SEAL no. 7060
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 5630 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 5630 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 17
Copy / Photo
17 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
YBC 5630
Measurements
circumference
4.1x6.4x2.0
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, childbirth
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P306697.
Rev. uninscribed, but for a scribal sign; a big “X”.
Text
1 bi-ni ⌈x x x⌉
2 ṣa-ḫa-ar-ša ṣa-ḫa-ar
3 lu-lu bi-in
4 ru-úḫ ru-úḫ ru-úḫ ru-úḫ-tum
5 ši-na iš-ti-a ṣa-bi-a-tum
6 KA.inim.ma munus ù-tu-da-kam
(Rev. uninscribed, but with a “X” sign)
Translation
1 A son of ...
2 Her small one is small(?)
3 The primeval man is a son!
4 Spit, spit, spit - spittle!
5 They(f. pl.) drank, the gazelles.
6 Incantation (for) a woman in labor.
(Rev. uninscribed).
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| bīnum I | son | Kinship terms | 1, 3 |
| lullûm | primeval man | Social status/Groups/Professions | 3 |
| ru'tum, rūtum | spittle, saliva, sap | Body/Body parts | 4 |
| ṣabītum | gazelle | Fauna (wild) | 5 |
| šatûm II (v.) | G to drink | 5 | |
| ṣeḫḫerum | tiny, very small | Kinship terms | 2 |
| šina I | they | Abstract concepts | 5 |
Signs in text
43
Words in text
19
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
11
Lines in text
6
Average signs per line in text
7.17
SD of signs per line
1.94
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
21/03/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
19/05/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
08/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, correctoins (indices)
15/12/10
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
12/08/19