VS 17, 23

SEAL no. 7141 · VAT 8354 · Incantations; Love Literature · love · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh) (uncertain) · 8 lines · 22 words · 81 signs · 4 Sumerograms

CDLI P274691.  Rev. uninscribed.

Transliteration

Obv.

1 pa-ar-ki-i[š n]a-ak-ra-at

2 ṣú-úḫ-ḫu-ri-iš gi-ri-im-mi-iš

3 ki-ma i-ni-ib ki-ri-im e-li-šu wa-a-ṣi-a-ti!(Text: BI)

4 li-ib-la-ki-im ú-pe-el-li-a-am

5 I-di-ig-la-at

6 sà-an-gi-i we-ri-a-am a-ba-ri Šu-ši-im

7 li-ib-lam sà-an-gi mu-sà-ḫi-la-at i-né-ki

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8 KA.inim.ma IZI.ŠÀ.GA

(Rev. uninscribed)

Translation

1–2 Barrier-like she is alienated, (entangled) as a tiny berry-fruit.

3 Like an orchard fruit come out over him!

4–6 Let the Tigris carry for you(f.) charcoal, sangû, copper, lead of Susa!

7 Let it carry hither sangû! Oh you, who pierces your(f.) eyes!

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8 Incantation (to calm) the fire of the heart.

Commentary

For commentary, see Wasserman 2015.

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. 7141; view on seal.huji.ac.il.