Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000365
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. e2#? simug#?-[...]
en: ...
2'. giri3#?-[...]
en: He set out to the blacksmith shop
3'. a2-asz-[...]
en: ...
4'. a2 nam#-ur#-sag#-[...]
en: ...
5'. im#-ma#-ni#-x-[...]
en: He was pouring (metal into the molds for) the a'ašgar and agasilig axes, the arms of battle
6'. x [...] x x [...]
en: ...
7'. [...]-ni#? [...]
en: He set out to the deep shaded orchards(?)
8'. {gesz#}ha#-lu2#-[...]
en: ...
9'. {gesz#?}[...] {gesz}taszkarin
en: ...
10'. im-[...]-sag3-sag3
en: He was cutting down halub trees, apple trees, and boxwood
11'. dumu# iri#-ni#
en: ...
12'. x-[...]-re-[...]
en: The citizens (of) his city who came with him
13'. x [...]-ke4
en: ...
14'. x [...] x
en: ...
15'. [...] x-x{muszen}-na?
en: ...
16'. [...] x [...] x
en: ...
17'. x [...] x x [...]-bi#?
en: ...
18'. hur#-sag# [disz]-kam# bi#-ri-bala#
en: He traversed(!?) the first mountain range
19'. {gesz#}erin# sza3#-ga#-a#-ni#
en: ...
20'. nu-mu#-[un]-na#-pax(RU)#
en: His mind did not find(!) the juniper tree
21'. hur#-sag# [2(disz)-kam bi]-ri#-bala#
en: He traversed(!?) the 2nd mountain range
22'. {gesz#}erin# [sza3-ga]-a#-ni
en: ...
23'. nu#-mu#-[un-na]-pax(RU)#
en: His mind did not find(!) the juniper/cedar tree
reverse
1. hur-sag 5(disz)#-[kam bi-ri-bala]
en: He traversed(!?) the 5th mountain range
2. {gesz}erin sza3#-[ga-a-ni]
en: ...
3. nu-mu-un-na-[pax(RU)]
en: His mind did not find(!) the juniper tree
4. hur-sag 6(disz)-kam# bi-ri#-[bala]
en: He traversed(!?) the 6th mountain range
5. {gesz}erin sza3-ga#-a#-ni
6. nu-mu-un-na-pax(RU)
en: His mind did not find(!) the juniper tree
7. hur-sag 7(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala
en: He traversed(!?) the 7th mountain range
8. {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni
9. mu-un-na-pax(RU)
en: His mind did not find(!) the juniper/cedar tree
10. en3 nu-tar
11. ki nu-mu-un-gi4
en: He did not inquire, he did not seek(?) anywhere
12. [...]-am3
en: ...
13. [...] x-am3
en: ...
14. [...]
en: ...
15. ki#? [...] x
en: ...
16. SAL#? [...] x x
en: ...
17. {d}gilgamesx(|BIL4.MES.GA|)#
18. {gesz}erin ba-an-sag3
en: Gilgamesh struck the juniper tree
19. en-ki-du10 gesz mu-na-an-ku5
en: Enkidu cut the wood/branches(!?) for him
20. dumu nu-mu-un-kusz-e
21. mu-un-de3-re-esz2
en: The sons of the widows who had come with him
22. gu2-ru-na? im-ma-ga2-ga2-ne
en: They were putting down piles
23. akkil? du11#-bi?-a
24. {d}gilgamesx(|BIL4.MES.GA|)
25. {d}hu-wa-wa
26. ki-nu2-<<ni>>-ni
27. im-ma-NIG2-luh-ha
en: ... Gilgamesh frightened(!?) Huwawa/made Huwawa shiver(!?) in(?) his bedchamber
28. ni2-ta-ni
29. [...] mu-ra-e3-a
en: The one who(?) brought out his terror
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