TIM 9, 49

SEAL no. 1555 · IM 51345 · Epics · Etana? · Šaduppûm (mod. Tell Ḥarmal) · 7 lines · 43 words · 63 signs · 2 Sumerograms

On the possibility that the fragment belongs to a lost episode of the Old Babylonian legend of Etana, see Kinnier Wilson 1985, 11. But cf. Saporetti 1990, 127: “Appartiene al ciclo di Etana secondo Kinnier Wilson... Non vedo ragioni sufficienti per intenderlo tale, né per intitolarlo  The Eagle prays to Ishtar as he and Etana fall from Heaven. ” Content and context of the few remaining lines are largely obscure. According to unofficial digging records the tablet was found in HL 2-485 R. 161 L II (Sq. 7G). 

Transliteration

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1	[...] ⌈x⌉-ku-ur ì-lí ^d⌈Ištar⌉(⌈INANNA⌉)-ma be-[le-et(?) ...]
2	[...] ⌈x⌉ pé-ti na-ag-bi-im mu-né-e-ru [...]⌈x⌉-ši?
3	[...t]i-im i-né-er-šu-nu-ti i-na ša-⌈ap-li(?)⌉-[ti]
4	[... ... ...] ⌈x x⌉-am-bi na-ag-bi-im {x x}
5	[... ...]-ru-um mu-za-ap-ru-um ze-er [mu?-t]i-im
6	[... ... ...] x qí-iš-ti-im [... ]
7	[... ... ...] x x x [... ]
(Rest fragmentary)

Translation

1 [...] ... of the gods and Ištar, mist[ress(?) ...]

2 [...] ... who opens the deep waters, strikes ...

3 [...] ... he has struck them from the depths...

4 [...] ... of underground water...

5 [...] ... malicious, seed of [de]ath(?).

6 [...] ... forest [...]

7 [...] ... [...]

Commentary

2: Cf. CAD N/1, 110 s.v. nagbu A 2d

5: Cf. AHw III 1511a s.v. zapārum. – The tentative restoration [mū]tim follows a suggestion in the hand exemplar of W. von Soden’s TIM 9 (M. P. Streck).

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