LKA 92 (Ass. 13)
Excavated in N3 a private library of a chief singer (nargallu), in which ca. 190 tablets were found. Attested dates in N3 tablets are 758 BCE, 745/732/672, 744/734, 733, and, from the post-canonical period, also 621* BCE. The kings mentioned in this lot are Assurnasirpal II, Shalmaneser III?, Tiglath-Pileser III, Esarhaddon, and Assurbanipal (Pedersén 1986, 34–38).
Transliteration
Obv.
col. i'
i' 1' [bi-iṣ-ṣu-ru-ú šá tap-pat-ti-i am-me-ni ki-ki-i te-te]-⌈né?⌉-ip-pu-uš ṣi-ib-tu4 x [. . .]
i' 2' [. . .] ⌈ú⌉-li-ma ú-šaq-qa-ma ina qaqqadi(sag.du)-šú ana? x [. . .]
i' 3' [. . .]-nak-kar-ma!(Text: LA) muḫḫi(ugu)-šú k[i?.min? . . .]
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i' 4' [bi-iṣ-ṣu-ru-ú š]a/á tap-pa-ti-ia pi-rik bābili(ká-lí) sin-gu i-⌈saḫ-ḫur⌉
i' 5' [a-na k]a-⌈pa⌉-ri šá re-mi-ki a-na ka-pa-ri šá li-piš-šá-ti-ki
i' 6' [man-nu] a-na munusbābilāyâti(tin.tirki.meš) li-iq-bi sin-gu la i-nam-di-na-a-ni-iš-ši
i' 7' [a]-na ka-pa-ri šá re-mi-šá a-na ka-pa-ri šá li-piš-šá-ti-šá
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i' 8' [a]-⌈na⌉ [bi-iṣ]-ṣu-ri-ki šá tak-la-te ⌈ki⌉-i abni(na4)-ka-ma aq-ra ina pa-ni-ki
i' 9' [x (x)] ⌈PI?⌉ -ki a-na pa-ni-ki šu-uk-ni bu-ul-im-ma ni-pi-is-su eṣ-ni
i' 10' ⌈ki⌉-⌈i⌉ la kur-⌈ri⌉ áš-ka-pé-e ki-i la ri-is-ni šá lúašlākī(azlagmeš)
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i' 11' ⌈a-na⌉ [bi!-iṣ!]-⌈ṣu⌉-ri-ki šá tak-la-te kal-bi ú-še-er-re-eb bābu(ká) a-rak-kas
i' 12' [kal-bi ú-še-er-r]e-eb bābu(ká) a-rak-⌈kas⌉ ⌈ḫa⌉-aḫ-ḫu-ru ú-še-er-re-eb qin-na i-qan-na-an
i' 13' [it-ti a-ṣ]i-ia it-ti (ras.) ⌈e⌉-re-⌈bi⌉-ia
i' 14' [ḫa-aḫ-ḫu-r]e-ti-⌈ia⌉ [(x)] ⌈ṭe?-ma? a-šak⌉-kan
i' 15' [ad-da-ni]-ka ⌈ḫa⌉?-[aḫ-ḫur-ti]-ia
i' 16' [ana muḫḫi(ugu) kam]ūnu(uzu].dir) ⌈la⌉ t[e-qer-r]u-ub
i' 17' [ki.min] ⌈ša su-ḫa-ti⌉ ni-[pi-i]s?-su
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i' 18' [at]-⌈ti⌉ um-me-⌈e⌉ [dištar(innin) bā]bili(ti]n.tirki)
i' 19' [b]a-⌈ni⌉-tu4 šar-rat bābilāyū(tin.tir⌈ki⌉-⌈ú⌉)
i' 20' [at-t]i um-me-e ⌈giš⌉gišimmari([gišimmar⌉) na4sāmtu(⌈gug⌉)
i' 21' [dba-ni]-⌈tu4⌉ šá a-na m[a-gal ba-n]a?-⌈at?⌉-⌈tú?⌉
i' 22' [ma-gal pé-lu-ú a-na ma-gal ba-nu-ú la-n]i-šá
i' 23' […] x
col. ii'
ii' 1' ta?-x [. . .]
ii' 2' ki[špu?(uš[11) . . .]
ii' 3' be-⌈lí?⌉ x [. . .]
ii' 4' šu-ti-qí? [. . .]
ii' 5' ul-tu [. . .]
ii' 6' ni-šu pu [. . .]
ii' 7' ⌈ma⌉-la e-p[u?-uš?. . .]
ii' 8' ú-GA-x [. . .]
ii' 9' ma-SUG x [. . .]
ii' 10' ma-l[a . . .]
ii' 11' x [. . .]
ii' 12' x [. . .]
Translation
Obv.
col. i'
i' 1' [“Oh vagina of my girlfriend! Why do you keep do]ing so?” captivity […]
i' 2' [. . .] coming up, I will raise over(?) his head [. . .]
i' 3' [. . .] changes him/it, upon him/it: dit[to(?) . . .]
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i' 4' “The (entire) district of Babylon is looking for a singu-cloth (for) the vagina of my girlfriend,
i' 5' [in order to w]ipe that of your vagina, in order to wipe that of your genitalia.”
i' 6' “Who] shall say to the women of Babylon, ‘You should not give her the singu-cloth
i' 7' [In] order to wipe that of her vagina, in order to wipe that of her genitalia!’”
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i' 8' To your vagina which you trust, like your precious stone in front of you(f.)
i' 9' Place your … before you, smell the odor of cattle
i' 10' like one that was not (cleaned) by fuller’s paste, like one that was not soaked by the fullers.
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i' 11' “I will make a dog enter to your vulva which you trust and bind up the door!”
i' 12' [I will make a dog ent]er and tie up the door, I will make a raven enter and it will make (there) a nest.”
i' 13' [With my com]ing out (and) my coming in,
i' 14' I will submit a report to(?) my female-ravens:
i' 15' [“Please, my female-ra]ven,
i' 16' Do not draw near [to the mushroom]ms!
i' 17' Ditto (Do not draw near) the smell of the armpits!”
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i' 18' “You are the mother, Oh Ištar of Babylon,
i' 19' the beautiful one, queen of the Babylonians.
i' 20' You are the mother, a date palm of carnelian
i' 21' who greatly (surpasses all) the beautiful women.
i' 22' Whose sta[ture exceeds in red shine, very beautiful!”]
i' 23' [. . .]
col. ii'
ii' 1' …
ii' 2' Witchcraft …
ii' 3' My lord(?) …
ii' 4' Make … go past(?) …
ii' 5' From …
ii' 6' People(?) …
ii' 7' As much as I did(?) …
ii' 8' …
ii' 9' …
ii' 10' As much as …
ii' 11' …
Commentary
i 3': It is possible that the LA is a result of erroneously juxtaposed MA and AŠ, namely that the scribe intended to write […]-nak-kar-ma ina UGU-šú.
i 4'–7': This passage is found in CAD L 199, CAD P, 408, and CAD S, 284. – For rēmu to mean vagina, not only womb, see Civil 2006, 58 n. 13. – Lambert (1959, 15) took singu to mean “wadding”. CAD S, 284 suggests that singu is an error for sinbu, “sanitary towel.”
i 10': Cf. CAD R, 376.
col. ii': This column seems not to be related to the DLL, or presents a text which is not paralleled elsewhere 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. 34082; view on seal.huji.ac.il.