Festivals a
Transliteration
1 DIŠ ina nisanni(itibár) ūm(u4) 1.kám ina [š]e-rì lúmu-ba[n-nu-ú]
2 it-ti gišnam-za-qu ana kisalli(kisal) šá bēl(den) urrad(e11)[-ma]
3 giš-gin-ú šá ḫa-a-ri šá bīti(é) šá ina bīt(é) d[x (x)]
4 [x] x-tu4 mê(ameš) ina lìb-bi ana muḫḫi(ugu) x [x (x)]
5 [it-ti] ⌈giš⌉n[a]m-za-qu ana ká-maḫ illak(gin) [x (x)]
6 [. . .] ana muḫḫi(ugu) būrti(pú) illak(gin)-ma bāb(ká) būrti(pú) [ipette(bad)]
7 [. . . i-n]a-as-suk mê(ameš) x [x x]
Translation
1–7 On the first day of Nisan, at dawn, the muba[nnû]-priest will come down to the courtyard of Bēl with a key, [and] the clamp(?) of the sanctuary(?) of the house, which is in the temple of [. . .], the water from the inside upon [. . .]. He will go to the High Gate [with] the key [. . .]. He will go before the cistern and [open] the door of the cistern. [. . . he] will throw, the water [. . .].
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. 38285; view on seal.huji.ac.il.