CUSAS 17, 008 (P252337)

Literary tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Image © Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. {d#}nergalx(|KISZ.UNUG|)
 en: For Nergal
2. a husz gi4-a
 en: who turned back the raging waters,
3. mes#-lam-ta-e3-a
 en: Meslamta'ea
4. mes e2-nun-ra
 en: the vigorous youth of the Enun,
5. {d}|GA.KISZ.UNUG|
 en: Gašrum(?)
  Steinkeller suggests: {ga}gaszrum or {ga}gaszir
6. sag za:gin3-ra
 en: he with a lapis lazuli head—
7. szesz-pa3-da
 en: Šešpada
8. nar-gal
 en: the chief musician,
column 2
1. dumu
 en: son
2. lugal-ki-gal-la
 en: of Lugalkigala
3. nar-gal-ke4
 en: the chief musician,
4. e2-UL
 en: the UL temple
5. in-na-du3
 en: he built for him,
6. nig2-UL
 en: and (so) a fitting thing
7. pa bi2-e3#
 en: he made come forth replendently.
8. nam#-ti-la-ni
 en: For his life ...
  blank space
  (rest unfinished)