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Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000369, ex. 010
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0047 + 0497; Cohen ELA p. 62; Mittermayer OBO 239, pls.28-29
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CDLI no.:	P346132
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001x7j0r
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
Transliteration:	Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation:	Peterson, Jeremiah
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Collection Information
Owner:	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.:	BM —
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Text Content:
Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 1.08.02.03 Enmerkar and Lord of Aratta (witness)
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Composite no.:	Q000369
Language:	Sumerian

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Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Join information:	P346132 lead
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Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation no.:	U 16897
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. lugal-zu du11-ga#-ni nu-gu10 tah-a-ni nu-[gu10]
#tr.en: The utterance of your king is nothing to me(? lit. my non-existence), his reiteration is nothing to me(?)
>>Q000369 178
2. lugal-gu10# [...]-tu#-da-ni nam#-en-na tum2-[...]
#tr.en: When my king was born, he was suitable for lordship
>>Q000369 180
3. en unu{ki#}-ga musz-sag-kal ki-en-gi#-ra ti-la# [...]-ma5#
#tr.en: The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour
>>Q000369 181
4. dara3-masz kur-bad3-da a2-nun-gal2
#tr.en: A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak
>>Q000369 182
5. szilam-za3# masz# kur# naga ku3-ga-kam# sikix(UMBIN)# suh-suh
#tr.en: The šilamza bovine, the mountain(?) goat purified with soap and plucked of its wool(?)
>>Q000369 183
6. ab2 zi#-[...] kur sza3-ge tu-da
#tr.en: Given birth to by the true cow in the mountain midst
>>Q000369 184
7. en-me-er-kar2# [... {d}]utu-ke4 mu-e-szi-in-gi4-nam#
#tr.en: Enmerkar, the son of Utu, has sent me to you
>>Q000369 185
8. iri{ki}-na ir7-sag{muszen#}-gin7# gesz-bi-da na-na#-ra#-ab-dal#?-e#
#tr.en: In his city, I(!) shall make (the people) fly from the trees like pigeons
>>Q000369 187
9. muszen-gin7 gud3 us2#-sa-bi-a nam-bi2#-ib2-hu-luh?-e
#tr.en: I(!) shall terrify (the people) in their founded nests like birds
>>Q000369 188
10. ganba-bi gal2#-la-gin7#? na-an-si-ge4#?-en#
#tr.en: According to the current market rate I will tear away/silence(?) (the people)
>>Q000369 189
11. iri{ki} gul#-gul-la-gin7 sahar# na#-x-x-[...]
#tr.en: I will make (the people) hold dust as if (they inhabited) a destroyed city
>>Q000369 190
12. aratta{ki} a2#-dam {d}en-ki-ke4 nam# ba#-an-ku5
#tr.en: Aratta, the settlement that Enki has cursed
>>Q000369 191
13. ki bi2-in-gul-la-gin7 ki nam-ga-bi2-ib2-gul-en
#tr.en: I too shall destroy the place like the one who has destroyed places
>>Q000369 192
14. egir-bi {d}inanna ba-szi-in-zi
#tr.en: Inanna has raised ... behind them
>>Q000369 193
15. gu3# im-mi-ra-asz-szeg10 im-mi#-in-gi4
#tr.en: She has shouted and screamed
>>Q000369 194
16. kusz7 bi2-in-su-a-gin7 szusz3# nam#-ga-bi2-ib2-su-su
#tr.en: (I) too shall devastate like the one who has devastated
>>Q000369 195
17. ku3-si2 u3-tu-da-ba (|SU.LU.SZE3|%|SU.LU.SZE3|)-szir u3-ba#-ni#-in-ak
#tr.en: After (an inhabitant) has packed leather bags with gold ore
>>Q000369 196
18. ku3-me-a sahar-ba za3 ba-ni-in-us2#
#tr.en: (After) (an inhabitant) has placed kugmea metal in its ore(?) beside it
>>Q000369 197
19. ku3 sag-PA-sze3 u3-mu-un-dim2-dim2#
#tr.en: After (an inhabitant) fashions the metal into pouches(?)
>>Q000369 198
20. ansze kur-kur-ra-ke4 bar um-mi-la2-[...]
#tr.en: After one fastens sacks(?) upon donkeys of the mountains(?)
>>Q000369 199
21. ge26-e-sze3-am3 {d}en-lil2 banda3{+da} kur-kur-ra-ke4#
#tr.en: On my behalf, the junior Enlil of the lands
>>Q000369 200
22. en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e sza3 ku3-ge ba-an-pa3#-[...]
#tr.en: The lord that Nudimmud has chosen in (his) pure heart
>>Q000369 201
23. kur me sikil-la-sze3 ha-ma-du3-[...]
#tr.en: (They) will therefore build ... for me in the manner of(?) the mountain of the pure me
>>Q000369 202
24. {gesz}taszkarin-gin7 hi-li ha-ma-ab#-[...]
#tr.en: Make it alluring like the box tree for me
>>Q000369 203
25. {d}utu agrun-ta e3-a-gin7 si-musz3 ha-ma-gun3#-[...]
#tr.en: Make (its) rays sparkle for me like Utu coming out of his agrun chamber
>>Q000369 204
26. za3-du8-za3-du8-bi urin ha-ma-mul#-[...]
#tr.en: And make its thresholds sparkle (like) a standard for me
>>Q000369 205
27. agrun#-agrun-ba szir3 ku3 nam-szub du12-a#-[...]
#tr.en: When(?) the holy songs and incantations are sung in its agrun chambers
>>Q000369 206
28. [...] {d#}nu-dim2-mud-ke4 ga2-ra du11-mu#-[...]
#tr.en: Say the spell of Nudimmud for me
>>Q000369 207
29. [...]-ab#-be2#-na-bi u3-mu#-[...]
#tr.en: After you have spoken what you are saying to me(?)
>>Q000369 208
30. [...] x-da-x
#tr.en: To the scion who grows(?) a lapis beard
>>Q000369 209
$ rest broken

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. inim#-bi esz3 e2#-an#?-[...]
#tr.en: I shall speak the words to him in the shrine of Eanna
2'. ge6-par4 {gesz}mes gibil-gin7 gurun# [...]
#tr.en: In the gipar complex, bearing fruit like a new mes tree
3'. lugal-gu10 en kul-aba4{ki}-ra szu ga-mu#-na#-[...]
#tr.en: I shall repeat it for my king, the lord of Kulaba
4'. ur5-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-[ka]
#tr.en: Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the messenger) should be saying to him (the lord of Aratta said)(?)
5'. kin2-gi4-a lugal-zu-ur2 en kul-aba4{ki}-[...]
#tr.en: Messenger, to your king, the lord of Kulaba
6'. u3-na-a-du11 u3-ne-de3-tah#
#tr.en: When you speak to him, when you repeat
7'. ga2-e#-me-en en szu sikil tum2-ma-ar#
#tr.en: It is I, the lord who is suitable for the pure hands(!?)
8'. {gesz}rab3 mah an-na nin an-ki-ke4
#tr.en: And therefore the neck stock of heaven, the queen of the universe
9'. in-nin9 me szar2-ra ku3 {d}inanna-ke4
#tr.en: The lady of the many cosmic powers, holy Inanna
10'. aratta{ki} kur me sikil-la-sze3 hu-mu-un-de6-me-en
#tr.en: It is I(?) who she brought to Aratta, the mountain of the pure me
11'. kur-ra {gesz}ig gal-gin7 igi-zu bi2-in-tab-me-en
#tr.en: It is I(?) who she has made block your face(?) from(?) the mountain like a great door
12'. aratta{ki}-e unu{ki}-sze3 gu2 a-gin7 i3-ga2-ga2
#tr.en: How could Aratta submit to Unug?
13'. aratta{ki} unu{ki}-sze3 gu2 ga2-ga2 nu-gal2
#tr.en: Aratta's submission to Unug does not exist
14'. e-ne-ra du11-mu-na-ab
#tr.en: Speak (that) to him
15'. ur5-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-ka
#tr.en: Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the lord of Aratta) should be saying to him (the messenger said)(?)
16'. kin2-gi4-a en aratta{ki}-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
#tr.en: The messenger was replying to(!) the lord of Aratta
17'. nin gal {d}inanna me husz-a u5-a
#tr.en: The great lady Inanna, riding on/superimposed by the furious me
18'. hur-sag kur szuba3-ka dur2 gar-ra
#tr.en: Seated in the mountain range of the mountain of šuba stones
19'. bara2 kur szuba3-ka sze-er-ka-an du11-ga
#tr.en: Having adorned the dais of the mountain of šuba stones
20'. en lugal-gu10-u8! szubur-ra-na-sze3
#tr.en: My lord and king, in the manner of her servant(?)
21'. nin e2-an-na-ka mu-na-ni-in-ku4-re
#tr.en: The lady has made him enter into the Eanna temple(?)
22'. en aratta{ki} gu2 ki bi2-in-gar# [...] kul#-aba4{ki}-sze3
#tr.en: (Saying) “The lord of Aratta has bowed his neck (to) the ground on behalf of Kulaba"(?)
23'. ur5#-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab#-e#-a-ka#
#tr.en: Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the messenger) should be saying to him (the lord of Aratta said)(?)
24'. en unu{ki#}-ga musz-sag-kal ki-en-gi#-ra ti sag zi3-gin7 ma5-ma5
#tr.en: The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour
>>Q000369 181
25'. dara3-masz kur-bad3-da a2-nun-gal2
#tr.en: A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak
>>Q000369 182
26'. szilam-za3 masz kur naga ku3-ga-kam# sikix(UMBIN) suh-suh-e#
#tr.en: The šilamza bovine, the mountain(?) goat purified with soap and plucked of its hair(?)
$ double ruling
>>Q000369 183
27'. 1(gesz2)
#tr.en: (Total) 60 (lines)
>>Q000369 colophon
28'. im#-gid2#-da# 4(disz)-kam-ma
#tr.en: It is the 4th “long-tablet” (in the composition:)
>>Q000369 colophon
29'. iri[{ki}] gu4 husz ni2 gal gur3-ru
#tr.en: “The city, a furious bull bearing a great aura.”
>>Q000369 001

Archival view of P346132