UET 6/2, 403
CDLI No. P346444. Akkadian translation of a portion of the Sumerian Balaĝ Úru àm-ma-ir-ra-bi. Ludwig 2009, 250–251 doubts the finding spot of the tablet in No 1 Broad Street. In UET 6/3, p. 35: "provenance [in Ur] unknown; 1931-32 season".
Transliteration
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| Obv. | |
| (c. 3-4 lines missing) | |
| 1' | [ ] x [ ] |
| 2' | i-na ma-an-za-zi-ia ma-an-n[u-u]m i-zi-iz i-ša-sí |
| 3' | ki-ma la le-i-im i-na ma-a-a-li-ša i-ša-sí |
| 4' | i-na a-li ša-ak-nu-tim a-li it-ta-ah-ba-aš |
| 5' | i-na um-ma-ni-im ša-ki-tim a-wi-li it-te-pí |
| 6' | i-na dA.NUN!? wa-aš-bu-tim a-na-ku-ú-ma ah-ta-al-qa!-am! |
| 7' | la-ah-ri i-na qá-qá-ar na-ak-ri-im i-ša-as-sí |
| 8' | pu-ha-di (vacat) i-da!-mu-um |
| 9' | la-ah-ri ù pu-ha-sà it-ba-lu |
| 10' | la-ah-ri na-ra-am i-na e-bé-ri-š[a] |
| 11' | pu-ha-sà i-na ki-ib-ri-im i-ta-[di] |
| Rev. | |
| (c. 3 lines broken) | |
| 1'' | k[a-al-bi (??) ] |
| 2'' | i-[na? na?-ak?]-ri-i[m? ... ši?]-⌈im?⌉-ti(-)im(-)[ ] |
| 3'' | i-ṣú-ra-tu-ú-a [ša? ṣú?-ṣ]í?-⌈i?⌉-i[m?] |
| 4'' | ša la i-di-a ka-ap-pi-ši-na ú-na-ha-ta |
| 5'' | a-li bi-ti ša a-ra-mu-ú |
Translation
Obv.
1' [ ] … [ ]
2' “Who stood in my abode?!” she screams,
3' Like a helpless one she screams in her bead:
4' “Of (all) the inhabited cities, (only) my city was devastated,
5' “Of the (entire) regular army, (only) my man was taken captive;
6' “Of (all) the Anuna-gods(?), it was only I who was destroyed!
7' “My ewe calls (for help) from the enemy land,
8' “My lamb wails!
9' “My ewe and her lamb they took away (from here).
10' “My ewe, when crossing the river,
11' “Abandoned her lambs on the shore (across).
Rev.
(c. 3 lines broken)
1'' [My](?) d[og(?) … ]
2'' “Fr[om(?) the en]em[y(?) ...] my(?) [de]stiny(?) […]
3'' “My birds [of the mar]sh(?)
4'' “Those who do not know clipped their wings.
5'' “Where is my house in which I dwell?”
Commentary
Full commentary in Wasserman/Gabbay 2005.
6' Reading, with Ludwig (2009, 251) ah-ta-al-qa!-am! (contra Wasserman/Gabbay 2005).
8' Reading with Ludwig (2009, 251) i-da!-mu-um(contra Wasserman/Gabbay 2005).
5'' Or: “Where is my house which I love?” see Wasserman/Gabbay 2005, 74.
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. 1816; view on seal.huji.ac.il.