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The Flood story

Segment A

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1. [] im-ĝa2-/ĝa2\ []
2. nam-lu2-ulu3-ĝu10 ḫa-lam-ma-bi-a ga-ba-/ni-ib\-[…]
3. dnin-tur5-ra niĝ2-dim2-dim2-ma-ĝu10 sig10-[sig10]-/bi\-[a] ga-ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
4. 3 ki-ur3-bi-ta ga-ba-ni-ib-gur-ru-ne
5. iriki me-a-bi ḫe2-em-mi-in-du3 ĝissu-bi ni2 ga-ba-ab-dub2-bu
6. iri me-a šeg12-bi ki kug-ga ḫe2-em-mi-in-šub
7. ki-eš-<bar> me-a ki kug-ga ḫe2-em-mi-ni-ib-ri
8. KUG? A niĝ2 izi ten-na si mi-ni-in-si-sa2
9. ĝarza me maḫ šu mi-ni-ib-šu-du7
10. ki a im-ma-ab-dug4 silim ga-mu-ni-in-ĝar
11. an den-lil2 den-ki dnin-ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2-ke4
12. saĝ gig2-ga mu-un-dim2-eš-a-ba
13. niĝ2-gilim ki-ta ki-ta mu-lu-lu
14. maš2-anše niĝ2-ur2-4 edin-na me-te-a-aš bi2-ib2-ĝal2
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Segment B

1. [] /mu-un\-[…]
2. [] AM3 []
3. [] X de5-/ga\ ga-ba-ni-in-[…]
4. [du]-/lum\-bi igi ga-ba-ni-ib-du8-/du8\-[X]
5. X šidim kalam-ma-ke4 gen6 /ḫa\-ba-ab-ba-[al]
6. [ud X] X nam-lugal-la an-ta ed3-de3-a-ba
7. men maḫ ĝišgu-za nam-lugal-la an-ta ed3-a-ba
8. [ĝarza me] /maḫ\ šu mi-ni-ib-šu-du7
9. [iri-bi-e]-/ne\ [šeg12-bi ki kug-ga im]-/ma\-an-da-šub
10. mu-bi ba-an-sa4 kab dug4-/ga\ [ba-ḫal]-/ḫal\-la
11. nesaĝ iri-be2-e-ne eridugki maš2-saĝ dnu-dim2-mud mi-ni-in-šum2
12. 2-kam-ma-še3 nu-gig-ra bad3-tibiraki mi-ni-in-šum2
13. 3-kam-ma la-ra-ag dpa-bil2-«ḫur»-saĝ mi-ni-in-šum2
14. 4-kam-ma zimbirki šul dutu mi-ni-in-šum2
15. 5-kam-ma šuruppag dsud3ki-ra mi-ni-in-šum2
16. iri-be2-e-ne mu-bi ba-an-sa4-a kab dug4-ga ba-ḫal-ḫal-la
17. id2 IM GUN2? ma-an-šu4-am3 im-ma-al-la a im-ma-an-de6
18. id2 tur-tur-re šu luḫ-bi ĜAR ḪAR-ḪAR mi-ni-ib2-ĝar-ĝar
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Segment C

1. ki-tuš an-na X []
2. e-[…]
3. a-ma-ru []
4. nam-lu2-[ulu3 ]
5. /ur5-gin7\ bi2-in-ak []
6. ud-bi-a dnin-/tur5\ [] DIM2 A []
7. kug dinana-ke4 3-bi-še3 a-nir mu-[un-ĝa2-ĝa2]
8. den-ki šag4 ni2-te-na-ke4 ad i-ni-/in\-[gi4-gi4]
9. an den-lil2 den-ki dnin-ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2-[ke4]
10. diĝir an ki-ke4 mu an den-lil2 mu-X-[pad3]
11. ud-ba zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3 gudug X []
12. an saĝ NIĜIN mu-un-dim2-dim2 EN []
13. nam-sun5-na inim sig10-sig10-ge ni2 teĝ3-ĝe26 []
14. ud šu2-uš-e saĝ us2 gub-ba []
15. ma-mu2 nu-me-a ed2-de3 inim /bal\ []
16. mu an ki-bi-ta pad3-pad3-de3 []
17. /ki?\-ur3-še3 diĝir-re-e-ne e2-ĝar8 []
18. zi-ud-su3-ra2 da-bi gub-ba ĝiš mu-[un-tuku]
19. iz-zi-da a2 gab2-bu-ĝu10 gub-ba []
20. iz-zi-da inim ga-ra-ab-dug4 inim-[ĝu10 ḫe2-dab5]
21. na de5-ga-ĝu10 ĝizzal [ḫe2-em-ši-ak]
22. DAG-me-a a-ma-ru ugu kab /dug4\-[ga ] ba-/ur3\ []
23. numun nam-lu2-ulu3 ḫa-lam-e-/de3\ [nam-bi ba-tar]
24. di-til-la inim pu-uḫ2-ru-[um-ma-ka šu gi4-gi4 nu-ĝal2]
25. inim dug4-ga an den-[lil2-la2-ka] [šu bal-e nu-zu]
26. nam-lugal-bi bal-bi /ba\-[bur12 e-ne šag4 kuš2-u3-de3]
27. /e\-ne-eš2 []
28. /a\-na MU-/MU\ []
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Segment D

1. im-ḫul-im-ḫul tum9si-si-ig du3-a-bi teš2-bi i3-sug2-ge-eš
2. a-ma-ru ugu kab dug4-ga ba-an-da-ab-ur3-e
3. ud 7-am3 ĝi6 7-am3
4. a-ma-ru kalam-ma ba-ur3-ra-ta
5. ĝišma2 gur4-gur4 a gal-la im-ḫul tuku4-tuku4-a-ta
6. dutu i-im-ma-ra-e3 an ki-a ud ĝa2-ĝa2
7. zi-ud-su3-ra2 ĝišma2 gur4-gur4 ab-BUR2 mu-un-da-buru3
8. šul dutu ĝiš-nu11-ni-da ĝišma2 gur4-gur4-še3 ba-an-kur9-re-en
9. zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
10. igi dutu-še3 giri17 ki su-ub ba-gub
11. lugal-e gud im-ma-ab-gaz-e udu im-ma-ab-šar2-re
12. [] X si gal [] sikil-la-da
13. [] X mu-un-na-X-X-ba
14. []
15. [] bi2-in-si
16. [] X tab-ba
17. [] A X
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Segment E

1. zi an-na zi ki-a i3-pad3-de3-en-ze2-en za-zu-da ḫe2-em-da-la2
2. an den-lil2 zi an-na zi ki-a i3-pad3-de3-ze2-en za-da-ne-ne im-da-la2
3. niĝ2-gilim-ma ki-ta ed3-de3 im-ma-ra-ed3-de3
4. zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
5. igi an den-lil2-la2-še3 giri17 ki su-ub ba-/gub!\
6. an den-lil2 zi-ud-su3-ra2 mi2-e-/eš2?\ […-dug4-…]
7. til3 diĝir-gin7 mu-un-na-šum2-mu
8. zi da-ri2 diĝir-gin7 mu-un-<na>-ab-ed3-de3
9. ud-ba zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
10. mu niĝ2-gilim-ma numun nam-lu2-ulu3 uru3 ak
11. kur-bal kur dilmun-na ki dutu e3-še3 mu-un-til3-eš
12. za-e? X [] /BA\ X-bi til3-eš X
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Print sources

Jacobsen 1981: composite text, translation, commentary

Jacobsen 1987, p. 145-150: translation, commentary

Kramer 1983: translation, commentary

Lambert and Millard 1969, p. 138-145: translation, commentary, score transliteration (by M. Civil)

Pettinato 1971: translation, commentary, composite text (ll. 37-50; 84-100)

Römer 1993a, p. 448-458: translation, commentary

Electronic sources

Krecher 1996a: composite text, translation

Cuneiform sources

CBS 10673; provenance: Nippur; lines in composite: 37-50, 84-100, 135-162, 201-217, 251-261 (Civil 1969: 138 suggests that bilingual CT 46, 5 may belong to missing part of col iii; STVC 87 B may also belong -- based only on similar content. Kramer 1983 follows Civil 1969's numbering; TUAT follows Jacobsen 1981's.)


Revision history

02.ii.1998-22.ii.1998: GZ, editor: standardisation
23.ix.1998: JAB, editor: proofreading
22.vi.1999: GZ, editor: minor corrections
22.vi.1999: GZ, editor: SGML tagging
25.vi.1999: ER, editor: proofreading SGML
25.vi.1999: ER, editor: web publication
01.vi.2003: GC/JE, editor/technical developer: XML/TEI conversion
30.iii.2005: GC/JE, senior editor/technical developer: lemmatised version published

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