AfO 24, 101


Obverse
o 1o 1	^itiBAR.SAG.SAG ^itiBÁR.ZAG.GAR [x x x x x x x (x)]	(o 1) The month Barsagsag means Nisannu (I month), [because ...]. The month Šabāṭi means Nisannu (I month), [because ...]. Because [...].
o 22	^itiša-ba-ṭi ^iti⸢BÁR.ZAG.GAR⸣ [x x x x x x x (x)]
o 33	⸢MU^?⸣ x x x x [x x x x x x x x x x x (x)]
	(rest of obverse missing)
Bottom
b.e. 1b.e. 1	^itiše-bu-ti ^itiAPIN.DU₈.A [x x x (x x)]	(b.e. 1) The month Šebūti means Araḫsamnu (VIII month), [...].
Reverse
r 1r 1	^itiAB.SÍN-URU₄^ši ^itiGAN.GAN.[È] áš-šú ⸢AB⸣.[SÍN^? še-er-ʾu]	(r 1) The month Šerʾi-erēši (wr. AB.SÍN-URU₄-ši) means Kislīmu (IX month), because AB.[SÍN means "furrow" (šerʾu) (?), as in] "the farmer (errēšu) of pure plow, who [...]," which is said in Lugale ud melembi nergal.
r 22	er-re-šu ^gišAPIN KÙ^tì šá tu-lu-[x x x (x x)]
r 33	ša ina lìb-bi lugal-e ud me-lem₄-bi nir-⸢ŋál⸣ [qa-bu-ú]1
r 44	^ititam-ḫi-ri ^itiAB.BA.È áš-šú ina ^itiAB.BA.È [x x x (x x)]	(r 4) The month Tamḫīri means Ṭebētu (X month), because in Ṭebētu [...] rises and the people of the land [bring] offerings (maḫḫuru) to him.
r 55	i-lam-ma UN-MEŠ KUR maḫ-ḫu-ru ana IGI-šú x x [x x (x)]
r 66	^itisi-li-li-ti ^itiZÍZ.A.AN si-li-⸢li⸣-[ti x (x)]	(r 6) The month Sililīti means Šabāṭu (XI month), (it is called) Sililīti [(...)] because in Šabāṭu the betrothal of the gods [takes place].
r 77	áš-šú ina ^itiZÍZ.A.AN ḫa-šá-da-nu šá DINGIR-MEŠ [GAR^nu (^u-ⁿⁱ)]2
r 88	^itiḪUL.DÚB.E ^itiŠE.KIN.TAR ḪUL^* [lem-nu DÚB na-pa-ṣu]	(r 8) The month Ḫuldube means Addaru (XII month), HUL [means "evil" and DÚB means "to crush" (?)], because in Addaru Marduk crushed his enemies [...] and took kingship.
r 99	áš-šú ina ^itiŠE.KIN.TAR ^dAMAR.UTU lem-nu-[ti-šú x x x]
r 1010	ú-nap-pi-ṣu LUGAL^ta [il-qu-ú]3

r 1111	TA lìb-bi ^gišle-⸢u₅⸣-[um GABA.RI]	(r 11) From a writing board [whose original] was from Aššur. [Written by Nabû-nāṣir], son of Ea-pattāni, [...].
r 1212	KUR a-šur₄^ki AN-[x ^m^dAG-ÙRI^ir]
r 1313	AMAR ^m^dé-a-pat-ta-[ni x x x]

1As already noted by Reiner, ll. 2-3 contain an explicit reference from an as yet unrecovered passage from Lugale. Compare Lugale 707 (ŋeš-apin hé-ŋál pa bí-in-è-a-aš).

2As noted by Reiner AfO 24 (1973) p. 102b, the "marriage of the gods" referred to is the marriage of Nabû and Tašmētu, see SAA 13 78 r 16-17. The rationale behind the explanation remains obscure.

3Compare šarru ḪUL-MEŠ-šú unappaṣ, "the kind will crush his enemies," as an apodosis in K.3780 i 3 and parallels (CAD N/1 287-288).