To the Dead Grandparents (JA 308, 162–164)
Transliteration
1 a-na a-[bi a-b]a?-a-⸢a?⸣
2 ù ba-⸢ba⸣-a-a
3 qí!-(DI)-bí-ma
4 um-ma nu-⸢úr?-ku?⸣-bi [ø]
5 ma-ru a-ba-a-a
6 ma-ar ⸢numun⸣-ku-nu-ú-ma
7 a-na mi-ni-im
8 ki-a-am a-ba-ši
9 ù mu-ur-ṣú-um
10 ṣa-ab-⸢ta-an-ni⸣
11 TU-ra ba-TU
12 a-SAL DIŠ a-zalag AŠ bala
13 tu11-én-ruuru
14 i-na ma-ḫa-ar
15 ša-ma-aš
16 ma-ri-i-ka
17 šu-zi-ba-ma
18 di-na-am šu-ku-um-ma
19 i-na di-ni-ia
20 ši-ta-la-ma-a
21 mi-in-de! (KI) e-li-⸢um?⸣-m[a?]
22 i-lum ṣa-ab-⸢ta⸣-[an-ni]
23 ù ša-ap-[li-um-ma (?)]
24 ⸢e⸣-ṭe4-m[u-um]
25 [ṣa]-⸢ab?⸣-[ta-an-ni]
26 [...]
27 ⸢d⸣utu e-li-a-am
28 [dutu] ša-ap-li-a-am
29 dgilx(.ga)-mes e-li-a-am
30 dgilx(.ga)-mes ša-ap-li-<a-am>
Translation
1–3 Say to Abaya and Babaya's father,
4–6 so Nūr- Kūbī?, the son of Abaya, your descendant.
7–9 Why am I like this, and a malady seized me?
11–13 "He turned ill. Pour one.. of fine water, one ... of pure water" Tu'enuru (incantation formula).
14–17 Before Šamaš save your descendants!
18–20 Arrange a trial and ask about me in my trial:
21–25 Perhaps above a deity has seized me, or be[low] a ghost has seized me?
26–30 [Call for?] Šamaš the supernal (and) Šamaš of Below, (for) Gilgameš the supernal (and) Gilgameš of Below.
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. 27633; view on seal.huji.ac.il.