K 20942 (Bab. 16)

SEAL no. 33611 · K 20942 (1883-01-18) · Lyrics · Nineveh (mod. Kouyunjik, Tell Nabi Yunus)

Probably the oldest Babylonian tablet in the corpus. See Fincke 2003/2004, 144.  CDLI no. P237476

Transliteration

1' […].⸢me⸣.⸢da⸣ ⸢pe^?⸣-⸢lu^?⸣-t[u₄^?…]

2' [… b]i^? kur ḫar ki-na-ti ab^? […]

3' [… a]k-ka-a-a-i tam-gil-⸢li^?⸣ […]

4' […] x-ta-nu anše ban-da ni x […]

5' […] x pa-ni-šá ban-d[a-šá …]

Commentary

The fragment parallels BM 34138 ii 28'–29' and BM 46280 ii' 15–16, 21-22, but in a different order.

Check: Fincke, 2003: 144.

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. 33611; view on seal.huji.ac.il.