SEAL no. 1759
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
Pl. 68
Tablet Siglum
UM 29-15-330
Collection
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Edition
273–274
Studies
Genre / Classification
Wisdom Literature, Proverbs
Bilingual
Provenance
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Notes
CDLI No. P231476 ("Lexical").
Text
| Obv. | |
| 1 | ⌈ninda-ni⌉ x x [......] |
| 2 | a-ka-šu lu pi-l[u-ú]-ma ... x |
| ---- | |
| 3 | ninda-ni gìr-pad-rá-dalla hé-a |
| 4 | zi-ni hé-kéš |
| 5 | a-ka-šu lu da-du-ma |
| 6 | li-ip-si-iq-šu |
| Rev. | |
| 7 | dingir-kú-kú-me-en an-na-dím? diš zu |
| 8 | a-na-a-ku lu x x x i-di-ma |
| 9 | x x x-am |
| 10 | a x (x) x x x x x tu |
| ---- | |
| 11 | an a ni a? zum x x x i im x |
| 12-13 | traces |
Translation
1-2 May his food be an egg, ...
3-6 May his food be plain bones, may it choke him!
7-8 May I ... I know.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ak(a)lum (//ninda) | bread, loaf, food | Food/Drink | 2, 4 |
| dādum II (GÌR.PAD.RÁ) | foodstuff, bone of fish | Food/Drink | 5 |
| pelûm | egg | Food/Drink | 2 |
Signs in text
82
Words in text
50
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
7.45
SD of signs per line
2.81
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration and indexing
17/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
24/03/10
Meltzer, Keren
Web-indexing, translation and corrections
25/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (commentary, translation)
04/02/11
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections (transliteration, index), formatting
03/03/13