SEAL no. 1526
Van Dijk 1976, 43
According to unofficial digging records the tablet was found in HL 3-286 R. 211 L. II.
obv.
1 ⌈e-li⌉-i-ma a-na ṣú-ri-im ⌈ša⌉ šadîm(KUR) na-ap-li-ìs x [x] x x x x x
2 ši-ta-am ša i-li a-na-ku ek-mé-ku
3 ⌈ib⌉-ri šu-tam a-ṭú-ul ki la-?>-⌈ta-at⌉ ki ne-ma-⌈at ki da-al⌉-ha-at
4 a-⌈na⌉-ku rīmī(AM)⌈meš ṣé⌉-ri-im aṣ-ṣa-ab-ta-nim
5 i-ša-se-šu qa-qa-ra-am i-le-te tar-bu-u’-ta-šu i-⌈ta-ki⌉-ip ša-me-e {x}
6 i-na pa-ni-šu a-na-⌈ku? al?-tu⌉-ud
7 i-ṣa-ba-at na-x [x x x x x-i]a? la-wi-at a-hi-ia
8 x-ia iš-⌈lu⌉-pa-a[n-ni x x x] x-im i-na du?-ni (x) ki x
9 ⌈u-sú⌉-ki il-l[i]/t[u]-x [x x] x-ti-ia me-e na-di-šu [iš-q]í-a-ni
rev.
10 [i-l]um ib-ri ša ⌈ne⌉-la-ku-šum
11 ú-ul ri-mu-um-⌈ma⌉ nu-ku-ur mi-im-⌈ma⌉
12 ⌈zi-mu⌉ ša ta-mu-ru dŠamaš(UTU) na-am-ru-⌈um⌉
13 ⌈i⌉-na da-an-na-tim i-ṣa-ba-at qa-at-ni
14 ša me-e na-di-šu iš-qú-ka
15 ìl-ka ⌈mu⌉-ka-bi-it qa-qa-di-ka
16 dLugal-bàn-da ne-[i]n-ne-mi-id-ma
17 iš-ti-a-at ne-pé-iš ši-ip-r[a]-am ša la i-ba-aš-šu-<ú> i-n[a] -tim
obv.
1 “Go up on to the mountain crag and
look at [...] ...”
2 “I have been robbed of the sleep of the gods!
3 My friend, I saw a dream:
how ominous it was, how ..., how confused!
4 I took hold of (some) bulls from the wild –
5 (one) was cleaving the ground with its bellowing,
the cloud of dust it made thrusted into the sky.
6 in front of it I leaned myself forward.
7 It seized ... [...] had enclosed my arms.
8 ... he pulled [me] forth [...] ... by force ...
9 My cheek ... [...] my ...,
[he gave] me water to drink from his waterskin.”
rev.
10 “My friend, the [god] to whom we are going,
11 is he not the wild bull, is he not very strange?
12 The countenance that you saw was shining Šamaš,
13 he will take our hand in adversity.
14 The one who gave you water to drink from his waterskin
15 was your god who honours you,
16 Lugalbanda.
We hall join forces and
17 do a thing unique,
a feat that does not (yet) exist in the land!”
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| aḫum II | arm, side; bank (of river) | 7 | |
| ibrum, ebrum | friend, colleague | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 3, 10 |
| Lugalbanda | DN; PN | 16 | |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 9, 14 |
| nādum | waterskin | 9, 14 | |
| qātum (ŠU) | hand | Body/Body parts | 13 |
| rīmum (AM) | wild bull | 4, 11 | |
| šadûm I (KUR; ḪUR.SAG) | mountain, open country | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1 |
| Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) | DN, sun | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 5 |
| ṣērum (EDIN) | back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
| šittum | sleep | Abstract concepts,Human activities/actions | 2 |
| ṣūrum | cliff, rock | 1 | |
| šuttum | dream | 3 | |
| tarbu'(t)um | dust (storm), whirl-wind, sand dune | 5 | |
| usukkum | temple, upper cheek | Locations/Buildings | 9 |
| zīmum | face, appearance, figure | Body/Body parts | 12 |