CT 58, 28 (Utu/Šamaš)
Transliteration
Obv.
1 igi nígin šà níg-nam-ma mu-sa4-a
ba-ri ŠÀ-bi mi-im-ma šum-šu ša šu-ma-am na-bu-ú
2 igi nígin a-ab-ba-ke4 sig! igi-nim-ma
ḫa-i{ḫi}-iṭ a-ia-a-ba! e-li-tim ù ⌈ša-ap-li⌉-tim
3 im an-na-ke4 a-bi sum-mu še-g[u…]
ša zu-un-na i+na A[N…]
4 íd-maḫ-e […]
na-r[u-um …]
5 kur gal bad-⌈da⌉
e[r-ṣe-tum…]
6 ⌈x x x x⌉ [...]
Rev.
beginning broken
7 ali[m]-⌈maḫ⌉ te-en-bi […]
a-na kab-ti ṣi-ri ⌈si⌉ [...]
8 di-ku5 é-kur-ra [x] kešda […]
a-na da-ia-an É.KUR ša di[-in-šu la ...]
9 é an-gin7 šu nu-te-gá é eš-b[ar-ra]
bi-tum ša ki-ma AN qá-tum la i-ṭe4-ḫu [b]i-it pu-⌈ru⌉-[us-se-e (…)]
10 an za-gìn-na bal-[b]al-e-[x]
ša-mu-ú el-lu-tum up-⌈ta⌉-[t]u?-šum
11 níg-zi níg-si-sá ki ⌈x⌉ ⌈ág⌉[-gá]
na-ra-am ki-it-tim ù mi-ša-ri-[im]
12 ki {a} dagal!-la u4 dul-e-dè
er-ṣe-tum ra-pa-aš-tum ut-ta-wa-ar-šu
13 lugal kur-kur dingir dA-nun-na-ke4-e-ne ùz-sag an ki-a
šarLUGAL ki-iš-ša-tim i+⌈na⌉ i-li e-nu-na-ki a-ša-re-ed AN ù KI
Edge
14 dingir gìr a-zu bar6-bar6-ra
i-lum nam-rum ba!-ru-ú eb-bu
Translation
Obv.
1 He is the one who inspects the heart of everything that has been given a name.
2 He is the one who examines the upper and lower sea.
3 He is the one who [gives] the rain of hea[ven ...].
4 The ri[ver…].
5 The e[arth…
Rev.
7 For the honored supreme one .[..].
8 For the judge of Ekur, whose judg[ement cannot be altered, ...].
9 The house, which, like heaven, a hand cannot touch, is a [h]ouse of [decisions(…)].
10 The pure heavens are opened(?) for him.
11 He is the lover of truth and justice.
12 The wide earth is illuminated for him.
13 He is the king of the world, among the Anuna-gods the first one of heaven and earth.
Edge
14 He is the bright god, the shining inspector.
Commentary
2: The text has ḫi written above i. Alster/Jeyes 1990, 8 read ḫa-i11i-iṭ.–For the reading a-ia-a-ba instead of a-ia-a-ma (Alster/Jeyes 1990, 8) see Charpin 1990 and George 1991. Note that the word has feminine gender like tâmtum.
8: Alster/Jeyes 1990 8f. restore at the end of the line ... di[-nim ù pu-ru-us-se-e-em ...] “whose judg[ment and decisions ...], which is agrammatical and too long for the lacuna.
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