SEAL no. 1540
Obv.
1 [Ki-šiki Ku-tu-]úki Ti-waki Wu-ru-muki]
2 [Ka-zal-luki Gi-r]i-it-ta-abki A-pí-wa-a[kki]
3 […] ⌈x x⌉ [Ib-ra-atki D]i-il-ba-atki
4 [..-b]iki Ú-ru-⌈uk⌉ki ù ⌈Sí⌉-ip-pí-irki
5 [i-nu-m]i-šu-ma LUGAL-ki-in a-bi a-la[m] Ú-ru-ukki i-ne-er-ma
6 [an-du-r]a-ar Ki-iš-ši-i-imki iš-ku-un
7 [ù? ap-pa-ti-š]u-nu ú-ša-ag-li-ib ù [k]ur-ṣe-e-šu-nu
8 [ú-ka-as]-⌈sí⌉-ip ù LUGAL.LUGAL.ZA.GÌN.GI.NA mu-ša10-li-⌈il-šu-nu⌉
9 [a-na A-kà]-dèki ú-ru ù i-ia-ti in-ši-iš lam-ni-iš
10 [i-ta-a]k-ru-ni-ne i-na di-[i]n Iš8-tár ù An-nu-ni-ti[m]
11 [i-na ta]-ḫa-zi-im iš-̓a4-ar-šu-nu-t[i]⌈x⌉x um na ra am [...]
12 [x x (x) K]i-iš-šu-ú-umki la na-ka-ar a-ḫu-ti i[a-ši x (x)?]
13 [bi-ri-i-i]t Ti-waki ù Wu-ru-muki i-na A.ŠÀ A.GÀ[R-dEN.ZU]
14 [bi-ri-i-i]t É-sa-ba-ad É dNin-kar-ra-a[k]
15 [Ki-š]iki ip-ḫu-ur--ki-šiki Ki-iš-[š]u-ú-[umki]
16 [DUMU Ṣú-mi]-ra-at-eš8-tár ⌈mu⌉?-ṣa-ri-iḫ-tim a-na LUGAL iš-šu-ni-[i]š-šu
17 [… Ku-t]u-úki
(lacuna of approx. 1–2 lines)
1’ [mx x] x ⌈ú⌉-t[u ..]
2’ [m Ì]R-il-li-li [Ú]-⌈ma-wu-ú⌉[ki]
3’ [m]A-ma-mu-ul-li-li N[i-i]p-pa-ru-ú-umki
4’ [m]Bu-bu Di-ru-úki
5’ [m]A-mar-gi-in LUGAL Ú-ru-uk⌈ki⌉
6’ [m]⌈Pa?-ša?⌉-a[ḫ-n]a?-ad-gal-ni Lu-lu-bu-úk[i]
7’ [mi-]x-šu ⌈gu⌉-ul-lu-ba-at mi-x-šu qa-am-ma-[at]
8’ [x]-ta-i! 30 NU.BÀNDA i-na ⌈90⌉ [l]i-mi a-na x x
9’ [i]l-li-ku-nim-ma ⌈i⌉-na ta-[ḫa-zi-i]m x[...]
(rest of obverse broken, lacuna of unknown length)
Rev.
1’ (traces)
2’ [ka-ki] i-p[u?-š]u?-m[a m]a-tu-u[m] x [...]
3’ […] ik-ki-[ru]-ni-in-ne-ma a[r?...]
4’ [a?-di?] ⌈9⌉-šu ⌈ú⌉-wa-a[š]-ši-ir-šu-nu-[ti ...]
5’ […]-⌈x⌉ [x]-na-na-sa ma-aḫ-ru-ú x [...]
6’ [a-na ta-ḫa-zi-im] ú-ṣa-ab-bé-em-ma 5 ra-b[a-ba-tam di-ku]
7’ […] x A-mar-gi-in LUGAL Ú-ru-u[kki]
8’ [a-na ta-ḫa-z]i-im ú-ṣa-[ab-bé-e]m-ma 4 ra-ba-ba-tam d[i-ku]
9’ […] ⌈a⌉? […] ša-la-am-tam
10’ […] [a/i-n]a ta-ḫa-zi-im
11’ […]
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1ʼʼ (traces)
2ʼʼ […] a-du-⌈uk-šu-nu⌉-[ti] ⌈i⌉-na?[…] x BU
3ʼʼ [i-na ti]-bu-ut DUMUmeš A-kà-dè 9 ṣu-ub-bi-[im] x x
4’’ [ú-ša]-at-bi-šu-nu-ši-im
Obv.
1 [Kiš(i), Kuth]a, Tiwa, Wurumu,
2 [Kazallu, Gir]itab, Apiwak
3 […] [Ibrat, Di]lbat
4 […]bi, Uruk and Sippar.
5 [In his] days, my (fore)father Sargon conquered the city of Uruk and
6 established [fre]edom for the Kišite (people),
7 [and] had their [slave marks] shaved off and their shackles
8 [smas]hed and led their despoiler Lugalzagesi
9 [to Akka]de, and (yet) me, in an … manner and evil manner
10 [they reb]elled against me. Because of the verdict of Ištar and Annunītum,
11 he defeated them [in ba]ttle and …
12 […] the Kišite was not an enemy. They were (in) brotherhood to me…
13 [(Nevertheless) on the common bounda]ry of Tiwa and Wurumu in the field, Ugār-Sin
14 [on the common bounda]ry to Esabad, the temple of Ninkarak,
15 did [(the people of) Kiš]i assemble and they raised Ipḫur-Kiši, the Kišite,
16 [son of Ṣummi]rat-Ištar, the lamentation priestess, to kingship
17 [Kiši, ….Kut]ha(?)
(lacuna of approx. 1-2 lines)
1’ […]-utu[, the …]
2’ [Wa]rad-Ellil, the Ummean,
3’ Ama-mullili, the Nippurean,
4’ Bubu, the Direan,
5’ Amar-gin, king of Uruk,
6’ Pašaḫnadgaln (?), the Lulubean,
7’ his x sheared, his x ruffled up.
8’ […] ... 30 lieutenants of 90,000 to […]
9’ [t]hey went and in the b[attle …]s
(rest of obverse broken, lacuna of unknown length)
Rev.
1’ (traces)
2’ they jo[ine]d the [battle] and the lan[d…]
3’ […] they got angry against me and […]
4’ 9 [times,] I let them go.
5’ […]nanasa, the first […]
6’ put an army [into battle]: 50,000 [were summoned].
7’ […] x Amar-gin, king of Uruk,
8’ put an army [into bat]tle: 40,000 were summon[ned].
9’ […] the corpse
10’ […] in/for the battle
11’ […]
(lacuna of 1–2 lines)
1ʼʼ (traces)
2ʼʼ […] I killed th[em] in […]
3ʼʼ [with t]he uprising of the sons of Akkade, 9 campaigns
4ʼʼ [I l]et come upon them.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abum | father | 5 | |
| aḫḫūtum | brotherhood | 12 | |
| Akkade | GN | 9, r.3’’ | |
| ālum (URU.KI) | village, town, city | Locations/Buildings | 5 |
| Ama-Mullili | PN | 3’ | |
| Amar-Gin | PN | 5’, r.7’ | |
| andurārum | freedom | 6 | |
| Annunītum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 10 |
| Apiwak | GN | 2 | |
| appattum | slave mark | 7 | |
| birīt | between, among | 13, 14 | |
| bītum (É) | house | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 14 |
| Bubu | PN | 4’ | |
| Dilbat | GN | 3 | |
| dīnum (DI.KU5) | verdict, case, judgement, legal decision | 10 | |
| Dirûm | man from Diru | 4’ | |
| eqlum (A.ŠÀ) | field, terrain | Locations/Buildings | 13 |
| Esabad | GN | 14 | |
| Giritab | GN | 2 | |
| Ibrat | GN | 3 | |
| inšiš | deceitfully | 9 | |
| inūmīšuma | at that time, at his days | 5 | |
| Ipḫur-Kiši | PN | 15 | |
| Ištar | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 10 |
| kakkum (GIŠ.TUKUL) | stick, weapon, battle | Fabricated objects | r.2’ |
| Kazallu | GN | 2 | |
| Kiš | GN | 1, 15 | |
| Kiššûm | Kishite | 6, 12, 15 | |
| kurṣûm | shackle | 7 | |
| Kutḫa (uruGÚ.DU8.Aki) | GN | 1, 17 | |
| lamniš | in an evil manner | 9 | |
| laputtûm | lieutenant | 8’ | |
| līm | thousand | 8’ | |
| Lugalzagesi | PN | 8 | |
| Lulubûm | man from Lulubum | 6’ | |
| maḫrûm | first, former, earlier, previous, older | Abstract concepts | r.5’ |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 16, r.3’’ |
| mātum (KUR; KALAM) | land, country | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | r.2’ |
| mušallilum | despoiler | 8 | |
| muṣarriḫtum | lamentation priestess | 16 | |
| nakrum | strange, foreign, enemy | Social status/Groups/Professions | 12 |
| Ninkarrak | DN | 14 | |
| Nipparum | man from Nippur | 3’ | |
| Pašaḫnadgalni | PN | 6’ | |
| rabbatum | 10,000 | r.6’, r.8’ | |
| šalamtum | corpse | Body/Body parts | r.9’ |
| Šarrum-Kīn | PN, RN | 5 | |
| šarrum (LUGAL; EN) | king, lord | Social status/Groups/Professions | 5’, r.7’ |
| šarrūtum | kingship, reign | Kinship terms | 16 |
| Sippar (UD.KIB.NUNki) | GN | 4 | |
| Ṣumirāt-Ištar | PN | 16 | |
| tāḫāzum (ME; ME6) | battle, combat | 11, 9’, r.6’, r.8’, r.10’ | |
| tibûtum | uprising | r.3’’ | |
| Tiwa | GN | 1, 13 | |
| Ugār-Sîn | GN | 13 | |
| Umawum | man from Umma | 2’ | |
| Uruk | GN | 4, 5, 5’, r.7’ | |
| Warad-Illili | PN | 2’ | |
| Wurumu | GN | 1, 13 |