SEAL no. 26699
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
15 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
BM 96603
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
Bilingual
Provenance
Text
obv.
- ⸢d⸣en-<ki> da-sa-lim ù ddumu eridu-k[i]-/ga!
- é-a dAMAR.UTU ù da-sa-lu-ḫa
- diĝir-gal-gal-e-ne šu-du-um-mu-/ra-a-na-an-⸢rá?⸣ §
- ĝešgu-za kù-sig17 nam-lugal saĝ il5-la
- šà-bi! an!-na nam-ur-saĝ-ĝá-ak-ka-ni / maḫ-bi su-uš-a
rev.
- i-na GU.ZA KÙ.SIG17 ša ša-ar-ru-ti-i-ka
- ša re-ša-ša i-li-a a-na i-di qar-ra-du-/{x}-ti-ka
- ṣi-ri-iš lu-ú wa-aš-ba-a-ti
- sa-am-su-i-lu-na LUGAL ši-in-nu-ú
- lugal úriki-ma lugal larsaki-ma
- lugal ki-in-ĝi6 ĝi6-ú-ri-ke4
Translation
obv.
- Enki, Asalim and Eridu's son,
- Ea, Marduk and Asaluḫi,
- the great deities, he saluted,
- whose head is raised on the golden throne of kingship,
- who sits loftily inside the strength of his heroism.
rev.
- On the golden throne of your kingship,
- whose head was raised, for the strength of you heroism,
- you shall sit loftily,
- Samsuiluna, king of each of the two:
- King of Ur, King of Larsa.
- King of Sumer and Akkade.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| elûm (v.) | G to go up, arise; D make higher, raise, exalt; Š caus. of G; Št be raised (as) high | 7 | |
| idum (Á) | arm; side; strength; wage | 7 | |
| qarrādūtum | heroism, valor | 7 | |
| rēšum (SAG) | head; beginning; slave | 7 | |
| šarrūtum | kingship, reign | 6 | |
| šinnû | double | 9 | |
| ṣīrum | exalted, supreme, splendid, outstanding | 8 | |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit, dwell | 8 |
Signs in text
128
Words in text
52
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
6
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
11.64
SD of signs per line
3.59
Revision History
Streck, Michael P.
Catalogue
05/12/19
Pohl, Antonia
Transliteration, translation
04/02/22
Pohl, Antonia
Vocabulary
21/02/22