K 19639 (Ass. 11)

SEAL no. 33570 · K 19639 · Lyrics · Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus)

As opposed to K 4247+, the text is in a format with long lines. CDLI no. P404434  

Transliteration

Obv.

col. i'

i' 1' [. . .] x [. . .]

i' 2' [in-du-šu a-na-ku a-n]a ^dzar-pa-⌈ni⌉-t[u₄ pir-ti muš-šu-rat ù et-batqa-ti]

i' 3' [i-na šá-ni-ti-ia a-n]a ^dištar(inanna) bābili(tin.tir)^kia-na ⌈ṣilli(gissu)^?⌉ ⌈ù^?⌉ [ṣēti(ud.da) e-te-rim ṣēlī(ti)]

i' 4' [a-ga-né-ti a-d]i i-ḫa-ṭu-ti-šá pi-ir-tu₄ muš-š[u-rat ù et-bat qātī(šuⁱⁱ)]

i' 5' [a-ga-né-ti a]-⌈di^?⌉ ⌈i^?⌉-qa-la-li-šá a-na ṣilli(gissu) ⌈ù⌉ [ṣēti(ud.da) te-te-rimṣēlī(ti)]

i' 6' [a-šib-tu₄ . . .pa-as-s]i tu-ma-aq ka-la-m[a^? . . .]

i' 7' [at-ta e-muq-ti bīta(é) ep]-⌈ši^?⌉ at-ti lil-lat š[īpāti(s[íg^ḫi.a) ep-ši]

i' 8' [ku-mu ta-ṭu-up-pu qé-e ^dbēliya(^d+en-iá) ku-u]m ⌈tal⌉-[tam-ma-ri síg^ḫi.a ep-ši]

Rev.

col. i'

r. i' 1' [ša ina šarrāni(lugal^meš-ni) a]-⌈lik maḫ-ri-ia⌉ mim-m[a šip-ru šú-a-tú]

r. i' 2' [la i-ḫu-uz-zu né-me-eq] ^dnabû(ag) ti-kip sa-an-[tak-ki]

r. i' 3' [ma-la ba-aš-mu ina ṭupp]ī(im^m]^eš) áš-ṭur [as-niq ab-re-ma]

Translation

Obv.

col. i'

i' 1' [. . .]

i' 2' [Her support am I – For] Zarpanit[u! She is with loose hair and she is thick as to (her) hands].

i' 3' [“In my hostility t]o Ištar of Babylon, in [the shade or sunlight, I covered my side (lit. rib).”]

i' 4' [“These (women say:) As lon]g as she acts wrongly against him, she is with lo[ose hair and she is thick as to (her) hands.”]

i' 5' [“These (women say:) “As lon]g as she(?) disregards him, <in> shade or [sunlight, shekeeps covering her side.”]

i' 6' [She who is seated next to(?) the statue will efface the dol]l(s), all that are damaged.

i' 7' [“You, prudent woman – ma]ke a household! You, imprudent woman – pre[pare wool!”]

i' 8' [“Instead of your winding my lord’s threads, instead of gl]oat[ing – prepare wool!”]

Rev.

col. i'

r. i' 1' [Who, among the kings that c]ame before me, none [of that work.]

r. i' 2' [They had not grasped the wisdom of] Nabû, cunei[form] writing,

r. i' 3' [As much as there is,] I wrote (it) [on tablet]s, [I checked it, I collated it.]

Commentary

i' 4'–5': CAD Q, 56. The suffix here is feminine against the masculine of other sources.

r. i' 1'–3': This colophon follows Asb BAK 338/339, Asb c, Asb d. (for editions, see https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/asbp/rlasb/pager).

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. 33570; view on seal.huji.ac.il.