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A SELECTION OF TEXTS
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Incantation service to the Sun God in the 'House of
Washing' for a king in affiiction j •
1. én : dingirúaúúar kúr-gal-ta2 é(n)na-za-slÍ
3. kúr-gal kúr-d¿g-ta2 é(n)-naza-sú
5. dú-azag ki nam-tar-tar-ri-e-ne-:J (ta)
é(n)-na-zu-sú
7. ki-sú an-ki4 w'-bi lál-a-ta an-úr­
ta' é(n)-na-zu-sú
9. dingir gal-gal-e-ne sci-da ma'-raab-lag
gi-cs 6
11. dingira-nun-na_ki_e_ne es-bar bar­
ra ma-f'Cl-ab-lag-gi-es
13. nam-lú-gcü-la aku zag-til-la-úi-sú
iJar-da ma-ra-ab-aga-es
15. má,~ ansu-gal'-túg-a7 w:[¡-úl'-tabtab-ba
17. gis-sir-gal-za-sú igi ma-ra-ab-duiJduiJ-es
19. dingirbabbar gal-m maiJ ad-gí-gíimi-te-en-na
me-en
OBVERSE, COL. 1
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1. Incantation; Shamash in thy rising
from the great .mountain,
3. In thy rising from the great mountain,
the mountain of the dead,
5. In thy rising from Du-azag, place of
the Fates,
7. In thy rising from the foundation of
heaven, where heaven and earth are
joined together,
9. The great gods has ten unto thee for
judgment.
11. The earth spirits hasten unto thee
for the rendering of decision.
13. Hurnanity, the people unto their
whole extent wait for thee.
15. Small stock and beasts of burden,
(those) which are four footed,
17. Toward thy light open their eyes.
19. Shamash, wise and mighty, thine
own counsellor art thou.
1. Text in V R. 50-51. Fragmentary duplicates in GRAY, Sarnas.
2. K. 4872 and both duplicates have am-ta after kúr-gal-ta, the Semitic line
does not translate um-ta, which appears to be a late gloss, i. e. Semitic urna and
¡he postfix la, 'at day break'.
3. The personal pl. ene (§ 1~5), shews ¡hat the Sumerians regarded the "fates"
as deities.
4. K. 5135, ki-a.
5. K. 4986, im-ma.
6. es employed throughout this inscription fol' the present tense, a late and
false constl'uction.
7. The gar-túg of oxen, TSA. 31 obv. 1; eL ansú gar-túg-bi il-a-da, 'that the
asses bear their saddle', so TH.-DANGIN for Gud. Cyl. B 15,12. liere gar-túg is
untranslated in the Senütic version,
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