P112930: prayer-incantation tablet
Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) CDLI
Obverse
[enuru](+e2#-nu-ru) [lugal] gesz-kin2-gin7 [ki]-sikil# mu2-a (d#)en#-ki gesz-kin2-gin7 ki-sikil mu2-a kur-ku-ra2-a-ni kur he2-gal2 su3 ki du-du-ni gissu-bi apin za:gin3-na-gin7 ab sza3-ga la2-a lugal gesz-kin2-gin7 ki-sikil-e ib2-mu2-a-gin7 (d)en-ki gesz-kin2-gin7 [ki]-sikil#-e ib2-mu2-a-gin7 [...] x-a [...]
Enuru, like a king, a young woman he created. Like Enki, like a king, a young woman he created. His land, the land of abundance, his dwelling place, his bed, like a plow made of lapis lazuli, its midst he sank. Like a king, like a king, a young woman he created. Like Enki, like a king, a young woman he created. Like .
enuru: The king like a birch ? to a virgin grown. Enki, like a birch ? to a virgin grown. His flood, the earth with abundance sprinkling, his pacing spot the shadows; like a plow of lapis lazuli, in the sea of the stomach hung. The king, like a birch ? as to a virgin grown; Enki, like a birch ? as to a virgin grown; ...
Reverse
[...]-ga#-gin7# [...] x x-la [x] sag-ga2 ma2#?-na kar#? zi#?-sze3 he2-eb2-gal2 mu2-du11-ga (d)nin-girimx(|_a-bu-ha-du_|) mu (d)nansze al-me-a ga2#-nun# (d)en-ki#-ka
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like ... ... ... of the head. on his boat to the fair harbor? verily gone. Incantation of Ningirim, the name of Nanshe having been, storehouse? of Enki.