BHLT 10a

SEAL no. 35151 · BM 34716 (Sp II.205) · Epics · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

Obv.

(Lacuna)

1' [. . .] x i ta-kip ana māt(kur) [. . .]

2' [. . .] x ba/ma gi-lit-tu₄ nu-pa-[. . .]

3' [. . .] mārū(dumu^meš) bābili(e^ki) x [. . .]

4' [. . .] x-šu-nu ú-kaš-šir [. . .]

5' [. . .] ul ši x [. . .]

6' [. . .] x [. . .]

7' [. . .] bal ut-tab [. . .]

8' [. . .] x la-x-nu abullu(ká.gal) um-man kal x [. . .]

9' [. . .] x tu₄ ul-tu ne x x [. . .]

10' [. . .] x x bābū(ká⸢^meš⸣) ⸢ul-tu⸣ [. . .]

11' [. . .] kip ṣa-bur-x [. . .]

12' [. . .] x [. . .]

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Rev.

1 [x x x x x ša]r(lug]al) ilāni(dingir.dingir) m[arduk(^d[amar.utu) . . .]

2 [x x x x x x] ú ú-šá-lik ⸢x⸣ [. . .]

3 [x x x x x u]t-tap-pil-šu-nu-tu₄ mā[rū(du[mu^meš) bābili(e^ki)? . . .]

3a [. . .] ⸢x⸣

4 [x x x x x] šá tu-rap-pi-šu ma ⸢x⸣ [. . .]

5 [x x x x x]-ki-ka ana šá-la-lu šal-lat bābili(tin.tir^ki) [. . .]

6 [x x x x] e-de-e ú-bal-lu a-dan-ni tu-ta-[. . .]

7 [x x x] šar(lugal) ilāni(dingir.dingir) marduk(^damar.utu) im-šid mi-šit-tú ina ut-nin-ni m[ārī (^l[^údumu^meš) bābili(e^ki) (. . .)]

8 [x x i]t-ta-as-kip nakir(^lúkúr)-ka ú-da-ap-par kal-la mur-ṣi [ina zumrika(?) (. . .)]

9 [šá šarri(lugal) i]l-ṭu-ru ana šu-ḫu-uz ṭupšarrūtu(^lúdub.sar-ru-ú-tú) ana ṣe-⸢ḫìr⸣ [. . .]

10 [šá m]arduk(^da]mar.utu) šá ti^(erasure)-kip sa-an-tak-ku al-la mārī(^lúdumu) bābili(e^ki) u al-la mārī(^lú!(^d)dumu) b[arsip(b[ár.sipa^ki) ana mamma lā iqīšu]

11 [ù ^lún]ak-ri u a-ḫu-ú la i-na-ṭal-lu ši-pir-šú ul nu-šá-an-ni [šipiršu]

12 [šu-u]n-nu-ú ti-kip <<AN>> sa-an-tak-ku ina qé-reb bābili(tin.tir^ki) na-ṭa-lu [ša nakri u aḫî ikkib marduk(^damar.utu)]

13 [šá i-qí-i]š-šun-na-a-šú da-ri-iš šuk-lu-lu šip-ri a-ḫaz ṭuppi(dub)-ka u te-[. . .]

14 [x x (x) šá šip-ri] marduk(⸢^d⸣amar.utu) uš-tan-nu-ú ni-iṣ-bat pa-rik-tú nu-[. . .]

15 [. . .] (traces) nu ú-⸢x⸣ [. . .]

(Lacuna)

Translation

(Obverse too fragmentary for a coherent reading)

(Reverse)

1–5 [. . . the ki]ng of the gods Marduk [. . .] . . . he caused to go . . . [. . .] he destroyed them. The [Babylon]ians [. . .] . . . [. . .] which you enlarged . . . [. . .] your . . . for plundering Babylon [. . .]

6 [Regarding . . .] a notable should bring you have [. . .] the deadline.

7–9 [He who sinned against] Marduk, the king of the gods, paralysis struck (him) through the prayer [of the Babylon]ians, [and] your enemy was brought down, (but) all evil will withdraw [from your body (?)].

9–12 [Regarding what the king] wrote about the teaching of the scribal craft to the son of [. . .] – we will not change [the craft] of Marduk, who [gifted] cuneiform only to the Babylonians and Borsippeans and whose craft neither enemy nor stranger should see. Changing (texts written in) cuneiform in Babylon and (their) inspection [by enemy or stranger is an abomination of Marduk.]

13–15 The craft [(the god) gif]ts to us is perfect forever. Your studying a tablet and . . . [. . .]. We intend to resist [(anyone) who] would change [the craft] of Marduk. We [. . .]

(Lacuna)

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. 35151; view on seal.huji.ac.il.