Atraḫasis MB Flood (Nippur)
Ms. J
Transliteration
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| Obv. | |
| J 1'–3' (broken) | |
| J 4' | [. . .] x |
| J 5' | [. . .] |
| J 6' | [. . .] x |
| J 7' | [. . .]-⌈x⌉-bi |
| J 8' | [. . .] |
| J 9' | [. . . ma]-[l]a i-ba-aš-šu-ú |
| J 10' | [. . .] |
| J 11' | [. . . - ti]m? |
| J 12' | [. . . mala i-ba]-aš-šu-ú |
| Rev. | |
| J r. 1' | [. . .] ⌈x⌉ ⌈a?⌉-⌈wa⌉-ti-⌈ia?⌉ [x x] ⌈x⌉-ka |
| J r. 2' | [. . .] a-pa-aš-šar |
| J r. 3' | [. . .] ka-la ni-ši iš-te-niš i-ṣa-bat |
| J r. 4' | [. . .] ti la-am a-bu-bi wa-ṣe-e |
| J r. 5' | [. . q]á?-a-ni ma-la i-ba-aš-šu-ú lu su-ub-bu-ku lu pu-úh-ḫu-ru-šu |
| J r. 6' | [. . .] eleppam(gišMÁ) ra-bí-tam bi-ni-ma |
| J r. 7' | [. . i-na] qá-ne-e ṭa-bi lu bi-nu-us-sà |
| J r. 8' | [. . .] ši-i lu makurkurrum(gišMÁ.GUR.GUR)-ma šum-ša lu na-ṣi-rat na-piš-tim |
| J r. 9' | [. . .] x ṣú-lu-la dan-na ṣú-ul-lil |
| J r. 10' | [. . .] te-ep-pu-šu |
| J r. 11' | [. . . bu-ul ṣe]-⌈rim?⌉ ú-ma-am ṣe-rim iṣ-ṣur ša-me-e |
| J r. 12' | [. . .] ku-um-mi-ir!(NI) |
| J r. 13' | [šūli ana eleppi sa-lat-k]a u kin-ta-k[a!] |
| J r. 14' | (traces) |
Translation
Obv.
J 1'–8' (broken)
J 9' … [as much] as there is
J 10'–11' (broken)
J 12' … [as much as th]ere is
(rest broken)
Rev.
J r. 1' […] my word … your…
J r. 2'–3' [. . .] I will reveal: “[. . . a Flood] will seize all the people together.
J r. 4'–5' [. . .] . before the coming forth of the Flood, [cut re]eds(?) as many as they are, let them be weaved, let them be gathered for it!
J r. 6'–7' [. . .] build a large boat, [… made of] fine reeds – so be her structure.
J r. 8'–9' [. . .] let her be a maqurqurrum-boat with the name ‘The Life Saver’. [. . .] roof her over with a strong covering.
J r. 10'–11' [Into the boat] which you will make [bring herds of the st]eppe, wild creatures of the steppe, birds of heavens!
J r. 12'–13' [Gather stock and food and] heap (them) up! [Bring up you]r [wife] and your kith!
J r. 13'-14' (broken)
Commentary
See Wasserman 2020a 79-80.
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. 1562; view on seal.huji.ac.il.