LBPL no. 36918
(Lacuna)
i 1' [. . . in-ni?]-in-n[i]
i 2' [. . . in?]-ni-in-ni
i 3' [. . . a-na ár-kát u4]-mu e-zib
i 4' [. . .] x rabūti(galmeš)
i 5' [. . . i]-qul-ma
i 6' [. . .] x i-mur
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i 7' [. . .] ár-kát u4-mu
i 8' [. . .] is-sa-kip
i 9' [. . . i]g-gam-mar
i 10' [. . . e-mu]-qu kuraš-šurki
i 11' [. . .] ŠEŠ? ūtallalū(kug.ga-ú)
i 12' [. . .] x itebbâ(zi)-am-ma
i 13' [. . .] bābili(tin.tirki) itebbâ(zi)-am-ma
i 14' [. . .] is-sa-ak-ki-pi
i 15' [. . . ú]-nu-tu inašši(íl)-ma
i 16' [. . .] x illak(gin)-ma
i 17' [. . .] i-ṣab-bat
i 18' [. . .] i-naq-qar
i 19' [. . .] i-sa-am-ma-ak
i 20' [. . . šil-la-tu4 ka-bit]-tu4 ana bābili(tin.tirki) u-še-reb
i 21' [. . . é-sag-í]l ù é-zi-da
i 22' [. . .] ú-za-a-an
i 23' [. . .] ēkal(é.gal) bābili(eki) ippuš(dù-uš)
i 24' [. . .] x nippur(en.lílki) a-na bābili(eki)
i 25' [x.ta šan]āti(mu.an].nameš) šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu) ippuš(dù-uš)
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(Lacuna)
ii 1' x [. . .]
ii 2' a-a-[. . .]
ii 3' ta x [. . .]
ii 4' i-te-lu x [. . .]
ii 5' i-sa-ak-kip x [. . .]
ii 6' 3.ta šanāti(mu.an.nameš) [šarrū(lugal-ú-tu) ippuš(dù-uš)]
ii 7' pal-lu-uk-ku ù x [. . .]
ii 8' a-na nišī(unmeš)-šú ú-k[a?-. . .]
ii 9' arki(egir)-šú mār(dumu)-šú <ina> kussê(aš.te) u[š-ša-ab (. . .)]
ii 10' ul i-(erasure)[be?-el? mātu(kur)?]
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ii 11' ellâ(e11-a) rubû(lúnun) ḫa-a[m-ma-ʾu (. . .)]
ii 12' palê(bala-e) ḫar-ra-ank[i. . .]
ii 13' 17.ta šanāt[i(mu.[a]n.name[š šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu) ippuš(dù-uš)]
ii 14' eli(ugu) māti(kur) i-dan-nin-ma isinni(ezen) é-sa[g-íl ú-šab-ṭal . . .]
ii 15' dūru(bàd) ina bābili(eki) (erasure) x [. . .]
ii 16' lemut(ḫul)-tì a-na akkadî(kururiki) ú-ṣa-am-m[a-ar]
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ii 17' šar(lugal) elamti(kurnim.maki) i-te-eb ḫaṭṭa(gišpa) šarri(lugal) i-[ṣab-bat]
ii 18' ina kussê(aš.te)-šú i-de-ek-ke-šú-ma ([. . .])
ii 19' kussâ(aš.te) iṣabbat(dib) u šarru(lugal) šá <ina> kussê(aš.te) ušetbû(zi-ú) ([. . .])
ii 20' šar(lugal) elamti(kurnim.maki) a-šar-šú ú-nak-k[a-ar (. . .)]
ii 21' ina māti(kur) šá-nam-ma ú-še-šeb-šú ([. . .])
ii 22' šarru(lugal) šu-ú eli(ugu) māti(kur) i-dan-nin-m[a (. . .)]
ii 23' mātāti(kur.kurmeš) ka-la-ši-na bil-tu4 x [. . .]
ii 24' i-na palê(bala-e)-šú akkadî(kururiki) šub-tu4 ni-i[ḫ-tu4 uššab(tuš-ab)]
iii 1 [. . .] x x [. . .]
iii 2 [giš]ḫaṭ-ṭu4 šarrāni(lugalmeš) x [. . .]
iii 3 šá a-bi-šu (erasure)az?-[. . .]
iii 4 2.ta šanāti(mu.an.nameš) [šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu) ippuš(dù-uš)]
iii 5 šarru(lugal) šá-a-šú lúša-re-š[i . . .]
iii 6 ⸢a⸣-a-um-ma rubû(lúnun-⸢ú⸣) [. . .]
iii 7 ⸢itebbâ(zi)⸣-am-ma kus[sâ(aš.[te) iṣabbat(dib)]
iii 8 5 šanāti(mu.an.nameš) šarrū[tu(lugal-[ú-tu) ippuš(dù-uš)]
iii 9 ummānāt(lúérinmeš) kurḫa-ni-i x [. . .]
iii 10 itebbû(zimeš) x x x x x [. . .]
iii 11 ⸢ummānāti(lúérinmeš)⸣-šú [. . .]
iii 12 [ḫ]u-bu-ut-su i-ḫab-ba-t[ú šil-lat-su]
iii 13 i-šal-la-lu ár-ka-nu um[mānāti(lúé[rinmeš)-šú (. . .)]
iii 14 ú-kaṣ-ṣar-ma kakkī(gištukulmeš)-šú inaš[ši](í[l])
iii 15 den-líl šamaš(dutu) u [marduk(damar.utu)(?)]
iii 16 idi(da) ummānāti(lúérinmeš)-šú illakū(gin)[meš-ma]
iii 17 su-kup-tu ummānāt(lúérinmeš) ḫa-ni-i ⸢i⸣-[šak-kan]
iii 18 šil-lat-su ka-bit-tu4 i-šal-l[a-al-ma]
iii 19 a-na ēkalli(é.gal)-šú ú-[še-reb]
iii 20 nišū(lúunmeš) šá lum-nu i-[mu-ru]
iii 21 dum-qa [immarū?]
iii 22 lìb-bi māti(kur) [iṭâb?]
iii 23 za-ku-tú [. . .]
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iv 1' [. . . šan]āti(mu.an].nameš)
iv 2' [x.ta šanāti(mu.an.nameš) šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu)] ippuš(dù-uš)
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iv 3' [. . .] ú-tal-la-lu4
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iv 4' [. . . itbâ(zi)]-am-ma mātu(kur) iṣabbat(dib-bat)
iv 5' [. . .]
iv 6' [. . . mātu(kur)] i-bé-el-lu
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iv 7' [. . .] ilāni(dingirmeš) rabûti(galmeš)
iv 8' [. . . la mu-du]-ú la tu-kal-lam
iv 9' [. . .] bēl(en) mātāti(kur.kur)
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iv 10' [. . .] x iltēn(1+en) ṭup-pi
iv 11' [. . .] mun-nab-tu4
iv 12' [. . .] šá-ṭir bari(igi.tab)
iv 13' [. . .] x išakkan(gar-an)
iv 14' [. . .] x
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i 1'– 3' [. . .] . . . [. . .] . . . [. . . for the fut]ure he left.
i 4'–6' [. . .] great [. . .] [. . . he] paid attention [. . . ] he saw.
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i 7'–11' [. . .] later time [. . .] will be overthrown. [. . .] will come to an end. [. . . the ar]my of Assyria [. . .] . . . they will be purified.
i 12'–25' [. . .] will arise. [. . . from] Babylon he will arise. [. . .] will be overthrown. [. . . ut]ensils he will carry off. [. . .] . . . he will go. [. . .] he will seize. [. . .] he will demolish. [. . .] he will cover. [. . .] he will bring [exten]sive [booty] into Babylon. [. . . Esagi]l and Ezida [. . .] he will decorate. [. . .] he will build the palace of Babylon. [. . .] . . . Nippur to Babylon [for N year]s he will exercise kingship.
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(Lacuna)
ii 1'–10' . . . [. . .]. . . [. . .]. . . [. . .] will arise [. . .] will overthrow [. . .] For three years [he will exercise kingship]. Borders and . . . [. . .] For his people he will [. . .] After his (death) his son will [ascend] the throne ([. . .]) (but) he will not [rule the land].
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ii 11'–16' A re[bel] prince will arise ([. . .]) The dynasty of Harran [he will establish]. For seventeen years [he will exercise kingship]. He will prevail over the land and the festival of Esa[gil he will cancel]. A fortress in Babylon [he will build]. He will plot evil against Akkad.
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ii 17'–24' A king of Elam will arise, the royal scepter he [will seize]. He will remove him from his throne and ([. . .]) He will take the throne and the king whom he made rise <from> the throne ([. . .]). The king of Elam will change his place ([. . .]). He will settle him in another land ([. . .]). That king will prevail over the land an[d (. . .)] All the lands [will bring to him] tribute. During his reign Akkad [will live] in security.
iii 1–4 [. . .] . . . [. . . the sc]epter of kingship . . . [. . .] of his father . . . [. . .] For two years [he will exercise kinghsip].
iii 5–8 A eunuch [will murder] that king. A certain prince [. . .] will arise and [seize] the thr[one]. For five years [he will exercise] kingship.
iii 9–13 The Hanean army [. . .] will arise [. . .] [They will defeat] his army. They will take his booty, and they will plunder [his spoils].
iii 13–23 Afterwards, [. . .] will assemble [his] army and ra[ise] his weapons. Enlil, Shamash, and [Marduk] will go at the side of his arm[y]. He will [bring about] the overthrow of the Haneans. He will carry off his extensive booty and [bring (it)] into his palace. The people who had [experienced] misfortune [will enjoy] well-being. The heart of the land [will be happy]. [He will grant] tax exemption [to Babylon].
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iv 1'–2' [For N] years he will exercise [kingship].
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iv 3' [. . .] they will be purified.
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iv 4'–6' [. . . will arise] and seize the land. [. . .] they will rule.
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iv 7'–9' [A secret/taboo of] the great gods. [You may show it to the initiated but to the uninitiat]ed you must not show (it). [It is a secret/taboo of Marduk, lo]rd of the lands.
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iv 10'–14' [. . . in accordance with] one tablet, [. . . from the tablet of] Munnabtu, [. . . according to the original] written (and) collated. [. . .] . . . [. . .] . . .
(Lacuna)
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
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| Abum | MN | iii 3 | |
| Akkadûm | GN | ii 16', 23' | |
| alākum (v.) | to go | i 16', iii 16 | |
| amārum (v.) | to see | i 6', iii [20], [21] | |
| ana | to, for | i [3'], 20', 24', ii 8', 16', iii 19 | |
| ašrum | place, site, where | ii 20' | |
| Aššur | DN | i 10' | |
| ayyumma | any, anyone | iii 6 | |
| Bābili | GN | i 13', 20', 23', 24', ii 15' | |
| barûm | seen, checked | iv 12' | |
| baṭālum (v.) | to cease | ii [14'] | |
| bēlum | lord, proprietor (of) | iv 9' | |
| bêlum (v.) | to rule (over) | ii [10'], iv 6' | |
| biltum | load, talent, yield, tribute | ii 23' | |
| danānum | power, strength | ii 14', 22' | |
| dekûm (v.) | to raise, shift, call up, levy (troops), lift, remove | ii 18' | |
| dumqum | goodness, good (thing) | iii 21 | |
| dūrum | (city) wall, rampart, fortress | ii 15' | |
| ēkallum | palace | i 23', iii 19 | |
| Elamtum, Elammia | GN | ii 17', 20' | |
| eli | on, over, above, concerning | ii 14', 22' | |
| elûm | upper | i 11', iv 3' | |
| elûm | upper | ii 4', 11' | |
| emūqum | strength, force, army | i [10'] | |
| Enlil | DN | iii 15 | |
| epēšum (v.) | to do, make, build, open (mouth), (D) calculate, check, execute properly (a tablet) | i 23', 25', ii [6'], [13'], iii [4], [8], iv 2' | |
| erēbum (v.) | to enter | i 20', iii [19] | |
| Esagil | TN | i [21'], ii 14' | |
| ezēbum (v.) | to leave, leave behind, abandon, (Š) save, rescue | i 3' | |
| Ezida | TN | i 21' | |
| gamārum (v.) | to bring to conclusion, complete | i 9' | |
| ḫabātum (v.) | to rob, plunder | iii 12 | |
| ḫammāʾum, ḫammûm | rebel, usurper | ii [11'] | |
| Ḫanûm | from Hana | iii 9, 17 | |
| Ḫarran | GN | ii 12' | |
| ḫaṭṭum | stick, scepter | ii 17', iii 2 | |
| ḫubtum | robbery, plunder | iii 12 | |
| idum | arm, side | iii 16 | |
| ilum | god | iv 7' | |
| ina | in, on, by, from | ii <9'>, 15', 18', <19'>, 21' | |
| isinnum | festival | ii 14' | |
| ištēn | one | iv 10' | |
| kabtum | heavy, important, extensive, honorable | i [20'], iii 18 | |
| kakkum | stick, weapon | iii 14 | |
| kalû, kullu | all, totality | ii 23' | |
| kasārum (v.) | to block, pave | iii 14 | |
| kullumum (v.) | to show, reveal, display | iv 8' | |
| kussûm | chair, throne | ii 9', 18', 19' (x2), iii 7 | |
| lā | not | iv 8' | |
| lemuttum | evil, wickedness, disaster | ii 16' | |
| libbum | inner body, heart | iii 22 | |
| lumnum | evil, misery | iii 20 | |
| Marduk | DN | iii [15] | |
| mārum | ii 9' | ||
| mātum | land, country | ii [10'], 14', 21', 22', 23', iii 22, iv 4', [6'], 9' | |
| mūdûm | knowing, wise | iv [8'] | |
| Munnabtu | PN | iv 11' | |
| nakārum (v.) | to be(come) different, strange, hostile, (D) change, alter | ii 20' | |
| naqārum (v.) | to demolish | i 18' | |
| našûm (v.) | to lift, carry, raise, recite | i 15', iii 14 | |
| nēḫtum, nīḫtum | calm, peace | ii 24' | |
| Nippur | GN | i 24' | |
| nīšum | lifting, raising | ii 8', iii 20 | |
| palûm | period of office, reign, dynasty | ii 12', 24' | |
| pulukkum, pallukkum | needle, stake, boundary | ii 7' | |
| qâlum | i 5' | ||
| rabûm | big, great, old, noble, chief | i 4', iv 7' | |
| rubûm | prince | ii 11', iii 6 | |
| ša | who(m), which, of | ii 19', iii 3, 20 | |
| ša rēšim | a court official, eunuch | iii 5 | |
| ṣabātum (v.) | i 17', ii [17'], 19', iii [7], iv 4' | ||
| šakānum (v.) | to put, place, lay down, inflict | iii [17], iv 13' | |
| sakāpum (v.) | to push down, off, away, overthrow | i 8', 14', ii 5' | |
| šalālum (v.) | to carry off, plunder | iii 13, 18 | |
| šallatum, šillatum | plundered thing(s), booty | i [20'], iii [12], 18 | |
| samākum (v.) | to cover up, dam a canal | i 19' | |
| ṣamārum (v.) | to wish, strive, (D) plot | ii 16' | |
| Šamaš | DN | iii 15 | |
| šanûm | (an)other | ii 21' | |
| šarrum | king, SN | ii 17' (x2), 19', 20', 22', iii 2, 5 | |
| šarrūtum | kingship, reign | i 25', ii [6'], [13'], iii [4], 8, iv [2'] | |
| šâšum | to him, of him | him, to him | |
| šaṭārum (v.) | to write (down) | iv 12' | |
| šattum | year | i [25'], ii 6', 13', iii 4, 8, iv [1'], [2'] | |
| šū | he, that | ii 22' | |
| šubtum | seat, dwelling | ii 24' | |
| sukuptum | repulse | iii 17 | |
| tebûm (v.) | i 12', 13', ii 17', 19', iii 7, 10, iv [4'] | ||
| ṭiābum (v.) | to be(come) good | iii 22 | |
| ṭuppum | (clay) tablet | iv 10' | |
| u | and | i 21', ii 7', 19', iii 15 | |
| ul | not | ii 10' | |
| ummānum | army, troops | iii 9, 11, [13], 16, 17 | |
| ūmum | day, time | i [3'], 7' | |
| unūtum | tools, equipment, utensils | i 15' | |
| warkānum | later, afterwards | iii 13 | |
| warkat | after | i [3'], 7' | |
| warki | after, behind | ii 9' | |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit (down), dwell | ii [9'], 21', 24' | |
| zakûtum | cleansing, exemption (from tax or obligation) | iii 23 | |
| zaʾānum (v.) | to be adorned, (D) decorate | i 22' |