JCS 11, 84f. (Narām-Sîn and the Enemy Hordes)
Photo K. Wagensonner
Transliteration
Hover or tap a word for its lemma and meaning.
| Col. i destroyed | |
| Col. ii | |
| 1 | [....] x it-ti-šu |
| 2 | [...]-il-tam |
| 3 | [...] x be-el ma-tim |
| 4 | [...] x a-na-ku am-ta-al-li-ik |
| 5 | [..MU/DU.X+]1.KAM ša ap ra |
| 6 | [...]-ra ša šar-ru-tim |
| 7 | [...] aṣ-ba-at-ma |
| 8 | [...] ša an-ni-tam |
| 9 | [...] ra a-na ia-a-ši-im |
| 10 | [...] ⌈x⌉-du-ú a-na-ku |
| 11 | [...] ú? ra a-na ia-a-ši |
| 12 | [... a-n]a ⌈ru⌉-qú-tim |
| 13 | [...i]š-tu ul-la |
| 14 | [...il]-li-kam-ma |
| 15 | [...] ib-ri-ia |
| 16 | [...a]ṣ-ba-at |
| 17 | [...a]m |
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| Col. iii | |
| 1 | im-ta-ḫa-aṣ da-ab-da-a ú-ul i-zi-i[b] |
| 2 | i+na ša!(TA)-ni-i 2 š[u-š]i li-mi um-ma-na ú-še-ṣi-am-ma |
| 3 | im-ta-ḫa-aṣ da-a[b-d]a-a ú-ma-al-li ṣe-ra |
| 4 | i-na ša-al-ši 1 šu-ši li-mi um-ma-na ú-še-ṣi-am-ma |
| 5 | e-li ⌈ša pa-na⌉ ú-wa-at-te-er šu-a-ti |
| 6 | iš-tu 6 šu-ši li-mi um-ma-ni i-né-ru |
| 7 | im-ta-ḫa-aṣ da-ab-da-a ra-bi-a |
| 8 | a-na-ku es-se-[ḫi] en-né-ši |
| 9 | a-ka-ad a-na-aḫ a-šu-uš am-ṭi-ma |
| 10 | um-ma a-na-ku-m[a] DINGIR a-na BALA-ia mi-nam ub-lam |
| 11 | a-na-ku šar-rum la mu-ša-lim ma-ti-šu |
| 12 | ù SIPA la mu-ša-lim ni-ši-šu |
| 13 | ia-a-ši BALA-e mi-nam ub-lam |
| 14 | ki-i lu-uš-ta-ak-kan-ma |
| 15 | pa-ag-ri ù ra-ma-ni lu-še-ṣi |
| 16 | a-na ḫu-ul-lu-uq ṣe-ri Ak-ka-di-i |
| 17 | [L]Ú.KÚR da-an-na id-ke-a-am-ma |
| 18 | [x]x-ši-a ta-am-ḫa-ri a-dì Mal-gi-a |
| 19 | [x x (x)] gu uk ka ni a |
| 20 | [. . ṣ]e-⌈ri⌉ Ak-ka-di-i sa-pa-nu ⌈x x⌉ |
| 21 | [...] x x [...] |
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| Col. iv | |
| (break) | |
| 1’ | x x [...] |
| 2’ | eš-re-ti x x x x x [...] |
| 3’ | ma-t[um šu]-ul-pu-ta-at qab?-li-at? x x x |
| 4’ | x x x ša dAdad is-su-ú e-li ma-[tim] |
| 5’ | ḫu-bu-ur-ša ik-ta-ba-ás ṭe4-em-ša is-pu-uḫ |
| 6’ | a-la-ni ti-la-ni ù BÁRAmeš is-pu-un |
| 7’ | mi-it-ḫa-ri-iš ka-li-iš uš-te-mi |
| 8’ | ki-ma a-bu-ub me-e ša ib-ba-šu-ú |
| 9’ | i+na ni-ši [(x)] ma-aḫ-ri-a-ti |
| 10’ | ma-at A[k-ka]-di-i uš-te-mi |
| 11’ | uḫ-ta-al-li-iq ma-tam |
| 12’ | ki-ma la na-ab-ši-i ka-la-ša us-sà-aḫ-ḫi-ir |
| 13’ | s[a]-ap-na-at ma-tum šu-us-ḫu-ra-at ka-lu-š[a] |
| 14’ | ⌈i-na⌉ e-ze-ez DINGIRmeš ma ru uš ib [...] |
| 15’ | a-l[a-n]i ub-bu-tu ti-la-nu sa-ap-nu |
| 16’ | ḫu-bu-ur ma-t[im] ú-te-ek-ki-ma ik-ta-ba-ás |
| 17’ | ki-ma a-bu-ub pa-al-gi ma-tam uš-te-m[i] |
| 18’ | x x x uḫ[-ta-a]l-li-iq wa-ri-x |
| Col. v | |
| (break) | |
| 1’ | [...] x x |
| 2’ | [...] ar pa? kam? |
| 3’ | [...] x x [...] |
| 4’ | [...] dINANNA |
| 5’ | [...]-šu?-nu me li li |
| 6’ | [...] i-na-an-na bal [x] |
| 7’ | [...]-il-šu-nu-ti-ma |
| 8’ | [...] nu-ḫa um-ma šu-ú |
| 9’ | [...] x x ar iš-mu-ú |
| 10’ | [...] UD wa-ar-ba-ti |
| 11’ | [...] ši-id an-ni |
| 12’ | [...] x i-ib-ka-nim |
| 13’ | [...]x ù ki? lam za an ga |
| 14’ | [...] ud/na? mu ši-na-ti |
| 15’ | [...] pu-ti-šu |
| 16’ | [...] bi-lu |
| 17’ | [...] ur |
Translation
Col. i destroyed
Col. ii
1 […] x with him
2 [...]-?
3 […] ... the lord of the land
4 […] ... I take counsel with myself
5 […] one ...
6 […] the … of kingship
7 […] I took and
8 […] who this
9 […] to me
10 […] I ...
11 […] ... to me
12 […] far away
13 […] since the days of old
14 […] he came and
15 […] of my friend
16 […] I grasped
17 […] ...
Col. iii
1 He inflicted a defeat, sp[ared] (no one).
2 The second (year) 120,000 troops I sent forth, but
3 He inflicted a de[fea]t; he filled the battlefield (with corpses)
4 The third (year) 60,000 troops I sent forth, but
5 He expanded that (defeat) beyond the previous.
6 After he had slain my 360,000 troops,
7 He inflicted a great slaughter.
8 I became confus[ed], bewildered.
9 I was annoyed, depressed, sunk in gloom, reduced (in spirit).
10 Thus I thought: “What has god brought upon my reign?
11 I am a king who has not kept his land prosperous,
12 and a shepherd who has not kept his people prosperous.
13 What has my reign brought upon me?
14 How can I make arrangements for me and
15 can get myself out (of trouble)?
16 To destroy the plain of Akkade
17 he (the god) has summoned a mighty foe against me and
18 [.].. my battle until Malgium.
19 […] …
20 … the plain of Akkade, the flatlands …
21 […] … […]
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Col. iv
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1’ …[…]
2’ The sanctuaries …
3’ The la[nd was de]filed …
4’ The ... of Adad roared over the la[nd].
5’ It trampled down its clamor, confused its reason.
6’ It levelled cities, tells, and temples.
7’ It transformed everywhere equally.
8’ Like the deluge of water, that had risen
9’ among the former people,
10’ it transformed the land of Akkade.
11’ It destroyed the land,
12’ reduced it totally, as if it had never existed.
13’ Levelled was the land and totally turned over.
14’ By the fury of the gods …
15’ Cities were obliterated, the tells were levelled
16’ It dimished the clamor of the land and trampled (it) down.
17’ Like a flood (overflowing the banks) of the canal, it transformed the land.
18’ … destroyed the …
Col. v
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1’ […] x x
2’ […] ?
3’ […] x x […]
4’ […] Ištar
5’ […]their…
6’ […] now(?) ...
7’ […] ... them
8’ […] ? thus spoke he:
9’ […] ? they heard.
10’ […] of the uncultivated fields
11’ […] ...me!
12’ […] ...
13’ […] and ...
14’ […] ? them.
15’ […] before it/him.
16’ […] ?
17’ […] ?
Commentary
iii 9: Hardly nakādu (Westenholz 1997, 272), but kâdu (CAD K 35 1 kâdu B “to be distressed(?)”. For kâdu D “to molest” cf. ZA 94 (2004) 230f. ii 7, v 8 with disc. of M. Krebernik, ib. p. 236 and 244.
iii 18: Reading follows Finkelstein 1957. Westenholz 1997, 274f. differently.
iv 16’: ūtekki prob. derives from ukkû CAD U 56 “to render destitute”, here in the mng. “to diminish”.
v 10’ Cf. CAD U/W 404 s. v. warbum.
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. 1543; view on seal.huji.ac.il.