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CUSAS 10, 13

SEAL no. 1614 · MS 2698/3 · Hymns and Prayers; Love Literature · Ištar as Venus · Unknown (uncertain) · 12 lines · 70 words · 185 signs · 6 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P251711

Transliteration

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1[dS]în(EN.ZU)-ni-iš-tu-um ši-i it-ti a?!-[a?-mi?-iš? la] da-am-qi-iš a-a i-[t]a-wu-ú
2i-ša-a-at mu-ši-ti-im a-a [it?-ta-á]š?-qú-ú
3mi-im-ma e-la-am ša li-ib-bi-šu-nu a-a íp-ta-aš-ru-ú
4ti-iz-qá-ar-tum ma-ra-at dSîn(EN.ZU) ra-bi-tum
5be-el-tum ša e-ni-im šu-tu-ra-at ma-an-nu-um it-ti-ki ina!(Text: TA)-ma-[a]r!
6i-pa-ar-í ki-nu-tim bēltum(NIN) ra-bi-at be-li ki be-le-ti
7-tu li-ib-bi-im e-li-im [x x x] x e-li um-mi-im wa-li-ti-ki šu-tu-ra-at
8mu-de-{UD}-ši! eq-li-im x [...]
9[x x x x] x x [...]e-lu-tim li-za-a[m-me-ru]
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Up. Ed.
1'el-tum ki-it-tum ša pa-ar-í!
2'šu-tu-ra-at ra-bi-iš ḫa-ma-ta! ṣí-ru-[tim]

Translation

1          A woman she is! May they not talk favorably with e[ach other(?)]!

2          May they not [kis]s(?) [each other] in the course of night!

3          May they not tell each other whatever is pure in their hearts!

4          Oh exalted one, great daughter of Sîn!

5          The mistress of the en, you are superior: who can be seen next to you?

6          A lady through true ordinances, the great one of the lord, how majestic you are!

7          [Conceived(?)] from a pure womb, you surpass your bearing mother!

8          The one(m.) that makes the field flourish

9          the pure … they will s[ing(?)].

 

Up. Ed.

1'–2'    The true goddess of ordinances, greatly superior, the head of the noble ones.

Commentary

 For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 102–103.

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. 1614; view on seal.huji.ac.il.