Iraq 81, 241–243 (I Was Not Warm in the Cold)
WGL Folio 9924.
Transliteration
Obv.
1 ṭú-pu-ul-šu ú-ul i-ni Á-⌈sú⌉ ⌈ù⌉ SAG
2 a-nu-um-ma ra-i-du-um a-wi-lum
3 ú-ul i-šu wu-tu-ur-ra-a-am ṣ[i-ib-]tam
4 šum-ma ni-is-sà-tum [l]i-sà-ap-p[í-iḫ]
5 šum-ma ku6-ru-ú-um ZÁLAG li-ka-al-⌈li⌉-ma-ni
6 ⌈ḫa⌉-ab-bu-ra-am ul!-la i-šar-ta[m]
7 še-er-ḫu-um a-ia ú-wa-al-li-id NUMUN ⌈a⌉-i[a] i[b-n]i
8 en6(IN)-ne-et pa-ṭa-ri-im na-aḫ ri-iš-tim
9 di-in NAM la ta-bi-a-am TI
Rev.
10 ma-mi-tum-mi iz-za-az bi-la-at ar-n[im]
11 mu-ṭa-ap-pí-il ni-iš i-li-im
a-ši-ib <i>-na IGI BÁRA
12 ú-ul aš-ḫa-an i+na ḫal-pi-ma ad-di i-ṣi-k[a]
13 i+na ra-ap-ši-im li-ib-bi-(erasure)-ka
14 úr!-ri qá-li-iš ú-ul a-ti-lam
15 i+na a-⌈lu⌉ ša ta-ap-ḫa-ri iš-⌈ta⌉-pí-lu
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Translation
§ 1
1 His insulting did not change his wage and capital.
2 Now, the trembling man
3 has no profit (and) interest(?).
§ 2
4 If there is sorrow, let it be dispersed!
5 If there is depression, let (god) show me the light!
§ 3
6 May the furrow not give birth to a bent shoot,
7 may it not create a seed.
§ 4
8 A sin to be absolved is the best of lard.
§ 5
9 Call (your) fate to judgement! Did you not summon (your own) life?
§ 6
10 The curse, they say, is standing ready as the burden of wrongdoing.
§ 7
11 He who insults the oath of god sits before(!) the throne.
§ 8
12 I did not get warm in the cold, so I threw you[r] wood (into the fire)
13 by your magnanimity.
§ 9
14 (Throughout) the days, I cannot rest quietly
15 in a city in which my collected possessions are constantly reduced.
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Commentary
For commentary, see Streck/Wasserman 2019.
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. 1669; view on seal.huji.ac.il.