MDP 18, 250

SEAL no. 1832

Tablet Siglum
Sb 19319
Measurements
circumference
7.8 x 3.5–4.0 x 2.5
cm
Collection
Louvre, Paris
Genre / Classification
Funerary Texts
Provenance
Text

Obv.

al-ka lu-li-ka ì-lí be-li

a-na ma-aḫ-ri-ti E-nu-na-ki

lu-ti-iq ḫar?-ra?-na

lu-ḫu-uz qa-at-ka4 i-na ma-ḫa-ar ì-lì

ra-bu-ti

lu-uš-me-ma di-na lu-uṣ-ba-ta

 

Lo. Ed.

še-pi-ka4

ad?-di-ma bīt eklēti(É.GI6ì-lí

tu-šà-aḫ-ba-ta-an-ni

10 ap-pa-ra šà ma-ki

11 ù du-ul-li

12 i-na qa-aq-qa-ar da-na-ti

13 te9-še-a-ni

 

Up. Ed.

14 tu-qí-ra me-e ú šà-am-ma

15 [i]-na e-qí-il ṣú-ma-mi-ti 

Translation

1–3      Come my god, my lord: may I walk before the Anunnaki! May I pass along the road!

4–5      May I hold your hand in the presence of the great gods!

6–7      May I hear the verdict! May I grasp your feet!

8–11    Since I have abandoned the house of darkness, oh my god, you make me wander through a marsh of need and hardship.

12–15  You look for me in the land of hunger; you made water and pasture precious for me in the land of thirst.

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
aḫāzum (v.) G to take, marry, grasp, seize, learn; Š to make s.o. take, marry, learn 4
alākum (v.) (DU) G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G Written texts/Literary terms 1
Anunnakkū, Enunnakkū DN Deities/Divine sphere 2
appārum reed-bed, marsh Fabricated objects 10
bēlum (EN) lord, master, proprietor, owner Social status/Groups/Professions 1
bīt eklētim (É.GI6) dark chamber, underworld 8
dannatum distress, famine, difficulty 12
dīnum (DI.KU5) verdict, case, judgement, legal decision 6
dullum toil, trouble; work, service Human activities/actions 11
eqlum (A.ŠÀ) field, terrain Locations/Buildings 15
etēqum I (v.) G to go past, cross over; Gtn iter.; Š caus. of G 3
ḫabātum (v.) G to rob, plunder, Š to let plunder, to allow something to be plundered 9
ḫarrānum (KASKAL) way, road, journey [3]
makûm II want, lack, need 10
mû I (A(.MEŠ)) water Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena 14
nadûm III (v.) G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G 8
qaqqarum (KI) earth, ground Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena 12
ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) G to seize, take, hold 6
šammum (Ú) grass, herb, plant Flora 14
šemûm (v.) G to listen, to hear; Gtn to hear, to listen again and again 6
šēpum foot, leg Body/Body parts 7
še'ûm (v.) G to seek, call on 13
ṣumāmītum thirst 15
waqārum (v.) G to be(come) rare, precious; Š make rare, scarce; esteem, respect, honor 14
Signs in text
110
Words in text
40
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
5
Lines in text
15
Average signs per line in text
7.33
SD of signs per line
2.94
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Web-indexing
07/10/10
Wagschal, Avigail
Web-fomratting
28/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
27/01/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (translation, indexing, bibliography)
08/12/15
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-indexing (verbs)
15/12/15
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, indexing
27/01/16
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation (new)
15/06/17