SEAL no. 7049
Gurney 1989, 2
CDLI No. P274664 (no photo).
1 [a]t-ta-a-ma ṣ[e]-e[ḫ]-ru[m?]
2 [w]i-il!-du-um ša a-wi-lu-ú-[tim]
3 lu-ú ta-at-ta-ṣ[i]-a-am
4 lu-ú ta-ta-mar dUTU nu-r[a-am?]
5 a[m]-mi-ni i-na li-ib-bi um-[m]a-ka
6 ki-a-am la te-te-ep-pu-uš
7 ki-⌈i⌉ ša du-um-qá-am [t]e-pu-šu a-ba-k[a]
8 s[u-qá]-am ša ni-ši um-ma-ka tu-uš-bi-ʾu5
9 tu-uš-ta-aʾ-di-ir ta-ri-ta-am
10 ta-ad-da-li-ip mu-še-ni-iq-ta-am
11 i-na ri-ig-mi-ka i-li bi-tim
12 ú-ul i-ṣa-al-la-al
13 iš-ta-ar bi-tim
14 ú-ul i-ḫa-az ši-it-tum
15 [m]a-an-na-am lu-uš-pu-ur
16 a-na En-ki-du10
17 ša-ki-in ša-la-a-aš-ti
18 a-na ma-aṣ-ṣa-ra-tim
19 li-iṣ-ba-as-[s]ú-ú-mi
20 ⌈ša⌉ iṣ-ba-tu-ú ṣabitam(MAŠ.DÀ)
21 l[i]-ka-as-sí-[š]u-mi
22 š[a] ú-ka-as-sú-ú ar-wi-[am]
23 ⌈i?-na?⌉ ṣe-e-ri-im li-id-di-i[š?-šum?]
24 [m]é?-e-ḫi-ru-um ši-na-as-s[ú]
25 a-li-ik warki(EGIR) alpī(GUD.ḪÁ) ši-it-ta-šu
26 li-zi-ib-šum
27 a-di um-ma-šu i-de-ku-ú-šu
28 a-a i-ig-ge-el-ti
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29 KA.inim.ma l[ú]-tur!(Text:I) ír-šeš4-[a-kam?]
1–2 Oh you little-one, a human child,
3–4 you have verily come out, you have verily seen the Sun, the light.
5–6 Why have you not done so in your mother's womb?
7–8 Instead of doing good to your father, letting your mother pass (quietly) in the people's street,
9–10 you have caused the nanny trouble, you have deprived of sleep the wet–nurse.
11–12 Through your crying the god of the house cannot sleep!
13–14 Slumber does not catch the goddess of the house!
15–16 - Whom should I send to (summon) Enkidu,
17–18 the creator of the three night watches, (saying:)
19–20 “He who caught the deer may catch him (too) (i.e. the baby)!
21–22 He who bound the gazelle may bind him (too)!
23–24 May his fellow contestant (i.e. Gilgameš) in the field give him his sleep!
25–26 May (the constellation of) the One-walking-behind-the-cattle leave for him his sleep!”
27–28 Until his mother wakes him up, may he not awake!
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29 Incantation for a crying baby.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abum | father | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 7 |
| adārum II (v.) | G to be afraid, fear, be worried, disturbed; Š to cause annoyance, frighten; Št to become frightened, worried | 9 | |
| aḫāzum (v.) | G to take, marry, grasp, seize, learn; Š to make s.o. take, marry, learn | 14 | |
| ālikum | going, goer | 25 | |
| alpum (GU4) | bull, ox | Fauna (domestic) | 25 |
| arwûm, armûm | gazelle (male) | Fauna (wild) | 22 |
| awīlūtum | humanity, mankind | Abstract concepts | 2 |
| bâ'um (v.) | G to go along, across, pass, overtake, defeat; Š cause to move along | 8 | |
| bītum (É) | house | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 11, 13 |
| dalāpum (v.) | G to stir up; N become restless; to be sleepless, to be kept awake | 10 | |
| dekûm (v.) | G to raise, wake up, call up, unleash, move (to), shift | 27 | |
| Enkidu | PN | PN | 16 |
| ezēbum (v.) | G to leave, leave behind; Š to save | 26 | |
| ili bītim | god of the house | Deities/Divine sphere | 11 |
| ištar bītim | goddess of the house | Deities/Divine sphere | 13 |
| kasûm III (v.) | G to bind; G~D bind person, animal, limb | 21, 22 | |
| māḫirum | opponent, antagonist, enemy | Human activities/actions | 24 |
| maṣṣartum | observation, guard | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 18 |
| mušēniqtum | wet nurse | Social status/Groups/Professions | 10 |
| nadānum (v.) (SUM) | G to give, bestow | 23 | |
| nagaltûm (v.) | N to awake, wake up | 28 | |
| nišū (UN.MEŠ) | people, humanity, population | Social status/Groups/Professions | 8 |
| nūrum I (ZÁLAG) | light | Abstract concepts,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
| rigmum | voice, cry, noise | Emotions/Feelings,Human activities/actions,Verbal expressions | 11 |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 19, 20 | |
| ṣabītum | gazelle | Fauna (wild) | 20 |
| ṣalālum (v.) | G to lie down, sleep | Human activities/actions | 12 |
| Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) | DN, sun | Deities/Divine sphere | 4 |
| šapārum (v.) | G to send, write, govern, administer | Verbal expressions | 15 |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions | 1 |
| ṣērum (EDIN) | back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 23 |
| šittum | sleep | Human activities/actions | 14, 24, 25 |
| sūqum (SILA) | street | Locations/Buildings | 8 |
| tārītum | nurse, nanny | Social status/Groups/Professions | 9 |
| ummum | mother | Kinship terms | 5, 8, 27 |
| wildum | offspring, young | Kinship terms | 2 |