SEAL no. 7056
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Images
MS 3067 (CDLI P252076)
George 2016, 28
Copy / Photo
28 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
MS 3067
Measurements
circumference
9.8 x 5.0 x 2.6
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Edition
141 (II.G.1)
Genre / Classification
Incantations, childbirth
Provenance
Unknown
Notes
CDLI No. P252076
Text
| 1 | ⌈i⌉-[na me]-⌈e⌉ na-ki-im ib-[ba-ni (e-ṣe-em-tum)] |
| 2 | i-na ⌈me-e ap-sí-im⌉ ru-qú-t[im] |
| 3 | i-na me-e a-a-ba ti-me-tim ra-a[p-ša-tim] |
| 4 | a-ša-ar ma-am-ma-an la <i>-du-[ú] |
| 5 | qé-re-eb-ša ṣe-eḫ-ru-um ku-u[s-sà-a] |
| 6 | i-da-šu ka-at-ma i-na-⌈a⌉-[šu] |
| 7 | mu-ṣa-a-am i-še20-⌈e⌉-[am] |
| 8 | i-mu-ur-šu-ú-ma dAsar-lú-[ḫi] |
| 9 | ip-te-šum ṭù-da-am pa-[d]a-n[a-am] |
| 10 | iš-ku-un-šu[m] |
| 11 | ša-ki-in-kum pa-da-nu-u[m] |
| 12 | pe-ti-ku-um ṭù-ú-d[u-um] |
| 13 | wa-aš-ba-at-ku-um Bēlet-ilī(dM[AḪ]) |
| 14 | ba-ni-a-at a-wi-lu-tim |
| 15 | ⌈mi-it-ḫa⌉-aṭ [i]t-ti e-ṣe-⌈em-tim⌉ |
| 16 | ù ši-ir-ḫa-⌈ni⌉-im |
| 17 | ki-ma da-⌈di⌉-im |
| 18 | šu-lu-up ra-ma-an-⌈ka⌉ |
| 19 | KA-inim-ma [a-li-it]-tum |
Translation
1 In the fluid of conception the [substance] was cr[eated].
2–3 In the water of the Apsû, so remote, in the water of the ocean, the seas, so wi[de],
4–5 (in) a place whose interior nobody knows,
5–7 the baby, his hands are bound, his eyes are covered. He is looking for the way out.
8 (There) Asarluḫi noticed him.
9–10 He opened for him the road, set for him the path, (saying:)
11–12 “The path is set for you! The road is open for you!
13–14 Bēlet-ilī is sitting for you, the creatrix of mankind:
15–16 wrestle with substance and tissue!
17–18 Pull out yourself like a good boy!”
19 Incantation (for) [a woman giving bir]th.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| a(y)yabba | sea | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3 |
| ālidum (fem. ālittum) | parent; a woman giving birth | Social status/Groups/Professions | 19 |
| amārum (v.) | to see | 8 | |
| Apsûm (ZU.AB) | underground water (cosmic) | Deities/Divine sphere,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| Asarluḫi/Asalluḫi | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 8 |
| ašrum (KI) | place, site | Locations/Buildings | 4 |
| awīlūtum, amēlūtu | humanity, mankind | Abstract concepts | 14 |
| banûm (v.) | to create, build | 1 | |
| bānûm, f. bānîtum | creator, begetter | Fauna (wild) | 14 |
| Bēlet(-kala)-ilī (DINGIR.MAḪ) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 13 |
| dādum I | darling, favorite, sexual attractiveness | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 17 |
| edûm (v.) | to know | 4 | |
| eṣemtum (uzuGÌR.PAD.DU) | bone | Body/Body parts | 1, 15 |
| idum (Á) | arm; side; strength; wage | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| ina | in, on, by, from | [1], 2, 3 | |
| īnum (IGI) | eye | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| itti | with | 15 | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 19 | |
| kasûm III (v.) | G to bind; G~D bind person, animal, limb | 5 | |
| katāmum (v.) | to cover | 6 | |
| kīma | like, when, as, that | 17 | |
| lā | not | 4 | |
| maḫāṣum (v.) | to beat, weave, strike | 15 | |
| mamman | somebody, who(so)ever | Personal prons. | 4 |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | [1], 2, 3 |
| mūṣûm | exit, way out, outlet | 7 | |
| niākum (v.) | G to have sexual intercourse | 1 | |
| padānum | way, path | Locations/Buildings | 9, 11 |
| petûm II (v.) | G to open, expose; Š to cause to open | 9, 12 | |
| qerbum | center, interior | Abstract concepts,Locations/Buildings | 5 |
| ramānum | self | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Personal prons. | 18 |
| rapšum | wide, extended | 3 | |
| rūqum | distant | Abstract concepts | 2 |
| šakānum (v.) (GAR) | G to put, place, lay down, Š make smb. place, establish, N be put, established | 10, 11 | |
| šalāpum (v.) | G to pull out, unsheathe | 18 | |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) | vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew | Body/Body parts | 16 |
| še'ûm (v.) | G to seek, call on | 7 | |
| tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) | sea, lake | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3 |
| ṭūdum | way, path | Locations/Buildings | 9, 12 |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit (down), dwell | 13 |
Signs in text
171
Words in text
52
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
4
Lines in text
19
Average signs per line in text
9.00
SD of signs per line
2.81
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing and corrections
26/09/07
Tulaikova, Yulia
Additions to Notes
29/10/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Cataloguing
14/11/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Indexing
17/06/18
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
05/08/19