SEAL no. 26416
Texts Hierarchy
Images
AUAM 73.2645b
AUAM 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
152
Genre / Classification
Literary Letters, to Ištar
Provenance
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Text
| Obv. | |
| 1 | [a]-na be-el-⸢ti-ia eš18-tár⸣ |
| 2 | [qí]-⸢bí-ma⸣ |
| 3 | um-ma a-bi-tu-ku-ul-[ti amat]-⸢ki?-ma⸣ |
| 4 | ⸢ki-ma di/ki x i?/tum⸣ ù ⸢ni? ⸣ [ ] x |
| 5 | be-el-⸢ti at⸣-ti ⸢ša⸣ [ ] x |
| 6 | [ ] xxx [ ] |
| end broken | |
| Rev. | |
| beginning broken | |
| 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 [...].
end broken
Rev.
beginning broken
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