RA 15, 159ff. (Agušaya B)
Transliteration
col. i
1 ga-na zu? [...]
2 ú-ir da? [...]
3 pa-a-nam [...]
4 ki-a-ki(-)i? [...]
5 i-da-at du-un-ni-ša
6 [a]r-ka-as-sà pu-ur-sà
7 [a]š-ra-ta-ša-a li-ta?/ša?-am-⌈x-x⌉
8 [le]-qé-a-am it-ta-ti-ša
9 šu-un-ni-a al-ka-as-[sà]
10 na-di-in te-re-e-ti
11 it-pé-e-šu dNin-šubur
12 er-šu-ú SUKKAL-lu ša ⌈x-x-x-(x)?⌉
13 al-KI-e ú-ir ur [...]
14 šu-ú it-ta-ṣí a-na ZU-[x x]
15 i-li-ik iš-te-e[n?] ⌈i?⌉-na BU?-[...]
16 a-na ṣe-ri-i-ša
17 iš-ni-šu i-mu-[ra?]-am šu-ur-[ba?]
18 i-qá-al el-ša-a i-te-⌈x⌉-ša? x x x x
19 ip-ta-ar ši-ik-na-as-sà
20 šu!-uk-lu!-la-at e-pé-ša
21 ú-ul im-la(-)al x-(x) ni-ši
22 ši-ki-tu-uš ta-⌈ak⌉-la-at! (sign: AK)
23 a-le-yu-tim ma-da-at
24 zu-ʾ-ú-na-at na-mu-ra-ti
25 at-bu-uš-ša šu-ul-⌈ma⌉?-⌈at⌉?
26 [ga]-ṣa-at ša-li-a-at ù ra-ʾ-ba-at
27 GURUŠ? KI.SIKIL-am i-šu
28 ba?/zu? ga? ⌈x⌉ ḫi-ip ri-gi-im-ša
29 ⌈i-ta-ḫa-az⌉ it-te-[ša?]
30 ⌈x x⌉ [x] ⌈x x x⌉ al ⌈x-x⌉
col. ii
1' ù? [...] in? [...]
2' (traces)
3' (traces)
4' [...] pa?-ni?-a?-am?
5' [...] ši?-ga?
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6' ki-ru-gú 7-kam-ma?
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7' (traces)
8' [...] dṢa-al-tum?
9' [...]-iš il-tim Iš8-tár
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10' giš-gi4-gál-bi
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11' ša-am-ri-iš ⌈x-x⌉-⌈e⌉
12' le-i-it i-li ga-še-er-tum
13' šu-pí-iš du-un-ni-ša
14' ša-ga-pu-ri-iš it-na-za-az
15' qá-ra-at-tum Iš8-tár
16' le-i-ti-i-li ga-še-er-tum
17' šu-pí-iš du-un-ni-ša
18' ša-ga-pu-ri-iš it-na-az-za-az
19' i-na na-ar-bi-i-ša
20' ik-ta-na-ṣa-aṣ le-em-ni-ša
21' la ú?-ta-ar i-ra-as-sà
22' i-na i-la-a-ti at-ra-at
23' eṭ-li-iš ú-ti-à-at
24' a-wa-ta-am i-qá-ab-bi
25' ša-am-ri-iš i-sà-qá-ar
26 ' ⌈ši-i i-da-at du-un-ni-ša⌉
col. iii
1'−9' (traces)
10' UD-mu ki? [...]
11' i-gu?-ug? [...]
12' ⌈x⌉ [...]
13' ki-ma ga-aš-⌈ra-at⌉
14' ⌈a-ša⌉-ka-a-nu? [...]
15' ša i-na ši?-[...]
16' ša ta-ap-pu?-ḫi? [...]
17' ur-ra-a i-x [...]
18' ša la x ab? [...]
19' a-la-ak-ta [...]
20' ú-te-eq-[qí/qú (?) ...]
21' d⌈x⌉ [...]
col. iv
(About 6 lines at the beginning of the column are broken.)
1' A-gu-[ša-ia? ...]
2' te-li-i-[tu? ...]
3' a-na dÉ-[a ...]
4' mi-na-am [...]
5' tab-ni-a-am [...]
6' ša pí-ša? ba!-ar [...]
7' an ta-ni? [...]
8' iš-ti-a-at bu-[uk-ra-at dNin-gal]
9' ... [...]
10' a-pa-[n]i-ia [...]
11' šu ta ar [...]
12' de ke? [...]
13' ta-aḫ-[...]
14' ma? [...]
15' im? [...]
16' a? [...]
col. v
1 ta-aš-ta-ka-an na-ar-bi-[i-ša?]
2 dṢa-al-tum ri-ig-[ma-ša?]
3 iš-ta-ka-an e-li-i[a]
4 li-tu-ur up-pí-iš-ša
5 ⌈dÉ-a pa-a-šu i-pu⌉-ša-ma
6 a-na ⌈A-gu-ša-ia qá-ra⌉-ad i-li i-sà-qar
7 a-na ⌈sú-ur-ri ki⌉-ma ta-aq-bi-i
8 e-pí-pu?-uš?-ma
9 ⌈tu-ta/ša-ar⌉-ra-ri-in-ni-ma
10 ⌈tu-ḫa-ad⌉-[di] ⌈i⌉-šu-ú-ṣú-uk-ki
11 ki-ma [i]n?-né-ep-šu-ú
12 ib-ba-nu-ú dṢa-al-tum
13 ṭe?-mi-ni li-il-ma-da
14 ni-šu ar-ki-a-tum
15 ⌈li-ib-ši⌉ ša-at-⌈ti⌉-ša
16 li-iš-ša-ki-in gu-uš?-tu-ú
17 i-pa-ar-ṣí-im <ša> ša-at-ti
18 bi-it-ri-i ⌈ni-ši⌉-i gi-im-ra-as-sí-in
19 li-me-el-lu i-sú-qí-im
20 ši-me-e ri-gi-im-ši-in
21 at-ti bi-it-ri-i em-qé-ta-ši-in
22 ṭe!-em-ši-in li-im-di-i
23 ù ša-rum ša an-ni-a-am za-ma-ra-a[m]
24 i-da-at qú-ur-di-ki
25 ta-ni-it-ta-ki iš-mu-ni
26 Ḫa-am-mu-ra-pí <ša> an-ni-a-am za-ma-[ra-am]
27 i-na pa-li-šu ta-ni-it-ki ⌈x x⌉
28 in-né-ep-šu
29 lu šu-ut-lu-um-šu ad-da-ar ba-la-ṭ[ú]
(...)
col. vi
1 ⌈ù!? ri-im-ta-ki⌉
2 si-iq-ru-uk-⌈ki⌉
3 na-ad-na-a-ti ⌈a-na A-gu-ša-ia⌉
4 ú-da-at dṢa-al-tum
5 i-KI-i-ip ⌈x-ti-i-ki⌉
6 a-⌈x x⌉-ba-⌈tim⌉ ša-qú-ú-tim
7 ma-an-nu-um li-im-gu-úr-ma
8 ša am-ta-li-ú? qá-ti-iš-ša
9 at-ti! ka-ab-ta-as-sà
10 ab-ta-na-ak-ki x x
11 ú-na-id ⌈Iš8-tár⌉
12 šar-ra-tu i-la-tim
13 A-gu-ša-ia du-un-na-ša
14 ki-ma te-li-i-...
15 la-ʾi-iš-ta dṢa-al-ta
16 ša ni?-šu-⌈x-ša⌉ ⌈ib⌉-nu-ú-ši
17 dÉ-a ni-iš-ši-i-ku
18 i-da-at du-un-ni-ša
19 ka-la ni-ši ú-še-eš-mi
20 ub-ta-an-ni ta-ar-bi-a-ta-ša
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21 ki-ru-gú 10-kam-ma
22 na!-ar-bi-a-aš ú-ša-sí-im
23 i-nu-uḫ ip-ša-aḫ li-ib-ba-ša
24 la-ba-tu Iš8-tár
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25 giš-gi4-gál-bi
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26 DUB-pí ša A-gu-ša-ia
Translation
col. i
1 “Come! [...]
2 Give order ... [...]
3 The face [...]
4 ... [...]
5 the signs of her strength.
6 Investigate her case for me!
7 Her places ...
8 Take for me her signs!
9 Recount for me [her] behaviour!”
10 The giver of messages,
11 the capable Ninšubur,
12 the wise messenger of ⌈...⌉
13 “... Give order! ... [...].”
14 He went out to [...]
15 He went alone from [...]
16 to her.
17 He became different against him(?), he saw the exceedingly gre[at one(?)],
18 keeping silent against her ...,
19 inspecting her figure:
20 She was perfect in her actions.
21 She ... of the people.
22 Her figure was trustworthy.
23 She was abundant in victory.
24 She was endowed with terrifying splendor.
25 She is safe(?) in her onrush(?).
26 She was murderous, whirling(?) and enraged.
27 She possessed a young man(?) (and) a girl.
28 ... her clamor.
29 He learnt ... [...]
30 [...]
col. ii
1'−5' [...]
6' The seventh song.
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7' [...]
8' [...] Ṣāltum.
9' [...]of the goddess Ištar.
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10' Its antiphon.
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11' Impetuously [...]
12' the most capable of the gods, the powerful,
13' to make her might appear,
14' always stands mightily.
15' The heroine Ištar,
16' the most capable of the gods, the powerful,
17' to make her might appear,
18' always stands mightily.
19' Through her great deeds
20' she always grinds off the evil against her.
21' She never turns back.
22' She is surpassing among the goddesses.
23' She is ... like a man:
24' Does she says a word,
25' she speaks impetuously:
26' This is the sign of her might.
col. iii
1'−9' [...]
10' The day [...]
11' He grew angry (?) [...]
12' [...]
13' that she is strong.
14' I place(?) [...]
15' Who/Which in [...]
16' Who/Which you light up(?) [...]
17' The day [...]
18' Who/Which not [...]
19' The way [...]
20' They/She/He w[aited(?) ...]
21' [...]
col. iv
1' Agu[šaya ...]
2' the very compete[nt one spoke]
3' to E[a..:]
4' “What [...?]
5' You created [...]
6' Of her mouth... [...]
7' ... [...]
8' The fi[rst-born of Ningal] is unique.
9' ... [...]
10' for me [...]
11'−16' [...]
col. v
1 “You have accorded [her(?)] greatness.
2 Ṣāltum has raised [her(?)] clamor
3 against me.
4 May she return to her cave!”
5 Ea opened his mouth and
6 the hero of gods spoke to Agušaya:
7 “To be sure, as soon as you said it,
8 I will do (it).
9 You... me and
10 you made (me) happy by your sending out.
11 That it was done,
12 (that) Ṣāltum was created,
13 (this) report of us(?) may learn
14 the people of future days.
15 Let it take place annually,
16 let be established a whirling dance!
17 At the cult days of the year
18 Look at all the people!
19 Let them play in the street!
20 Hear their clamor!
21 Look yourself at their clever deeds!
22 Learn their intention!
23 And the king who heard from me this song,
24 the sign of your heroism,
25 and your praise,
26 Ḫammurapi, reign this song
27 as your praise ...
28 was composed,
29 may he be granted life forever!
(...)
col. vi
1 And your wild cow(?)
2 by your command
3 you gave to Agušaya.
4 Ṣāltum is affliction(?).
5 ... your [...].
6 The high ...
7 But who should agree with
8 what I will have filled in her hands?
9 You, her mind
10 I have created for you ...
11 He (Ea) praised Ištar,
12 queen of the goddesses,
13 Agušaya, her might,
14 as(?) the capable one ...
15 The merciless Ṣāltum
16 who ... he had created,
17 the prince Ea −
18 the sign of her might
19 he made all people hear.
20 He made beautiful her magnificence.
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21 The tenth song.
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22 He gave her fame worthy of her.
23 She calmed down, her heart was appeased,
24 the lioness Ištar.
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25 Its antiphon.
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26 Tablet of Agušaya.
Commentary
General: As far as can be recognized from the preserved text, the poetic structure reflects that found in many Old Babylonian literary texts: two verses form a distich, two distichs form a stanza. This structure is marked by different indentations in the translation.
A full commentary on the text is found in Streck 2010.
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. 7494; view on seal.huji.ac.il.