SEAL no. 7075
Spurlock Museum 1913.14.1465 (previously: UIOM 1059) (https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=1913.14.1465)
Goetze 1955, 9
CDLI No. P274661. According to CDLI provenance of the tablet is "Umma".
Obv.
1 [sí-ik-ka-tum i-š]a-tum
2 a-[šu-ú-um z]i-iq-tum
3 ⌈mi-iq-tum⌉ ṣé-nu
4 ša-ma-gu sa-ma-nu
5 ge-er-gi-šu ṣe-ni-tum
6 sí-mu ma-at-qum e-ke-tum
7 ri-ši-tum ni-ṭù
8 šu-ru-pu-ú ša-ag-ba-nu
9 ù ša-ša-ṭù
10 iš-tu zi-qú-ra-at ša-me-e ur-du-ni
11 úḫ-ta-mi-iṭ i-me-ri ka-lu-mi
12 uḫ-ta-di-<ir?/ru?> ṣú-ḫa-re-e i-na bu-ud ta-ri-tim
13 ma-an-na lu--pu-ur ù lu-wa-ir
14 a-na ma-ra-at A-ni 7 ù 7
15 ša ka-nu-ši-na ḫurāṣum(KÙ.GI) ka-<ar>-pa-tu-ši-na
16 uq-nu-ú el-lu
17 li-<il>-qí-a-ni ka-ni-ši-na ša ḫuraṣim(KÙ.GI)
18 ka-<ar>-pa-ti-ši-na ša uq-ni e[l-li]
19 li-sà-ba-ni me-e ta-⌈me⌉-[tim] e-lu-ti
Rev.
20 li-is-lu-ḫa li-bé-le-e
21 sí-ik-ka-tam i-ša-tam
22 a-ša-a zi-iq-ta
23 mi-iq-ta ṣé-na
24 ša4-ma-ga-am sa-ma-na
25 ge-er-gi-ša ṣé-er-ni-tam
26 sí-ma ma-at-qá-a
27 e-ke-tam ri-ši-tam
28 ni-ṭa šu-ru-pa-a
29 ša-ag-ba-na ù ša-ša-ṭa
30 tu-tu ellu(KÙ) ša dDa-mu ù dNin-ni-ka-ra-ak
31 ši-ip-tum ú-ul ia-a-tum
32 ši-pa-at dNi-gi-ri-ma
33 dEn-ki dA-sa-lú-ḫi
34 ša Ni-gi-ri-ma i-du-ma
35 [a-na-k]u el-qú-ú
1–9 [The sikkatum-disease (pox?), fe]ver, the ašûm-disease, the ziqtum-disease, bad collapse, the šamagu-disease, the sāmānu-disease, the gergiššu-disease (skin disease), the ṣennettum-disease (leprosy?), the sweet simmu-disease, the ekketum-disease (scabies?), the rišītum-disease (redness), bloody feces, shivering, the šagbānu-disease and the šaššaṭu-disease (joints sickness?)
10–12 came down from the ziggurat of heaven, burned up the sheep, the lambs, caused the children on the shoulders of the nurse to be somber.
13–16 Whom should I send and assign to the Daughters of An, seven and seven, whose vessels are gold, their jars pure lapis-lazuli?
17–18 Let them take for me their vessels of gold, their jars of pure lapis-lazuli,
19–20 Let them draw for me pure water of the se[as], let them sprinkle, let them extinguish
21–29 the sikkatum-disease, fever, the ašû-disease, the ziqtu-disease, bad collapse, the šamagum-disease, the samānu-disease, the gergiššum-disease, the sernettum-disease, the sweet simmu-disease, the ekketum-disease, the rišītum-disease, the bloody feces, shivering, the šagbānu-disease, the šaššaṭu-disease.
30 A pure spell of Damu and Ninkarrak.
31–35 The incantation is not mine, it is the incantation of Nin-girima, Enki (and) Asalluḫi, which Nin-girima has cast and [I] have taken.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| adārum I (v.) | G to be dark, gloomy; D to darken, look gloomy | 12 | |
| Anum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 14 |
| Asarluḫi/Asalluḫi | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 33 |
| ašûm | disease affecting the head (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 2, 22 |
| belûm (v.) | G to be extinguished, come to an end; D to extinguish | 20 | |
| Damu | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 30 |
| Enki | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 33 |
| ekketum | itching, scabies | Diseases/Demons | 6, 27 |
| gergiššum, girgiššum | red skin disease (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 5, 25 |
| ḫamāṭum (v.) III | G to burn up; D make burn | 11 | |
| ḫurāṣum (KÙ.SIG17; KÙ.GÌ) | gold | Materials | 15, 17 |
| immerum (UDU) | sheep | Fauna (domestic) | 11 |
| išātum | fire, fire (of heart), inflammation, fever | Diseases/Demons,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1, 21 |
| kalūmum | lamb | Fauna (domestic) | 11 |
| kannum I | vessel-stand, large vessel (kind of), pot stand; jar | Fabricated objects | 15, 17 |
| karpatum (DUG) | clay pot | Fabricated objects | 15, 18 |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 17 | |
| mārat Anim | daughter of An | Deities/Divine sphere | 14 |
| miqit ṣēnim | falling sickness, epilepsy | Diseases/Demons | 3, 23 |
| miqtum, meqtum | fall, collapse; kind of desease, epilepsy | 3, 23 | |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink | 19 |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 34 | |
| Ningirim | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 32, 34 |
| Ninkarrak | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 30 |
| nīṭum | bloody faeces | Diseases/Demons | 7, 28 |
| rišûtum | redness, reddening skin disease | Diseases/Demons | 7, 27 |
| sâbum (v.) | G to draw water | 19 | |
| šagbānum | disease (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 8, 29 |
| salāḫum (v.) | G to sprinkle with | 20 | |
| šamagum | illness (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 4, 24 |
| samānum, šamānum | disease of men and animals (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons,Fauna (wild) | 4, 24 |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 10 |
| šapārum (v.) | G to send, write, govern, administer | Verbal expressions | 13 |
| šaššaṭum | disease of the joints (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 9, 29 |
| ṣēnum I | evil, malevolent | 3, 23 | |
| ṣernettum (AŠ) | boil (on skin), skin disease (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 5, 25 |
| sikkatum II | serious illness (a kind of), pox? | Diseases/Demons | 1, 21 |
| simmum matqum | sweet (i.e. discharging) wound | Diseases/Demons | 6, 26 |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 31 |
| ṣuḫārum ((LÚ.)TUR; DI4.DI4.LA?) | boy, male child, servant, adolescent | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 12 |
| šuruppûm | frost, chills, shivers | Diseases/Demons | 8, 28 |
| tārītum | nurse, nanny | Social status/Groups/Professions | 12 |
| tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) | sea, lake | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 19 |
| tutûm | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices | 30 |
| uqnûm (na4ZA.GÌN) | lapis lazuli, turquoise | Materials | 16, 18 |
| warādum (v.) | G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down | 10 | |
| wârum (v.) | G to go (up to); D instruct, govern, commission, appoint, send | 13 | |
| ziqqurratum | ziggurat, temple tower | Locations/Buildings | 10 |
| ziqtum | disease of sting-marks or pimples (a kind of), sting, sharp point | Body/Body parts,Diseases/Demons | 2, 22 |