SBH 46 [Liturgy]

According to the word of ..., may it be well

Small ... with lamentation ...

Small ... with lamentation ...

(Sum) The empty temple was silent (Akk) ... the wind-swept temple was silent

(Sum) ... the city that turned into emptiness ... (Akk) The city that turned into a wind(-swept abandoned place)

My temple in Isin, the boundary stake/axis of heaven and earth

(Sum) My women's quarters, the Egalmah, founded by An (Akk) The women's quarters of the Egalmah, which An presented to me

My temple, the Eašte, my temple of Larak

(Sum) My Larak, the city which the lord gave to me (Akk) Larak, the city which my(?) lord gave to me

(Sum) My (temple) destroyed in the lowland, my (temple) destroyed in the highland (Akk) Below it has been demolished, above it has been torn out

(Sum) (With) lamentation(?), my storehouse is now with the enemy (Akk) With lamentation my storehouse is handed over to the enemy

Its parapet is destroyed, its wild doves go around it

Its gate is torn out, it no longer possesses a place of awe

Its roof beam(s), like a man beaten to a pulp(?), are put out in the daylight(?)

Its brickwork with head raised (high), like a weeping mother, sits(!) in weeping

Its reed screen, like shorn wool, touches the ground

Its reed mat (door?), like a man suffering from abdominal pain, was rolled up

Its ..., like a flying bat, slips into a hole(?)

Its door jamb, like a lustration priest, is cast down, wiped away

Snap(?) the outside of the leather straps of the door!

Its bar and bolt groan

(Sum) ... where did ... turn into emptiness? (Akk) ... was turned into the wind

The brickwork of the Irisaŋa temple turned into emptiness

The brickwork of Isin turned into emptiness

The Egalmah turned into emptiness

The Erabdede turned into emptiness

The Etirkuga turned into emptiness

The ... bird has founded a nest there

The chick is given over to silence(?) (in)? the nest/nook

... the important one, a bad fate ...

(Sum) Lord Enlil turned it into emptiness (Akk) Lord Enlil turned it into the wind

(Sum) The one who turns away(?) the land turned it into emptiness (Akk) The one who rejects the land turned it into the wind

(Sum) The one who spreads out the black-headed turned it into emptiness (Akk) The one who spreads out the black-headed turned it into the wind

..., he made locusts/small birds(?) fly around

He made my city ... a bad thing/taboo

The lord defiled the great dwelling

He went out from my temple and seized it(?) from the outside

The lord defiled my temple, the true temple

Enlil established lamentation (in) my city, the true city

My temple, built for me amid rejoicing, now sits in lamentation for me

My temple, where wine was poured for me, ... a lament

My temple which raised ..., now raises weeping

... which raises/carries food offerings, now raises/carries lamentation

The river/canal that irrigates pure water (now) irrigates tears(?)

The princess, the inner city (of) her city, is destroyed

I am the lady, the outer city (of) my city, is destroyed

My outer wall is destroyed, ...

My treasury/storeroom is destroyed, (an opposing army) smote its people

I am the lady, I go around, I do not sleep

With tired arms, she does not eat food

With tired arms, she does not drink water

(Sum) The one who sees man, important one, the one who sees man (Akk) ... important one ...

Important one, seeing man, your eye does not tire

Lord whose utterance is true, who sees man

(Ten entries have been skipped over)

Lord Dikudmah, who sees man

Hero Uta'ulu, who sees man

Lord Umun-uraš, eldest son of Enlil, who sees man

Your eye, while looking, does not tire

You neck, (while on) the ground, does not return back (upwards)

How long will your pondering heart grow tired?

The enemy gave (away) the ewe and true lamb

The enemy gave (away) the nanny goat and true kid

You brought the possessions of the rich man(?) to an end(?)

Enlil, who made (even those who wore) great garments curl up from the cold(?), your eye does not tire

(Sum) Important one, turn back, that I may see your city (Akk) Important one, turn back, watch over your city

(Forty-two(?) entries have been skipped over)

The plenty/happiness of the street is not confined

(Sum) The princess, the princess, she speaks, it is a shout (of the) city, a lament (Akk) The princess, the princess shouts the shout of city with lamentations

Second excerpt of the balaŋ composition mutin nunuz dima, not finished

Excerpted for singing. imgida of

Bēl-apla-iddin, son of Ea-balāṭsu-iqbi

son of Nanna-utu. With his ḫands(?)

He wrote. Babylon, month of Simanu, third day

The 157th year, which is the two-hundred and twenty first year

Arsaces, king of kings