SEAL no. 1758
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
vol. II pl. 117
Tablet Siglum
YBC 9886
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
vol. I 121f.
Studies
Cat. No. 34
Genre / Classification
Wisdom Literature, Proverb
Bilingual
Provenance
Text
Obv.
1 am-si ni-ta-na máš-anše dŠakan-ka
2 níg-gá-gi-na-am al-sá-me-en nu-gál na-ab-bé-a
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3 al-ti-ri-gu mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
4 ù gá-e i-gi4-te-mu-uš
5 za-a-gi-nam al-sá-me-en-e-še
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6 am-si ma-sa-a e-de-de-en
7 i-im-tu-mu-u n-e-še
Rev.
8 um-ma pi-ru-um i-na- ra-ma-ni-ša
9 i-na bu-ul ša-am-ka-an
10 ša ki-ma ia-ti-ma zu-ú ú-ul i-ba-ši
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11 si-pi-di-qá-ar i-ip-pa-al
12 ù a-na-ku ki-ma ka-a-ti
13 a-na ma-na-ti-ia-ma zé-a-ku
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14 pi-ra a-na i-le-pi ṭi-bi-tim
15 a-na šu-li-i i-ri-id-du-ú
Translation
1// 8 An elephant said to himself:
2//9 "Among the animals,
2//10 there is no excrement like mine."
3//11 A S.-bird answered:
12-13 "And I, in my proportion, I defecate like you!"
14-15 An elephant that goes down to raise a sinking ship.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| būl Šakkan (//máš-anše dšakkan) | animals, livestock of Šakkan | Fauna (wild) | 1//9 |
| eleppum (//ma) | ship, boat | Fabricated objects | 6//14 |
| manâtum (// i-gi4-te) | accounting | Abstract concepts | 4//13 |
| pīrum (//am-si) | elephant | Fauna (wild) | 1//8,6//14 |
| sipidiqar (//al-ti-ri-gu) | bird (kind of) | Fauna (wild) | 3//11 |
| zûm | excrement | Body/Body parts | 10, 13 |
Signs in text
150
Words in text
50
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
15
Average signs per line in text
10.00
SD of signs per line
1.89
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration and indexing
17/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
24/03/10
Meltzer, Keren
Translation
07/04/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
22/01/11
Streck, Michael P.
Web-formatting
12/01/12
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections
04/04/12