DLL BM 38809 (Bab. 6)

DLL no. 33100

Texts Hierarchy
Tablet Siglum
BM 38809 (1880-11-12, 693)
Measurements
circumference
5.5 x 2.0 x 1.6
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
Lambert Folio 08718
Genre / Classification
Lyrics
Provenance
Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
Notes

Expertly executed Neo-Babylonian script. Line rulings are generally apparent: the ruling after obv. col. 13 is judged to be a section ruling because it is substantially offset from the signs of the following line. Leichty et al. 2019, 403. 

Text

Obv.

i 1 [at-ta ma]n-nu at-ta man-nu⌉ [(…)]

i 2 [šá ana šu-bat ]li([e]n)-iá ta-an-da-ni-ir x [(x)]

i 3 [ultu muḫḫi(u]gu) ú-ri ana muḫḫi(ugu) p[atrāni(gír) muq-ti]

i 4 [šil-ta-ḫ]u še-qu-tu muḫ-⌈ri?⌉ […]

i 5 [(x)]-x-a-ṭu nappāḫ(simug) erî(urudu) […]

i 6 [x]-a-ti-i šá a-bu-b[u? …]

i 7 [p]i-rik šamê(an-e) k[a-lu ruʾudu barbaru pilku]             

i 8 ti-ik-ki nēši(ur.ma[ḫ) ṣab-tu den? mu-ra-]

i 9 ti-ik-ki làh-m[u ḫi-ṣi-ni-tú …- ri?-da? šap-tu-šú]

i 10 ina qišti(gištir)-šá nēši(ur.[maḫ) áš-bi ri-di-ma … a-mur-din-nu]

i 11 ina bāb(ká) ḫur-⌈ri⌉-[šá mušḫušši ri-du a-di na-ma-ru]

i 12 ina bāb(ká) ḫur-⌈ri⌉-[šá ṣerru(muš) áš-bi…]

i 13 ana ḫur-ri⌉ ⌈x⌉ […]

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i 14 ud ki ⌈x⌉ […]

i 15 […] ⌈x⌉ […]

Translation

Obv.

i 1 You, who are you? You, who are you? […]

i 2 [Who] keeps coming [to the dwelling of] my lord […]?

i 3 Fall(f.) from the top of the roof onto the knife!

i 4 Receive(f.) sharp arro[ws …]

i 5 … the blacksmith, copper […]

i 6 My(?) … of/which the flood(?) … […]

i 7 The outskirts of the sky in its e[ntirety, the head – a . . . wolf],

i 8 A neck (ornament in the form of) a lio[n . . . held, the lord . . …],

i 9 A neck (ornament in the form of) a Laḫ[mu – protection; A . . .  . . – his lips].

i 10 In her forest a lio[n dwells – advance! . . . brambles]

i 11 At [her] gate, [the Mušḫuššu-snake – advance! . . . until satisfaction (lit.: brightening)!].

i 12 At [her] gate, [a snake dwells – . . .!

i 13 To the hole(?) … […]

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i 14 … […]

i 15 … […]

Revision History
23/12/25