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CT 15, 1f. (Bēlet-ilī)

SEAL no. 7490 · BM 87535 · Hymns and Prayers · Bēlet-ilī · Unknown · 47 lines · 189 words · 465 signs · 7 Sumerograms

Transliteration

Obv.      
col. i      
1            [za]-ma-ar dBé-le-et-ì-lí a-za-ma-ar
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2            ib-ru uṣ-ṣi-ra qú-ra-du ši-me-a
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3            dMa-ma za-ma-ra-ša-ma e-li di-iš-pi-i-im ù ka-ra-nim ṭa-bu
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4            ṭa-bu-ú e-li di-iš-pi ù ka-ra-ni-i-im
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5            ṭa-bu-ú e-li ḫa-na-na-bi-i-ma ḫa-aš-ḫu-ri-i-im
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6            e-lu ú-lu ḫi-me-e-tim za-ku-ú-tim
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7            ṭa-a-bu e-lu ḫa-na-na-bi-im-ma ḫa-aš-ḫu-ri-i
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8            dMa-ma iš-té-na-am ú-li-id-ma
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9            [z]a?-ap-pa-a-am na-ši ú-wa-ri šar-ra-am
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10          dMa-ma še20-e-na ú-li-id-ma
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11          še20-e-na ma-ša-an za-ri-qá an É.GAL-li[m]
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12          dMa-ma ša-la-aš-⌈ti ú-li-id-ma⌉
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13          [x x] x x x [...]
(rest broken)        
             
col. ii     
1            iš-ti-i-nu-ú a-na [...] a-ta-al-lu-[ku?-um?]
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2            dLi-il5-lum a-n[a ...] a-ta-al-lu-ku!?-[um?]
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3            i-nu-ú-ma dLi-[il5-lum ...]
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4            ku-ur-ku-ur-ra-at [...]
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5            iš-tu ku-ur-ku-ur-[ra-...]
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6            ar-ḫi e-li x [...]
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7            dLi-il5-lu[m ...]
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8            ma-ša-ak r[i?...]
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9            dŠakkan!? ⌈x⌉ [...]
             
col. iii–vi are broken.    
             
Rev.      
col. vii   
1'            ⌈a?⌉ [...]
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2'            ša-ma- [...]
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3'            lu-uš-⌈x⌉ [...]
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4'            ka-ka l[u-...]
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5'            A-nu-um ša-a-š[u ...]
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6'            a-li-ik-ma ⌈x⌉ [...]
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7'            i-na še20-ri i-⌈x⌉ [...]
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8'            a-na ṣe-ri-ia [...]
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9'            a-a i-mi-i-s[í ...]
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10'          dLi-il5-li [...]
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11'          ka-ka il-qé-a-a[m? ...]
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12'          šu-ka-al-lu-um ú-[...]
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13'          ar-ka-tim ur-da-a-a[m? ...]
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14'          il-li-ik mu-ša-am [...]
               
col. viii  
1'            [x ]x-ma i-ri-x x [...] ⌈x⌉ [...]
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2'            ⌈AN-nu⌉-um ša-al-la-at Šu-mé-r[i-im] e-li-iš a-a i-l[i]
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3'            Šu-ba-ru-ú-um lu-ú er-še20-et ka-ṣa-ṣí-im-m[a] ša-at-ti-ša-am-ma Šu-mé-ru-um li-ik-ta-ṣa-as-sí
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4'            iš-<tu?>-um-ma it-mu-ú-šu dINNIN ù šu-ú ⌈ina⌉ pu-ḫu-ur ur-du-ni-i-im
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5'            dINNIN i-qá-tu gi-ni-i-ša
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6'            ú-li i-pa-ša-ḫa-am a-na-a-ma dLi-il5-li
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7'            i-ḫu-uz-ma qar-ra-di-i-ša
8'            ídIDIGNA i-na ku-ut-la-ti sí-pa-ri is-ke-e-er
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9'            i-na ku-ut-la-ti sí-pa-ar-ri ši-gar-ri we-ri-im ídIDIGNA is-ke-er
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10'          i-lu i-zi-bu-ma a-li-šu-nu šu-ub-ti-šu-nu ma-ši-iš uš-bu
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11'          nu-ti

Translation

col. i                  
1                         A song of Bēlet-ilī I will sing.
2                         Attention, comrades! Listen, warriors!
3                         Mama − singing of her is sweeter than honey and wine,
4                         sweeter than honey and wine, 
5                         even sweeter than the fruits(?), the apple,
6                         than the finest of clear butter,
7                         even sweeter than the fruits(?), the apple.
8                         Mama gave birth to one and
9                         he wears a bristle. She cut off the baby.
10                       Mama gave birth to two and
11                       the two twins are multicolored for the palace.
12                       Mama gave birth to three [and]
13                       (...)
                          
col. ii                 
1                         The one to ...
2                         Lillum to ...
3                         When Li[llum ...]
4                         A vessel of [...]
5                         After he [... ] the vess[el ...]
6                         The moon/A cow/Cows [...]
7                         Lillu[m ...]
8                         The hide of [...]
9                         Šakkan [...]
                          
col. iii–vi are broken.    
                          
col. vii               
1'                        [...]
2'                        [...]
3'                        Let me [...]
4'                        Let me [...] the weapon!
5'                        Anum [said] to him:
6'                        “Go and [...]
7'                        In the morning(?) [...]
8'                        To me [...]
9'                        May he not impose on h[er ...]!
10'                      My(?) Lillum [...]
11'                      He took a weapon [...]
12'                      The messenger [...]
13'                      The long ones(?) he went down [...]
14'                      He went at night [...]
                          
col. viii              
1'                        ...
2'                        “From here(?) may the booty of Sumer not ascend upstream!
3'                        Šubarûm is indeed the desire of baring the teeth. May Sumer annually bare the teeth against it!”
4'                        After (?) they had sworn, Ištar and he came down together.
5'                        Ištar, at the end(?) of her regular offerings,
6'                        not acting benevolently toward Lillu,
7'                        took her warriors and
8'                        dammed up the Tigris with bronze fences.
9'                        With fences of bronze, with bolts of copper she dammed up the Tigris.
10'                      The gods left and sat forgotten in their cities on their daises.
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11'                      Not finished.

Commentary

  i 8. Since šenā and šalāšti (i 10–12) are cardinal numbers ištēnum must be a cardinal number, too. Differently CAD I/J 282 “the first”.
        i 9: The reading zappam follows Römer 1967–8, 12; AHw. 1511 zappu 2. Hecker 1974 and Wilcke 1977, 155f. read appam “nose”. Both zappum (AHw. 1511 zappu A 4, B) and appum (CAD A/2, 186 appu A b) occur as objects of našûm.– For uwarri šarram see AHw. 1497 wurrû 1, CAD U 245 urrû A a. Römer 1967–68, 14 “... den König”, Hecker 1974, 782 ú-wa-<a>r, Wilcke 1977, 156 “kommandiert den König”.
        i 11: CAD Š/3, 39 reads ši-na-ma-ša-an as variant of šinašan (“both(?), each of the two(?)”).
        ii 1: I suggest that iš-ti-i-nu-ú is a strange spelling for the cardinal number “1” and refers to Lillum. – For atallukum(?)here and in the following line see W. von Soden apud Römer 1967–68, 23.
        ii 2: For Lillum see Krebernik 1987–1990, 19f.
        viii 2': Locative annûm instead of annânūm? Römer 1967–68, 14 and 25, “Annum”, variant of Anum.
        viii 5': i-qá-tu from *in(a) qatû?

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