SEAL no. 1812
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 6461
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
Studies
188
Genre / Classification
Lamentations
Provenance
Text
Obv.
1 aš-šum-i-šu dEn-ki ša ib-ni-a-ni
2 bu-bu-tam ṣú-ma-am ub-lam
3 ku-ṣa-am ù du-bu-ub-tam
4 e-li-ia it-ta-di
5 šum-ma ṭa-ab-kum ù li-ib-ba-ka
6 qí-bi-šum-ma i?-⸢na? x⸣ [x] dEn-ki
7 wa-ši-ib NUNki [x x x]-IR-ŠU?
L.e.
8 a-na-ku ra-bu-ut dEn-k[i ...]
9 lu-uš-ku-u[n]
Rev.
10 aš-šum-i-šu la i-ḫa-ba-lu-ni-i[n-ni]
Translation
Obv.
1 For his sake, Enki, who created me,
2 hunger, draught, thirst,
3 frost, and vexation
4 he has cast upon me.
5–6 If it pleases you, tell him your wish ... Enki,
7 who dwells in Eridu, ...
L.e.
8–9 I will establish the greatness of Enki ...
Rev.
10 For his sake, he shall not wrong me!
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| banûm (v.) | G to build, create; N be created, made | 1 | |
| bubūtum | hunger, starvation | 2 | |
| dubbubtum | (troublesome) negotiation(s), complaint(s) | 3 | |
| Enki | DN | 1,6,8 | |
| Eridu | GN | 7 | |
| ḫabālum II (v.) | to do wrong, violence to | 10 | |
| kūṣum | cold | 3 | |
| libbum (ŠÀ) | heart, mind; inner body | 5 | |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 4 | |
| qabûm (v.) (DUG4) | G to say, speak, command | 6 | |
| rabûtum | greatness | 8 | |
| šakānum (v.) (//gar) | to put, place, lay down | 9 | |
| ṣūmum | thirst | 2 | |
| ṭābum (DU10) | good, sweet | 5 | |
| wabālum (v.) | G to carry, bring; Š send, deliver, make bear; Št pass. of Š | 2 | |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit, dwell | 7 |
Signs in text
90
Words in text
38
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
5
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
8.18
SD of signs per line
3.40
Revision History
Jarfe, Jonathan
Transliteration, translation, vocabulary
16/06/22
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections
16/06/22
16/06/22