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The Flood story

Segment A

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1. [...] im-ja2-/ja2\ [...]
2. nam-lu2-ulu3-ju10 ha-lam-ma-bi-a ga-ba-/ni-ib\-[...]
3. dnin-tur5-ra nij2-dim2-dim2-ma-ju10 sig10-[sig10]-/bi\-[a] ga-ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
4. uj3 ki-ur3-bi-ta ga-ba-ni-ib-gur-ru-ne
5. iriki me-a-bi he2-em-mi-in-du3 jissu-bi ni2 ga-ba-ab-dub2-bu
6. iri me-a ceg12-bi ki kug-ga he2-em-mi-in-cub
7. ki-ec-<bar> me-a ki kug-ga he2-em-mi-ni-ib-ri
8. KUG? A nij2 izi ten-na si mi-ni-in-si-sa2
9. jarza me mah cu mi-ni-ib-cu-du7
10. ki a im-ma-ab-dug4 silim ga-mu-ni-in-jar
11. an den-lil2 den-ki dnin-hur-saj-ja2-ke4
12. saj gig2-ga mu-un-dim2-ec-a-ba
13. nij2-gilim ki-ta ki-ta mu-lu-lu
14. mac2-ance nij2-ur2-4 edin-na me-te-a-ac bi2-ib2-jal2
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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 cidim kalam-ma-ke4 uc gen6 /ha\-ba-ab-ba-[al]
6. [ud X] X nam-lugal-la an-ta ed3-de3-a-ba
7. men mah jicgu-za nam-lugal-la an-ta ed3-a-ba
8. [jarza me] /mah\ cu mi-ni-ib-cu-du7
9. [iri-bi-e]-/ne\ [ceg12-bi ki kug-ga im]-/ma\-an-da-cub
10. mu-bi ba-an-sa4 kab dug4-/ga\ [ba-hal]-/hal\-la
11. nesaj iri-be2-e-ne eridugki mac2-saj dnu-dim2-mud mi-ni-in-cum2
12. 2-kam-ma-ce3 nu-gig-ra bad3-tibiraki mi-ni-in-cum2
13. 3-kam-ma la-ra-ag dpa-bil2-«hur»-saj mi-ni-in-cum2
14. 4-kam-ma zimbirki cul dutu mi-ni-in-cum2
15. 5-kam-ma curuppag dsud3ki-ra mi-ni-in-cum2
16. iri-be2-e-ne mu-bi ba-an-sa4-a kab dug4-ga ba-hal-hal-la
17. id2 IM GUN2? ma-an-cu4-am3 im-ma-al-la a im-ma-an-de6
18. id2 tur-tur-re cu luh-bi JAR HAR-HAR mi-ni-ib2-jar-jar
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Segment C

1. ki-tuc 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 uj3-bi-ce3 a-nir mu-[un-ja2-ja2]
8. den-ki cag4 ni2-te-na-ke4 ad i-ni-/in\-[gi4-gi4]
9. an den-lil2 den-ki dnin-hur-saj-ja2-[ke4]
10. dijir an ki-ke4 mu an den-lil2 mu-X-[pad3]
11. ud-ba zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3 gudug X [...]
12. an saj NIJIN mu-un-dim2-dim2 EN [...]
13. nam-sun5-na inim sig10-sig10-ge ni2 tej3-je26 [...]
14. ud cu2-uc-e saj 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-ce3 dijir-re-e-ne e2-jar8 [...]
18. zi-ud-su3-ra2 da-bi gub-ba jic mu-[un-tuku]
19. iz-zi-da a2 gab2-bu-ju10 gub-ba [...]
20. iz-zi-da inim ga-ra-ab-dug4 inim-[ju10 he2-dab5]
21. na de5-ga-ju10 jizzal [he2-em-ci-ak]
22. DAG-me-a a-ma-ru ugu kab /dug4\-[ga ...] ba-/ur3\ [...]
23. numun nam-lu2-ulu3 ha-lam-e-/de3\ [nam-bi ba-tar]
24. di-til-la inim pu-uh2-ru-[um-ma-ka cu gi4-gi4 nu-jal2]
25. inim dug4-ga an den-[lil2-la2-ka] [cu bal-e nu-zu]
26. nam-lugal-bi bal-bi /ba\-[bur12 e-ne cag4 kuc2-u3-de3]
27. /e\-ne-ec2 [...]
28. /a\-na MU-/MU\ [...]
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Segment D

1. im-hul-im-hul tum9si-si-ig du3-a-bi tec2-bi i3-sug2-ge-ec
2. a-ma-ru ugu kab dug4-ga ba-an-da-ab-ur3-e
3. ud 7-am3 ji6 7-am3
4. a-ma-ru kalam-ma ba-ur3-ra-ta
5. jicma2 gur4-gur4 a gal-la im-hul tuku4-tuku4-a-ta
6. dutu i-im-ma-ra-e3 an ki-a ud ja2-ja2
7. zi-ud-su3-ra2 jicma2 gur4-gur4 ab-BUR2 mu-un-da-buru3
8. cul dutu jic-nu11-ni-da jicma2 gur4-gur4-ce3 ba-an-kur9-re-en
9. zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
10. igi dutu-ce3 giri17 ki su-ub ba-gub
11. lugal-e gud im-ma-ab-gaz-e udu im-ma-ab-car2-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 he2-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. nij2-gilim-ma ki-ta ed3-de3 im-ma-ra-ed3-de3
4. zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
5. igi an den-lil2-la2-ce3 giri17 ki su-ub ba-/gub!\
6. an den-lil2 zi-ud-su3-ra2 mi2-e-/ec2?\ [...-dug4-...]
7. til3 dijir-gin7 mu-un-na-cum2-mu
8. zi da-ri2 dijir-gin7 mu-un-<na>-ab-ed3-de3
9. ud-ba zi-ud-su3-ra2 lugal-am3
10. mu nij2-gilim-ma numun nam-lu2-ulu3 uru3 ak
11. kur-bal kur dilmun-na ki dutu e3-ce3 mu-un-til3-ec
12. za-e? X [...] /BA\ X-bi til3-ec 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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