Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology
(CUSAS) Volume 10
MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION
CUNEIFORM TEXTS IV
Babylonian Literary Texts in the Sch™yen Collection
by
A. R. George
CDL Press Bethesda, Maryland
2009
Table of Contents
Statement of Provenance (Ownership history), by Martin Sch™yen vii
Series Editor’s Preface, by David I. Owen ix
Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction xv
Catalogue xvii
Concordance xix
A. Narrative poetry
1. The Song of Bazi 1
2. A Tablet of Atram-¿as¬s in Four Columns 16
3. A Short Excerpt from Atram-¿as¬s 26
4. A Fragment of Gilgame· 28
5. Gilgame·’s Journey to the Cedar Forest 29
6. Fragments of Gilgame·’s Journey to the Cedar Forest 37 B. Praise poetry
7. A Song in Praise of Ningi·zida 42
C. Love Poetry and Related Compositions
8. Oh girl, Whoopee! 50
9. I Shall Be a Slave to You 54
10. A Field Full of Salt 60
11. May She Throw herself at Me! A Love Incantation 67 12. In the Light of the Window: Incipits of Love Songs and Other Poems 71 D. Prose
13. A Literary Prayer to I·tar as Venus 76
14. The Scholars of Uruk 78
15. A Literary Letter of Sîn-muballifl 113
16. A Son’s Request 121
17. The Tribulations of Gimil-Marduk 123
18. A Tablet of Legal Prescriptions 153
19. A Tablet of Riddles 156
References 157
Cuneiform texts Plates I–LXIII
