K 19616 (Ass. 9)

SEAL no. 33549 · K 19616 · Lyrics · Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus)

As opposed to LKA 92 and 1881-02-04, 294, this text employs long lines. CDLI no. P404415  

Transliteration

Obv.

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1' [ana ka-pa-ri šá re-mi-ka a-na ka-pa-ri šá li-piš-šá-t]i-[ki^?]

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2' [ana bi-iṣ-ṣu-ri-ki šá tak-la-⌈a^?⌉-ti ki-i abni(na₄)-ki-ma aq-ri ina pa-n]i-ki

3' [x x ki^?-ma ana kan-⌈nu^?⌉ x la^? x … bu-ul-im-ma ni-pi-is-su] eṣ-ni

4' [ki-i la kur-ri šá ^lúaškāpi(ašgab^meš) ki-ila ri-is-ni] šá ^lúašlāki(azl]ag^meš)

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5' [ana bi-iṣ-ṣu-ri-ka šá tak-la-a-tú kalbu(ur.gi₇) ú-še-reb bābu(k]á) a-rak-kas

6' [ḫa-aḫ-ḫu-ru ú-še-er-re-eb qin-na i-qa]n-na-an

7' [it-ti a-ṣi-iae-re-bi-ia ḫa-aḫ-ḫu-re-ti-ia (.) ṭ]è-e-mu a-šá-kan

8' [ad-da-ni-ka ḫa-aḫ-ḫur-ti-ia ina muḫḫi(ugu) kamūni(uzu.diri) la te-q]er-ru-ub

9' [ki.min ša su-ḫa-ti ni-pi]-is-su

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Translation

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1' [to wipe that of your vagina, to wipe that of your ge]nit[alia.]

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2' [“To your vagina which you trust, like your precious stone in fro]nt of you(f.) –

3' Your . . . to the stand(?) . . .] Smell [(its) odor of cattle,]

4' [like one that was not (cleaned) by fuller’s paste, like one that was not soaked[ by the fullers.”

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5' [“I will make a dog enter to your vagina which you trust and] bind up the [doo]r!

6' [I will make a raven enter and ma]ke a nest.”

7' With my going out (and) coming in, I will submit a report to(?) my female-ravens:

8' [‘Please, my female-raven, do not dr]aw near [to the mushrooms!]

9' [Ditto (=Do not draw near to) the s]mell [of the armpits!’”]

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Commentary

1': Barely one broken wedge is left, so the restitution of this line is only tentative.

7': “Going out and coming in”, in this context, must refer to the act of masculine penetration during copulation.

8'–9': By mentioning bad odor – of mushrooms, of armpits – the speaker derides her rival’s intimate parts’.

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. 33549; view on seal.huji.ac.il.