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TABLET X
Siglum
Museum number
Distribution of lines by column
Plate in George
Bab. Gilg. Epic
NINEVEH
K1 K 3382+Rm 621
K2 K 8579
K3 K 8589+Sm 1681
i 130 (K3 , K1 )
ii 61111 (K1 )
iii 11225 (K2 ), 131172 (K 1 )
10813
109, 111
1089, 11213
iv 17395 (K1 )
v 221277 (K1 , K3 )
vi 296322, colophon (K 3 )
NIMRUD
323
v variant text, see Chapter 7
vi // XI 304328?
BABYLON
BM 34160+34193+35174+35348+35413+35628
i 1946
v 26094
ii 68109
vi 311322, colophon
11415
BM 34853+35546+Rm 751
i 117
ii traces of 2 unidentified lines
11617
v 23961
vi 292'322, colophon
Score transliteration
N.B. || signifies place of division into sub-column on MS K
1
f -d[u-ri
D
K3
f
catch-line
i1
i1
K3
f
i2
i2
-bat-ma || [
[
3
4
5
K3
K3
K3
i3
i4
i5
K3
f
i6
i6
d -du-ri
K3
f
i7
i7
K3
f
i8
i8
K3
f
i9
i9
10
K3
f
i 10
i 10
11
K3
f
i 11
i 11
12
K3
f
i 12
i 12
13
K3
f
i 13
i 13
14
K3
f
i 14
i 14
15
K3
f
i 15
i 15
16
K3
f
i 16
i 16
K-
17
K3
f
i 17
i 17
18
K3
i 18
K3
b
i 19
i 1'
d GI-gm-ma
20
K3
b
i 20
i 2'
21
K3
K1
b
i 21
i 21
i 3'
K-ki
]
]
e-te-dil-ma || e-te-l[a-a
]
-di]l-ma i-te-la- a a-na -r
]
K3
19
[
[
te-di-l[i-ma || te-te-li-i
]
a-na ]-ri
-r]u
22
K3
K1
b
i 22
i 22
i 4'
23
K3
K1
b
i 23
i 23
i 5'
xxx[
[
[
24
K1
b
i 24
i 6'
[
[
]
]x-ia
]x-re-ba
E]DIN
in]a EDIN
K1
25
26
27
28
K1
K3
b
i 25
i 25
i 7'
[
|| MU -ra ana
[sa-bi-tum ana ]--[ma
[
K1
K3
b
i 26
i 26
i 8'
[
[
[
K1
K3
b
i 27
i 27
i 9'
[
[
[
K1
K3
b
i 28
i 28
i 10'
[
[
[
d GI-gm-m]a
]
-g]m-ma
K]
]x SAL x[
]
e-di-i]l K
]x di x[
-r]i
]
e-te-li a-n]a -ru
] la x[
-a]d
]
a-lak-ta-ka?] lul-mad
b
29
K1
K3
b
i 29
i 29
i 11'
[
|| MU -ra ana sa-bi]t
d
[ GI-gm-ma an]a -i-[ma
]
[
sa]-bi-tum
30
K1
b
i 30
i 12'
[
[
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
b
[b]
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
i 13'
[i 14']
i 15'
i 16'
i 17'
i 18'
i 19'
i 20'
i 21'
i 22'
-r]u
-]r-ru
4
41
42
43
44
45
b
b
b
b
b
i 23'
i 24'
i 25'
i 26'
i 27'
i 28'
[d GI-gm-ma
b
46
f sa-[bi-tum]
The bottom of the column and the beginning of the next are lost, leaving a gap of about 14 lines
of tablet before MS K resumes in col. ii. The text at this point is easily reconstructed from the
parallel passages in cols. iii and v, and we can therefore restore the gap according to ll. 120-37
and 220-37. However, part of this material has already been anticipated in ll. 31-4, and is
omitted on the grounds that it is unlikely to have been repeated in the same episode. This provides
us with exactly the 14 lines required to fill the gap, but since MS K is prone to double lines up,
the number of missing lines of text could well more than the 14 missing lines of tablet, and the
line-numbering from here is provisional.
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
(K
ii 1)
K1
K1
ii 9
ii 10a
63
K1
z
ii 10b
i 1b'
64
K1
z
ii 11a
i 2a'
65
K1
z
ii 11b
i 2b'
66
K1
z
ii 12
i 3'
67
K1
z
ii 13
i 4'
68
K1
z
b
ii 14a
i 5'
ii 1'
69
K1
z
b
ii 14b
i 6'
ii 2'
d en-ki-d
70
K1
z
b
ii 15
i 7'
ii 3'
71
K1
z
b
ii 16
i 8'
ii 4'
[
[
Kb
72
[d GI-gm-ma
K1
z
b
ii 17
i 9'-10a'
ii 5'
73
K1
z
b
ii 18
i 10b'
ii 6'
74
K1
z
b
ii 19a
i 11a'
ii 7'
75
K1
z
b
ii 19b
i 11b'
ii 8'
76
K1
z
b
ii 20
i 12a'
ii 9'
[
[
6
77
K1
ii 21
z i 12b'-13a'
b
ii 10'
78
d GI-gm-ma
K1
ii 22
z i 13b'-14a'
b
ii 11'
79
K1
z
b
ii 23
i 14b'
ii 12'
80
K1
z
b
ii 24
i 15a'
ii 13'
81
K1
z
b
ii 25a
i 15b'
ii 14a'
82
K1
ii 25b
z
i 15c'-16a'
b
ii 14b'
AK
83
K1
z
b
84
K1
ii 27
z
i 16c'-17a'
b
ii 16'
85
K1
z
b
ii 28
i 17b'
ii 17'
86
K1
z
b
ii 29
i 18'-19a'
ii 18'
87
K1
z
b
ii 30
i 19b'
ii 19'
ii 26
i 16b'
ii 15'
]
]
88
K1
z
b
ii 31
i 20'
ii 20'
89
K1
z
b
ii 32
i 21a'
ii 21a'
90
K1
ii 33a
z i 21b'-22a'
b
ii 21b'
91
K1
z
b
ii 33b
i 22b'
ii 22'
92
K1
z
b
ii 34
i 23'
ii 23'
93
K1
z
b
ii 35
i 24a'
ii 24'
[
-]i-in-na || a-na -[]u
[
] ana .ME[]-
i- a-i-in-nu [
]
94
K1
ii 36a
z i 24b'-25a'
b
ii 25'
[
-] :
i[-l]u-up nam-a-ru / [
]
i-lu-up nam-ar-ri [(ina) ib-bi-]
95
K1
z
b
ii 36b
i 25b'
ii 26'
i-lu-ul-ma it-tar-da-[--nu]-ti
[i]-lu-ul-ma it-tar-da--n[u-t]i
i-lu-ul-ma i[t]
96
K1
z
b
ii 37
i 26'
ii 27'
97
K1
z
b
ii 38
i 27'
ii 28'
[
-]ep-pu [rig]-ma
[
] x x x x x x-
gi
i-na lb-bi TIR i-eb-b[i
]
98
K1
z
b
ii 39
i 28'
ii 29'
[
na]m-ra x x [x] KAL
[
]-ru-ma
m
i-mur-ma ur-nabi nam-ri [
]
8
99
K1
z
b
ii 40
i 29'
ii 30'
[
[
i-MA a-i-in-nam-ma ir-E(+)[
-]-u
] x x x-u
]
100 K1
z
b
ii 41
i 30a'
ii 31'
[
[
u u- im-a SAG.DU-U x[
d ]GI-gm-ma
]x mdGI-TUK
]
101 K1
ii 42
z i 30b'-31a'
b
ii 32'
[
x x [(x)] x / [
i[]-bat kap-pa-u-ma x[
-t]i ir-te-u
]
]
102 K1
ii 43
z i 31b'-32a'
b
ii 33'
[
]- giM
[
a]b-ni i[p]-te-u- [0] / [
u [u-ut] NA 4 .ME ip-te!-e-[
103 K1
z
b
ii 44
i 32b'
ii 34'
[
A.ME] mu--ti
[
l]a e-du!?-ru A.ME mu-te
la [x ]x x[
]
104 K1
z
b
ii 45
i 33a'
ii 35'
[
[
i-x[
]
]
ta]m-ta DAGAL-ta
t]am-ta ra-pal-ta
]
105 K1
ii 46
z i 33b'-34a'
b
ii 36'
[
ina A.ME i[d-x] / [
ina A.M[E
106 K1
ii 47
z i 34b'-35a'
b
ii 37'
[
] ana D
[
]- u-ut ab-ni it-ta-bak a-na / [ ]
u-tap-p[u-
]
107 K1
z
b
ii 48
i 35b'
ii 38'
[
[
108 K1
z
b
ii 49
i 36'
ii 39'
[
[
x[
ii 50
i 37'
ii 40'
[d GI-gm-ma
UD-x[
] ik-la
]
]
]x giM
] x x x x flu nu x x
]
i]na kib-ri
it-ta-]ab? i-na kib-ri
]
z
109 K1
z
b
[
d [
mur-nabi l] M.LA
5
110 K1
z
ii 51
i 38'
[
[
111 K1
z
ii 52
i 39'
[
[
112 K2
z
iii 1
i 40'
t]a-ub-ba
]x--a ta-ub-ba
-k]a ka-a-
]-ka ka-a-a
z
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
K2
iii 2
iii 3
iii 4
iii 5
iii 6
iii 7
iii 8
iii 9
iii 10
iii 11
iii 12
iii 13
iii 14
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
iii 20
iii 21
iii 22
iii 23
iii 24a
iii 24b
iii 25
iii 26a
iii 26b
iii 27
iii 28a
iii28b
iii 29
iii 30
iii 31a
iii31b
iii 32a
10
148 K1
iii32b
149
150
151
152
153
154
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
iii 33
iii 34
iii 35a
iii 35b
iii 36a
iii 36b
d GI-gm-ma
iii 37
iii 38
iii 39
iii 40
iii 41
iii 42
iii 43a
iii 43b
iii 44
iii 45a
iii 45b
iii 46
iii 47a
iii 47b
iii 48
iii 49
iii 50
iii 51
iv 1
iv 2
iv 3
iv 4
iv 5
iv 6
iv 7
iv 8
iv 9
iv 10
iv 11
iv 12
iv 13
iv 14
iv 15
iv 16
iv 17a
mur-nabi
e-nin-na
mi-nu- it-ta- ia-a-i id-ni :
id-nam-m[a it-ta- ia-a-i]
um-ma na-fl-ma tam-ta lu-bir :
um-ma la na-flu-m[a ra lu-ur-pu-ud]
K
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
d [GI-gm-ma]
190
191
192
193
194
195
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
iv 17b
iv 18
iv 19
iv 20
iv 21
iv 22
11
im-na nam/zi-[
]
a-na-afl-fla-lam-ma || ul ia-[ L]
a-na-afl-fla-lam-ma || u[l ia- L?]
a-na-afl-fla-lam-ma || [ul ia- L?]
[x x x i]a-i x[
]
[x x x x] x x[
]
The remainder of MS K col. iv, about 25 lines of tablet, is missing, leaving a gap of at least that
in the text. Much of it is filled by MS z col. ii:
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
ii 1'
ii 2'
ii 3'
ii 4'
ii 5'
ii 6'
ii 7'
ii 8'
ii 9'
ii 10'
ii 11'
ul a-ia- [
-ar?-pa?-du [
lM.LA5 [
a-mi-lu a a-ta-[
a a-na-flal-la ul x[
pi-qa-ma-a EDIN x[
x x x ma x na-a -[
u[r]-na [x x]-ma it-ta-x[
md GI-TUK a-na ka-ri i[fl-e
-e-rid-ma ?-la-[
[]u- e-la-[m]a? it-ta-[
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
ii 12'
ii 13'
ii 14'
ii 15'
ii 16'
md GI-TUK
ii 17'
ii 18'
ii 19'
ii 20'
ii 21'
ii 22'
ii 23'
[mUD-ZI
219 z
220 z
ii 24'
ii 25'
md GI-TUK
221 K1
z
v1
ii 26'
[
zi]-mu--a
la lu-mun lb-bi la qa-t[u-
]
222 K1
z
v2
ii 27'
[
ina ka]r-i-ia
la ib-ba-i ni-is-sa-t[u
]
z
207
208
209
210
211
z
z
z
z
z
mUD-ZI-(tim)]
)]
z
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
z
z
z
z
z
z
z
a-n[a mdGI-TUK ]
z
mUD-ZI-(tim)]
12
223 K1
z
v3
ii 28'
[
pa-nu-]-a la ma-lu
a-na a-lik ar-i ru-qa-t[i
]
224 K1
z
v4
ii 29'
[
qu-um-mu]- pa-nu--a
i-na A {A?} ar-be u e-te l[a
]
225 K1
z
v5
ii 30'
[
la a-r]ap-pu-ud EDIN
u [p]a-an la-be la -ak-na-[ku-ma
]
z
226 K1
z
v6
ii 31-32a'
[
ak-kan-nu KU]R nim-ru EDIN
ib-ri ku-da-ni fla-ri-[du
] / nim!-ri a EDIN
227 K1
v7
z
ii 32b'-33'
[
]
md
[ en-ki-d ib-ri] / ku-da-ni fla-r[i-du
228 K1
z
v8
ii 34'
[
ni-l]u- -da-a
a ni-nem!(DU)-du--[ma
]
229 K1
z
v9
ii 35'
[
a-la-a ni-[i-ba-tu-ma
230 K1
z
v 10
ii 36'
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
K1
v 11
v 12
v 13
v 14a
v 14b
v 15
v 16
v 17a
239 K1
f
v 17b
v 1'
240 K1
f
v 18a
v 2'
241 K1
f
v 18b
v 3'
242 K1
f
v 19a
v 4'
KIMIN
a]-la-a ni-na-ru
]
13
243 K1
f
v 19b
v 5'
244 K1
f
v 20
v 6'
245 K1
f
v 21a
v 7'
246 K1
f
v 21b
v 8'
d en-ki-d
247 K1
f
v 22a
v 9a'
248 K1
f
v 22b
v 9b'
249 K1
f
v 23
v 10'
[d ]GI-gm-ma
250* K1
v 24
ib-r[i KIMIN]
i[b-
[d en-k]i-d
Kf
v 11'
d GI-gm-ma
mUD-Z[I]
251 K1
f
v 25
v 12a'
252 K1
f
v 26
v 12b'
253 K1
f
v 27
v 13'
254 K1
f
v 28
v 14'
255 K1
f
v 29a
v 15a'
256 K1
f
v 29b
v 15b'
14
257 K1
f
v 16'
om.
mi-na-a ak-te-r ina ma-na-a-t[i-ia]
258 K1
f
v 30
v 17'
259 K1
f
v 31a
v 18'
260 K1
b
f
v 31b
v 1'
v 19'
261 K1
b
f
v 32
v 2'
v 20'
262 K1
b
v 33a
v 3'
[
.LA]GAB li-di-lu K- :
SAG .PA.L [AGAB
]
263 K1
b
v 33b
v 4'
264 K1
b
v 34
v 5'
[
]-a-i mi-lu-la || la -x[
- ia-a-[i
]
]
265 K1
b
v 35
v 6'
]
]
Kb
266 K1
b
v 36
v 7'
267 K1
b
v 37
v 8'
[
] d GI-gm-ma ni-is-sa-ta tur-t[i-n-ed-di at-ta?]
am-me-ni d GI-g[m]
268 K1
K3
b
v 38
v 1'
v 9'
[
DIN]GIR.ME u a-me-lu-ti [ba-na-a-ta?]
ina U[ZU
]
ina UZU DINGIR.ME[
]
269 K1
K3
b
v 39
v 2'
v 10'
[
-k]a u AMA-ka i-pu-[
GIM A[D ki-ma AD-ka [
mut-ZI -tim
[d GI-gm-ma]
]
]
]
]
15
270 K1
K3
b
v 40
v 3'
v 11'
[
-m]a d GI-gm-ma ana li[l-li
ma-t[ima-ti-ma-a d [
]
]
]
271 K1
K3
b
v 41
v 4'
v 12'
]
]
]
272 K1
K3
b
v 42
v 5'
v 13'
[
]- ana lil-li ur-um-me [
na-a[dna-ad-na-- ana [
] / GIM .NUN [
273 K1
K3
b
v 43
v 6'
v 14'
[
] ku-uk-ku- {} GIM [
tu-[i
tu-u ku-uk-k[u-
]
]
]
274 K1
K3
b
v 44
v 7'
v 15'
[
-]a-an-da GIM [
la-bi[
la-bi [m]a-a-an-d[a
]
]
]
275 K1
K3
b
v 45
v 8'
v 16'
[
n-b]-i e-b[e-e
ki-i [
-a- GIM n-b-[
]
]
]
276 K1
K3
b
v 46
v 8'
v 17'
[
]- ma?-[li-ki?
- [
- la i-u- [
]
]
]
277 K3
b
v 47
v 18'
a-m[at
a-mat mil-ki la i-[u-
]
]
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
v 19'
v 20'
v 21'
v 22'
v 23'
v 24'
v 25'
v 26'
v 27'
v 28'
v 29'
v 30'
v 31'
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
b
i]d-du-ma ti-x[
giG[U.
giGU.ZA
]
]
]
16
291
292
293
294
b
b
b
b
v 32'
v 33'
v 34'
v 35'
a-na x x [x x] x x i-pu-u x[
]
[
] a-na q-i-tim i-x[ x (x) x]
[
] i-nam-du- [
]
?
[
] AN [
]
The text of MS b breaks off here. About 17 lines of tablet are missing between the end of MS K
col. v at l. 227. Since MS K is now less constrained for space it is unlikely to have doubled up
many lines of poetry, and it is probable that we must assume there to be an overlap between the
fragmentary end of MS b col. v and the equally poorly preserved first extant lines of MS f col. vi.
292* f
293* f
294* f
295 f
vi 1'
vi 2'
vi 3'
vi 4'
[
[
[
[
]xx
k]ar-i-
]x za-ni-x
]x a-me-lu-ti
296 K3
f
vi 1'
vi 5'
297 K3
f
vi 2'
vi 6'
[x x t]a-ad-da-li-ip || mi-na-a [
]
[
m]i-na-a ta-al-qu
298 K3
f
vi 3'
vi 7a'
299 K3
f
vi 4'
vi 7b'
SA.ME-ka || ni-is-sa-t[a
]
[S]A.ME-ka SAG.PA .LAGAB tu-ml-la
300 K3
f
vi 5'
vi 8'
ru-qu-tu || tu-qar-r[a-ab
]
[
-t]u tu-qa[r] UD.ME-ka
301 K3
f
vi 6'
vi 9'
302 K3
f
vi 7a'
vi 10a'
303 K3
f
vi 7b'
vi 10b'
ur-[ru-i?
[
304 K3
f
vi 8a'
vi 11a'
305 K3
f
vi 8b'
vi 11b'
ul ma-am-m[a a mu-ti
]
[
i]m-mar pa-ni-
]
:]
]
]--nu-ma i-al-lal mu-ti
306 K3
f
vi 9'
vi 12a'
307 K3
f
vi 10'
vi 12b'
308 K3
f
vi 11a'
vi 13a'
im-ma-ti-ma ni-ip-pu- :
[
-m]a ip-p[u]-u :
309 K3
f
vi 11b'
vi 13b'
im-ma-ti-ma ni-qan-n[a]
im-[
-n]a-nu qin-nu
310 K3
f
vi 12'
vi 14'
311 K3
b
f
vi 13'
vi 1'
vi 15'
312 K3
b
f
vi 14'
vi 2'
vi 16a'
313 K3
b
f
vi 15'
vi 3'
vi 16b'
ku-li-li || iq-q-lep-pa-a [
[
-q]-lep-pe ina D
[k]u-li-li [
314 K3
b
f
vi 16'
vi 4'
vi 17'
315 K3
b
f
vi 17'
vi 5'
vi 18'
316 K3
b
f
vi 18'
vi 6'
vi 19'
SAL-lu
317 K3
b
f
vi 19'
vi 7'
vi 20a'
[
[
]
]
17
18
318 K3
b
f
vi 20'
vi 8'
vi 20b'
L.U18.LU- L
319 K3
b
f
vi 21'
vi 9'
vi 21a'
d a-nun-na-ki DINGIR.ME
320 K3
b
f
vi 22'
vi 10'
vi 21b'
d ma-am-me-tum
321 K3
b
f
vi 23'
vi 11'
vi 22a'
322 K3
b
f
vi 24'
vi 12'
vi 22b'
[
[
|| GAL.ME pa[-ru]
] DINGIR.ME GAL.ME pa-ru
GA]L .ME pa-ru :
Kbf
(XI 1)
A. R. George
K3
b
f
d GI-gm-ma
d GI-gm-ma