BIN 4, 126
CDLI No. P293870. Photo: Klaus Wagensonner
Transliteration
Obverse
1 iš-t[í]-a-at e-lá-at
2 a-pu-la-at
3 mu-uš-ta-ba-⌈ba⌉-at!
4 ù-tù-kà-at
5 lam-na-at bu-un-/tù
6 i-li-im
7 ma-ar-tù : A-ni-im
8 a-na ṭé-mì-⌈ša⌉ lá dam-qí-/[im]
Lower Edge
9 ma-al-ki-š[a]
10 pá-ru-im A-nu-um
Reverse
11 a-bu-ša : iš-tù
12 ša-ma-e : i-pu-ṣa-ší
13 qá-qá-ar-šu-um
14 a-na ṭé-mì-ša lá dam-qí-/im
15 ma-al-ki-ša sà-aḫ-i-/⌈im⌉
16 pè-ra-sà : wa-ša-ra-/at
17 da-du-ša ša-aḫ-ṭù
18 a-na be-el lá i-li-im
Upper Edge
19 i-ša-ru-um
20 té-šé-er : šé-er-ʾa4-an
Left Edge
21 lá-áb-i-im tù-ra-mì
22 šé-er-ʾa4-an ṣú-ḫa-ri-/im
23 ù!(WA) lá-i-im
24 ta-áš-šu-ma
Translation
1 She is (only) one! she is a goddess!
2 She is late!
3 She is always parched!
4–5 She is a female utukku-demon! She is evil!
5–7 Daughter of a god. Daughter of Anum.
8–10 Because of her malevolent intention(s), her blasphemous decision(s),
10–13 Anum, her father, smashed her down to earth from heaven,
14–15 because of her malevolent intention(s), her rebellious descision(s)!
16–17 Her hair is loose. Her garments are stripped off.
18–20 She goes straight for the godless person(s)!
20–21 The muscles of lion she slackens!
22–23 The muscles of a child and the infant
24 she weakens!
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. 7224; view on seal.huji.ac.il.