LKA 15

SEAL no. 1633 · VAT 14039 · Hymns and Prayers; Love Literature · prayer to Shalmanesser I; Ištar and Dumuzi · Assur (mod. Qalʿat Sharqat) · 20 lines · 168 words · 353 signs · 29 Sumerograms

Transliteration

Obv.

1 ^dDumu-zi ^dIš₈-tár iš-te-né-ʾi re-i-ia i-^⌈še₂₀^⌉-ʾi ri-i-^⌈ta^⌉

2 it-te-ner-ru bu-la-šu i-sa-hur-ma ri-^⌈ta^⌉ a-šar di-šu up-ta-ṣa-na nu-ru-[u]m?-m[e?]

3 i+na ap-pa-{PA}-te ša iṣi(GIŠ) iḫ-ta-nu-ba-ma il-lu-ru

4 īnā(IGI^meš)-šu ri-ta qer-bi-ta i-bir-ra-ma ina na-mé-e qí-ša-ta šadê(KUR^meš) i-še₂₀ {KU} ^⌈ku-up^⌉-pi

5 i-mur-ma ^dIš₈-tár na-ra-ma i-še₂₀-ʾu a-na gu-up-ri bēl(^⌈EN)-ta^⌉-ma-ti-ma is-sà-qar-šu

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6 [at-t]a al-ka re-i aš-ra-ni lu-ru-ku re-i-ia re-i-ʾi bu-ul-ka

7 [DUMU?.(MUNU]S?) Aš-šur iddina(SUM-na) burāša(LI) a-na ri-ti-ni-ma ša šam-ha-at

8 [a]t?-ta-ma ta-^⌈mi^⌉-ir-ta-ni ta-re-ʾi ter-^⌈te?-ne?^⌉-iʾú-šal-li-ni-ma ša šam-^⌈ḫa-at^⌉

9 [(x) x] ^⌈x^⌉ IA-[x x (x)] ^⌈x x^⌉-e [D]U SI?(-)BAL-te ša iš-^⌈ru-ka^⌉ a-ba-ia-ma ^⌈x^⌉ [x x] x

10 [x x x x x x x x (x x x)] ^⌈x x^⌉ ri-te ri-^⌈piš^⌉^⌈x^⌉ [x (x)] ^⌈x x (x)^⌉[x (x)]-zu?

Rev.

1' [x x x x x x x (x x)] ^⌈x x^⌉ [x x (x)] ^⌈lu!-na!^⌉-ad karānu(GEŠTIN) ša be-la-^⌈ti?^⌉

2' [x x x x (x x) kunāšu(ZÍ]Z.AN.NA? text: UD) ù kakkû(^⌈GÚ^⌉.T[UR]) ḫallūru[GÚ].GAL kibtu(GIG) ù in-ni-nu

3' [x x x x (x x)]-še PI(-)Aʾ-ša n[a]m?-ḫa-ri ṭu-ub ši-ka-ri

4' ^⌈īn(IGI)-ša?^⌉ [x x (x)] ^⌈pár?^⌉-ṣi ka-li-ku-nu ^⌈li^⌉-riš ^dIš₈-tár ana pa-ni-ku-nu

5' ṣu-lu-l[u? li]b-ši elī(UGU)-ku-nu ^⌈LI?^⌉ A LU pá-ri a-bu-re-e A ^⌈x^⌉ [(x)]

6' ^⌈ša ^mdSalmānu(DI^⌉-m[a-n]u-ašarēd(SAG) ni-iš qa-^⌈ta^⌉-ti-šu im-ta-ḫar

7' id-di-na-^⌈šu ša^⌉ e-ri-šu ^⌈za-ma^⌉-ru ša at-tu-ia mim-ma ni-iz-za-mur

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MAN

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8' tup-pí 4.KÁM.MA

Translation

Obv.

1 It is Dumuzi whom Ištar keeps searching; – “Oh my shepherd!”, she searches the pasture.

2 His cattle enters all the time, looking for pasture, where the grass veils itself with pomegranates,

3 (where) on the treetops ill????ru-flower blossoms to him.

4 His eyes examine the pasture and the meadow; in the steppe and in the mountain forests he seeks water holes.

4 Ištar saw the beloved which she was seeking in(!) the hut of the ‘Lord of Oath’ and said to him:

5 – “Oh you, come to me, my shepherd! Let me lead you to the place, Oh my shepherd! Direct your cattle (to that place)!”

6 “[The daughte]r(?) of Aššur bestowed juniper(s) on our pasture which is abundant”.

7 “It is you who shall shepherd our meadow, you shall constantly shepherd our river-flat which is abundant”.

8 “[… …] (junipers?) which my father granted […]”

10 “[……] widen the pasture [….]!”

Rev.

1' “[…] may I praise the wine of the lady”,

2' “[…] emmer, lentils, peas, wheat and barley”,

3' “[...] …the beer-jar of the best of beer”,

4' Her eye […] the rites of all of you! May Ištar rejoice in your(pl.) presence!

5' May there be protection for you! … hymns of pasture […]”

6' She accepted the hand-lifting of Shalmaneser.

7' She gave him what he asked for. As for the song, which is mine, we have sung it in its entirety.

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8' Fourth tablet

Commentary

For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 121–123.

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. 1633; view on seal.huji.ac.il.