To Ištar (AUAM 73.2645b)

SEAL no. 26416

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  • Wagensonner, Altorientalische Forschungen 2021, 152AUAM 73.2645b
  • Wagensonner, Altorientalische Forschungen 2021, 153AUAM 73.2645b photo
Tablet Siglum
AUAM 73.2645b
Measurements
circumference
3.1 × 4.6 × 2.5
cm
Collection
Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
Edition
Genre / Classification
Literary Letters, to Ištar
Provenance
Text

Obv.

1 [a]-na be-el-⸢ti-ia eš18-tár

2 []-⸢bí-ma

3 um-ma a-bi-tu-ku-ul-[ti amat]- ⸢ki?-ma

4 ⸢ki-ma di/kii?/tumùni? ⸣ [     ] x

5 be-el-⸢ti at⸣-tiša⸣ [   ] x

6 [     ] xxx [     ]

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Rev.

 

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7 ⸢ša tu-ba-al-li⸣-[ṭi(?)]

8 la te-eg-gi-i-⸢ma

9 ma-ḫar dUtu qá-ta-ia

10 a-na be-el-ti-ia

11 li-ik-ru-ba

Translation

Obv.

1 To my Lady Eštar
2 speak,
3 thus (says) Abī-tukul[tī, your(?) [maid(?).]
4 That/Because ... and [...],
5 you are my Lady, who [...].

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Rev.

 

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6 [As to your maid(?) (...)],
7 whom you kept in good health,
8 you must not be careless, so
9 before Šamaš both my cleansed hands

10 to my Lady
11 they shall pray.

Signs in text
66
Words in text
34
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
12
Average signs per line in text
5.50
SD of signs per line
3.12
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing
27/02/19