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SEAL no. 1736 · BM 95431 · Wisdom Literature · dialogue · Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) (uncertain) · 33 lines · 75 words · 192 signs · 4 Sumerograms

Collated by NW 03.01.2003. BM catalogue: acquisition date 1901.  CDLI No. P285851

Transliteration

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col. i
1'[               ] x-du?
2'[               ]-i-ma re-ši-ka
3'[               ] x WI at
4'[               ] ša-ap-ti-ka
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5'[eb-rum ru-a-š]u° i-ip-pa-al
6'[pí-a-šu i-pu-ša-am]-ma iz-za-kàr-šum
7'[                    ] lim-li-ku
8'[                   a-na-k]u? ù at-ta
9'[                   niš?]-ku-un
10'[... nušē?]-?⌉-iš
rest broken
col. ii
1'x x x [                       ]
2'ù qá-tim! ša is-ni-qúi?-x⌉ [     ]
3'mi-im-ma-a a-šar-ša-na ṭi-du-u[m?]
4'nu-uk°-ku°-ur
5'ki-ma ša-ak-na-ma i-il-la-k[am]
6'te-ne-še-tum
7'mi-in-šu at-ta ta-qá-at-tu-ur
8'a-na ma-da-tim
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9'eb-rum ru-a-šu i-ip-pa-al
10'pí-a-šu i-pu-ša-am-ma iz-za-kàr-šum
11'ru-e m[i]-in-šu° la we-du i-li-šu
12'da-bi-ib mi-ša-ri-im
13'[m]u-ki-il ki-na-tim
14'[ki? r]a-ag-gi lu ša-ki-in
15'[...]-us-B[A/Z[U]
16'... RI? [...]
rest broken
col. iii
1'[                                  ]
2'x [                                  ]
3'i-b[a? [                          ]
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4'eb-rum ru-[a-šu i-ip-pa-al]
5'pí-a-šu i-p[u-ša-am-ma iz-za-kar-šum]
6'mi-in-šu x[                         ]
7'-[t]i [                           ]
rest broken

Translation

col. i

1'       [...] ...

2'       [...].. your head,

3'       [...]...

4'       [...] your lips.

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5'       Answering [hi]s [fellow, the friend]

6'       [opened his mouth] and talked to him:

7'       "[......] let them deliberate,

8'       [...... m]e(?) and you.

9'       [......we have pl]aced(?)

10'     [......we have caused] to do(?)"

 

col. ii

1'       "...

2'       ... [...the...] and of the hand which drew near...

3'       Can any clay

4'       be removed elsewhere?

5'       As it is destined so will

6'       humanity go.

7'       Why are you gloomy

8'       over many things?"

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9'       Answering his fellow, the friend

10'     opened his mouth and talked to him:

11'     "Friend! Why does not (even) a single (man), towards his god,

12'     speak justice

13'     (and) be truthful,

14'     (but) indeed behave like a wicked-one?"

15'     ...

 

col. iii

1'–3'  (broken)

4'       [Answering his fell]ow, the friend

5'       [op]ened his mouth [and talked to him:]

6'       "Why ...[ ...]

7'       ...[...]."

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. 1736; view on seal.huji.ac.il.