TIM 9, 53
CDLI no. 223394 (no edition).
Transliteration
1 dimtum(AN.ZA.GÀR) a-li-a-at
2 a-li-a-at ù ṣillam(GIŠ.GI6)
3 ú-ul i-šu
4 ša-ru-ur dUTU
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5 i-na pí-ka ù ši-na-ti-ka
6 ib-ta-li-iṣ-ka
7 SÌLA be-li-ka
8 KAŠ!?
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9 E/KAL BI li um?/GIŠ?-mi-ka
10 i-na na-⌈ḪI?⌉-ki?/di?-ma
11 pa/ú-am-tim-x
12 [x] x x ra
13 na-qí-ib-tum ú-ul i!?-r[i]
14 la na-qí-ib-tum i!?-ri
15 ILLAT (KASKAL.KUR)
16 i-⌈nam⌉am i-pu-lam
17 ú-ul! NAM! mi-tim!
18 i-⌈ki-sa⌉-am GÚ! ÚŠ
19 GÌR.NÍTA!?
20 ki KU6 i-na PÚ!?
21 ki! lúÁ.KAL i-na IGI LUGAL
22 gišRU TAR
Translation
1 The tower is high;
2–3 it is high, but nonetheless has no shade. (– What is it?)
4 (Answer:) (It is because of) the sunlight.
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5 In(?) your mouth and your teeth (or: your urine)
6 constantly stared at you
7 the measuring vessel of your lord. (– What is it?)
8 (Answer:) Beer(!?).
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9 ... of your mother(?)
10 is by the one who has intercourse(?) (with her). (– What/who is it?)
11 (Answer:) ...
12 ...
13 The deflowered (girl) did not become pregnant(!?),
14 the not deflowered (girl) became pregnant(!?).(– What is it?)
15 (Answer:) Auxiliary forces(?).
16 He gouged out the ⌈eye⌉:
17 It is not the fate of a dead man.
18 He ⌈cut⌉ the throat: A dead man. (– Who is it?)
19 (Answer:) A governor(?).
20 Like a fish in a fish pond(?),
21 like troops before the king. (– What is it?)
22 (Answer:) A broken bow.
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. 1766; view on seal.huji.ac.il.