CUSAS 10, 12
George (2009, 71) suggests that ll. 1–14 are incipits. CDLI No. P252332.
Transliteration
Hover or tap a word for its lemma and meaning.
| Obv. | |
| 1 | ⌈i⌉-na nu-úr a-pa-⌈ti-im⌉ i-zi-iz-z[i] |
| 2 | šum-ma aṣ-ṣa-la-al ⌈di⌉-ke-en-ni ⌈at-ti⌉ |
| 3 | ak-ku-uš di-pi-ir la te-sé-ḫe-e-ma |
| 4 | mu-ta-⌈al⌉-li-⌈ik-ti⌉ ta-ta-la-ak a-la-la-ni |
| 5 | ra-bu-um ra-bu-⌈um⌉ la te-te-bé-e-ma |
| 6 | lu-up-pa-al-sà-⌈ak⌉-ka in-nu-⌈úr⌉ a-pa-ti-im |
| 7 | i nu-⌈uš-ta⌉-aq-ti ⌈ne!-pi-iš!⌉-tu ra-mi-im-ma |
| 8 | a-bu-un-ti lu-uš-tu-uḫ-m[a] |
| 9 | ar-ra-ak ša? pi-ri-im iṣ-ṣé-eḫ!-ra-{AM?}-k[a] |
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| 10 | i ni-iq-ri ki-sà/ṣa-al-l[a] ⌈ú⌉-ra-ša ⌈ma⌉-aš-ḫa-at |
| 11 | gu-ga-al-la i-la-am ša-⌈al-ma?⌉ i-lam ⌈x-ša?⌉-a-⌈ni⌉ |
| 12 | ri-mu-um ul (ras.) iz-za-az-ma ar-mu-ú ⌈sa⌉-mu-tu |
| 13 | li-ṣú?!(Text: MA)-ni-im? (ras.) i-im-ta-šu-uḫ? x x x (ras.) |
| 14 | iš-⌈ku⌉-un-ma i-qá-al |
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| 15 | iš-ša-a a-bu-ba-am i-ša-⌈ka⌉-an mi-na-am |
| 16 | lu-pí-iš ši-ip-[r]a-am ṭù-li-ma-am pī(KA) na-ap-ša-ri |
| 17 | ka-bu-ut al-pi-im še-er-a-ni qá-at-nu-ti |
| 18 | pa-at-ra-am ù me-ši-il-ta-am a-na-iš-ša-a {A} |
| 19 | lu-⌈ub?-la?⌉ x ti ri ri a-ḫa-at a-bi-ki! lu-ni-ik |
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| 20 | [wa-a]-⌈ṣi⌉-at pe-te-at ši-na e-re-ša-ši-na |
| 21 | [x x] x x a-na ša(ras.)-ni-im e-re-ši-ša ul rēʾûm(SIPA) |
| 22 | [x x x] x li-ṣú-ni a-na! bi-ti e-mi-ka / x x-ra-šu-nu x x |
| Rev. | |
| 23 | [x x x] ni x [...] x-kum ⌈ub?/ma?⌉-lu |
| 24 | a-n[a wa?]-ar-du-⌈ú-tim? ú⌉-ul a-ba-a[š]-⌈ka⌉ |
| 25 | ⌈ú-ul⌉ az-za-az ma-ḫa-ar ib-ri-⌈ia⌉ |
| 26 | ⌈i⌉-ir-ti ra-qá-⌈at⌉ i-na-a pu-ṣa-⌈tim!(Text: T[UM]) ma⌉-li-a(Text: IḪ) |
| 27 | [na?]-di-at ú-ba-ni ṣe-ḫe-er-tum pe-er-di!(Text: IS) |
| 28 | sí?-sí-im te-el-li ú tu-ra-ad |
| 29 | a-⌈na⌉ [d]a-ar ša-na-tim da-ar ⌈er-bé⌉-et ⌈ša?⌉-ar |
| 30 | ⌈ù⌉ ḫa-am-še-⌈et!⌉ lu?-ṣí-ku-⌈um ka⌉-lu-ú |
| 31 | né-⌈me⌉-lum ša ⌈āli(URU)ki?⌉-ka iš-qí?-ka ša-ḫi-tu |
| 32 | x-di-x-ka i-ša-tu li-ku-ul |
| 33 | šar(LUGAL) mātim(KALAM) ⌈a⌉-nu-um ki? ṭa-ab e-re-nu |
| 34 | ⌈i⌉-na mu-uḫ-ḫi ⌈e-re⌉-ni-im na-ba?-sú wa-ṣa-at |
| 35 | i-na mu-uḫ-ḫi na-ba-ki lu-qú-⌈sú wa-ṣi⌉-at |
| 36 | iš-ta-al la-ma-da e-er-ša at-ta-di-iš ik!-⌈ki⌉-da |
| 37 | wa-ṣe-e mu-ṣi-i iš-ta-al la-ma-da |
Translation
Obv.
1 “Stand(f.) in the light of the windows!”
2 “If I fall asleep – you(f.), wake me up!”
3 “I am going – move(m.) on! Do not rebel!”
4 “My restless girl was walking to and fro like a hoopoe.”
5 “Big one(m.), big one, do not arise!”
6 “Let me look at you(m.) by the light of the windows!”
7 “Let us complete the deed of lovemaking!”
8 “Let me grow long for the girl!”
9 “It is so enlarged! That of an elephant was smaller than yours!”
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10 “Let us invite the ...! She is taken by force regarding her vulva”
11 “Ask the canal-inspector, the god and ... me the god”
12–13 “The wild bull is not standing – let the red gazelles come out!”
13–14 “He has taken by force ... He placed (it) and (now) he is silent”
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15 “He brought the Flood – achieving what?”
16 “Let me perform the work (of lovemaking?), the spleen, the “mouth” of the uvula”
17 “Bull’s shit, thin sinews!”
18 “I carry a knife and a whetstone”
19 “Let me carry... let me have sex with your aunt!”
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20 “(One) is going out(f.), (another) is open(f.) – two are their(f.pl.) plowmen”
21 “[...] to the second of her plowmen: ‘(You are) not the Shepherd!’”
22 “[...] may they come out to your(m.) father-in-law’s house, their(m.) [...]”
Rev.
23 “[...] ... [...] to you, they brought(?)”
24 “To slavery I shall not degrade myself before you(m.)”
25 “I shall not serve before my friend”
26 “My breast is thin, my eyes are speckled with white spots!”
27 “My little finger is [tw]isted”
27–28 “A mare(?) of a horse – she goes up and down”
29–30 “For eternity of years, an eternity, (for) four eons (of years), indeed five (eons of years), I will come out to you(m.), the kalû!”
31 “The profit of your city: a sow gave you a drink”
32 “May fire consume your [...]!”
33 “It is the king of the land! How sweet is the cedar!”
34–35 “On top of the cedar his … comes out. On top of your(f.) ... his merchandise(?) comes out!”
36–37 “He asked (to?) know (sexually), (and) I set down a bed for him outside. While getting out, the one going out, asked (to?) know (sexually)”.
Commentary
For commentary, see Waserman 2016, 192–194.
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. 1613; view on seal.huji.ac.il.