K 6082+ (Ass. 3)
Notes: Lambert (1975, 100) was hesitant over whether the fragment preserves the obverse or reverse; we take it to be the obverse. CDLI no. 345473
Transliteration
Obv.
col. ii'
ii' 1' x […]
ii' 2' i-š[am?-ma mak-si-in-da-ak-ku]
ii' 3' su-u[ḫ-su šá tap-pat-ti-i lu-ú at-ta]
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ii' 4' šu-ri-da-⌈a?⌉ [. . .]
ii' 5' šá dbēl(en) bābili(ká.dingir.ra⌈ki⌉) ⌈KU?⌉ x [. . .]
ii' 6' a-šar a-mur-šá-nu qin-nu ⌈qa-an⌉-[nu]
ii' 7' sukannīnū(tu.gur₄mušen) ma-lu-u ga-ap-nu
ii' 8' li-da-né-e šá ḫar-ba-qa-ni
ii' 9' la-mu-ú dbēl(en) ki-ma ki-li-li
ii' 10' ina muḫḫi(ugu) bēl(en) bābili(ká.dingir.raki) it-ta-na-at-ba-ku-ni
ii' 11' gišḫas-ḫas-tu giššurmēnu(šur.mìn) ù bu-ra-ši
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ii' 12' e ba-ru-ú ina libbi(šà) e-bé-eḫ
ii' 13' ak-ka-a-a-i áš-kun-ka ṭe-e-mu
ii' 14' ina šá-pa-ḫu-ti-ka ina libbi(šà) uznī(geštuii)-ka ú-làḫ-ḫi-iš
ii' 15' ana ekurrāti(é.kurmeš) šá māti(kur) šá ta-ma-ku-ú mi-ki-ma
ii' 16' ana šá-a-šú la ta-me-ka-a-šú ana é-kur é-tùr-kalam-ma
ii' 17' é-kur ili(dingir)-šú ma-gír-šú bēl(en)-šú ana lìb-bi-šú mit-gur
ii' 18' ki.min šu-tu-ma bēl(en) bābili(ká.dingir.raki) dmarduk(amar.utu)
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col. iii'
iii' 1' [x] x x [. . .]
iii' 2' [x] x a-na x-[...]
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iii' 3' in-di ú-ri lu-ú-l[u?. . .]
iii' 4' ul-tu tib-ka ni x [. . .]
iii' 5' šá ṣi-in-di-it [gul-gu-za-nu]
iii' 6' ina pa-ni-šá ar-ra-b[u i la-as-mu ina ku-tal-li-šú]
iii' 7' ina ar-ki-šá ḫa-m[a-ṣi-ru]
iii' 8' si-si-ki-ti-šú i-bi-i[ḫ]
iii' 9' šu-ú ḫu-lu-ú mār(dumu) ḫa-ma-ṣ[i-ri]
iii' 10' tap-pat-ti a-na urukar-bēl(en)-mātāti(kur.kur) áš-pur-[ki?]
iii' 11' am-me-ni ta-aṣ-ru-ti-ma ta-ba-š[i]
iii' 12' gišsaparru(kak.liš.lá) ša bēli(en)-šá am-me-ni taš-ku-ni ni-piš ze-[e?]
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iii' 13' ina né-be-ri urukar-bēl(en)-mātāti(kur.kur)
iii' 14' tap-pat-ti a-mur-ma ḫa-ma-ku dan-niš
iii' 15' pe-ṣa-ti-ma ki-i! pi-zal-lu-ur-t[i]
iii' 16' maš-ku naq-lat ki-ma di-q[a-ri]
iii' 17' tu!(text: LI)-uḫ-tan-nab tu-uḫ-t[aš-šá-áš]
col. iv'
r. iv' 1' [ana] am[ti(géme)-ia. . .]
r. iv' 2' ⌈ana⌉ amti(géme)-i[a? . . .]
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r. iv' 3' aš-mu-⌈ú?⌉-[ma? in-ni-kan-na ú-nam-bi]
r. iv' 4' šal-šu u[ṣ?-. . .]
r. iv' 5' ina ta-AD-x [. . .]
r. iv' 6' ul alpu(gu₄) KU ⌈GI?⌉ [. . .]
r. iv' 7' ul imēru(anše) šá bīt(é) ⌈amēli(lú)?⌉ [. . .]
Translation
col. ii'
ii' 1' [. . .]
ii' 2' “– Ca[rry for me maksindû-wood,
ii' 3' the be[d of my girlfriend – Oh you!]”
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ii' 4' Bring down [. . .]
ii' 5' of the Lord of Babylon . . . [. . .]
ii' 6' (The garden) where the wild pigeons make a nest,
ii' 7' where the turtledoves fill the bushes.
ii' 8' where the young of the ḫarbaqqannu-birds
ii' 9' surround Bēl like a garland.
ii' 10'–11' The needles(?) of cypress and juniper shower upon the Lord of Babylon.
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ii' 12' Oh diviner, in Ebiḫ,
ii' 13' how did I issue to you (the divine) order?
ii' 14' In your auricles, into your ears, I whispered:
ii' 15' ‘(Any other) the temples of the land, neglect as you wish,
ii' 16' But do not neglect this one, the temple Eturk[alama]!’
ii' 17' The temple – its god, its amenable one, its lord fully agrees to it.
ii' 18' Ditto (The temple – its god, its amenable one, its lord fully agrees to it): he is the Lord of Babylon, Marduk
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col. iii'
iii' 1' . . . [. . .]
iii' 2' . . . to/for [. . .]
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iii' 3' Let me raise support for the roof [. . .]
iii' 4' From the brick course(?) [. . .]
iii' 5'–6' In front of it – a couple of [piglets,]
iii' 6' [A speedy do]rmouse [at his rear.]
iii' 7'–8' A mouse is girding his hem.
iii' 9' He is a shrew, offspring of a mou[se].
iii' 10' Oh my girlfriend, I sent [you] to Kar-Bēl-mātāti.
iii' 11' Why did you fart and felt ashamed?
iii' 12' In the cart of Bēl, why did you spread the smell of feces?
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iii' 13' At the river crossing of Kar-Bēl-mātāti
iii' 14' I saw my girlfriend and was truly shocked (lit.: strongly paralyzed):
iii' 15' ‘You are pale like a gecko!
iii' 16' (Your) skin is scarified like a tureen!
iii' 17' You have been made to flourish (but) you became distressed!
col. iv'
iv' 1' [To] my mai[dserant. . .]
iv' 2' [To] my mai[dserant. . .]
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iv' 3' “I heard [she got laid instead of me! she wailed.”]
iv' 4' The third [. . .]
iv' 5' In . . . [. . .]
iv' 6' Not an ox . . . [. . .]
iv' 7' Not a donkey of the house of a man [. . .]
Commentary
iii 2': The final sign may be ŠU if fully preserved, or perhaps NAR if broken.
iii 4': CAD T, 379
iii 15'–16': Note the parallel mašku namrat in BM 73907 r. i iii 13'.
iv' 3': Restoration by Lambert 1975, 120.
iv' 4'ff. The lines after ašmûma innīkanna unambi are not paralleled by any other text in the corpus.
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. 33746; view on seal.huji.ac.il.