kà-dè 9 ṣu-ub-bi-[im] x x |
| 4ʼʼ | [ú-ša]-at-bi-šu-nu-ši-im |
Translation
Obv.
1 [Kiš(i), Kuth]a, Tiwa, Wurumu,
2 [Kazallu, Gir]itab, Apiwak
3 […] [Ibrat, Di]lbat
4 […]bi, Uruk and Sippar.
5 [In his] days, my (fore)father Sargon conquered the city of Uruk and
6 established [fre]edom for the Kišite (people),
7 [and] had their [slave marks] shaved off and their shackles
8 [smas]hed and led their despoiler Lugalzagesi
9 [to Akka]de, and (yet) me, in an … manner and evil manner
10 [they reb]elled against me. Because of the verdict of Ištar and Annunītum,
11 he defeated them [in ba]ttle and …
12 […] the Kišite was not an enemy. They were (in) brotherhood to me…
13 [(Nevertheless) on the common bounda]ry of Tiwa and Wurumu in the field, Ugār-Sin
14 [on the common bounda]ry to Esabad, the temple of Ninkarak,
15 did [(the people of) Kiš]i assemble and they raised Ipḫur-Kiši, the Kišite,
16 [son of Ṣummi]rat-Ištar, the lamentation priestess, to kingship
17 [Kiši, ….Kut]ha(?)
(lacuna of approx. 1-2 lines)
1’ […]-utu[, the …]
2’ [Wa]rad-Ellil, the Ummean,
3’ Ama-mullili, the Nippurean,
4’ Bubu, the Direan,
5’ Amar-gin, king of Uruk,
6’ Pašaḫnadgaln (?), the Lulubean,
7’ his x sheared, his x ruffled up.
8’ […] ... 30 lieutenants of 90,000 to […]
9’ [t]hey went and in the b[attle …]
(rest of obverse broken, lacuna of unknown length)
Rev.
1’ (traces)
2’ they jo[ine]d the [battle] and the lan[d…]
3’ […] they got angry against me and […]
4’ 9 [times,] I let them go.
5’ […]nanasa, the first […]
6’ put an army [into battle]: 50,000 [were summoned].
7’ […] x Amar-gin, king of Uruk,
8’ put an army [into bat]tle: 40,000 were summo[ned].
9’ […] the corpse
10’ […] in/for the battle
11’ […]
(lacuna of 1–2 lines)
1ʼʼ (traces)
2ʼʼ […] I killed th[em] in […]
3ʼʼ [with t]he uprising of the sons of Akkade, 9 campaigns
4ʼʼ [I l]et come upon them.
Commentary
Obv. 16: Reading follows Westenholz 1987, 234. Charpin 1997, 13 and Haul 2009, 330 suggest ⌈GÉME⌉ ṣa-ri-iḫ-tim “slave-girl of the lamentation priestess”.
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. 1540; view on seal.huji.ac.il.