SEAL no. 1835
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
Sb 19320
Measurements
circumference
7–8 x 3.5–4.0x 2.5
cm
Collection
Louvre, Paris
Edition
Studies
94-102
Cat. No. 89
394–396
20
168–169
Genre / Classification
Funerary Texts
Provenance
Text
Obv.
1 ši○-mat○-sú○ ḫa○-ab○-la○-at?○ l[i○-x-(x)]
2 a-wa-at-ka i○-qa?!○-ab○-b[u○]
3 ma○ -⌈ag?○⌉ - ra
4 e-ṭì-ir○ immera(UDU) nūna(KU6) eṭ-li○ im-mar
5 šamnī(Ìḫá) šaman(Ì) ḫi-li-im-me
Lo. Ed.
6 li-m[al?]-la pi-ka
7 ì-lí li-im-gu-úr-ka
(magical drawing)
Translation
1 ‘His fate is ruined, ma[y they/it...]’
2–3 They pronounce the decision concerning you as favorable:
4 ‘He is saved, he will see a sheep, a fish, young men’.
5–6 May (different) kinds of oil, grasshoppers’ oil, fill your mouth!
7 May my god answer you favorably!
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| amārum (v.) | G to see; catch sight of; N pass. of G, be found | 4 | |
| awātum, amātu (INIM) | word, matter, speech | Abstract concepts,Verbal expressions | 2 |
| eṭērum (v.) | G to take away, save | 4 | |
| ḫa-al-li | ? | 4 | |
| ḫabālum II (v.) | to do wrong, violence to | 1 | |
| ḫilimmum (ḫilammum) | grasshopper | 5 | |
| magārum (v.) | G to consent, agree; Gt to agree with one another, settle on | 7 | |
| maḫra | in front, before, earlier | 3 | |
| malûm IV (v.) | G to become full, fill up; D fill (up); Št to provide | 6 | |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| qabûm (v.) (DUG4) | G to say, speak, command | 2 | |
| šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) | oil, fat, cream | 5 | |
| šīmtum (NAM) | fate, what is fixed, destiny | 1 | |
| ṭābum (DU10) | good, sweet | 5 |
Signs in text
50
Words in text
21
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
14
Lines in text
8
Average signs per line in text
6.25
SD of signs per line
2.82
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Web-formatting
28/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation
28/10/16
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation (new)
15/06/17