SEAL no. 7081
Whiting apud Farber 2018, 197
The first incantation of the tablet may be in bad syllabic Sumerian (ll. 1–12).
CDLI No. P333097.
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3 ar-ḫu še-eḫ-ṭù-šu
4 ga-še-er ni-ši-ik-šu
5 i-na ši-in-na-ti-šu
6 i-za-a-ab mu-tum
7 i-na pi-šu na-ši ni-il-šu
8 a-šar iš-šu-ku ma-ra-šu i-zi-ib
9 sí-ip-pi-ru-ú-um
10 li-bi-ra-am-ma na-ra-am
11 [l]í-ir-da-am li-ta-l[i]-a-am
12 [i-n]a na-ag-bi-šu
13 tu.en.ni.nu.ri
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3–4 His jumps are swift, strong is his bite.
5–6 From his teeth death oozes.
7–8 He carries his semen in his mouth – wherever he bit, he left his offspring.
9–10 May the Sippirûm-tree(?) cross the river hither!
11–12 May it go down to me! May it ascend from its subterranean water!
13 Incantation formula.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| arḫum I | fast, quick | Time concepts | 1 |
| ašar | wherever, where | 8 | |
| ebērum (v.) | G to cross over; Š make to cross, bring across | 10 | |
| elûm (v.) | G to go up, arise; D make higher, raise, exalt; Š caus. of G; Št be raised (as) high | 11 | |
| ezēbum (v.) | G to leave, leave behind; Š to save | 8 | |
| gašrum | strong, powerful | 2 | |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 8 |
| mūtum | death | Abstract concepts,Diseases/Demons,Human activities/actions | 6 |
| nagabbum, nagbum I | underground water; the whole, entirety | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 12 |
| nārum I (ÍD) | river, watercourse, canal | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 10 |
| našākum (v.) | G to bite, gnaw | 8 | |
| našûm (v.) | G to lift, carry; Gtn iter. | Materials | 7 |
| nīlum II | semen | Body/Body parts | 7 |
| niškum, neškum | bite | Diseases/Demons | 4 |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | Body/Body parts | 7 |
| šeḫṭum | jump, attack | Human activities/actions | 3 |
| sibbirrum (sippirrum) | a tree | 9 | |
| šinnum | tooth | Body/Body parts | 5 |
| warādum (v.) | G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down | 11 | |
| zâbum (v.) | G to dissolve, flow (away) | 6 |