MC 7, 16B (The Great Revolt against Narām-Sîn B)

SEAL no. 1542 · MAH 10829 · Unknown · 38 lines · 159 words · 383 signs · 42 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P270855

Transliteration

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Obv.
1	[^dE]N.LÍL Á-sú Ìl-a-ba₄ e-ṭel D[INGIR^meš]
2	[N]a-ra-am-^dEN.ZU LUGAL da-an-nu-um //LUGAL A-kà-dè^ki
3	LUGAL ki-ib-ra-a-at ar-ba-i
4	mu-ta-wi Iš₈-tár ù An-nu-ni-tim
5	pa-ši-iš A-nim GÌR.NÍTA ^dEN.LÍL
6	ÉNSI Ìl-a-ba₄
7	ra-bi-iṣ bu-ra-a-at ^ídIr-ni-na //^ídIDIGNA ù ^ídUD.KIB.NUN.NA
8	mu-še-ṣi du-⌈un-ni⌉-is-⌈sú⌉
9	a-na ka-la šar-ri
10	i-nu-ma ki-ib-ra-at ar-ba-i
11	iš-ti-ni-iš ib-ba-al-ki-tu-ni-in-ni
12	Kiš^ki GÚ.DU₈.A^ki Ti-wa^ki Ú-ru-mu^ki
13	Ka-zal-lu^ki Gíri-tab^ki A-pi-a-ak^ki
14	Ib-ra-at^ki Dil-bat^ki UNU^ki ù UD.KIB.NUN^ki
15	iš-ti-ni-iš ib-ba-al-ki-tu-ni-in-ni
16	i-nu-mi-šu-ma LUGAL-ki-in a-bi
17	UNU^ki i-né-er-ma

Lo. Ed.
18	an-du-ra-ar ERÍN Kiš^ki // iš-ku-un

Rev.
19	ap-pa-ti-šu-nu ú-ga-⌈al-li⌉-i[b]
20	ku-ur-ṣe-šu-nu ú-ḫe-ep-pi
21	Iš₈-tár Ìl-a-ba₄ ^d.šuPA ù ^dLUGAL
22	^dUTU ù U₄-mu-um-šu-ú
23	Kiš^ki la na-ka-ar a-ḫu-tum a-ia-[ši]
24	bi-ri-i-it Ti-wa^ki Ú-ru-mu-um^ki
25	i-na A.GÀR-^dEN.ZU bi-ri-i-it // É-sa-bad^ki É ^dGu-la
26	Kiš^ki ip-ḫu-ur-ma
27	^mIp-ḫu-ur-kiš^ki LÚ Kiš^ki // DUMU Ṣú-m[i-r]a-a-at-iš₈-tár ṣa-ar-ri-iḫ-tim
28	a-na ša[r]-ru-tim iš-šu-ma
29	^mPu-ut-ti-ma-da-al // LUGAL Ši-mu-ur-ri-im
30	^mIn-gi LUGAL ma-at Na-ma-ar^ki
31	^mRi-iš-^dIŠKUR LUGAL A-pí-šal^ki
32	^mMi-gir-^dda-gan LUGAL Má-rí^ki
33	^mḪu-up-šum-ki-pí LUGAL Mar-ḫa-ši^ki
34	^mDu-uḫ-su-su LUGAL Mar-da-ma-an^ki
35	^mMa-nu-um LUGAL Má-gan-na^ki

Up. Ed.
36	^mLugal-an-na LUGAL UNU[^ki]
37	^mÌr-^den-líl-lá LUGAL GIŠ.ÙḪ[^ki]
38	^mAmar-^den-líl-lá LUGAL EN.NIB[RU^ki]

Translation

Obv.

1 (For) Enlil – his strength, (and) Ilaba – the young man of the gods,

2 (I,) Narām-Sîn, the strong king, the king of Akkade,

3 the king of the four quarters of the world,

4 who talks to Ištar and Annunītum,

5 the anointed (priest) of Anum, the commander of Enlil,

6 the governor of Ilaba,

7 guardian of the sources of the Irnina, the Tigris, and the Euphrates,

8 who dispatches his strength

9 against all the kings –

10 When the four quarters of the world

11 unitedly rose up against me,

12 (also) Kiš, Kutḫa, Tiwa, Urumu,

13 Kazallu, Giritab, Apiʾak,

14 Ibrat, Dilbat, Uruk, and Sippar

15 unitedly rose up against me,

16 at that time, my (fore)father Sargon

17 conquered Uruk,

Edge

18 and established freedom for the population of Kiš:

Rev.

19 he shaved off their slave marks,

20 (and) broke their shackles.

21 By Ištar, Ilaba, Šullat, and Ḫaniš

22 Šamaš and Ūmumšû!

23 Kiš was not an enemy – (but) fraternally united with me.

24 Between Tiwa and Urumu,

25 at Ugār-Sîn in the lateral of Esabad, the temple of Gula,

26 did (the citizens of) Kiš(i) assemble

27 (and) Ipḫur-Kiši, the man of Kiš(i), son of Ṣummirat-Ištar, the lamentation priestess,

28 they elected to kingship.

29 Puttimadal king of Simurrum,

30 Ingi king of the land of Namar,

31 Rīš-Adad king of Apišal,

32 Migir-Dagan king of Mari,

33 Ḫupšumkipi king of Marḫaši,

34 Duḫsusu king of Mardaman,

35 Manum king of Makkan,

Edge

36 Lugal-Anna king of Uruk

37 Ir-Enlila king of Umma

38 Amar-Enlila king of Nippur.

Commentary

4: mu-ta-wi with Wilcke 1997, 30 and Haul 2009, 323. mu-ša-pi is, however, not excluded: “to proclaim Ištar and Annunītum” would be parallel to the ref. in CAD apû A 4 “to proclaim the fame or greatness (of a god or king)”.

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. 1542; view on seal.huji.ac.il.