BM 34407 (RT 1)
Strassmaier Folio ii 654d. Peterson (in eBL) raised the possibility that it could be part of BM 40090+ col. i or iv. However, judging by the photos (not physically collated), BM 34407 is thicker than BM 40090+, suggesting that BM 34407 belongs to a separate tablet. Leichty et al. 2019, 246 text classified as “Astronomical”.
Transliteration
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| Obv.? | |
| 1' | […] x x […] |
| 2' | [at-ta um-me]-e <dištar(inana)> bābili(tin.tirki) […] |
| 3' | [ana giškirî(kiri6)] ra-mi-ki ki-i [ú-šìr-ri? …] |
| 4' | [… dbē]lti(gaš]an)-ía šá bēl(en) bābili(e⸢ki⸣) ina x […] |
| 5' | [an-da-aš] mi-ri-šá ú-sa-⸢laq!⸣ […] |
| 6' | [… i-lat kuzbu(ḫi.l]i) dzar-pa-ni-tu₄ ina p[a-pa-ḫi ...] |
| 7' | […-a]l-lak! ana tar-ṣa dšar[rat(ga[šan)-nippuri(nibru)ki …] |
| 8' | [… e-ka-nu l]i-mu-ra-ku ina bāb(k[á) …] |
| 9' | […] ⸢i-na⸣ pāni(igi) dni-n[á-a-a-tu4 izzaza(gub-za)-ma |
| 10' | […] x x […] |
| Rev.? | |
| r. 1' | [… išippu(išib) ú-šar-ra]p?-⸢šá?⸣ mê(ameš) [ṭābâte(dùg.gameš) …] |
| r. 2' | [… ūm(u₄)].⸢6?⸣.kam kīma(gim) šá ūm(u₄).⸢5?⸣.[kam.ma …] |
| r. 3' | [ana bābi(ká) šá] ⸢é⸣-sag-gíl u é-m[aš-da-ri. . .] |
| r. 4' | […]-a-a!-tu₄ qí-na-a-[tu₄ …] |
| r. 5' | [… qí?-n]i?-tu₄ mê(ameš) ši-qa-⸢a⸣ [i-qab-bi] |
| r. 6' | [… ka]-rab4 lugal [ki-ma maḫ-ri] |
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| r. 7' | […] x x […] |
Translation
Obv.?
1'
2' [You, Oh moth]er, <Ištar> of Babylon! [. . .]
3' When [I descended to the garden] of your love.
4' [. . .my La]dy of the Lord of Babylon in . [. . .]
5' [The king] of her breeding bulls(?) will go up!
6' [. . .The goddess of attractivene]ss, Zarpanītu in her slee[ping chamber…]
7' [. . .] opposite of Šar[rat-Nippuri . . .]
8' [. . . Where sh]all they see you? At the ga[te . . .]
9' [. . .] in front of Ninayītu [he will stand. . .]
Rev.?
r. 1' [A purification priest will bu]rn her. Sweet water [. . .]
r. 2' [. . . the 6th?] day as in the 5th day [. . .]
r. 3' [To the gate of] the Esagila and the Em[ašdari]
r. 4' [. . .] . . the jealousy (rites).
r. 5' [. . and (as for) the jeal]ous (goddess), “– Pour water!” [he will say.]
r. 6' [. . . bless]ing (for) the king, [as before(?)]
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r. 7'
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. 31727; view on seal.huji.ac.il.