AS 16, 287f.c
Contains the ‘Cow-of-Sîn’ narrative. The following parallels exist: MB/MA AuOr Suppl. 23, 20 : 1'-10'; Iraq 31, pl. V–VIb: 51-62; KUB 4, 13a: 1'-14'; NA KAR 196/BAM 3, 248: iii 10-35; AMT 67/1: iii 4-29 CDLI P282433.
Transliteration
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19 ÉN!(IGI+AN).É.NU.RU
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22 ul-ta-aṣ-bi-si pa-nu su-ku-li-ša la-tu i-la-ka-a i-n[a ar-ki-šá]
23 i-na nu-ru-ub Úmeš i-ra- ʾu-ši i-na saḫ!-ḫ[i!] ša maš-qe-[e …]
24 i-na pu-zu!(KA)-ur lúSIPA la la-mad ka-pár-ri gu4ÁB il-[ta-ḫi-iṭ]
25 AMAR ek-du ar-ḫi-ša i-na ga-ma-ri UDmeš-šá i-n[a qu-ti-i]
26 gu4ÁB ik-ta-mi-ṣi (-) i-ḫa-al ar-ḫu lúSIPA ⌈x⌉ […]
27 u ka-pár-rumeš DÙ.A.BI-šu-nu sa-ap-du-ši sa-ap-[du ...]
28 [lú]⌈SIPA!⌉ na-ši ŠU ù ka-pár-ru ú-ka-na-šá a-na [ik-kil-li-šá]
29 [ri-g]i-im ḫi-li-šá ‹i›-na AN iš-ta-ma-a ri-gi-i[m-šá …]
30 […] MIN-ta dLAMMA AN-e ú-ri-da-ni il-t[i-it ...]
31 […] ⌈x⌉ KAŠ? ⌈KÙ⌉.GA! na-šá-[at] Ameš šul-me ⌈x⌉ […]
32 […] ⌈x⌉ ib ḫu ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ šá gu4⌈ÁB⌉ ⌈ša?⌉ […]
33 […] ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ im-qu-ta qaq! (TA)-qar-šu a-na ⌈ḫar?⌉-[…]
35 […] ⌈x⌉ du ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ […] ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ […]
36 [e-re-šu l]i-še-er […]
Translation
19 INCANTATION:
20 The cow of Sin, Geme-Sîn, she is increased in (her) appearance; she is attractive in (her) physique.
21 Sîn saw her and loved her. The equivalent of Sîn, [filled with?] brilliance.
22 He (has) installed her at the head of her herd. The (other) cows followed [after her.]
23 He used to pasture her in the soft grasses, at the meadow of the watering place [he watered her.]
24 Hidden from the herdsman, not known by shepherd-boys, the wild bull mounted the cow.
25 When her months were completed, when her days came to an end,
26 the cow crouched down, she went into labor. (Her) herdsman […]
27 and the shepherd-boys, they all mourned her […]
28 […] he (the herdsman) lifted his hand (in prayer) and the shepherd-boy cares for her. [At her clamour,]
29 they heard her cry of birth pains in heaven. Her cry [was …]
30 […] two Lamassus of heaven descended. One of them […]
31 […] pure beer?, she carries the water-of-well-being […]
32 […] the cow [...]
33 […] he (the calf) fell on the ground […]
34 […] like Geme-Sîn may she be all right […]
35 […]
36 […] may she be all right […]
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. 7228; view on seal.huji.ac.il.