AMD 1, 245 (fig. 5)
Transliteration and translation follow generally Finkel 1999. CDLI notes: "Babylonian Expedition II, Abu Habba (?)". The provenance Nippur after CDLI (Finkel 1999, 223: "unprovenanced"). CDLI No. P262058
Transliteration
Obv.
1 šu-ut-tu-uh la-nam
2 da-mi-iq zu-um-ra-am
3 su-um-ki-nu-šu su-um-ki-in gišimmarim(gišGIŠIMMAR)
4 i-na šu-ub-tim i-ra-bi-iṣ ṣerrum(MUŠ)
5 i-na šu-up-pa-tim i-ra-bi-iṣ ba-aš-mu
6 ša ba-aš-mi-im ši-it-ta
7 qà-qá-da-tu-šu-ma
Rev.
8 7 li-ša-na-šu 7 pa-ar-ul-lu
9 ša ki-ša-di-šu
10 am-ha-aṣ! pa-ar-ku-ul(ras.)-la
11 ù pa-ra-ku-ul-la
12 ša-am-ma-nam ṣerri(MUŠ) qištim(gišTIR)
13 šu-ba-dam ṣerri(MUŠ) la ši-ip-tim
14 ṣerri(MUŠ) karānim(gišGEŠEIN.NA) ša it-ti wa-ši-pí-šu
Lower edge
15 im-ta-ah-ṣú
Translation
Obv.
1 Elongated of form,
2 Beauteous in body.
3 His (rotten) wood shavings are (rotten) shavings of palm-wood.
4 The snake waits coiled in the dwelling,
5 The serpent waits coiled among the rushes.
6–7 As for the serpent, two are his heads,
Rev.
8–9 Seven his forked-tongues, seven the par’ullu’s of his neck.
10 I smote the parkulla,
11 yes even the parakulla,
12 Šammānu, the forest snake,
13 Šubādu, the snake that cannot be conjured away,
14 (Even) the wine-snake, who does battle with the exorcist (summoned against) him!
Commentary
3: The wood shavings of the palm-wood describe probably the snake's overlapping scales.
10–11: The snake name par(a)kullu(m) means literally (with Finkel 1999, 225) "the 'seal-cutter' snake". To this designation cf. TIM 9, 65: 13// TIM 9, 66: 26–27 e-li-ta-šu i-pa-ṣí-id ab-na-am, "his (the snake's) very spittle can split stone".
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. 7176; view on seal.huji.ac.il.