Q000383 = CDLI Literary 000383 (Lament for Eridu) composite = P469685

Q000383 005:	u4# te#-esz# du11#-[ga tug2-gin7 ba-e-dul gada-gin7 ba-e-bur2]
	The roaring storm covered it like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet.
Q000383 006:	eridu{ki}-ga tug2-gin7 ba-e-[dul gada-gin7 ba-e-bur2]
	It covered Eridug like a cloak, was spread over it like a sheet.
Q000383 007:	iri-a u4 husz-e szix(|KAxBALAG|) mi-ni#-[ib-gi4-gi4 ...]
	In the city, the furious storm resounded ...
Q000383 008:	eridu{ki}-ga u4 husz-e szix(|KAxBALAG|) mi-ni-ib-gi4-gi4# [...]
	In Eridug, the furious storm resounded
Q000383 009:	za-pa-ag2-bi nig2-me-gar u18-lu-gin7 ba-e#-dul# [ug3-bi ...]
	Its voice was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people ...
Q000383 010:	eridu{ki} nig2-me-gar u18-lu-gin7 ba-e-dul ug3-bi# [...]
	Eridug was smothered with silence as by a gale. Its people ...
Q000383 011:	lugal-bi iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-ra-gub er2# [gig mu-un-sze8-sze8]
	Its king stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. He wept bitter tears.
Q000383 012:	a-a {d}en-ki iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-ra-gub er2# [gig mu-un-sze8]-sze8#
	Father Enki stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. He wept bitter tears.
Q000383 013:	nam iri hul-a-na er2 gig mu-un-sze8-sze8
	For the sake of his harmed city, he wept bitter tears.
Q000383 014:	nin-bi muszen dal-a-gin7 iri-ni ba-ra-e3
	Its lady, like a flying bird, left her city.
Q000383 015:	ama e2-mah-a ku3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na iri-ni ba-ra-e3
	The mother of E-maḫ, holy Damgalnuna, left her city.
Q000383 016:	iri me ku3-ku3-ga me-bi szu ba-ab-bala
	The divine powers of the city of holiest divine powers were overturned.
Q000383 017:	garza(|PA.AN|) me gal-gal-la-kam me-bi ba-da-kur2
	The divine powers of the rites of the greatest divine powers were altered.
Q000383 018:	eridu{ki}-ga igi nigin2-nigin2-bi ba-kur2 szu suh3-a ba-ab-du11
	In Eridug everything was reduced to ruin, was wrought with confusion.
Q000383 019:	u4 hul du3-a iri-ta ba-ra-gen kalam i3-ur4-ur4-re
	The evil-bearing storm went out from the city. It swept across the Land -
Q000383 020:	u4 saga hul nu-gal2-la sa6-ga nu-zu hul nu-zu-e
	- a storm which possessses neither kindness nor malice, does not distinguish between good and evil.
Q000383 021:	su-bir4{ki}-e a-gin7 im-mi-ib2-gar szu im-ma-da-an-szub
	Subir came down like rain. It struck hard.
Q000383 022:	iri-a u4 zalag-ga e3-a u4 ba-da-ge6-ge6
	In the city where bright daylight used to shine forth, the day darkened
Q000383 023:	eridu{ki}-ga u4 zalag-ga e3-a u4 ba-da-ge6-ge6
	In Eridug where bright daylight used to shine forth, the day darkened.
Q000383 024:	{d}utu an-ur2-ra szu2-a-gin7 an-usan-sze3 ba-du3
	As if the sun had set below the horizon, it turned into twilight.
Q000383 025:	iri an-ne2 nam ba-an-ku5-ra2-gin7 ni2-bi-a ba-an-gul
	As if An had cursed the city, alone he destroyed it.
Q000383 026:	{d}en-lil2-le sag-ki gid2-da-gin7 eridu{ki} esz3 abzu gu2 ki-sze3 ba-ni-ib-gar
	As if Enlil had frowned upon it, Eridug, the shrine Abzu, bowed low.
Q000383 027:	ki-ru-gu2 1(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	1st kirugu.
Q000383 028:	a uru2 gul-la e2 gul-la-ri gig-ga-bi im-me
	It cried out bitterly: "O the destruction of the city! The destruction of the house!"
Q000383 029:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 030:	2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 u4-de3 iri mu-un-gul-gul ad-bi gig-ga-am3
	second time the storm destroyed the city - its song was plaintive.
Q000383 031:	[...] x giri16 im-ma-ni-ib2-gar
	... was trampled (?)...
Q000383 032:	[...] x a-nir ba-da-an-tab
	... intensified the lament.
Q000383 033:	[abul-la-bi {gesz}]si#-gar bi2-in-ku5 {gesz}ig-bi u4-de3 im-ma-gub
	It cut the lock from its main gate. The storm dislodged its door.
Q000383 034:	[...] gub-ba ug3 zar-re-esz ba-an-sal
	... It stacked the people up in heaps.
Q000383 035:	[...] mu#-un-du8 ni2-bi-a ba-an-gul
	... on its own destroyed it.
Q000383 036:	[...] x er2-ra mu-un-ku4
	It turned ... into tears.
Q000383 037:	[...] x x pe-el [...]
	... defiled ...
Q000383 039:	[... |SIG7.ALAN|]-bi# mu-un-kur2
	... It distorted its appearance
Q000383 040:	[...] |SIG7.ALAN|#-bi mu-un-kur2
	... It distorted its appearance.
Q000383 041:	[... bad3]-bi# mu-un-nigin2-nigin2 ur2-ba ba-ni-ib2-bala
	It circled its ... wall. It overturned its foundations.
Q000383 042:	iri?# ki sikil-la zal-a-ni sahar-ra ur2 mi-ni-ib2-si
	Throughout his city, the pure, radiant (?) place, the foundations were filled with dust.
Q000383 043:	u6-nir esz3 an-ne2 us2-sa-bi sahar-tu11-e ba-an-gar
	It cast down its ziggurat, the shrine which reaches up to heaven, into a heap of debris.
Q000383 044:	gesz-bur2-ba me-te e2-a-ke4 ni2 il2-il2-a il2-bi ba-e-suh!
	The loftiness of its elevated door-ornament, befitting a house, was stripped down (?)
Q000383 045:	ka2 u6-nir-gal-an-ki-ni2-husz-ri-a-bi
	It cut down the gate, its Great-Ziggurat-of-Heaven-and-Earth-Covered-with-Terrible-Awesomeness, its shining door,
Q000383 046:	{gesz}ig za-gin3-bi gu2-guru5 bi2-in-du11 {gesz}sag-kul!(MU)-bi ba-du3
	and it broke through its bolt.
Q000383 047:	gesz-ka2-na-bi ba-ra-an-bu e2 igi ba-ab-kur2
	It ripped out its doorframe. The house was defaced.
Q000383 048:	ki-ru-gu2 2(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	2nd kirugu.
Q000383 049:	eridu{ki} gul-la-ri gul-la-bi gig-ga-am3
	The destruction of Eridug! Its destruction was grievous.
Q000383 050:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 051:	ka2 igi pirig-ga2 ki nam tar-re-ba
	At its lion-faced gate, the place where fates are determined,
Q000383 052:	{gesz}tir!(|TE+GAR|) e2-a he2-du7-bi ba-ra-an-guz [...]
	it mutilated the copse (?) forming the ornament of the house ...
Q000383 053:	{d}ka-he2-gal2 {d}igi-he2-gal2 i3-du8 [e2-a ...]
	Ka-ḫeĝala and Igi-ḫeĝala, the doorkeepers of the house, ...
Q000383 054:	u4 nu-du11-ga-ba mu-un-gul-gul-lu-usz# [(x x) mu-un]-kur2#-kur2-ru-usz
	Prematurely they destroyed it utterly. They completely altered...
Q000383 055:	ka2 uz-ga kuruszda!(USZ) nidba gal-gal gul#-[la ...]
	At the gate of the uzga precinct, the animal-fattener... the great offerings.
Q000383 056:	ku6 muszen-bi musz3 ba-ni-ib2-tum2 gul-la# [...]
	Its birds and fish were neglected there. Destruction...
Q000383 057:	e2 ku3 {na4}za-gin3-na zal-a-ni er2 x [...]
	Throughout his house, radiant (?) in silver and lapis lazuli, tears...
Q000383 058:	hug-ga2 szagina [...] x [...]
	The hired man and the governor...
Q000383 059:	ezem-ma gal-e x x [...]
	The festivals... grandly...
Q000383 060:	szer3 ku3 szer3 ha-mun# [...]
	Holy songs, songs of all kinds...
Q000383 061:	szem3 {kusz}a2-la2 [...]
	The šem drum and ala drum...
Q000383 062:	me gal me szar2-ra# [...]
	The great divine powers, all the divine powers...
Q000383 063:	ki dingir an ki-a [...]
	The place of the gods of heaven and earth...
Q000383 064:	di lugal-e gidri ku3 a2 zi-[da ...]
	The judgment by the king, the holy sceptre at his right side,...
Q000383 065:	en lu2-mah nin-dingir [...]
	The en priestess, lumaḫ priest and nindiĝir priestess...
Q000383 066:	sukkal {d}isimu-de3 a2 [...]
	The minister Isimud...
Q000383 067:	e2 lu2 nu-zu-ba da-bi x [...]
	Strangers to the house... its side.
Q000383 068:	eridu{ki} esz3 abzu si-ga-bi [...]
	Eridug, the shrine Abzu,... silently
Q000383 069:	tug2 mah-he su-ub-ba lu2-erim2?-e he2#-[...]
	The enemy... cleansed in a magnificent robe.
Q000383 070:	x lu2 x ug3 x x he2-mi-in?#-[...]
	... a man ... the people ...
Q000383 071:	[u3]-mun-bi a? bala-bala-e-da usz2-ni im-bala
	Along with the fluids spilled from his guts, his blood spilled forth.
Q000383 072:	[...] x an sig7-ga-gin7 ul-sze3 tag-ga-am3#
	The ..., which like the azure sky was embellished forever,...
Q000383 073:	[...] gu2#-da ba-an-la2
	... grasped...
Q000383 074:	[ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-kam]-ma#-am3
	3rd kirugu.
Q000383 075:	x [...]
	...
Q000383 076:	A# [...]
	...
Q000383 077:	gesz-gi4-gal2-[bi-im]
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 078:	x [...] x ur5 usz2-a sza3 sag3-[ga ...]
	... distressed and anxious...
Q000383 079:	[...] x ku3 tu{muszen}-ma-gin7# [...]
	... like a pigeon...
Q000383 080:	AN x [...]
	...
Q000383 081:	muszen uru2 gul-la-ke4 gud3(|U2.KI.SI3.GA|) [...]
	The birds of the destroyed city... a nest.
Q000383 082:	u3-ku-ku{muszen} muszen sza3 sag3-ga-ke4 ki? [...]
	The ukuku bird, bird of heart's sorrow,... the place.
Q000383 083:	sza3 dab5 x [...]
	Pain ...
Q000383 084:	{gesz}{u2}kiszi17 kur-ra-ke4 zu2 ba-ni-ib2-[kesz2]
	The area became entangled in wild thornbushes.
Q000383 085:	{gesz}{u2}kiszi17 kur-ra-ke4 gar3 ba-ni-ib2-[(...)] x x
	It... wild thornbushes.
Q000383 086:	{uruda}szen ku3 lu2 igi nu-bar#-[re]-da
	The holy kettles which no one may look at,
Q000383 087:	szimaszki#{ki} elam{ki} lu2 ha-lam#-[ma igi i-ni]-in-bar
	The Šimaškians and Elamites, the destroyers, looked at them.
Q000383 088:	e2-|GESZ.PI.TUG2.AN.NISABA| e2 gesztu2# [...] KA#? [...] ba-szu2
	In the House of Nisaba's Wisdom, the house of understanding,... covered over ...
Q000383 089:	me abzu sze-er-ka-an du11-ga [...] x ba-ab-DU
	The divine powers which embellish the Abzu ...
Q000383 090:	gil(|GI%GI|)#-sa# ku3 |URUxGAR| gar-gar-a ki x [...] gar-ra-ba
	When the holy treasures stored in the treasury were put ...
Q000383 091:	muru9-gin7 ki [us2-sa ...]-a-ba
	en:..., when, like a mist lying heavily on the earth,
Q000383 092:	buru5{muszen}-gin7 a2-[bur2-bi sar-sar]-ra# ba-e-re7-esz
	.., they went like small birds shooed from their hiding places.
Q000383 093:	ku3 {na4}za-gin3 [...] ba#-ab-DU
	Holy lapis lazuli ...
Q000383 094:	eridu{ki} nig2 [...] x ba-ab-du11
	Eridug...
Q000383 095:	esz3 bar x [...]-bi-a
	...
Q000383 096:	an-szeg6-ga2# [...]-in-du3
	...
Q000383 097:	tir hur-sag?#-[ga2 ...] mu-ni-in-[...]
	...
Q000383 098:	x NE x [...] x [...]
	...
Q000383 099:	IM?# [...]
	...
Q000383 100:	a-a {d}en-ki [i-lu] ni2#-te-na# [...]
	Father Enki uttered a lament for himself ...
Q000383 101:	ki-ru-gu2 4(disz)-[kam-ma-am3]
	4th kirugu.
Q000383 102:	a-a {d}en-ki i-lu ni2-te-na gu3 gig im-me
	Bitterly Father Enki uttered a lament for himself.
Q000383 103:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-im
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 104:	nam-bi-sze3 {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke4
	Because of this, Enki, king of the abzu,
Q000383 105:	iri-ni iri kur2-gin7 bar-ta ba-da-gub gu2 ki-sze3 ba-an-la2
	stayed outside his city as if it were an alien city. It bowed its neck down to the ground.
Q000383 106:	nin-bi ab2 zi |E2xSAL|-a ku3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na
	Eridu's lady, holy Damgalnuna, the faithful cow, the compassionate one,
Q000383 107:	siki-ni {u2}|ZI&ZI.LAGAB|-bur-gin7 i3-ze2-e i-lu gig ga2-[ga2]
	clawed at her breast, clawed at her eyes.
	She tore out her hair like rushes, uttering a bitter lament:
Q000383 108:	uru2 munus-zu nu-til#-[la a]-la#-zu nu-gi4-a-gu10 me-a er2-zu ba-gig
	She uttered a frenzied cry. She held a dagger and a sword in her two hands - they clashed together.
	"You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her - where is a lament uttered bitterly for you?
Q000383 109:	uru2-ze2-eb{ki} uru2# munus-zu nu-til-la a-la-zu nu-gi4-a-gu10 me-a er2-zu ba-sze8?
	Eridug! You, my city whose woman does not dwell there, whose charms do not satisfy her - where are tears wept for you?
Q000383 110:	gu4-gin7# [...] mah-za ba-e-szub-be2-en hul?# [...] mu-szub-be2
	I fall like a bull in your lofty ... falls ...
Q000383 111:	x [...] x dim2-ma-me-en sza3-gu10# [...]
	I am ... My heart ...
Q000383 112:	[...] AN ga-sza-an-e [...]
	... queen..."
Q000383 113:	[...] x x [...]
	...
Q000383 114:	[...] su3-u4-da-asz dingir gal-[gal]-e-[ne]
	... far away... the great gods.
Q000383 115:	u3-[mu-un] {d}mu-ul-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4
	Lord Enlil, king of the lands,
Q000383 116:	ki-en#-[gi]-ra# i-bi2 hul he2-en-szi-bar giri3-bala-a he2-em-gul?
	looked maliciously at Sumer. He demolished it.
Q000383 117:	ki-ur3 ki gal za3 he2-bi2-in-tag
	He destroyed the Ki-ur, the great place.
Q000383 118:	e2-kur za-gin3-na du3-a-ba {gesz}al-e he2-em-mi-in-ra
	He razed with the pickaxe all of the shining E-kur.
Q000383 119:	za3 he2#-bi#-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag
	He destroyed it but did not abandon it -
Q000383 120:	kin-sig# unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3
	- at the lunches, in his great dining hall, they call his name.
Q000383 121:	{d}a#-[ru]-ru nin9 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4
	Aruru, the sister of Enlil,
Q000383 122:	iri-ni iri-sag-rig7 za3 he2-bi2-in-tag
	destroyed her city Iri-saĝ-rig.
Q000383 123:	kesz3[{ki}] ki-|SIG7.ALAN| kalam-ma-ke4
	In Keš, the creation place of the Land,
Q000383 124:	|GA2xMI| ku3 u4 nu-zu-ba ug3-e igi he2-ni-in-bar
	the people saw inside its holy sanctuary where daylight had been unknown.
Q000383 125:	za3 he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-tag
	She destroyed it but did not abandon it -
Q000383 126:	kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3
	- at the lunches, in her great dining hall, they call her name.
Q000383 127:	u3-mu-un {d}nanna u3-mu-un {d}dili{im2}-babbar
	Lord Nanna, Lord Ašimbabbar,
Q000383 128:	iri#-ni# uri2{ki}-ma za3 he2-bi2-in-tag
	destroyed his city Urim.
Q000383 129:	[sza3]-mar-ra-ka ka-na-ag2-bi he2-en-til
	He decimated the Land with famine.
Q000383 130:	[e2]-kisz-nu-gal2 ag2-gig-ga he2-bi2-ak sza3-bi?# he2-bi2-ra
	He committed a sacrilege against the E-kiš-nu-ĝal. He struck at its heart.
Q000383 131:	[za3] he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag
	He destroyed it but did not abandon it -
Q000383 132:	[kin]-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3
	- at the lunches, in his great dining hall, they call his name.
Q000383 133:	{d}ga-sza-an-an-na ga-sza-an an ki-ke4
	inanna, the queen of heaven and earth,
Q000383 134:	iri-ni unu{ki}-ga za3 he2-bi2-in-tag
	destroyed her city Unug.
Q000383 135:	e2-an-na e2 ub 7(disz) izi 7(disz) kar-kar-re-de3 an x ti#?
	Fleeing from the E-ana, the house of seven corners and seven fires ...,
Q000383 136:	za3 he2-bi2-in-tag szu li-bi2-in-dag
	she destroyed it but did not abandon it -
Q000383 137:	kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni he2-pa3-de3
	- at the lunches, in her great dining hall, they call her name.
Q000383 138:	[mu]-u4-na-gu10 uru2-zu uru2-ze2-eb{ki}-gin7 gul-la a-ba-[a igi mu-ni-in]-du8#
	"My beloved, who has ever seen such a destruction as that of your city Eridug!"
Q000383 139:	ki-ru-gu2 6(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	6th kirugu.
Q000383 140:	[mu-u4]-na#-gu10 me-na ba-du3-e me-na ba-gul?-e me-tesz2 abzu? [...] x
	"My beloved, for how long was it built? For how long is it destroyed? ... adornment of the Abzu."
Q000383 141:	[gesz]-gi4-gal2-bi-im
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 142:	[u3]-mu-un dam-an-ki uru2-zu uru2-ze2-eb gul-la a-ba-a mu-[ni-in]-du8
	"Lord Enki, who has ever seen such a destruction as that of your city Eridug?
Q000383 143:	[esz3] abzu e2-zu-gin7 hul-a a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in-du8
	Who has ever seen such a misfortune as that of the shrine Abzu, your house?"
Q000383 144:	ki-szu-tag-ga-ni lu2 nu-e11-de3
	No one goes up to his offering terrace.
Q000383 145:	kin-sig unu2 gal-ni mu-ni li-bi2-in-pa3-de3
	At the lunches, in his great dining hall, they do not call his name.
Q000383 146:	{d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke4
	Enki, king of the abzu,
Q000383 147:	sza3 ba-an-sag3 ur5#-ra#-ni# ba-usz2 inim gidlam(|MUNUS.USZ.DAM|)-na-sze3
	felt distressed, felt anxious. At the words of his spouse,
Q000383 148:	ni2-te-a-ni i-si-isz mi-ni-ib-la2 sza3-ka-tab-ba ba-an-nu2
	he himself began to wail. He lay down and fasted.
Q000383 149:	lugal-gu10 ur5 nam-ba-ug7-e sza3 nam-ba-sag3-ge
	My king, you must not be distressed, you must not be anxious.
Q000383 150:	a-a {d}en-ki ur5 nam-ba-ug7-e sza3 nam-ba-sag3-ge
	Father Enki, you must not be distressed, you must not be anxious.
Q000383 151:	dumu an-na sza3-zu ki-ur3-zu-sze3 iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}PI#-zu#-sze3
	Son of An, return your heart to your Ki-ur and your attention to your city.
Q000383 152:	iri kur2-ra tusz-a gig-ga-am3 iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}PI-zu-sze3
	Living in an alien city is miserable - return your attention to your city.
Q000383 153:	e2 kur2-ra tusz-a gig-ga-am3 e2-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}PI#-zu-sze3
	Living in an alien house is miserable - return your attention to your house.
Q000383 154:	iri lu2 ta nu-ub-da-sa2-a iri-zu-sze3 {mu-usz-tug2}PI-zu
	What can anyone compare with this city? - return your attention to your city.
Q000383 155:	e2 lu2 ta nu-ub-da-sa2-a e2-zu {mu-usz-tug2}PI-zu
	What can anyone compare with this house? - return your attention to your house.
Q000383 156:	eridu{ki}-ga u4-bi ba-su3-su3 ge6-bi ba-til-til
	Eridug's day is long. Its night is over.
Q000383 157:	asz-te-zu tusz-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2
	May your throne say to you "Sit down".
Q000383 158:	mu-nu2-zu nu2-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2
	May your bed say to you "Lie down".
Q000383 159:	e2-zu [ni2] te-na-ab hu-mu-ra-ab-be2
	May your house say to you "Be rested".
Q000383 160:	bara2 ku3-zu hul2-la#-bi# diri-bi tusz-a hu-mu-ra-ab-be2
	May your holy dais also say joyfully to you "Sit down".
Q000383 161:	a-a-zu an lugal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 sza3-zu he2-eb-du10-ge
	May your father An, the king of the gods, satisfy your heart.
Q000383 162:	lu2-ulu3 lu2 sun5-na er2 e2 zi dam-za mu-ra-an-de6 igi-zu-sze3 du12-a-bi
	A person, a humble man, brings you a lament over your wife's faithful house.
Q000383 163:	lu2-ulu3-bi sza3-zu ha-ba-na-hug-ge26
	When he sings it before you, may that person soothe your heart.
Q000383 164:	siskur2-ra du11-<ga>-na igi zi bar-mu-sze-eb
	When he recites a prayer, look kindly upon him.
Q000383 165:	ki-ru-gu2 7(disz)-kam-ma-am3
	7th kirugu.
Q000383 166:	x x x x za3-zu he2-[bi2]-in-tag e2-zu ba-e-de3-szub
	It destroyed your... and struck against your house.
Q000383 167:	[gesz-gi4-gal2]-bi#-im
	Its ĝišgiĝal.
Q000383 168:	[... ki]-bi ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4
	... and may he restore it for you.
Q000383 169:	[...] x-za
	... your...
Q000383 170:	[...] x
	...
Q000383 171:	[lu2] ha-lam ak-a-gin7 sag nu-mu-un#-[...]
	Do not hide like a criminal...
Q000383 172:	iri me nun-na a gal-la diri-ga a-e ba-da-ri sa6?# [...]
	House of princely powers, standing in mighty water - the waters have receded from it ...
Q000383 173:	sug dagal-bi giri3 ba-an-ga2-ga2 sza3-ba {gesz}kiszi17 kur-ra ib2?#-[mu2-mu2]
	One can walk on its wide swamp. Within it grow wild thornbushes.
Q000383 174:	ma2 giri17-zal-la ma2 dara3 abzu a-e ba-da-ri! sa6?# [...] amasz-bi kar bi2-ib2-kar?# [...]
	The delightful boat Wild goat of the abzu - the waters have receded from it; ... its sheepfold... the wharf.
Q000383 175:	{d}sir2-sir2 an-gub-ba u2 lu2 ma2 u5 na-nam ma2-sag-ga2 [...] igi-bi-da ba-e-szu2 BU x [...]
	They were Sirsir, the tutelary deity, and the man who rides the boat. At the prow ... was hurled down in front of them.
Q000383 176:	e2-a lu2-erim2-e mu-un-hul-usz me-bi szu suh3-a ba#-[ab-du11]
	Evildoers destroyed the house, and its rites were disturbed.
Q000383 177:	gi-gu3-na-ke4 e2 ku3 lu2-erim2-e abzu [...]
	At the giguna shrine, the sacred house, evildoers...
Q000383 178:	e2-u6-nir esz3 an-gin7 sag-bi mu-un-il2 gissu-[bi ...]
	The E-unir - the shrine raises its head as high as heaven. Its shadow ...
Q000383 179:	ka2 gu-la ka2 igi pirig-ga2 ki nam-tar-ra lu2-erim2-[e] {gesz}ig-bi izi ba-ab-[szum2]
	At the great gate, the lion-faced gate, the place where fates are determined, evildoers... They set fire to its door.
Q000383 180:	{d}ka-he2-gal2 {d}igi-he2-gal2-e i3-du8 e2-a x [...]
	Ka-ḫeĝala and Igi-ḫeĝala, the doorkeepers of the house, ...
Q000383 181:	[...] x {d}en-ki-ke4 ki x x x A gesztu2 ug3-bi [...]
	Enki, at the... place, ... its people.
Q000383 182:	[...] du ki ha-[lam] abzu me {d}a-nun-[na] [...]
	the Abzu... the powers of the Anuna gods.
Q000383 183:	[...]-bi# bi2-ib2-de2-a kalam-ma [...]
	...
Q000383 184:	[...] x-gin7 gesz GA BA [...]
	...
Q000383 185:	[...] x sza3 iri x [...]
	...
Q000383 186:	eridu{ki}-ga# [...]
	In Eridug...
Q000383 187:	iri gesz-gi NE [...]
	City in the reedbeds...
Q000383 188:	eridu{ki}-ga gu4-ab2 [...]
	In Eridug, young bulls...
Q000383 189:	szah2 gesz-gi nu-me-[a ...]
	Without being a marsh boar...
Q000383 190:	eridu{ki}-ga gu4-gin7 x [...]
	Eridug, like a bull...
Q000383 191:	nin iri-ke4 e2-gu10 IM x [...] x x [...]
	The lady of the city cried, "My city ...!"
Q000383 192:	ki-ru-gu2 3(disz)-[kam]-ma-[am3]
	3rd kirugu.
Q000383 193:	a-a {d}en-ki a e2-zu a iri-zu a nam-lu2-ulu3-zu kur-ra [...]
	Father Enki! O your house, O your city, O your people... the mountains.
Q000383 194:	gesz-gi4-gal2-bi-[im]
	Its ĝišgiĝal.