JCS 26, 174f. (Lamasaga/Baba)
CDLI No. P266176
Transliteration
5' [...] i-qá-ab-b[u-ú ...]
6' [...] i-qá-ab-bu-ú x [...]
7' [...] a-la!?-ki-šu ta-ki-i[l ...]
8' [x x] x x [x] x ú-ul i-ša x x [...]
9' a-na ša-r[i]-im ú-u[l] il-la-ak x [...]
10' ú-u[l x x] ki it-ti x ša nu x [...]
11' [e]-le-pu [x x]-tum ša i-ša-ad-dè-ḫu m[i-in-ki la dummuq]
12' [x] x x [x ul]-ṣa na-ši-at dLAMMA m[i-in-ki la damiq]
13' [dLAMMA da-mi-iq-t]um ša dBa-ba6 [te-ek-ni-tum]
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14' [...] ši a-l[a-ki-ša]
two lines traces
17' [...] x i-na i-di-šu ša-ki-[in]
18' [... ta-ad]-di-ni-šum-ma
19' [...] ta-na-ad-di
Rev.
1 i[n? …] pa-at-sú x x ba?-nu ú-ul i-ik-lu5-šu
2 i[k? x x (x)] ⌈ša?⌉-ak-nu-šum-ma a-na ša-a-ši-im i-ik-mi-i-is-sí-im?
3 ma-ak-kur-šu šar-ru UD-mi-ša a-na še-pi-ša ša-pi-ik
4 i-na i-mi-it-ti-šu? x x ki ṭa-ba-am be-el-ti i-za-[az]
5 bi-it ni-gu-tim ša ta-ši-il-tam ma-lu-ú NIN mi-in-ki l[a dummuq]
6 UD-um ri-ša-tim ṣí-rum ša ma-ti dLAMMA mi-in-ki la [damiq]
7 dLAMMA da-mi-iq-tum ša dBa-ba6 te-ek-n[i-tum]
8 MUNUS ZI ru-ba-tum ka-mi-is-tum ša ba-la-as-sà i[q-bu-ú]
9 i-na ma-ti-ma i-na a-tál-lu-ki i-na at-w[i-i-ša]
10 i-na ki-ma še-er-tim i-na ku-te-en-ni-i ZU x x a n[a …]
11 šum-ki ki-ma ku-uk-ki šam-ni ù líl-di pi-a-am ma-[li]
12 mi-im-ma ša iš-tu sú-qí-im i-na ba-ba-li-ša SIPA-eš-ti […]
13 ša re-e-eš gišKIRI6-ša lu-ḫir-ši-im i-qá-ab-b[i]
14 UD-mi-ša i-na bi-tim Gir-ši-im i-na-aṭ-ṭa-[al]
15 UD-mi-ša n[am]-ri-iš i-na maḫ-ri-ki i-[ta-na-(al-)la-ak]
16 dLAMMA a-na a-wi-il-tim ša-a-ti mu-tam ki-ma [a-bi ta-ad-di-ni-šim-ma]
17 mu-tam ki-ma a-bi ta-ad-di-ni-šim-ma […]
18 bi-x-sà ú x ma mi-im-ma ⌈x x⌉ […]
Translation
5' [...] they sa[y...]
6' [...] they say x [...]
7' [... when(?)] he is going(?) he is trustworthy.
9' She(?) does not go to the rich .[..]
11' The [..]. [b]oat which crosses [the sky], w[hat of yours is not as beautiful?]
12' ... bears [j]oy. Oh Lamma, w[hat of yours is not as beautiful?]
13' [Benefic]ient [Lamma] of Baba, [the honored one].
14' [... her] go[ing].
17' [..]. is set at his side.
18' [... you ga]ve him and
19' [...] throw
1 … they did not hold him back.
2 [..] are put(?) for him and he/she has gathered for her(?).
3 … daily the king lies powerless(?) at her feet.
4 At his(?) right side … good, my lady is sta[nding.]
5 The house of celebration, full of pleasure, what of yours is n[ot as beautiful?]
6 The lofty day of rejoicing of the land, Lamma, what of yours is not as [beautiful?]
7 Beneficient Lamma of Baba, the honored [one],
8 true woman, kneeling mistress, whose life sh[e (Baba) has ordained]!
9 Whenever she goes about (and) sp[eaks],
10 in the morning when (she) honors (Baba) …:
11 “Your name has fi[lled] the mouth like cakes, oil and cream.”
12 Everything, which is from the market street, when she brings (it) is of high quality […].
13 “May I choose for her (Baba) the best of her garden”, she says.
15 Daily she brightly g[oes about] in front of you (Baba).
16 Lamma, [you have given] to this lady (Baba?) a husband instead of [a father],
17 You have given her a husband instead of a father.
18 … everything …
Commentary
General: The transliteration only provides the Akkadian version. For the Sumerian version see ETCSL 4.2.1.
r. 2: Sjöberg 1974, 162 ⌈x⌉-ak-nu-šum-ma and i-ik-mi-i-is-sí-x.
r. 3: Restoration after collation by M. Civil, see CAD Š/II 295.
r. 4: Restoration iz[zâz] according to Elyze Zomer.
r. 8: ETCSL 4.2.1 translates differently: “for whom has been decreed the creation of life”.
r. 9–11: If restored and understood correctly the scribe switches from the third person in l. 9 to the second person in l. 11.
r. 9–18: The division into stanzas is not entirely clear. Line 13 rather seems to belong to ll. 9–12 than to ll. 14–15. Unclear is also whether ll. 14–15 belong to ll. 16–17 that evidently deal with a new subject.
r. 13: See Sullivan 1979, 112. Differently Sjöberg 1974, 166: “She says that they should provide her with the best products from her garden” and ETCSL 4.2.1 “She instructs people to provide her with the best produce of her orchards”.
r. 15: Sjöberg 1974, 163 restores i-[ta-al-la-ak].
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