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BM 34347 (Bab. 3)

SEAL no. 32978 · BM 34347 (Sp. 462) · Lyrics · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

K 6082+ iii′ 13′–17′ long-line vs. half-line format. Leichty et al. 2019, 244.

Transliteration

Obv.?

1' […] x x x x […] 

2' […] x x x šá ina qātī(šuii)-ía x […]

3' […] tappāti(⸢tab⸣.bameš) ana kār(kar)-bēl(en)-mātāti(kur.kurme[š]) [áš-pur-ki]

4' […]-[t]a-ri šá bat?-le-e-šú am-x […]

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5' [ina né-bé-ri urukar-en.kur.kurmeš tap]-pa-ti a-mur ḫa-ma-ku da[n?-niš?]

6' [pe-ṣa-ti-ma ki-i pi-ṣal-lu-ur-ti maš-ku nam-lat ki-ma d]i-qa-ri tuḫ-ta-na[b? tuḫ-ta-šá-áš ki-ma x [(…)]

7' [ana gu-ra-ru sa?/is?⌉-ra -q]à? ma-a-r[i? ...]

8' […] x […]

 

Rev.?

(Traces of signs, unreadable)

Translation

Obv.?

1' . . . . . .

2' . . . . . . which in my hands ...

3' . . . . . . . oh my girlfriend to Kār-Bēl-mātāti [I sent you].

4' . . . their interruption . . .

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5' [At the river crossing of Kār-Bēl-mātāti[ I saw my ]girl[friend, and was [truly] shocked (lit.: strongly paralyzed):

6' [ “You are pale like a gecko! (Your) skin is shining like a tu]reen! You are made to flouri[sh (but) you became distressed like [. . .]!”]

7' My darling [sprink]led [. . . onto the glowing ashes].

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. 32978; view on seal.huji.ac.il.