AfO 50, 11ff. (Mama)
Transliteration
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1' [ ]⌈ši?⌉ ⌈a-at?-ta?⌉
2' [ dBIL.G]I it-ta-an/-pa-aḫ
3' [ t]u-ba-su
4' [ ]⌈e?⌉-eb-ru
5' [ ]⌈e⌉-mu-qi
6' [ ]⌈x⌉-ul(-)te-e
7' [ -t]a?-ar
8' [ ] UD
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1' [ ] ⌈x-ma?-si?-im?⌉
2' [x x x x x x T]U? GALA?-iš pa-ra-ki!
3' [x x (x) tu-up-š]a?-ra-ša i-ša-ṭa-ar tu-up-pa
4' mi-im-ma sú-pi ša i-ša-si20-a-ni-im
5' te-še20-me-mi šu-a-at ú-wa-ṣa-ar eš15-šu
6' im-mu-ut-ti-ša na-zu-uz ú-se-li
7' il-šu ri-i-mu-um i-ka-ra-ab dMa-ma
8' tu-ut-te-él šar-ra-am ḫa-ṭa-šu tu-ša-ar-ma
9' il-šu ma-aḫ-ra-ša i-ṣa-ba-at qá-as-sú
10' a-nu-um še-rum ú-ša-at-li-im-ši
11' ša-du-i er-ṣe-ti-im na-ga-ab na-ra-ti
12' i-ši-im-šu-um ṣú-ul-mi ḪÉ.GÁL-la šu-wa-à-ia
13' [r]a-da-am ši-ir dIŠKUR nu-ḫu-uš a-pé-ti-im
14' [ ]-te-mi ṣe-re-et ša-ma-i
15' [ul-la-a]d? re-em er-ṣe-ti-im i-ni-ib in-bu
16' [ ]⌈x⌉-ši-ia-ma tu-ša-ab-ša
17' [ d]⌈Ma⌉-ma ka-la bu-la-at dEN.LÍL
18' [ nu-ḫ]u-uš ú-ga-ri
19' [ ]⌈x⌉ la ú um šar-ri
20' [ bu-u]l? dŠAKKAN
21' [ na]m?-ma-aš-ta eq-li
22' [ d]Ma-ma
23' [ -t]a il-tu
24' [ ]-⌈im?⌉
25' [ -u]m?-ma-ti
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1' [ ]⌈x⌉-ša
2' [ -a]m
3' [ ]x-ta-ad-di
4' [ ]
5' [ ]
6' [ dBé-le-e]t-ì-lí
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7' [x x x x x] ⌈x⌉-mi wa-ši-ba-at ke-eš el-li-im
8' [ma-sú-ta-am š]u-ka-am ki wa-li-di-iš ta-ni-it-ta-aš / lu-uz-mu-ur
9' [d]⌈Ma⌉-ma bu-uk-ra-at a-ni-im wa-ši-ba-at / ke-eš el-li-im
10' ma-sú-ta-am šu-ka-am ki wa-li-di!(KI)-iš ta-ni-it-ta-aš lu-uz-mu-ur
11' ul-lu-ta-am ke-ku-na ra-aš-ba-ta-am ka-li-iš-ša
12' bé-le-et ga-ṣú-ti-im ša-du-i [ù] ḫu-ur-ša-ni
13' dA-ru-ru ra-aš-ba-ta-am ka-li-iš-ša
14' bé-le-et ga-ṣú-ti-im ša-du-i [ù] ḫu-ur-ša-ni
15' ra-bi-ta-am ša-ab-su-ut re-mi-im
16' qá-qá-ri-im ù ša-ma-i
17' mu-šu-ṣí-it ḪÉ.GÁL-li el-šu-nu mu-šu-li-it-ta-aš/-nu
18' dMa-ma ša-ab-su-ut re-mi-im
19' qá-qá-ri-im ù ša-ma-i
20' mu-šu-ṣí-it ḪÉ.GÁL-li el-šu-nu mu-šu-li-it-ta-aš-nu
21' SAG.KAL-la-at i-gi4-gi4 ba-ni-a-at ka-li-ma
22' qú-ur-qú-ra-at dA-nun-na-ke4 i-li ù šar-ri
23' da-ru-ru ba-ni-a-at ⌈ka-li-i-ma⌉
24' [qú-ur-qú-ra-a]t dA-nun-na-ke4 ⌈i⌉[-li ù šar-ri]
25' [ ] ⌈x⌉ [ ]
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1' [ ]⌈x⌉-im
2' [ ]-ZA
3' [ -ḫ]u (or -U]Z)
4' [ -š]a-am-ma
5' [ -t]a-aš
6' [ ]-um
7' [ ]-al
8' [ -d]i-nu-ša
9' [ -š]i?
10' [ ] ⌈x⌉
11' [ ]-um
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Translation
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1' [..]. you(?).
2' […fir]e(?) broke out.
3' […] she puts him to shame(?).
4' […] friends(?).
5' […] (my)(?) strength.
6' […] incantation (?).
7' [… you] come/bring back(?).
8' [..].
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col. ii
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1' [..].
2' [..]. to the lamentation-priest of the sanctuary(?).
3' … her scribe writes a tablet.
4'–5' Every prayer which they cry she hears and he draws it on it (the tablet).
6'–7' Before her in prayer stands his (the king's) god, the wild bull, and blesses Mama.
8'–9' She makes the king sleep, she lets him lay down his scepter. His god holds his hand in front of you.
10'–11' Fierce Anum bestowed her the mountains of the earth (and) the source of the rivers.
12'–13' He decreed for him (the King) the black clouds, his (Anu's) own plenty(?): rainstorm, the flesh of Adad, the abundance of the beclouded (people).
14'–15' He uncovers(?) the breasts of the heaven (and) the womb of the earth gives birth(?), fruit ripens.
16' [..]. she brings into existence.
17' [..]. Mama (?) all subjects of Enlil
18' [..]. the abundance of the meadow
19' [..]. King(?).
20' [..]. livestock of Šakkan.
21' [..]. animals of the field.
22' [..]. Mama.
23' [..]. goddess.
24' [..].
25' [..].
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5' […]
6' [… Bēlet]-ilī.
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7'–8' …, who dwells in pure Keš, [expert] in scribal art like her father – Let me sing her praise!
9'–10' Mama, the firstborn of Anum, who dwells in pure Keš, an expert in scribal art like her father – Let me sing her praise!
11'–12' Whose temple is high, the awe-inspiring one in everything – the lady of the raging ones, of mountains and uplands.
13'–14' Aruru, the awe-springing one in everything – the lady of the raging ones, of mountains and uplands.
15'–17' The great one, midwife for the womb, for the earth and the heaven, who lets the yield to be produced on them, who lets them give birth.
18'–20' Mama, midwife for the womb, for the earth and the heaven, who lets the yield to be produced on them, who lets them give birth.
21'–22' The foremost one among the Igigi, the creatress of everything, the lady-metalworker of the Anunnaki, of gods and kings!
23'–24' Aruru, the creatress of everything, [the lady-metalwork]er of the Anunnaki, of gods and kings!
25' […]
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Commentary
For commentary see Pohl 2022, 216-217
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. 7502; view on seal.huji.ac.il.