1881-02-04, 294 (Ass. 15)
Small ductus similar to Rm II 385. The text is rendered in half-line format. CDLI no. P345474
Transliteration
Obv.
col. i'
i' 1' [. . .] x
i' 2' [. . .]-⌈šu?⌉
i' 3' [. . .]-x
i' 4' [. . .]-x
i' 5' [. . .]-⌈šu⌉
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i' 5' [. . .]-x
i' 6' [. . .]-x
col. ii
ii 1 kalbu(ur.gi₇) ú-še-[rab bābu(ká) a-rak-kas]
ii 2 ḫa-aḫ-ḫu-ru ú-še-⌈rab qin-na i-qan⌉-n[a-an]
ii 3 it-ti a-ṣi-ia it-ti e-re-bi-⌈ia⌉
ii 4 ḫa-aḫ-ḫu-ri-ti-ia ṭè-mu a-ša[k-kan]
ii 5 ad-da-ni-ka ḫa-aḫ-ḫur-ti-i[a]
ii 6 ina muḫḫi(ugu) kamūni(uzu.diri) la te-qer-ru-u[b-bu]
ii 7 ki.min ša su-ḫa-ti ni-pi-is-s[u]
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ii 8 at-ti um-⌈me-e⌉ ištar(innin) bābi[li](tin.ti[rki])
ii 9 banīti(dù-ti) šar-⌈rat⌉ ištar(innin) bābi[li](tin.ti[rki])
ii 10 at-ti um-⌈me-e⌉ giš⌈gišimmar⌉ s[āmti](na[₄gug])
ii 11 banīti(dù-ti) ša a-⌈na⌉ ma-gal ⌈ba⌉-na-⌈a⌉-[ti]
ii 12 [ša a-na m]a-gal pé-l[u]-⌈ú⌉ a-na ma-gal ba-n[u-ú la-an-šú]
ii 13 [. . .] x a-⌈na⌉ [. . .] x x [. . .]
Rev.
co. r. i'
r. i 1' [. . .] x x [. . .]
r. i 2' [. . .] ul immeru(udu?) arḫu(itu) ⌈x⌉ / ša[ḫû(ša[ḫ?)]-⌈e?⌉-šú x [. . .]
r. i 3' [. . .] ⌈bīt(é!?) ⌉ be-⌈lí⌉-šú re-es-⌈su?⌉ x x [. . .] (ras.)
Translation
Obv.
col. i' (traces)
col. ii'
ii' “I will m[ake a dog enter (to your vagina which you trust) and bind up the door!”]
ii' 2 I will make a raven enter and bu[ild (there)] a nest.
ii' 3 With my exit (and) with my entrance,
ii' 4 I will report to my raven-women (saying):
ii' 5 ‘Please, my raven-woman,
ii' 6 Do not draw near to the mushrooms!’
ii' 7 Ditto (= Do not draw near to) the smell of the armpits!
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ii 8' You are my mother, Oh Ishtar of Babylon!
ii 9' The beautiful one; you are a queen, Ishtar of Babylon!
ii 10' You are my mother, a date palm of c[arnelian]!
ii 11' The beautiful one who greatly (surpasses all) the beautiful women!
ii 12' [Whose stature e]xceeds in red shine, very beauty[ful!]
ii 13' . . .
Rev.
col. r. i
r. i 1' . . .
r. i 2' . . . or a sheep (and) pig(?) . . .
r. i 3' . . . the house/temple(?) of his master/lord . . .
Commentary
ii' 2: i-qan⌉-n[a-an]: reading against copy where instead of i-, KA sign is drawn.
col. r. i: No parallel with any other DLL text can be identified.
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. 32774; view on seal.huji.ac.il.