Ilimilku the Scribe · a new plain-English translation from the original language
. . . lord(?) . . .
'. . . [Kapt]or is far away, O g[ods;] [Memphis] [is far]
[for the divinities] — [two] [lengths] [beneath] [the springs] [of the earth,] [three] [spans] [of the caverns.]'
Then he set his face toward El at the springs of the [two rivers,] [amid] [the channels] [of the two deeps.]
[He came to] the mound of E[l] and entered the [dwe]lling of the King, [the Father] [of Years.] [At] [the feet] [of El]
[he bowed] and fell, [he pr]ostrat[ed himself] and hono[red him.] [Afterw]ard [. . .]
. . . Kothar-and-Ha[sis:] 'Depart! Build the house of Yam, [rai]se the palace of Judge Ri[ver!]
. . . [Ri]ver, in the midst of . . . Depart, Kothar and [Hasis:] you shall [b]uild the house of Prince Yam,
. . . the pala[ce] [for] [Judge] River, in the midst of the sp[rings(?)] [of Yam(?)] . . .
[Quickly] let his [hou]se be buil[t,] [qui]ckly let [his] [pala]ce be rai[sed] — [a thousand] [fields] shall the house cover,
[ten thousand] acres the palace!' . . . Yam(?) — a house amid the lads(?) — for the field . . . of the days(?) —
[Baal(?)] in the sea, day by day(?) he will die(?) — the face of Athtar stood forth, who . . .
. . . burning(?), and . . . a fire I will set . . ., a fire . . .
. . . they were carried down(?), brought . . . he went down . . . there is no son —
. . . the Lamp of the gods, Shapshu, lifted her voice and c[ried:] ['He]ar, pray:
. . . Bull El your father [will ex]act vengeance before Prince Yam, before [Ju]dge River!
[How] indeed would Bull El your father hear you? Surely he will pull up the [su]pport of your seat, surely he will [overturn]
[the throne of] your kingship, surely he will break the scepter of your rule!' And Athta[r] answered: '. . . of me(?) —
Bull El my father [has ta]ken from me(?). I myself have no house [like] the gods, no court [like the sons]
[of the Ho]ly One. All alone I will go down into our two throats(?). The Kotharat will wash me(?). [Let him si]t in [the house]
[of Prince] Yam, in the palace of Judge Rive[r.] Bull El his father will exact vengeance be[fore] [Pr]ince Ya[m,]
[before] [Judge] [River.] Am I king, [or] am I not king? But no wife is mine, li[ke]
[the gods . . .] Prince Yam will [remain sea]ted(?), Judge River —
[. . .] he will send me(?). And Athtar answered:
[. . .] . . .