This page features my translations of various ancient texts.
AKKADIAN (coming soon)
ARAMAIC
–AB B.1.1 = KAI 201: Bir-Hadad Stele (=Melqart Stele; ca. 850-775 BCE)
HEBREW AND CANAANITE DIALECTS (coming soon)
UGARITIC
–KTU 1.178 / RS 92.2014: A Ugaritic Incantation against Snakebite
SUMERIAN
26th Century BCE:
-Ur-Nanše E1.9.1.7: A copper nail inscription of Ur-Nanše: CIRPL 1, Urn. 3; D. R. Frayne, RIME 1, 93f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #12.
25th Century BCE:
-Enmetena E1.9.5.10: A door socket inscription of Enmetena: DC II, pl. XLVI; D. R. Frayne, RIME 1, 211. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #11. Coming soon.
-Enmetena E1.9.5.14: A door socket inscription of Enmetena: DC II, pl. LVI; D. R. Frayne, RIME 1, 216f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #13. Coming soon.
-Enmetena E1.9.5.20: A door socket inscription of Enmetena: CIRPL 36, Ent. 27; D. R. Frayne, RIME 1, 224f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #14. Coming soon.
22nd Century BCE:
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.StA: A statue of Gudea: DC II, pl. VI-VII (diorite statue, ‘petite statue debout’); photo: F. Johansen, Mesopotamia 6, pl. 1-4; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 29f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #22. Coming soon.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.4: A royal stone tablet inscription of Gudea: FT II, pl. XXXIX, TG 2429; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 109f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #10.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.8: A royal clay nail inscription of Gudea: YOS IX 14; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 113. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #2.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.18: A royal brick inscription of Gudea: CT XXI, pl. 37, No. 90288; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 120f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #6.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.31: A royal brick inscription of Gudea: VS 1 21, VA 55; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 130f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #9.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.37: The most abundant royal inscription of Gudea: OIP 14 33; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 135f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #7.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.44: A royal brick inscription of Gudea: VS I23, VA 3129; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 141f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #8.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.62: A royal brick inscription of Gudea: CT XXI, pl. 36, No. 90289; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 154f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #5.
-Gudea E3/1.1.7.64: A royal brick inscription of Gudea: VS I 22, VA 57; D. O. Edzard, RIME 3/1, 156. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #4.
-Gudea Cylinder A (E3/1.1.7.CylA): i 1-29 (here); ii 1-29 (here); iii 1-29 (here); xviii 1-28 (here).
Ur III Period (2112-2004 BCE):
-Ur-Nammu E3/2.1.1.4: A royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu: CT XXI, pl. 2, No. 90009; D. R. Frayne, RIME 3/2, 25f. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #3.
-Ur-Nammu E3/2.1.1.11: A royal clay cone inscription of Ur-Nammu: D. R. Frayne, RIME 3/2, 34 (P226926; Ashm 1935-0774).
-Ur-Nammu E3/2.1.1.33: A royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu: CT XXI, pl. 3, No. 90015; D. R. Frayne, RIME 3/2, 69ff. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #1.
-Šu-Suen E3/2.1.4.17: A door socket of Šu-Suen: RIME3/2.1.4.17.
–A Sumerian Legal Case (ditila): A Lawsuit for Breach of Betrothal Promise. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #37.
–A Sumerian Legal Case (ditila): Claim of Property and a Slave. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #38.
First Dynasty of Isin (ca. 20th-18th cent. BCE):
–Law Code of Lipit-Ištar (Laws §§8-18)
Old Babylonian Period:
–Gilgamesh and Agga (Lines 1-17)
–A (Humorous) Model Court Case about Adultery (IM 28051). Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #39.
–Hammurabi Cylinder (Sumerian translation of Akkadian original): LIH 58; E4.3.6.12. Volk, Sumerian Chrestomathy, text #__.