To Annunītum (Fs. Finet, 41)
Transliteration
Obv.
1' ⌈xx⌉ […]
2' šar ⌈x x⌉ […]
3' GIŠ MI DU ⌈x⌉ […]
4' pa-ṭa-⌈ra-am⌉ [i-’ì-il-ta-am]
5' ša Ur-dUtu galamāḫ(GALA.MAḪ) ⌈An⌉-nu-ni-[tum]
6' a-na be-el-ti-ia ra-i-ma-at
7' na-pí-iš-ti qí-bí-ma
8' um-⌈ma⌉ Ur-dUtu warad(ÌR)-ki-ma
9' ki-⌈ma⌉ be-el-ti
10' ⌈i⌉-[du]-ú
Rev.
11' wardum(SAG.ÌR) ⌈ša a-na⌉ be-lí-šu
12' amtum(SAG.GÉME) ša a-na be-el-ti-ša
13' ḫi-ṭa-am gi-la-ta-am
14' la ⌈ú-ba⌉-la-am ú-ul i-ba-aš-ši
15' ra-i-⌈ma⌉-at na-pí-iš-ti at-ti
16' a-sa-⌈ka⌉-am ša dAdad(IM) d⌈A!?-a⌉
17' MIN/A!? ⌈x(x)⌉ ⌈GIŠ?⌉ MI ú-ša-ki-lu-ni-[im]
18' dNin-šubur ra-im-ki
19' dŠamaš(UD) ⌈dx⌉ [......]
20' d[.........]
Left edge
21' a-na Ur-dUtu wardi(ÌR)-ša ar-ḫi-iš
Translation
Obv.
1' ...
2' ...
3' ...
4' to undo [the liability]
5' of Ur-Utu, the Chief Dirge Singer of Annunītum:
6' ‘To my mistress who loves
7' life say:
8' Thus (says) Ur-Utu, your servant:
9' As my mistress
10' knows
Rev.
11' a male slave who, against his lord,
12' a female slave who, against her mistress,
13'–14' does not commit a fault (of negligence) (or) a fault (of a misdeed)
14' does not exist.
15' You are the one who loves life!
16'–17' …, they have caused me to transgress the taboo of Adad (and) ⌈Aya⌉.
18' Ninšubur, whom you love,
19' Šamaš (and) …
20' … .’
Left edge
21' To Ur-Utu, her servant, quickly.
Commentary
See Fechner 2010.
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. 1645; view on seal.huji.ac.il.