Atraḫasis MB Flood (Ugarit 2)
Ms. I 1
Transliteration
I1 B 1' [ú]-pa-ḫi šu-[…]
I1 B 2' [(x)?] sak-pá BE/NU-⌈x⌉-[x]-⌈x⌉ ra-aḫ-⌈ṣa!?⌉ […]
I1 B 3' [x x] ⌈x⌉(-)ṣa-ba-ru?-[x-x i-sa-p]a?-aḫ KUR?
I1 B 4' [x x] x x x x [x] x […]
I1 B 5' a-na mi-nim ís-pu-[uḫ mi-lik ma-ti]
I1 B 6' ki ka-ar-pa-at-šu [ri-gim-ša iḫ-pí]
I1 B 7' i-na mu-ši i-ra-[gu-um …]
I1 B 8' al ḫa-ṭú-a ú-sà-tu-a […]
I1 B 9' kiš?-ša-tu ⌈li⌉-rib-ba x […]
I1 B 10' ar-ki-ni išātu(IZI) ra-ag-[…]
I1 B 11' šap-⌈ka?-tu?⌉ li-ma-ṣi [dEn-líl]
I1 B 12' x x [x] li-li-ka [U4].⌈meš⌉ 3 […]
I1 B 13' […] x x […]
Translation
I1 B 1' [I/He] sealed …
I1 B 2' The… were thrust, the… were washed away(?)
I1 B 3' … … … [scatt]er the land.
I1 B 4' … … …
I1 B 5' Why did he scatt[er the counsel of the land]?
I1 B 6' Like his pot [he shattered its (the land’s) noise].
I1 B 7' In the night […] sho[uted].
I1 B 8' Where (are) those who offend me? my help…?
I1 B 9' May the (person given as) distrainee repay …
I1 B 10' Behind us, fire . . . . . . . . .
I1 B 11'–13' … … …
Commentary
See Wasserman 2020a 87.
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. 27122; view on seal.huji.ac.il.