BHLT 7

SEAL no. 35344 · BM 34793 (Sp II.286 + 525) · Epics · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

(Lacuna)

i 1' [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣

(Lacuna)

ii 1' [x x] x x ru? a? x x [x x x]

ii 2' [i-n]a šat mu-ši mašmaššu(maš.maš) it-[x x (x x)]

ii 3' [išā]tu([iz]i?) zi-qa-a-tú ul-t[a-x x (x x)]

ii 4' [u]l-ta-ḫe-ṭu-ʾ patrē(gír^me[^š]) [x x]

ii 5' [ul]tu([t]a) ul-lu ana ^maḫḫē(šeš^meš)-a ⸢x⸣ [x x x]

ii 6' ⸢e⸣-ri pe-ṣu-ú aš-pu-⸢ú?⸣ [x x x]

ii 7' [r]i-ba-⸢a⸣-tú ina abullāti(ká.gal^meš) ⸢x⸣ [x x x]

ii 8' man-nu kīma(gim) qarrādi(ur.sag) nergal(^du.gur) [x x x]

ii 9' [(x)] ad-duk rabûti(^lúgal^meš)-šú ut-⸢ta?⸣-⸢x⸣ [x x]

ii 10' [s]ūq([s]ila) āli(uru) ra-a-ṭu in-da-⸢lu⸣ [x x x]

ii 11' nār(⸢íd⸣) kutê(^urugú.du₈.a) ina da-mu ⸢x⸣ [x x x]

ii 12' rab(⸢^lú⸣gal) ^lúšá-rēši(sag) dan-dan-nu ultu(ta) ú-ru [ekalli x x]

ii 13' šu-ú <<ru>> ultu(ta) ú-ru ekalli(é.gal) ki-[a-am x x x ]

ii 14' la ta-du-ka-nu šarru(lugal) dan-nu [(x)]

ii 15' li-du-ku-ʾ ^maš-šur^ki-a-[a (x x x)]

ii 16' id-du-ku-ʾ ^maš-šur^ki-a-⸢a⸣ [(x x)]

ii 17' ^mnabû(^dag)-aplu(a)-uṣur(ùri) šá ma-na-aḫ-tú ana pa-na ⸢x⸣ [x x]

ii 18' [b]u-še-e šá ^maš-šur^ki-a-⸢a⸣ [x x x]

ii 19' [x] ⸢x⸣ ⸢ad/ra?⸣ ṣi ḫu-du-tú tur ⸢x⸣ [x x x]

ii 20' [x x] ⸢zu⸣ ru ma ⸢it/da?⸣ [x x]

iii 1 [x x x] x iḫ tu [x x x]

iii 2 [x x x] ⸢x⸣ išātu(izi) zi-q[a-a?-tú? x x x]

iii 3 [p]aḫ-ru-ú rubû(^lúnun^meš) ⸢šá⸣ māti(kur) ^mna[bû(^da[g)-aplu-uṣur x x x]

iii 4 pi-ta-ʾ up-ni-šú-nu šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu) [x x x]

iii 5 bēl(^den) ina puḫur(ukkin) ilāni(dingir^meš) palû(bala-ú) a-na [nabû-aplu-uṣur]

iii 6 šarru(lugal) pu-ú ki-i-ni [(x x)]

iii 7 za-qip-tú at-ta-na-ak-šad ⸢a-a⸣-b[i-ka?]

iii 8 ina bābili(e^ki) kussû(^gišgu.⸢za⸣)-⸢ka? a⸣-nam-di [(x x)]

iii 9 guzalû(^lúgu.za.l[á]-ú) qāt(šuⁱⁱ)-su ṣa!-bit išši(giš)-šú [(x)]

iii 10 za-qip-tum ina qaqqadi(sag)-šú il-ta-ka-nu-⸢ʾ⸣-[ma]

iii 11 ul-te-ši-bu-uš ina kussê(^gišgu.za) šarrū[tu(lugal-⸢ú⸣-[tu) (x)]

iii 12 il-qu-ú kunuk(^na⁴kišib) šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tú) [(x)]

iii 13 šá-^lúrēšī(sag^meš) šá ḫu-ṭa-ri [x x x]

iii 14 rabût(^lúgal^meš) akkadî(^kur⸢uri⸣^ki) ^(erasure) ina kúm-me i-qé-ru-[bu-ʾ]

iii 15 ki is-ni-qu-ʾ ^(erasure) ina pāni(igi)-šú it-taš-b[u-ʾ-ma]

iii 16 rabûtu(^lúgal^meš) ina ḫu-di-šú-nu [x x x]

iii 17 bēlu(en) šarru(lugal) lu-ú da-ra-a-tú māt(kur) a-a-b[i-ka x x]

iii 18 [l]i-iḫ-dak-⸢ku(?)⸣ šar(lugal) ilāni(dingir^meš) marduk(^dšú) bābili(^uru⸢e⸣)[^ki? x x]

iii 19 [l]i-ri-ik ūmī(⸢u₄⸣.meš)-ka nabû(^dag) ṭupšar(umbisag) é-s[ag-íl]

iii 20 ⸢^d⸣èr-ra kakku(^gištukul)-ka nergal(^digi.du) li-[x x x]

iii 21 [x ana tur-r]a? gi-mil akkadî(^kururi^ki) x [x x x]

iii 22 [x x] x x [x (x)]

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iv 1' [x x x x x x] x

iv 2' [x x x x x x] x

iv 3' [x x x x x x] la la

iv 4' [x x x x x x] bu u

iv 5' [x x x x x x] x

iv 6' [x x x x x x] x

iv 7' [x x x x x x] tú

iv 8' [x x x x x x] x

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Translation

i (Too broken for translation)

(Lacuna)

ii 1' [. . .] . . . [. . .]

ii 2' At night-time, the incantation-priest [. . .]

ii 3' [Fir]e(?), torches, he/they [. . .]

ii 4' They drew the daggers [. . .]

ii 5' From old times to Aḫḫēa [. . .]

ii 6' White copper, jasper [. . .]

ii 7' The streets at the gates [. . .]

ii 8' "Who (is) like the hero Nergal [. . .]?"

ii 9' I killed his dignitaries [. . .]

ii 10' The streets of the city, the canals, were filled [with blood . . .]

ii 11' The canal of Cutha with blood [. . .]

ii 12' The almighty chief eunuch from the roof [of the palace looked down (. . .)]

ii 13' When [he saw the scene] from the roof of the palace th[us he cried(?)]:

ii 14' "Do not kill me, mighty king [. . .]!"

ii 15' (But the king commanded): “Let the Assyrian be killed [(. . .)]!”

ii 16' The Assyrian was killed [(. . .)].

ii 17' Nabopolassar whom the fatigue(?) before [. . .]

ii 18' The possessions of the Assyrian [. . .]

ii 19' [. . .] . . . joy(?) . . . [. . .]

ii 20' [ . . .] . . . [. . .]

(Lacuna)

iii 1 [. . .] . . . [. . .]

iii 2 [. . .] fire, tor[ches . . .]

iii 3 The princes of the land are assembled, [they bless] Nab[opolassar . . .]

iii 4 Opening their hands, the sovereignty [they . . .]

iii 5 Bēl, in the assembly of the gods [gave] the ruling power to [Nabopolassar]

iii 6 The king, the reliable command [. . .]

iii 7 "With the crown(?) I will constantly conquer [your(?)] enemi[es],

iii 8 I will place your(?) throne in Babylon."

iii 9 The chair-bearer, taking his hand, he lifted it.

iii 10 They kept putting the zaqiptu on his head.

iii 11 They had him sit on the royal throne [(. . .)].

iii 12 They took the royal seal [(. . .)].

iii 13 The eunuchs, the staff-bearers [. . .].

iii 14 The noblemen of Akkad approached in the private chambers(?).

iii 15 When they had drawn near, they sat down before him [and]

iii 16 The noblemen in their joy [exclaimed]:

iii 17 "O lord, o king, may you live forever! The land of your enemies [may you conquer!]

iii 18 O Babylon(?), may the king of the gods Marduk, rejoice (in you) [. . .]

iii 19 May Nabû, the scribe of the Esagil, make your days long.

iii 20 May Erra [. . .] your weapon, Nergal [. . .]

iii 21 [To] avenge the land of Akkad [. . .]

iii 22 [. . .] . . . [. . .]."

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iv (Too broken for translation)

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. 35344; view on seal.huji.ac.il.