BRM 4, 4 (Sargon autobiography)

SEAL no. 1546 · MLC 641 · Epics · Unknown · 9 lines · 30 words · 50 signs · 3 Sumerograms

Photo K. Wagensonner

Transliteration

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1	a-na-ku Ša-ru-ki-in
2	na-ra-am ^dINANNA
3	mu-ta!-li-ik
4	ki-ib-ra-a-at
5	[e]r-bé-ti-in
6	[x]-mi ša-ru-ru ⌈^d⌉[Šamaš]
7	[x] ⌈x li⌉ ši pa? x [(x)]
8	[x] ⌈TA⌉ la [...]
9	[x x] x a i [x x]

Translation

Obv.

1 I, Sargon,

2 beloved of Ištar,

3 who roams

4–5 the four corners

6 … the radiance of [Šamaš] …

7–9 (fragmentary)

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. 1546; view on seal.huji.ac.il.