PRAK 2, pl. 3 (C1)
A parody of a Sumerian incantation? (cf. Geller 2002). CDLI No. P274689. (Note that CDLI states - erroneously?- that the tablet is now in Istanbul.)
Transliteration
Obv.
1 ud dEn-[ki? ] ma? ab? [ ]
i-nu-ma dEn-ki? ]
2 dEn-líl [ ]
dEn-líl [ ] za? [ ]
3 níg il x x [ ] an x [ ]
i-na mi-im-ma š[a?] b[i? ]
4 ùz-e x-nu [ ]
e-za i-mu-ur-m[a ]
5 ùz-e tu-ra KA-bi nu!-bi [(x)]
e-zu ma-ar-ṣa-[a]t-ma KA? iš?! ú-l[i?
6 igi-lib sipa nu-dúr-dúru-na
i-da-al-li-ip re-e-ú ù-li i-ṣa-al-la-al
7 ka-pár-ri al-gi4-ba
ka-pa-ri-šu [i]-da-li-ip
8 šú-šú-ba níg-ud [gi6?] mu-un-lu-lu
ša i-[t]a-na-la-ku ú-mi ú mu-ši ir-te-e-ú
9 dEn-ki-ke4 igi du8-ni-ta
dEn-ki i-na a-ma-ri-šu
10 lú-kù-zu gù ba-an-dé á-gal ba-an-ši-in-ak
e-em-qá-am i-si-ma ra-bi-iš ú-te-e-ir
11 ùz-e tùr-ra amaš-a gi6 mu-sá-e
e-zu-um i-na ta-ar-[ba-ṣí (ù?)] sú-pu-ri ú-š[a?]-<am>-ša i-da-li-pa-an-ni
12 gin-na na-ma-an du11-du11-da
a-li-ik la i-da-al-li-pa-an-ni
13 šurim-bi šu ba-e-te
Rev.
ru-bu-sà le-eq-[e?]
14 géštu-bi ù-mu-ni-in-gar
a-na uz-ni-ša ša šu!(text: iš)-me-li <li>-iš-ku-[u]n-ma
15 ùz-e ù-sá-ni-gin7 ḫé-ug5-ga
e-zu ki-ma ṣa-la-li-ša li-mu-ut
16 dSumuqan lugal máš-anše!-ke4
dŠakkan be-el bu-li-im dŠakkan
17 [níg]-nu-gar-ra na-ma-ni-gar
[x x] mi-im-ma a-i iš-ku-un
18 [ini]m?-šè mu-ri-gi4
a-na a-wa-a-tim la i-ṣa-ba-ta-an-ni
19 erín kalam-e ḫé-si-li-dè
ṣa-bu ù ma-tum da-li-li-ka i-da-la-lu
20 nam-á-gal-zu dingir-gal-gal-e-ne si-li-TE
e-ú-ut-ka i-lu ra-bu-ut-tum i-da-al-/la-lu
Translation
1 When Ea [ ],
2 Enlil [ ],
3 Among all [four legged creatures … ],
4 He saw a goat,
5 The goat is sick, its mouth cannot [ ]
6 It keeps (everyone) awake, the shepherd cannot sleep,
7 It keeps the shepherd boys awake,
8 Those who go about, shepherding day and night.
9 When Ea saw this,
10 He called the Wise One, and instructed him grandly:
11 "The goat in the pen or fold is [spending the night (awake)], keeping me awake,
12 "Go, so that it should not keep me awake!
13 "Take its dung,
14 "May he place it on its left ear,
15 "May the goat die instead of (?) sleeping,
16 "May Šakkan, lord of the beasts,
17 "Hold nothing against me,
18 "May he not take me to litigation.
19 "May the people of the land sing your praises,
20 "May the great gods praise your power!"
Commentary
The present translation follows mostly that of Lambert 1991.
5: End of line needs collation.
11: For restoration, see Wasserman 2003a, 24 with n. 81.
14: The line seems to be corrupt, see Lambert 1991, 418.
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. 7115; view on seal.huji.ac.il.