Fs. Larsen 397/399b
Transliteration
Rev.
24 e-er-qú-um e-ri-iq
25 e-ri-iq-tum e-er-qá-at
26 i-ṣí-li : mì-iṭ-ra-tim
27 e-ri-iq-tim e-zu-um
28 ba-ru-ma-tum ta-ar-té-/e
Edge
29 a-dí-ší-im kà-kà-a-am
30 lá a-ba-ra-ší : a-dí-ší-im / ší-bi4-r[a-a]m
Edge
31 lá a-ṣa-áb-ta-ší : a-[d]í-ší-im ba-pì-ra-/am
32 ḫa-šu-a-am ù [ṭá]-áb-tám i-na
33 [š]u-ur-ší-ša šu-ba-al-ku-tu[m] uš-ba-al-k[i-s]í
Translation
24 The verdure is green,
25 The vegetation is green.
26–27 In the shade of the green irrigated orchard,
27–28 a speckled she-goat keeps pasturing.
29–30 I threw at her a weapon - did not catch her.
30–31 I threw at her a shepherd staff - did not get hold of her.
31–32 I threw at her beer bread, thyme, and salt -
32–33 I verily did turn her over from her root.
Commentary
24–25: Lit.: "the green (m.) is green; the green (f.) is green".
27–28: A famous goat incantation is PRAK II, C 1 (Lambert 1991a). Goat, however, can serve as a metaphor for a disease, as shows the Sum. Ur III incantation against the Asag-demon: ⌈á⌉-sag maš-gin7 [ha-ba-t]a-ab-s[ar-sar], "[May] the Asag-demon be chased away like a goat" (van Dijk/Geller 2000, 19:ii2).
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