VS 10, 179 (Personal complaint)

SEAL no. 1810 · VAT 1421 · Lamentations · Unknown · 17 lines · 88 words · 248 signs · 7 Sumerograms · bilingual

Collated (NW) 2/2/2011. http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/epsd2/pager. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/342987. The provenance "Sippar" (according to ORACC and CDLI) is unproven.

Transliteration

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Obv.
1	[g]iš-nu ĝi₆-mu-na-ĝu₁₀ a-ši-ir-ra ⸢ĝar?⸣ en-še im-ra-am-x-[ĝ]u₁₀
2	i-[na ma-i]a-al mu-ši-ti-ia ša ta-ni-ḫa [ú-ma-a]l-lu ad ma-ti ka-le-ku
3	⸢dìm-me⸣-[er x (x) m]u-si ama-ĝu₁₀ mu-s]i-si
4	a-na ša DINGIR x[ x x t]a? x at? a-ta-aḫ-[da-ar AMA? i-t]a-aḫ-[da-ra-]⸢ni⸣
5	ù-šu-ra gi!-m[u arḫuš-ĝu₁₀ mu-s]i ama-ĝu₁₀ m[u[-⸢si⸣-[si]
6	ši-a-tu i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-[ta]-aḫ-da-ra-ni-ni (ras.) AMA i-ta-aḫ-da-ra-ni
7	ma-la-ra ⸢gi⸣-mu arḫuš-ĝu₁₀ mu-si ama-ĝu₁₀ mu-si-si
8	ru-a-tu i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-ta-aḫ-da-ra-ni-ni AMA i-ta-aḫ-da-ra-ni
9	[š]u-ĝu₁₀ x-ĝu₁₀šu im-mi-si-[si]
Ed.
10	[k]a?-ta-i[a] i-ša-ad-d[a-da?] ⸢x⸣-ta-ša
Rev.
11	[g]u-ĝu₁₀ BI im-mi-si-[si]
12	ki-ša-di i-ṣí-ṣí i-⸢ta⸣-[na?]-(ras.)-šu-šu
13	nam-tar-ĝu₁₀ ù-ra bi-si ama-ĝu₁₀ mu-si-si
14	ši-ma-ti-ia a-lu i-ta-aḫ-da-ar AMA i-ta-aḫ-da-ra-ni
15	e-ĝu₁₀ kur-kur-ra bi-si ama-ĝu₁₀ mu-si-si
16	pí-⸢iš⸣-ti ma-ta-tu i-ta-aḫ-da-ra AMA <i>-ta-aḫ-da-ra-ni

Translation

2 How long will I be kept i[n the be]d of my night, which [I filled] with lamenting?

4 To that of god … I was constantly concern[ed, (my) mother was constantly concerned(?) about me(?).

6 Through their constant sending the female neighbors were always concerned about me, (my) mother was always concerned about me.

8 Through their constant sending the girl friends were always concerned about me, (my) mother was concerned about me.

10 My hands(?) pul[l(?) ..].

12 They keep catching(?) my neck in a stock.

14 The city was constantly concerned about my fates, (my) mother was constantly concerned about me.

16 The lands were constantly concerned about my insult, (my) mother was constantly concerned about me.

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. 1810; view on seal.huji.ac.il.