UVB 18 pl. 28
Prophetic dialogue between a king and Ištar-Nanāja
Transliteration
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| 1 | re-e-ú ki-nu šum-šu dam-qum |
| 2 | la-ma-sà-šu da-ri-tum |
| 3 | a-na bi-tim É.AN.NA i-te-ru-ub |
| 4 | iš-tu i-na-an-na a-na pa-ni-⸢šu šu⸣-ul-mu |
| 5 | a-na wa-ar-ki-šu ba-la-ṭú |
| 6 | iš-tu UD-um dna-na-a i-ru-ba-kum |
| 7 | eš18-tár i-na KÁ dSU.EN a-bi-ša |
| 8 | ú-še-ši-ba-an-ni-ma |
| 9 | um-ma ši-[[i]]-ma |
| 10 | a-di ra-a-am ki-na a-ša-ak-ka-nu |
| 11 | ù UNUGki mi-ta-am ú-ba-al-la-ṭú |
| 12 | su-ut UNUGki te-ṭe-en |
| 13 | UNUGki ra-bu-ú i-na-ad-da-na?-an-ni |
| 14 | a-la-am ù! bi-tam ú-ṣa-ba-[at] |
| 15 | ki-ma re-ʾu5-ú ki-nu a-na ma-⸢ti šak-nu?⸣ |
| 16 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma |
| 17 | UNUGki mi-tum i-ib-ta-lu-uṭ |
| 18 | ù re-ʾu5-ú ki-nu |
| 19 | ša i-na pí-ki a-w[a]-s[u?] ⸢ú⸣-ṣi-a-am |
| 20 | i-ta-aš-ka-an ta-la-⸢ka?-ti?⸣ ⸢x⸣ te-eš15!-še-ri |
| 21 | um-ma ši-ma i-nu-mа a-⸢ša?-ak?-ka?⸣-an UNUGki ra?-[bu?-ú?] |
| 22 | ù aš-šum re-⸢i⸣ ki-nim a-n[a kib?-r]a?-ti |
| 23 | er-bé-ta i?-ša? x A KI A x [x] ⸢LUGAL?⸣ |
| 24 | i-na mu-uḫ-ḫi-ia ⸢i⸣ х х x IB |
| 25 | ta-ša-ab la ta-na-aš a-wa-ti? Ú A Ú x ia? |
| 26 | ú-ṣú-úr-tu eṣ-ra-am? x x x x |
| 27 | ú-ul a-la-ak a-wa-tim ša eš18-tár iq-ta-bi-a |
| 28 | be-lí pí-ia li-iš-me-e-ma |
| 29 | a-wa-ti-ia i-na qá-ti li-ki-il |
| 30 | ù ṣi-bu-ut DINGIR li-ik-šu-ud |
Translation
1-5 The faithful shepherd, whose name is good, whose guardian angel is permanent, entered the temple Eanna—from now on well-being will be before him, vigor behind him.
6-9 From a day Nanaya visited me and had me sit down in the doorway of the god Sin, her father: She spoke, saying:
10-16 “Until I have established a faithful shepherd and revived dead Uruk you shall grind the sutu-ration of Uruk. Great Uruk will be given to me. Town and temple I will take over when the faithful shepherd has been designated for the land.”
16-20 I spoke saying: “Dead Uruk has revived and the faithful shepherd concerning whom a command came from you has been established . . . .”
21-25 She spoke saying: “When I reestablish Uruk . . . , and as for the faithful shepherd . . . , . . . , to me . . . , Sit down, do not move . . . , . . . , keep the . . . .”
26-30 The words which Ishtar said to me—Let my lord pay attention to what I say. Let him retain my words so he may attain the wishes of the god.
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. 1768; view on seal.huji.ac.il.