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SEAL no. 35259 · BM 35322 (Sp II.893) · Epics · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

i (Lost)

 

(Lacuna)

ii 1' [. . .]-?

ii 2' [. . .] x-tú

ii 3' [. . . za?]-bu-la-a-tú

ii 4' [. . . išku]n(gar-u]n) ba-lu na-a-šú

ii 5' [. . .] x DU IGI PA ni-di-i-ma?

ii 6' [. . .] ʾ u na-as-ku-ʾ nadâ(šub-a) pagrū(úš)-šú-nu

ii 7' [. . .] imērū(anšemeš) šá za-bu-la-a-tú

ii 8' [. . . išku]n(gar-u]n) ba-lu na-a-šú

ii 9' [. . .] itti(ki) GIŠ.AN.ḪA.A izzanakkar(gù.-ár)

ii 10' [. . .] GIŠ.AN.ḪA.A itti(ki?)-iá ana nakri(kúr) ul-tu zarê(marii)

ii 11' [. . .] x ul ta-nam-din ša-nam-ma ina kussê(gišgu.za)-iá ul tu-še-eš-šib

ii 12' [. . . ma-ḫ]ar?-šú DU8.ḪU.Ú.A šarru(lugal) iq-ṭa-bi ṣa-bat-su

ii 13' [. . .] an? kap-pi-ni is-dir šil-taḫ ana nakri(kúr) ú-ṣu-ú

ii 14' [. . .] ʾ it-tu-ru aḫu(šeš) aḫu(šeš)-šú ul i-dag-gal

ii 15' [. . .] x-šú ul i-dag-gal ib-ri tap-pu-šú ul ú-mas-si

ii 16' [. . .] x e-re-bi pāni(igiii) šamê(an-e) ma-li?-ma

ii 17' [. . .] x-ru-ú e-la-mu-ú it-ta-bal-kit

ii 18' [. . .] šá ib-bal-kit ana šadû(kur) il!-ta-kan pānē(igi)-šú

ii 19' [. . . i]k?-tal-du-šú mārē(dumumeš) šarri(lugal) še-gu-[ú?]

ii 20' [. . .] x x x arḫu(iti) [x x]

ii 21' [. . .] x [. . .]

(Lacuna)

  

(Lacuna)

iii 1' [. . .] x x x [x]

iii 2' [. . . t]um ana qiāš(ba?) ki-din-[ni]

iii 3' [. . . ki]-din-nu A É/DAN/TA/UŠ x x ma ka-lu-[ú]

iii 4' [. . . k]a-lu!-ka ana bīt(é) DU8.Ú.A šu-b[il?]

iii 5' [šu?-b]il? ana bīt(é) DU8.Ú.A ana mārat(dumu.munus)-su šá mden-líl-ki-din-nu

iii 6' x-i bēl(den) i-te-ep-šú fe-la-mi-tu4 ú-ri-ši nabû(dag)

iii 7' [a-p]aṭ-ṭar du-di-ni-ti-ka ana bīt(é) DU8.U.A ú-še-bil

iii 8' [ú-š]e-bil ana bīt(é) DU8.U.A ana mārat(dumu.munus)-su šá mden-líl-ki-din-nu

iii 9' [. . .] x pi-i qašti(gišpan) ad-di-ma ana fe-la-mi-tu4 ana ma-ḫaṣ al-lik

iii 10' [. . . l]u-ú an-da-has-su ina eṭlī(kal-i) irti(gab)-šú

iii 11' [. . . da]n?-nu an-da-has-su a-šar là balāṭi(tin)-šú

iii 12' [fe-la-m]i-tu4 ultu(ta) muḫḫi(ugu) dūri(bàd) pagar(úš)-šú addi(sub-di)

iii 13' [. . .] ina kin?-ṣi-iá du-di-ni-ti-šú a-paṭ-ṭar

iii 14' [. . . du-di-ni-t]i-šú ana bīt(é) DU8.U.A ul-te-bil

iii 15' [. . .] x-na-ti-šú ana mārat(dumu.munus)-su šá mden-líl-ki-din-nu

iii 16' [. . .] zik-kar-ri u zik-kar-ri

iii 17' [. . . az-m]a-re-e qašāti(gišpanmeš)

iii 18' [. . .] x-ú-ki-šú

iii 19' [. . . i-n]a? eṭlī(kal?-i) irti(gab)-šú

iii 20' [. . .] [b]alāṭi([t]in)-šú

iii 21' [. . .] x ana? muḫḫi(ugu) šarri(lugal) i-te-ru-ub

iii 22' [. . .]-iá

iii 23' [. . .]

(Lacuna)

 

iv (Lost)

Translation

i (Lost)

 

ii 1'–2' (Too broken for translation)

ii 3' [. . .] pack-[asses]

ii 4' [. . .] he established without our permission.

ii 5' [. . .] we knew/know

ii 6' [. . .] and were thrown down, their corpses were flung down.

ii 7' [. . .] pack-asses

ii 8' [. . .] he established without our permission.

ii 9' [. . .] with ... he continually talks

ii 10' [. . .] with me to the enemy after scattering(?) 

ii 11' [. . .] you must not give/allow, you must not place another person on my throne. 

ii 12' [. . . bef]ore him . . . the king commanded that he be seized. 

ii 13' [. . .] he put our hands in order, arrows shot out at the enemy. 

ii 14' [. . .] returned, one will/does not see another, 

ii 15' [. . .] his [. . .] will/does not see, friend will/does not discern his companion,

ii 16' [With a swarm of] locusts the face of heaven was/is filled and

ii 17' [. . .] . . . the Elamite retreated.

ii 18' [. . .] he retreated, he headed towards the mountains.

ii 19' [. . .] they overtook/captured  him, the sons of the king were ang[ry].

ii 20'–21' (Too broken for translation)

(Lacuna)

 

(Lacuna)

iii 1' [. . .] . . .

iii 2' [. . .] . . . to grant divine protect[ion]

iii 3' [. . . divine] protection . . . the lamentation-pri[est].

iii 4' [. . .] bri[ng] your [lam]entation-priest to the house of . . .

iii 5' [Bri]ng to the house of . . . to the daughter of Enlil-kidinnu.

iii 6' . . . of Bēl they made. He led the Elamite woman to Nabû:

iii 7' "[I] will undo your pectorals, I will bring to the house of . . .

iii 8' [I] will bring to the house of . . ., to the daughter of Enlil-kidinnu."

iii 9' [According tothe command I tilted the bow and I went against the Elamite woman to smite (her).

iii 10' [. . .] I smote her, among the young men, in her chest.

iii 11' [. . . str]ong, I smote her in a fatal spot.

iii 12' [The Elam]ite woman – her corpse I threw down from a wall.

iii 13' [. . .] on my knees, I undid her pectorals.

iii 14' [. . .] I took her [pectoral]s to the house of . . .

iii 15' [I took] her . . .s to the daughter of Enlil-kidinnu.

iii 16' [. . .] men (here), men (there).

iii 17' [. . . la]nces, bows,

iii 18' [. . .] . . .

iii 19' [. . . I/he smote her] among the young men, in her chest.

iii 20' [. . . I/he smote her in a] fatal [spot].

iii 21' [. . .] he entered in the king's presence.

iii 22' [. . .] my [ . . .]

iii 23' [. . .] . . .

(Lacuna)

 

iv (Lost)

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. 35259; view on seal.huji.ac.il.