UET 6/2, 396 (Anum, Ea, Ištar)

SEAL no. 1553 · U.16890 · Epics · Anum, Ea, Ištar · Ur (mod. Tell el-Muqayyar) · 32 lines · 432 words · 722 signs · 7 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P346439.

Transliteration

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Obv.
1	[x x x x x (x)] x-ma an-nu-um a-bi i-li ra-bu-tim
2	[x x x x x (x) i-na] pî(KA) ^d+En-líl la ú-ṣi-a-am iš-tum da-⌈ar⌉
3	[x] x [x x x (x)] x [x (x)-q]á?-at qú-ra-di-im é-a la iš-ru-uk UD? ši? x tim? / ú-ṣi-a-am i-na pî(KA)-šu
4	x x [x x x x x x (x)]-na-ku a-šar é-a pa-nu-šu su-ḫu-ru ma? x (x) zi? ša?
5	[x x x x x x x x (x) a]r-nam mar-ṣa-am a-na é-a ub-⌈la?⌉ x x
6	[x x x x x x x x (x)] x li-pu-la!? šu-na-a-at-ma a-wa-tum / a-na tāḫāzim(MÈ) la i-⌈lik⌉
7	x (x) [x x x x x x x (x) b]i? lu qá-ti-ša? še ri da pi da? x ([...]?)
8	x [x x x x x x x x (x)](-)ik-šu-ud mar-ṣa-⌈ti⌉-ia li x [...] / x x ri
9	x [x x x x x x (x)] x-bu-šum mar-ṣa-ti [x] x ⌈ú? na?⌉ x x x (x) tim?
10	[x x x x x x x x (x)] bé-el ma-[tim? x x l]u?-uš-ku?-nam? ma!?-aḫ-ri-sa?°
11	x [x x x x x x x (x)] x ⌈a?⌉ am x [ x (x) a?]-qá-bi un-⌈ni⌉-ni-ia
12	[x x x x x x (x)] x mu [q]á-ba-ša? ṣé-ri-⌈iš?!-šu?!⌉ ma-gi-ir-ma / ša-lim!?-tum!? ka ab? ša lum?
13	[x x x x x (x)] x ri iš₈-tár ip-pa-al-sí-ha-am ka-qá-ar-šu / di-ma-tu-ša i-la-ka ṣa-ar-p[i-iš]
14	[x x x x x x (x)] x ⌈ti li⌉ ik ka ar x am x [...]
14a	x im zu ri ia [...]

Rev.
15	[x x x x (x)] x [x x x x (x)] x zi zu li nu x [...]
16	[x x x (x)] x ša [x x x x x x (x)] x tum ba-lu-ki ⌈ú?⌉ x [...]
17	[x] x x ⌈a⌉-di ma-ti i-x [x x (x) tu?-uḫ?-t]a-di-ir pa!-ni-ia ù ar x x x
18	[MIN?].KAM? a-di ma-ti é-a i-še-[x x x x] (vacat)
19	⌈šum⌉-ma-ma-an iš-tum da-ar x [x x (x)] x-ti-ma ma-ru-um a-na a-bi-šu / [(...)? l]u?-⌈ub?⌉-lam?
20	ki-ma ar?-ni-ia te-te-ep-ta? ia-[ši?-im? i?-ta?]-ar-ku UD-mu en!?-né-ti-ia ik-[ta-ri n]a?-pi-iš-ti
21	iš!-me-ma iš₈-tár an-ni-a-am qá-ba-a-am x x x [x x (x)] ti da? x ⌈ir⌉ x x x
22	ú-la il₅-ta-ba-aš li-ib-šu pa-ag-ri-ša ⌈ú⌉-l[a?...
23	di-ma-tu-uš! ḫu-ṭù-pa-at i-la-ak a-na a-lim el!-lim a-šar ⌈é?⌉-[a?...
24	iṭ-ḫe-e-ma ip-pa-al-sí-ḫa-am ma-ḫa-ar-šu un!?-ni-nam i-ta-š[i? x (x)] x
25	ú-la a-bi-i ú-la ta-mu-ra-am ša-a-ti!? ša-qú-mi-iš wa-aš!-ba!-⌈at-ma⌉ / i-da!-mu-ma-am ki-ma su-mi-[i]m
26	[ú]-la é-a ú-la ta-mu-ra-am an na na a na ki (vacat)
27	[x] x ma la i-ṭe₄-ḫe-a-am ka-ti e-li i-na pî(KA)-ka ú-ṣi-a-am a? šu? ti di/ki?
28	[x x x] ša-ḫi-iṭ pa-ga-ar-ša li-ib-šu-ša la zu-ku-ma ša-a-šum pa-al-ḫa-at
29	[x x x x x (x)] x e-né-en-ša li-tu-ur-ši-im li? ba? ud? ta? li-ṣi-ši-im nu-ur-šu
30	[x x x x x x x (x)] x na du? x ú ḫi-me-e-ta-am ḫa am li x x
31	[x x x x x x x (x)] x šu ru? wa? bu? pa-nu-ka at-ta

Translation

Obv.

1 [......] Anum, (or: who is) father of the great gods.

2 [.....] it was never uttered [by] Enlil.

3 [......].. of the warrior, Ea did not present..., it was uttered by him.

4 [.....] I(?), where Ea’s face is turned away...

5 [.......] com[mited] a grave [s]in against Ea.

6 [.....] … he shall reply; The word was repeated and he/she did not go out to war.

7 [......].. her hands?....

8 [......] arrived; my misfortunes..[…] … […]

9 [......] misfortunes...

10 [....] lord of the l[and?.. may] I put(?) before her(??).

11 [.....]....[..I] will say my pleas.

12 [.....]... her(?) speech was accepted by him(?).. well-being(??)...

13 [.....].. Ištar prostrated herself to the ground, her tears flowing bitterl[y].

14 .... […]

Rev.

15 .... […]

16 .... without you.. […]

17 [...] how long... [... you have made(?)] me [s]orrow(?) and I(?)...[…]

18 [Seco]ndly(??), how long, Ea..[…]

19 If only from time immemorial..[...]... son to his father [...]...

20 When you have revealed my sin, [for] me, the days of my punishment have [been l]ong(?); my [d]eath is n[ear](?).

21 Ištar heard this speech .....

22 She did not wear her body’s garment; di[d not(?)...

23 Her tear being wiped, she went to the holy city where E[a(?)...

24 She approached, prostrated herself before him, and pleaded...

25 “No, my father, haven’t you seen her?”, silently she was sitting, moaning like a dove;

26 “No, Ea, haven’t you seen?...”

27 ... did not approach; as to you(?), except for what came out from your mouth (to me?)...

28 [...]..her body stripped (from clothes); her garments not washed for him; she is scary.

29 [.....].. her favor; may... return to her; may his light come out to her.

30 [.....]... butter(?) ...

31 [...].... your face, you.

Commentary

General: Possibly dependent on Sumerian original, although probably not direct translation. Note the peculiarity of leaving the end of the line empty in ll. 18 and 26. This is reminiscent of the same custom in Sumerian litanies, especially in Emesal laments, when a phrase occurring in the previous line is to be repeated (cf. Ludwig 2009, 244).

1. It is likely that the first line refers to Anum (occasionally written an-nu-um in OB Akkadian texts), but it is also possible that it is the interrogative mannum, “who”, opening a rhetorical question: “Who is the father of the great gods”?

13. See Volk 1995, 202.

23. See Gabbay 2004.

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