Or. 60, 340
Post-OB (MB? later?) text. Note: with colophon.
Transliteration
Obv.
1 ri-ša-tu-m[a] iš-dum a-na URU.KI
2 dTēlitum(ZÍB) [be-le-e]t [d]a?-a-nim ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
3 i-ša?-[al? ri-ša-t]u-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
4 ku-u[l-ma-ši-tum ri-ša-tu-m]a iš-dum a-na URU.KI
5 eṭ-[lu-tum ri-ša-tu-m]a iš-dum a-na URU.KI
6 ar-[d]a-tum ri-ša-tu-m]a iš-dum a-na URU.KI
7 i-ša-a[l ri-ša-tu-m]a iš-dum a-na URU.KI
8 iš-te-en i[l-li-ka-aš-ši-im-ma ri-ša-t]u-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
9 al-ki mu-ug-ri-i[n]-n[i ri-ša-t]u-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
10 ù ša-nu-ú il-li-ka-aš-ši-im-ma ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
11 al-ki lu-la-ap-pi-it ḫur-da-at-ki ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
12 iš-tu-ma a-ma-an-gu-ru-ku-nu-ši ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum ana URU.KI
13 eṭ-lu-ut a-li-ku-nu pu-uḫ-ḫi-ra-nim-ma ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
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Rev.
14 a-na ṣi-il-li du-ri-im i ni-i-lik ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
15 7 pa-an-ti-ša 7 qá-ab-li-ša ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
16 1 šu-ši ù 1 šu-ši ip-ta-na-aš-ša-ḫu a-na ú-ri-ša ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
17 i-ta-an-ḫu eṭ-lu-tum ul in-na-aḫ Iš-tar ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
18 šu-uk-na eṭ-lu-tum a-na ḫur-da-ti da-mi-iq-ti-im-ma ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
19 ar-da-tum i-na qá-bé-e-ša ri-ša-tu-ma iš-dum a-na URU.KI
20 eṭ-lu-tum iš-mu-ú im-gu-ru a-ma-as-sa ri-ša-tu-ma iš-duma-na URU.KI
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21 napḫar (PAP) 20 pa-rum ša Iš-tar MU LUGAL Ḫa-am-mu-ra-pí-im
22 mdŠEG5.ŠEG5-bēlu(EN)-rēṣū(Á.DAḪ)-šu(A.NI) LUGAL-E
23 mār(DUMU) mŠumu(MU)-libši(ḪÉ.GÁL)
24 išṭur(IN-SAR)
Translation
Obv.
1 Celebration is a foundation for the city!
2 Telītum, [lad]y of... ...
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
3 ... ... [
Celebratio]n is a foundation for the city!
4 Ku[lmašitum …
Celebratio]n is a foundation for the city!
5 The young m[en …
Celebratio]n is a foundation for the city!
6 The young [women …
Celebratio]n is a foundation for the city!
7 ... ...[
Celebratio]n is a foundation for the city!
8 One c[ame to her (saying):
Celebrati]on is a foundation for the city!
9 “Come, yield to m[e!]”
Celebrati]on is a foundation for the city!
10 Also a second came to her (saying):
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
11 “Come; let me fondle your vulva”
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
12 “After I yield to you,
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
13 Gather around me the men of your city
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
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Rev.
14 Let us go to the shadow of the city-wall!”
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
15 Seven to her front, seven to her loins:
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
17 The men got tired, Ištar did not tire
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
19 As the young woman was speaking,
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
20 The young men heard and yielded to her order.
Celebration is a foundation for the city!
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21 Total 20 (lines). Pārum of Ištar. Year: Hammurāpi became king.
22–24 mdŠEG5.ŠEG5–bēlu–rēṣūšu son of Šumu-libši wrote.
Commentary
For commentary, see Waserman 2016, 148–149.
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. 1635; view on seal.huji.ac.il.