AMD 1, 243 (fig. 2)a
Script suggests a late OB, or even later period. (Note also ana in l. 8).
Transliteration
Obv.
1 [u]r-ru-uh bi-ir-ki-i
2 ḫa-mu-uṭ la-sa-ma-am
3 bu-bu-tam a!? (text: A)-li-ip a-ka-la-am ⌈e⌉-[eṣ]
4 i-na ši-[i]n-ni-šu na-ši ni-il-šu
5 e-ma iš-šu-ku ma-ra-šu
6 i-iz-zi-ib
7 dDa-mu be-el ba-la-ṭi
8 ana TI! {ana} dŠa-la ša-il-ma
9 ⌈d⌉Adad(IM) li-⌈il?-qu?⌉-nim-ma
Rev.
10 li-ib-lu-[uṭ…] x x
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11 at-la-ak ⌈ḪUL?⌉ x […] x x-ú
12 pu-ṭú-u[r …]
13 tu-ur x[...]
14 i-x [...]
15 i-x [...]
(remainder lost)
Translation
1–3 Swift-kneed, fast-running, distorted by hunger, sho[rt] of food.
4–6 In his teeth he carries his semen:
5−6 Wherever he bit he leaves his offspring.
7 O Damu, lord of living,
8 He asks Šala for (his) life.
9 Adad – let them take (the appeal)
10 so that he may live…!
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11 Go away, evil…
12 Release […]
13 Turn […]
14−15 …
- reminder lost
Commentary
3: Finkel (1999, 218) read a-li-IB without translation. With BiOr. 11 (LB 2001): 4 (SEAL no. 7086) in mind (et-nu-uš a-ka-lam), a verb with a similar meaning to enēšum “to be weak” is to be expected, hence alāpum "to be/make immovable, paralyze part of the body"
8: The party which is approached when using šâlum stands in acc., while the desired thing is usually preceded by ana (cf. CAD Š/1, 279 f-g), hence, contra Finkel, ana DN is probably a mistake. – Šala is not a deity usually found in such context. Perhaps a mistake for Gula?
9: The pl. verb form tells that the subject of li-⌈il-qú?⌉-nim-ma is more than one god: Damu and Šala (or Gula)?
13: tu-ur (Finkel differently).
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. 7083; view on seal.huji.ac.il.