SEAL no. 13484
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MS 3059 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo); George 2016, 24
MS 3059 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo)
Copy / Photo
CDLI P252068 (photo)
Tablet Siglum
MS 3059
Measurements
circumference
5.7 x 4.5 x 2.2
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Genre / Classification
Incantations, scorpion
Provenance
Unknown
Text
| Rev. | |
| (Signs written diagonally, probably remaining of a previously effaced text) | |
| 1' | dNanna Nanna |
| 2' | ki-si-ig si-li ér {x} |
| 3' | ku-ús-sa in-da-ag-ra |
| 4' | tu-re kúr-re |
| 5' | a-na ši-ip-tim |
| 6' | ma-li i-ba-aš-šu-ú |
| Upper edge | |
| 7' | in-na-di-/nu-šum? |
| Left edge | |
| 8' | ma-ri ši-ip-ri ša-pi-[ir] |
| 9' | zuqaqīpum(gír-tab) íz-qù-[sú] / {x} |
Translation
Rev.
1' O Nanna, Nanna!
2' kisig sili er.
3' O Kusu and Indagar!
4' A man is stung!
5'–7' For the spell, all that there is will be given to him.
8'–9' The messenger was sent off – a scorpion stung [him].
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana I | to, for | 5' | |
| bašûm (v.) | to be (at hand), be available, exist | 6' | |
| Indagar | DN | 3' | |
| Kusu (ku-ús-sa) | DN | 3' | |
| mala | as much as | 6' | |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | 8' | |
| nadānum (v.) (SUM) | G to give, bestow | 7' | |
| Nanna | DN | 1' | |
| šapārum (v.) | to send (a message), write to | 8' | |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | 4' | |
| šiprum | sending, mission, work, craft | 8' | |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | 5' | |
| zaqātum (v.) | G to sting | 9' | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | 9' |
Signs in text
53
Words in text
23
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
5.89
SD of signs per line
1.69
Revision History
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
31/12/18