The Nippur Fragment (Akkadian [transliteration]) in: Near East – Akkadian
Obv.
1–3 (broken)
[. . .] x
5 [. . .]
[. . .] x
[. . .]-⌈x⌉-bi
[. . .]
[. . . ma]-[l]a i-ba-aš-šu-ú
10 [. . .]
[. . . – ti]m?
[. . . mala i-ba]-aš-šu-ú
Rev.
[. . .] ⌈x ⌈a?⌉-⌈wa⌉-ti-⌈ia?⌉ [x x] ⌈x⌉-ka
[. . .] a-pa-aš-šar
[. . .] ka-la ni-ši iš-te-niš i-ṣa-bat
[. . .] ti la-am a-bu-bi wa-ṣe-e
5 [. . q]á?-a-ni ma-la i-ba-aš-šu-ú lu su-ub-bu-ku lu pu-úh-ḫu-ru-šu
[. . .] eleppam(gišMÁ) ra-bí-tam bi-ni-ma
[. . i-na] qá-ne-e ṭa-bi lu bi-nu-us-sà
[. . .] ši-i lu makurkurrum(gišMÁ.GUR.GUR)-ma šum-ša lu na-ṣi-rat na-piš-tim
[. . .] x ṣú-lu-la dan-na ṣú-ul-lil
10 [. . .] te-ep-pu-šu
[. . . bu-ul ṣe]-⸢rim?⸣ ú-ma-am ṣe-rim iṣ-ṣur ša-me-e
[. . .] ku-um-mi-ir!(NI)
[šūli ana eleppi sa-lat-k]a u kin-ta-k[a!]
(traces)
(f.i) Akkadian [transliteration] — (f.ii) Wasserman (2020) — (f.iii) Foster (1996) — (f.iv) Lambert & Millard (1969) — (f.v) Hilprecht (1910) — (f.vi) Bottéro (1989) (French) — (f.vii) Secondary sources
– Wasserman, Nathan, The Flood: The Akkadian Sources. A New Edition, Commentary, and a Literary Discussion, (Zurich Open Repository and Archive: University of Zurich, 2020), pp. 77-78. [This source is an open access publication; download here].
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