KBo 36, 27
Love incantation with rituals and prescriptions
Transliteration
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| (Akk. ritual instructions) | |
| Obv. | |
| 15' | ┌tu6┐ én-é-nu-ru ag-ra-aḫ-ki Na-na-a |
| 16' | ag-ra-aḫ-ki Na-na-a ┌ki┐-ma im-me-ri |
| 17' | a-la-┌la┐-ma ┌ki┐-ma a-ri-ti ta-nu-qa-tum!? (┌am?┐)-ma |
| 18' | ak!-kum bá-┌ki┐-ti-ia pí-ta-a-┌ki┐ |
| 19' | ak!-kum bá-┌ki┐-ti-ia ma-ia-a-al-ki |
| 20' | a-ra-am ┌Ki-li-li┐ a-na-ak Ki-li-li |
| 21' | išaru(GÌŠ) ṭeḫe(TE) išaru(GÌŠ) ṭeḫe(┌TE) DA┐.GA.AN.NI |
| 22' | DA.ZI.DA.AN.NI (ras.) |
| 23' | GÁ.AN.GA DA.┌GA┐.AN.NI ┌MAḪ┐.ḪA |
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| MAN MAN | |
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| (Akk. ritual instructions) | |
Translation
15' Incantation. I am mating you, Oh Nanāya!
16' I am mating you, Oh Nanāya! Like a sheep!
17' Ululation! Like (of) a pregnant woman, a battle cry!
18' Instead of my ‘wailing woman’ – your two openings!
19' Instead of my ‘wailing woman’ – your bed!
20' I will be making love (to you)! – Oh Kilili! I will have intercourse (with you)! – Oh Kilili!
22' (Approach) her right side!
23' Come on! (Approach) her exalted bedroom!
Commentary
For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 240–241.
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. 7284; view on seal.huji.ac.il.