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CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 024 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 1'. [...] u2-a# ba#-szi#-in#-[...] en: ... the provider(? i.e., the king?) ... 2'. [... u2]-a# ba-szi-in-x-[...] en: ... the provider(?) ... 3'. [...] gub#-bu-bi szukur2 mah-gin7 ba-e-x-[...] en: Its standing/serving ... like a supreme ration ... 4'. [...] abul#-la mah {gesz}ig im-ma bi2-[...] en: At its great gate Enlil stood the door (open) in the wind(?) 5'. [...]-ma lu2 u2-sze3 nu-DU lu2 a-sze3 nu-DU# en: In Ur, no one went towards food, no one went towards water 6'. ug3# a# tul8-la2 de2-a-gin7 szu i3-nigin-ne en: The people were circling around like water poured into a well/pond 7'. usu#-bi ni2-bi-a nu-gal2 ne3-bi ba-ra-an-tusz# en: Its strength was not present in its aura(?) and thus its strength did not dwell (there)(?) 8'. [{d}]en#-lil2-le sza3-gar lu2 nig2-hul iri-a ba-an-da-tusz#!? en: Enlil made starvation (in the form of?) an evil person dwell in the city 9'. nig2# iri gul-gul-e nig2 e2 gul-gul-e iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# en: He made that which destroys cities, that which destroys temples, dwell in the city 10'. nig2# igi-bi-ta {gesz}tukul# la-ba-gub-bu-a iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# en: He made that which before it a weapon does not stand (against) dwell in the city 11'. sza3# nu-si-si igi-nigin-nigin-bi iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# en: He made the hungry/unsatfisfied and the eye-roller dwell in the city 12'. uri2{ki}-ma gi dili du3-a-gin7 sag# sag3-ge nu-ga2-[...] en: In Ur, even (the fear/disdain of) head shaking like a single planted reed was not established 13'. ug3#-bi ku6 szu dab5-ba-gin7 zi-bi mi-ni-in-tum3#-[...] en: Its people took refuge like a caught fish 14'. tur# mah-bi i3-bara2-bara2-ge-esz lu2 nu-um-zi-zi#-[...] en: Meager and great alike spread out, no one arose/was mustered 15'. lugal#-bi dub-la2 u5-a nig2-gu7 la-ba-na-gal2# en: The king(?) was mounted atop the gate tower(?), there was no food there for him 16'. lugal# nig2-sa6-ga gu7 nag-a szukur2-re im-ma-an-[...] en: The king who had ate and drank good things, (had to now) clutch at a (mere) ration(?) 17'. [...] im#-szu2-szu2 igi im-la2-e sza3-ka-tab i3-zu-zu# en: The sun was clouded over, (one) was being envious/watching(?) and knew fasting 18'. [...]-edin#-na kasz nu-gal2 gid2!?-da-bi nu-um-gal2#? en: There was no beer in the “house of the plain"(!?), its ... was not present 19'. [...] nig2#-gu7# la-ba-na-gal2 tusz-u3-bi nu-du10#? en: There was no food for him in his palace, it was not good(?) for dwelling 20'. [ga2]-nun#? mah#?-[a]-ni sze nu-um-si-si zi-bi# la-ba-szi-in#-[...] en: His supreme storehouse was not filled with grain, no one could take refuge there(?) 21'. gur7# du6# gur7 [masz] {d#}nanna-kam {d}asznan nu-x-[...] en: (The) grain (goddess) was not present in the large and small grain heaps 22'. kin2#-sig dingir-re-ne#?-[...]-x-gu7#? ki#?-si-ga ba-x-[...] en: The afternoon meal of the gods was not? eaten, funerary offerings(?) ... 23'. unu2#? gal-ba kurun2 lal3 gesztin x [...] x [...] en: In the great banquet the honeyed liquor and ... wine ceased? 24'. giri2#-PA-a gu4 udu gu7#? gu4 x [...] en: The giriPAa knife that consumes oxen and sheep ... 25'. gir4# mah-ba gu4 udu i3-x-[...] en: In the great oven the oxen and sheep were not being prepared (i.e., roasted?), one could no longer smell it(?) 26'. bur#-sag a2# sikil {d}nanna-kam [...] en: The cry/breath of the “pure-armed” bursag building/functionary(?) stopped(?) 27'. e2 gu4#-gin7 gu3 bi2-in-du11#-[...] en: The temple that had once belowed like a bull ... silently 28'. mu-DU ku3-ga si nu-mu-un#-[...] en: ... did not execute deliveries properly, ... 29'. {na4}kin2 {gesz}naga3 {gesz}gan-[na ...] en: The millstone, the mortar, and the pestle sat idle, no one bends down towards them 30'. kar {na4}za-gin3 {d}nanna#-[...] en: In the lapis harbor of Nanna (boats?) were “bound in the water” (due to silt?) 31'. a#? ma2 sag-ga2-a szex(TU6)# nu#-[...] en: The water of the prow did not scream(?), it did not cast joy? 32'. unu2#?-RI-banda3{+da#} [...] en: Sand(?) was piled up in the unuRIbanda building/shrine of Nanna 33'. [{u2}]numun2# SZE3 x [...] en: The ... rushes grew, the ... rushes grew, the reed of mourning(?) grew 34'. [...] kar [...] en: Boats and barges quit the shining harbor 35'. [...] x x [...] en: ... 36'. [...] x x [...] en: ... 37'. [...] x [...] en: ... rest broken reverse beginning broken blank space Version History |