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CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 032 Click for archival page
Can you improve upon the content of this entry? Please contact us! | View line art![]() (click on image to enlarge) | Tablet obverse beginning broken column 1' 1. [...]-du3 en: ... 2. [...] x-SI? en: ... 3. [...] bi2#-in-ra en: At that time, Ereškigal slapped her thigh 4. [...]-x sza3-sze3 ba-an-gid2 en: She bit her lip and considered the news 5. [...] gu3# mu-na-de2?-e# en: She was speaking to Biti, her chief gatekeeper 6. [... {d}bi2]-ti# i3-du8 gal-gu10 en: Come, Biti, my chief gatekeeper 7. [...]-gu10#-usz gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-zu en: Pay attention to what I have said to you 8. [...] he2-eb2?-ta-an#-ur3 en: She(?) shall drag the bolts of the seven gates of the netherworld from (their lock?) 9. [...]-bi? [...]-us2#? en: She(?) shall push the single door of the palace of Ganzer push (open) rest broken column 2' 1. kusz sil2-sil2#?-la#?-ni lu2 ma#-[...] en: The man took away her split apart skin(?) 2. ta-am3 [...] en: What (is going on/is this/he (doing))(?)? 3. si-a {d}inanna me kur-ra-ke4# szu#? [...] en: Be satisfied, Inanna! This is the rite of the netherworld that is being completed 4. {d}inanna garza kur-ra-ke4 ka#?-[...]-ba#?-e# en: Inanna! This is the procedure of the netherworld, you should not speak aloud 5. gurum-gurum-ma-a-ni im-ma-da-an-x-x-e en: When she bent down/died, ... her 6. nin9-a-ni {gesz}gu-za-ni-ta im-ma-da-an-zi en: Her sister raised her up from her throne 7. e-ne {gesz}gu-za-ni-ta dur2 im-mi-in-gar en: She sat down apart from her throne 8. {d}a-nun-na di-ku5 imin-bi di mu-na-ku5-de3 en: The seven judges of the Anuna were judging her 9. inim-ne-ne# lipisz gig-ga-am3 en: Their decision(?) was one of embittered anger 10. gu3# bi2-in-x-x# lipisz gig-ga-am3 en: ..., it was embittered anger 11. [...]-ni-in-ra uzu nig2 sag3-ga-sze3 ba-an-ku4 en: ... struck her and turned her into a smitten piece of meat 12. [...]-ta igi-ni lu2 mu-un-da-la2 en: The man hung her face/front(?) from(!) a crossbeam(?) 13. mu# imin iti imin u4 imin ba-zal-la-ta en: After seven years, seven months, and seven days elapsed 14. sukkal#-a-ni {d}nin-szubur-ra inim nin-a-na gesztu2 ba-szi-in-gub en: Her vizier Ninšubur paid attention to the word of her lady 15. [er2] du6#!?-du6-dam mu-un-na-gar-gar en: She repeatedly made “the lament of ruin heaps” for her 16. [...] gu2#?-en-na mu-un-na-du12 en: She played the šem drum of the assembly/throne room for her 17. [...]-re#-e#-ne mu-na-nigin# en: She circled the temples of the gods for her 18. [...]-un#-hur giri17-ni mu-un-hur en: She scratched her face, she scratched her nose 19. [...] x-esz hasz4 gal-a-ni mu-un-hur en: The place unseen (when) with a man, she scratched her (inner) thigh 20. [...] x-ra#?-a-na#? x [...] en: ... rest broken reverse column 1 beginning broken 1'. [...]-x en: ... 2'. [...]-x en: ... 3'. [...]-gal2#? en: Her fingernails were lodged (in her flesh)(?) like lubi axes/agricultural implements 4'. [...]-ga2#?-na# [...]-x-gur5 en: She trimmedthe hair on her head like leeks 5'. [...]-a-ni en: When she says “alas, my (heart/liver)” 6'. [...]-zu# mu-na-an-esz en: They said to her “you are weary, our lady (is the reason for?) your 'alas, (my) liver'"(?) 7'. [...]-ze2-en en: Who are you? 8'. [...]-ta bar-gu10 [...]-x-be2-en#-ze2-en en: From my heart to your heart, from my liver(?) to your liver(?), ... 9'. [...]-ze2#?-en inim# ga-mu-ri-ib-<<x>>-du11 en: If you are a god, I shall speak to you(?) 10'. [...]-en-ze2-en nam ga-mu-ri-ib-tar en: If you are human, I shall decree a fate (of death) for you 11'. [...] ki mu-ni-in-pa3-de3 en: They swore by the life of heaven and earth (that they were gods) 12'. [...]-x-DU-de3-de3-esz en: ... were to go/bring out/up(?) 13'. [...]-ba# mu-ne-ba-e szu nu-um-ma-gid2-de3 en: Water of the river was offered to them but not accepted 14'. [...]-ba# mu-ne-ba-e szu nu-um-ma-gid2-de3 en: Barley of the field was offered to them but not accepted 15'. [...] nig2 sag3-ga gesz-dal-ta <<ri>> la2-a szum2-me-eb in-na-an-ne-esz en: They were saying to her “give us the beaten meat hanging from the beam” 16'. [...] uzu# nig2 sag3-ga nig2 ga-sza-an-ne-ne-kam en: ... the meat that was beaten was that of their(!) lady 17'. [nig2] lugal#?-me he2?-a? nig2 nin-me he2-me-a szum2-me-eb in-na-ne-esz en: They were saying “give it, whether it pertains to our king or our lady” rest broken Version History |