STT 1, 001 [Enuma Eliš 1]
Obverse | ||
oo NaN | (start of obverse missing) | |
o 1'o 1' | [...] ⸢še⸣-[me]-⸢e⸣-[ša] | [...] her (Tiamat's) hearing [...], |
o 2'2' | [... il]-⸢ta⸣-si e-lu ḫar-⸢mi⸣-[ša] | [...] she cried out to her lover (Apsu). |
o 3'3' | [...] bitterly, alone being furious, | |
o 4'4' | she consigned the evil to her heart: | |
o 5'5' | 'What? Shall we destroy what we created? | |
o 6'6' | al-kat₃-su-⸢un?⸣ [lu]-⸢u₂ šum⸣-ru-[ṣa-at]-⸢ma⸣ i [niš]-⸢du⸣-ud ṭa-biš | 'Although their behaviour is very upsetting, we should put up with (it) graciously.' |
o 7'7' | Mummu answered, advising Apsu, | |
o 8'8' | a minister [...] (was) the advice of his Mummu: | |
o 9'9' | 'My father, destroy (their) disorderly behaviour, | |
o 10'10' | by day you should be relaxed, at night you should be asleep.' | |
o 11'11' | Apsu was happy with him and his face brightened, | |
o 12'12' | [aš]-⸢šum⸣ lem-ne₂-e-ti ⸢ik⸣-pu-du an DINGIR.DINGIR DUMU.⸢DUMU-šu⸣ | because he plotted evil for the gods, his sons. |
o 13'13' | He embraced Mummu around the neck, | |
o 14'14' | he sat on his knees, kissing him. | |
o 15'15' | All that they plotted in their particular assembly | |
o 16'16' | was repeated to the gods, their sons. | |
o 17'17' | The gods heard, as they moved about, | |
o 18'18' | they were dumbstruck, they sat down in silence. | |
o 19'19' | Supreme in intelligence, expert, capable, | |
o 20'20' | *(U) de₂-a ḫa-sis [mi-im]-⸢ma⸣-ma i-še-ʾa-[a šib-qi₂-šu]-⸢un⸣2 | Ea, wise about everything, was discovering their plot. |
o 21'21' | He created it, a comprehensive plan, [...], | |
o 22'22' | he made it skilfully, his supreme, [...] incantation. | |
o 23'23' | [...] a-na A-MEŠ ⸢u₂⸣-[šap-ši-iḫ] | [...] he made (Apsu) relax onto the water, |
o 24'24' | [x x] ⸢ir-te⸣-ḫi-šu ṣa-lil [...] | he poured [..] over him, he was [...] asleep. |
o 25'25' | He put Apsu to sleep, he was drenched [...], | |
o 26'26' | [dmu]-um-ma tam-la-ku da-la-⸢piš⸣ [...] | Mummu, the adviser, awake [...]. |
o 27'27' | He (Ea) loosened his sashes and stripped off [...], | |
o 28'28' | he took away his aura, he himself [...]. | |
o 29'29' | [ik-mi]-⸢šu⸣-ma ap-sa-[a ...] | He bound Apsu, [...], |
o 30'30' | he confined Mummu, [...] against him. | |
o 31'31' | [...] ⸢UGU?⸣ ap-si-i ⸢šu⸣-[bat-su] | [...] his dwelling on Apsu, |
o 32'32' | he grabbed [...], holding [...]. | |
o 33'33' | [x x lem-ne₂-e]-šu ik-mu-u [...] | [...] he had bound [...] his foes, |
o 34'34' | [... uš]-⸢ziz⸣-za er-nit-ta-[šu₂ ...] | [...] he had established his triumph [...], |
o 35'35' | [x x ku-um]-mi-šu šup-⸢šu⸣-[ḫi-iš ...] | [...] his cella [...] in order to relax, |
o 36'36' | [...] | [...]. |
o 37'37' | aš₂-⸢ru⸣-[uš-šu ...] | In its place [...], |
o 38'38' | de₂-[a ...] | Ea [...]. |
o 39'39' | ⸢i⸣-[na ...] | In [...] |
(rest of obverse missing) | ||
Reverse | ||
rr NaN | (start of reverse missing) | |
r 1'r 1' | the nurse brought him (Marduk) up [...]. | |
r 2'2' | ⸢šam⸣-ḫat nab-nit-su ṣa-[ri-ir ...] | His physique was magnificent, [...] was flashing, |
r 3'3' | his birth was manly, he was powerful [...]. | |
r 4'4' | i-mur-šu-ma da-nu₃ ⸢ba⸣-[nu-u ...] | Anu, the creator [...], saw him, |
r 5'5' | *(U) i-riš im-mir lib₃-ba-[šu₂ ...]3 | he rejoiced, he beamed, his heart [...]. |
r 6'6' | He perfected him, [...] being doubled, | |
r 7'7' | [šu-uš]-⸢qu⸣ ma-⸢aʾ-diš⸣ [...] | He (Marduk) was greatly exalted, [...]. |
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r 12'12' | ⸢ir-ti⸣-bu-u₂ [4]-⸢TA?⸣.[AM₃ ...] | The 4 [...] grew large |
r 13'13' | u₃ IGI-[MIN] ki-ma šu-⸢a⸣-[tu ...] | and the eyes, like that, [...]. |
r 14'14' | ul-lu-⸢ma⸣ i-na DINGIR.DINGIR [...] | He was very tall among the gods, [...], |
r 15'15' | *(U) meš-re-⸢tu šu⸣-ut-tu-ḫa i-⸢lit-ta⸣ [x x]4 | the limbs were long, [...] in birth. |
r 16'16' | ⸢ma-ri—u₂⸣-tu ⸢ma⸣-ri—u₂-tu : ⸢ma⸣-ri dUTU⸢šu₂ d⸣[UTU] ⸢DINGIR⸣.[DINGIR] | The Son-Utu, the Son-Utu : the son, the sun god, the sun god of the gods! |
r 17'17' | He was wearing the auras of ten gods, he was crowned on high, | |
r 18'18' | fifty terrors were heaped upon him. | |
r 19'19' | Anu created and produced the 4 winds, | |
r 20'20' | he put (them) in his hand: 'My son, let them play.' | |
r 21'21' | He (Marduk) created dust, he made the storm wind carry (it), | |
r 22'22' | he brought a wave into existence, so that it disturbed Tiamat. | |
r 23'23' | Tiamat, disturbed, was moving about day and night, | |
r 24'24' | *(U) DINGIR.DINGIR ⸢la šup-šu₂-ḫa⸣ [i-za]-⸢ab⸣-[bi-lu ša₂]-⸢ri⸣-ša₂7 | the gods, not relaxed, were being carried by every wind. |
r 25'25' | They plotted evil in their hearts, | |
r 26'26' | they said to Tiamat, their mother: | |
r 27'27' | 'When they killed Apsu, your lover, | |
r 28'28' | 'you did not go at his side, you sat in silence. | |
r 29'29' | 'He (Anu) created the four winds of terror, | |
r 30'30' | 'your heart being disturbed, we cannot sleep. | |
r 31'31' | 'Apsu, your lover, did not exist in your heart | |
r 32'32' | 'and as for Mummu who was bound, you were sitting (apart) alone. | |
r 33'33' | [x (x) u₄]-⸢mi⸣ at-ti dul-lu-⸢ḫiš⸣ [ta]-⸢dul⸣-li | '[...] today you will move about in confusion, |
r 34'34' | [...] ⸢la ni⸣-sak-[ki-pu ...] | '[...] us (who) cannot lie down to rest, [...].' |
(rest of reverse missing) |
1numeral 10 at start of line marks count of 10 lines
2numeral 10 at start of line marks count of 10 lines
3numeral 10 at start of line marks count of 10 lines
4numeral 10 at start of line marks count of 10 lines
5The text wrongly has 2(AŠ) here.
6lim-mel-[li] perhaps for limmellū
7numeral 10 at start of line marks count of 10 lines; erasure before final ša₂
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