SEAL no. 1546
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MLC 641 (Morgan Library Collection)
Copy / Photo
4 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
MLC 641
Collection
Morgan Library Collection, (Yale Babylonian Collection) New Haven
Edition
Studies
193–194
116 fn. 18
Genre / Classification
Epics
Provenance
Notes
Photo K. Wagensonner
Text
1 a-na-ku Ša-ru-ki-in
2 na-ra-am dINANNA
3 mu-ta!-li-ik
4 ki-ib-ra-a-at
5 [e]r-bé-ti-in
6 [x]-mi ša-ru-ru ⌈d⌉[Šamaš]
7 [x] ⌈x li⌉ ši pa? x [(x)]
8 [x] ⌈TA⌉ la [...]
9 [x x] x a i [x x]
Translation
Obv.
1 I, Sargon,
2 beloved of Ištar,
3 who roams
4–5 the four corners
6 … the radiance of [Šamaš] …
7–9 (fragmentary)
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| anāku | I, me | Personal prons. | 1 |
| erbe | four | 5 | |
| Ištar | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 2 |
| kibrum (UB) | bank (of a river), shore, rim, brink; quarter of the world | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
| narāmum | loved one, love | Human activities/actions,Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions | 2 |
| Šarrum-Kīn | PN, RN | 1 | |
| šarūrum | brilliance, ray | 6 |
Signs in text
50
Words in text
30
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
10
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
5.56
SD of signs per line
1.74
Revision History
Hess, Christian W.
Transliteration, translation
08/01/09
Hess, Christian W.
Catalogue
01/01/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
11/01/12
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections, index
20/12/12
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
21/08/20