ASJ 19, 265f. (Utu/Šamaš)

SEAL no. 7516 · BM 78614 (Bu 88-5-12, 525) · Hymns and Prayers · Utu/Šamaš · Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah) (uncertain) · 24 lines · 108 words · 225 signs · 5 Sumerograms · bilingual

Transliteration

1 [...] u₄-ḫé-gal-an-na ùl á-z[i-da-zu]

[...] u₄-ḫé-gal-an-na ul-li i-mi-it-ti-[ka]

2 [...] u₄-ḫuš-gal-an-na ùl á-gùb-bu-zu

[...] ⌈x⌉ u₄-ḫu-uš-gal-an-na ul-li šu-me-li-ka

3 [...] ⌈x⌉ u₄-sumur(KÚŠ)-gal-an-na šudul á-zi-da-[zu]

[...] ⌈x⌉ u₄-su-mu-ur-gal-an-na ni-ri i-mi-ti-[ka]

4 [...] ⌈x⌉ u₄-nir-gal-an-na šudul á-gùb-bu-zu

[...] u₄-ne-er-gal-an-na ni-ri šu-me-li-k[a]

5 [...] NE ḫa-mun-si-sá giri₁₇-⌈dab?⌉-z[u]

[...] ⌈x⌉ GI ḫa-mu-si-si ka-ar-⌈ta⌉-⌈ap?⌉-k[a]

6 [...] x x ^dŠà-ga-diri-ga kuš₇-z[u?]

[...] ^d⌈Šà⌉-ga-di-ri-ka ki-zu-[ka?]

7 [...] ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ ⌈x⌉ [...]

[...] šu-ka-⌈x⌉ [... ]

8 [...] ⌈x⌉ [...]

Rev.

Beginning broken

(traces)

1 [...] šà-bi gál ḫa-ma-ab-TAKA₄ níg nam-[x]

[... mi]-⌈im⌉-mašu-um-šu lu-⌈um⌉-mi-[id?]

2 [... ú]-ḫúb-me-en igi ḫu-mu-ni-in-d[u₈]

[... s]u-ku-ka-a-ku u-úl a-na-aṭ-[ṭá]-⌈al⌉

3 [... x⌉-mi-du₁₁-ga-ka ma-ab-diri

[... mi-im]-⌈ma⌉ iq-bu-ú ú-ša-te-er

4 [... gíd]-i tu-lu-da níg ur₅ sa₆-ge-dè

[... š]a-da-du ù ru-mu-ú ša ṭú-ub ka-ba-ti

Up.Ed. [mu] 26 (+x?)-[kam]

Translation

Obv.

1 [...] Uḫegalanna (“the abundant storm of heaven”) is (at) your right rein.

2 [...] Uḫusgalanna (“the terrifying great storm of heaven”) is (at) your left

rein.

3 [...] Usumurgalanna (“the dreadful great storm of heaven”) is (at) your right yoke.

4 [...] Unirgalanna (“the noble storm of heaven”) is (at) your left yoke.

5 [...] Ḫamunsisa (“just harmony”) is your hostler.

6 [...] Šagadirigga (“surpassing heart”) is your groom.

7–8 broken

Rev.

l' [...] infor[m] (me) of [ev]erything!

2' [...] I am [de]af, cannot see.

3' [... wh]at he had said, he increased.

4' [... to p]ull and to release for the well-being of the mind.

rest broken

Upper edge

26 (+ x?) [lines].

Commentary

1–6: Cf. Krebernik 2009–2011, 603 for the names of the team of the Sun-god’s chariot.

2': The reading [s]u- follows Wasserman 1999c. Cavigneaux 2009, 10 reads [su]k-. The reading a-na-aṭ-⌈ṭa⌉-al? follows Cavigneaux 2009, 10. Wasserman 1999c reads a-na-⌈ṭa-al⌉.

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. 7516; view on seal.huji.ac.il.