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Guichard 2020, 151f. (Itūrmēr)

SEAL no. 7500 · A. 2790 · Hymns and Prayers · Itūrmēr · Mari (mod. Tell Ḥariri) · 26 lines · 207 words · 484 signs · 18 Sumerograms

Transliteration

1 [lu-na-'ì-i]d dI-túr-me-er KAL.GA

2 [mu-ḫ]a-li-iq ra-gi-im i-na qé-re-eb ma-ti-šu

3 [m]u-⸢ša⸣-ab-ši me-še-ri i-na ri-bi-ti-šu

4 la pa-li-ḫu-ut dI-túr-me-er ip-ḪU-uṣ-ma ma {x}-as-sú-nu

5 ma-ra-am ù ma-ar-tam i-te-ki-im-šu-nu-ti

6 šu-up-ka-ma a-aḫ-ku-nu ba-ab dI-túr-me-er et-qa

7 pa-li-ḫi-šu i-na-aṣ-ṣa-ar [l]a pa-li-ḫi-šu i-ki-im bi-s[ú?-n]u?

8 dI-túr-me-er qar-du-um a-na Z[i-i]m-⸢ri-li-im⸣ {⸢ME?}š[ar?]-⸢ri-im⸣ k[i-t]a!-ra-ab da-ri-⸢iš⸣

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9 [lu-u]z-mu-ur dI-túr-me-er du-un-n[a-šu o o o o]-⸢x⸣ lu-še-pí-i

10 [da-a]-in di-in i-⸢šar (ḪI.IZ)?⸣-tim [o o o o o o o l]a?-at-tim

11 [ša-pí-i]r ṣe-eḫ-⸢ri⸣-i[m ù ra-bi-im o o o o o o] i-[o]-im

12 [da-mi-i]q di-nim [o o o o o o o o o o o o]-šu

13 ⸢x-x-x⸣ di-túr-m[e-er o o o o o o o o o o gi]šGU.ZA-šu

14 iz-za-az-zu i-mi-it-[tam ù šu-me-lam o o o o o]-šu

15 wa-ši-ib di-túr-me-[er o o o o o o o o li-i]b?-bi ra-g[i-im]

16 dI-túr-me-er qar-du-[um a-na Zi-im-ri-li-im ša]r?-ri-im ki-ta-[ra-ab da-ri-iš]

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17 dI-túr-me-er me-ša-ra-a[m o o o o ra-g]a-am iz-zu?-u[r]

18 a-na ra-gi-im sú-qa-am ra-[ap-ša-am i-la-a]k? ma-[D]I?-⸢x⸣

19 bi-ir-ki ra-gi-im dI-túr-me-⸢er⸣ x [o-I]M i-na-sú-u[k]

20 e-ti-qú-um Ú NA ZA ⸢A⸣ x šu-⸢ba?⸣-[o o o o]-⸢x⸣ i-na-ad-di-i

21 i-ḫi-il ki-ma ḫa-i-il-tim ra-g[u-um i-na] šu-ub-ti-šu

22 ki-a-am li-[i]n-né-ep-šu ša i[t-mu]-⸢ú⸣ ni-iš d⸢I⸣-t[úr-me-er]

23 iṭ-bu-u[ḫ r]a-gi er-ṣe-tam da-mé-⸢šu-nu⸣ [iš-qí]

24 dI-túr-me-er qar-du-um a-na Z[i-im-ri-li-im šar?-ri-im ki-ta-ra-ab da-ri-iš]

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25 ik-su ki-ma iṣ-ṣú-ri-im ša [...]

26 a-na du-un-ni-šu ni-šu re-de-e[t? Zi-im-ri-li-im lu-ú ta-ak-la (?)]

Translation

obv.

  1. [I will pra]ise Itūr-Mēr, the strong one!
  2. Who destroys the enemy in his country!
  3. Who lets exist justice in his capital!
  4. Those, who don't fear Itūr-Mēr – he smashed their country,
  5. he took away their son and their daughter.
  6. Finish your work! Traverse the gate of Itūr-Mēr!
  7. He protects those, who fear him. Those, who don't fear him – he took away th[ei]r home.
  8. Valiant Itūr-Mēr, always pray for Z[i]mrī-Līm, the k[i]ng! §
  9. [I will] sing about Itūr-Mēr, his strength […] I will glorify.
  10. [The one, who mak]es a verdict of justice, […]
  11. [The one, who com]mands Small [and Great], […] …
  12. [The one, who is goo]d, with regard to the verdict, his […].
  13. … Itūr-M[ēr …] his throne
  14. At his Righ[t and at his Left], his […] stand.
  15. Itūr-Mē[r] sits, [… he]art of the ene[my].
  16. Valiant Itūr-Mēr, [always] pr[ay for Zimrī-Līm, the k]ing! §
  17. Itūr-Mēr [loves?] justice (and) cursed the [en]emy.
  18. He [goe]s? towards the enemy on a wide road […].
  19. Itūr-Mēr throws down the knees of the enemy […]
  20. The one, who passes through … […] he throws
  21. Like a  woman in labour, the enemy screams [in] his dwelling.
  22. The ones, who s[wo]re the oath of It[ūr-Mērs] shall be treated like that.

ed.

  1. He slaughters the enemies, he [soaked] the earth with their blood.
  2. Valiant Itūr-Mēr, [always pray] for Z[imrī-Līm, the king]! §

rev.

  1. He bound […] like a bird of [...].
  2. The people, that accompany [Zimrī-Līm shall trust] his strength!

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. 7500; view on seal.huji.ac.il.