Atraḫasis MB Flood (Hattuša)

SEAL no. 1559 · KBo 36, 26 (809/z) · Epics · Atraḫasis, Flood · Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy) · 13 lines · 140 words · 126 signs · 27 Sumerograms

Ms. J 1

Transliteration

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J₁ 1'	[. . . u]l?-⌈lum?⌉-m[a? . . .]
J₁ 2'	[. . . a-wa-t]i? ú-ša-an-[ni . . .]
J₁ 3'	[. . . i-na] er-ṣe-e[t ^dEn-líl. . .]
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J₁ 4'	[. . . ^dÉ]-⌈a?⌉ pí-i-⌈šu ip⌉-pu-⌈ša⌉-[am-ma iqabbi]
J₁ 5'	[. . .-n]u i bi-lam-mi pí-⌈i⌉ [. . .]
J₁ 6'	[. . .] ⌈a⌉-nu-um-ma ⌈a-wa⌉-at ⌈x⌉ [. . .]
J₁7'	[. . .] ⌈x⌉ ki-ra-a-[(x)] ⌈ti?⌉ [. . .]
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J₁ 8'	[. . . pí]-i-šu i-ip-pu-ša-am-m[a iqabbi . . .]
J₁ 9'	[. . . pu]-ḫu-ur ša-a ^lúš[i-bu-ti . . .]
J₁ 10'	[. . .] ^mAt-ra-am-ḫa-si-iš ^lúš[i-bu-ti . . .]
J₁ 11'	[. . . i]ṭ-ṭú-ul a-wa-tam iš-me [. . .]
J₁ 12'	[. . . zi-i]k?-ra-a-ma an-ni-⌈i-tam iq!-bi-ma⌉ [. . .]
J₁ 13'	[. . .] ⌈x x⌉ [. . .]

Translation

J₁ 1' [. . .] thereupon(?) [. . .]

J₁ 2' I/he repeated [the words . . .]

J₁ 3' [. . . in/on] the earth [. . .]

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J₁ 4' [. . . E]a opened his mouth [and addressed Atra-ḫasīs:]

J₁ 5' “Bring me the […] (for/at) the command/opening [of . . .]”

J₁ 6' [. . .] now, the word [of . . .]

J₁ 7' [. . .] the kiln[s. . .]

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J₁ 8' [Atra-ḫasīs] opened his mouth and [addressed. . .:]

J₁ 9' [In(?)] the assembly of the elders [of . . .]

J₁ 10' [. . .] Atra-ḫasīs the elders [. . .]

J₁ 11' He looked at [. . .], he heard the word [. . .]

J₁ 12' “[. . .] the utterance, thus he said: [. . .]

J₁ 13' [. . .] . . . [. . .]

Commentary

See Wasserman 2020a 81–82

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. 1559; view on seal.huji.ac.il.