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SEAL no. 1641 · BM 59484 (A.H. 82-7-14 3893) · Catalogues; Love Literature · 6 incipits of love lyrics mentioning Ammi-ṣaduqa · Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) (uncertain) · 14 lines · 36 words · 92 signs · 2 Sumerograms

Transliteration

Obv.

1–3      (broken)

4          [x (x)] x-a tap-pa-tu x [...]

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5          [x-l]a?-ni [.....]

6          8-tár bu-ul-li-i-i-šu [...]

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7          ra-i-mi [(…?)]

8          Am-mi-a-du-qá šu-n[un?-dum?]

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9          ki-i ša-am-[ni-im el-li-im]

10        lu-ú a-ba-at ši-pí-ir-t[a-ka]

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Lo. Ed.

11        [napa]rum([PA]P) 5 ir-túm

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Rev. 

12        ú-te-ek-ki-da-an-ni ra-am-k[a]

13        be-lí gu-um-me-ra-am da-di-k[a]

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14        me-e-ru-um

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15        ka-i ša-a-ru [(...)]

16        ad-du liš-ta-mi⌉ x x [...]

            (rest broken)

Translation

Obv.

1–2           (broken)

3–4           “ ... companion-girls …[…]”

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5–6           “Our(?)… … Ištar, recover him back to life! […]”

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7–8           “My beloved, Ammī-ṣaduqa the il[lustrious(?)]”

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9–10         “Indeed, like [pure o]il your mess[age] is sweet.”

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11             A total of five irtum songs.

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Rev. 

12–13       “Your(m.) love has spoken ill of me; My lord, grant me all your favors!”

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14             Refrain.

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15–16 “Cold is the wind … a thunder may be heard …”

            (rest broken)

Commentary

For commentary, see Waserman 2016, 189.

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. 1641; view on seal.huji.ac.il.