SEAL no. 1839
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
D 259
Collection
Louvre, Paris
Edition
Studies
94–102
Cat. No. 89
394–396
20
168-169
Genre / Classification
Funerary Texts
Provenance
Text
Obv.
1 ku-r[u?-um-ma-tu...]
2 ma-aš-[qí?-it? Šu?-ší?-na?-ak? (x)]
3 is-qú šamnu(Ì) ma-zu-tu [x x (x)]
4 u-uz-da(!)-bil x [x x (x)]
Lo. Ed.
5 ma-aq-la UDU ŠE.GUR4? l[u?-x (x)]
(Rev. uninscribed)
Translation
1 Fo[od ration... ]
2 The water[ing place of Šušinak]
3 The portions: oil, pressed beer.
4 Let me carry …
5 Let me…. burning, sheep, barley.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| immerum (UDU) | sheep | 5 | |
| isqum | lot, share | 3 | |
| maqlûm | burn(ing), combustion | Abstract concepts | 5 |
| mašqītum | watering place, irrigation outlet | Locations/Buildings | [2] |
| mazūtum | ? | 3 | |
| šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) | oil, fat, cream | 3 | |
| še'um (ŠE) | barley, grain (also a measure) | 5 | |
| Šušinak | DN | [2] | |
| zabālum (v.) | to carry, deliver | 4 |
Signs in text
38
Words in text
16
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
13
Lines in text
5
Average signs per line in text
7.60
SD of signs per line
1.95
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Web-formatting
28/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, indexing
28/01/16
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation (new)
15/06/17