SEAL no. 7083
Texts Hierarchy
Images
BM 79938 obv. (British Museum)
BM 79938 rev. (British Museum)
Finkel 1999a, 243 Fig. 2
Copy / Photo
243 Fig. 2 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
BM 79938 (89-10-14, 486)
Measurements
circumference
4.7 x 5.7 x 1.4
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
218-219
Studies
Cat. No. 97
213−250.
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Unknown
Notes
Script suggests a late OB, or even later period. (Note also ana in l. 8).
Text
| Obv. | |
| 1 | [u]r-ru-uh bi-ir-ki-i |
| 2 | ḫa-mu-uṭ la-sa-ma-am |
| 3 | bu-bu-tam a!?(text: A)-li-ip a-ka-la-am ⌈e⌉-[eṣ] |
| 4 | i-na ši-[i]n-ni-šu na-ši ni-il-šu |
| 5 | e-ma iš-šu-ku ma-ra-šu |
| 6 | i-iz-zi-ib |
| 7 | dDa-mu be-el ba-la-ṭi |
| 8 | ana TI! {ana} dŠa-la ša-il-ma |
| 9 | ⌈d⌉Adad(IM) li-⌈il?-qu?⌉-nim-ma |
| Rev. | |
| 10 | li-ib-lu-[uṭ...] x x |
| ---- | |
| 11 | at-la-ak ⌈ḪUL?⌉ x [...] x x-ú |
| 12 | pu-ṭú-u[r ...] |
| 13 | tu-ur x[...] |
| 14 | i-x [...] |
| 15 | i-x [...] |
| (remainder lost) | |
Translation
1–3 Swift-kneed, fast-running, distorted by hunger, sho[rt] of food.
4–6 In his teeth he carries his semen:
5−6 Wherever he bit he leaves his offspring.
7 O Damu, lord of living,
8 He asks Šala for (his) life.
9 Adad – let them take (the appeal)
10 so that he may live…!
---
11 Go away, evil…
12 Release […]
13 Turn […]
14−15 …
- reminder lost
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adad (dIŠKUR) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 9 |
| ak(a)lum (NINDA) | bread, loaf, food | Food/Drink | 3 |
| alākum (v.) (DU) | G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G | Written texts/Literary terms | 11 |
| alāpum (v.) | to make immovable, paralyze (part of the body) | 3 | |
| arāḫum, warāḫum (v.) | G to hasten, be urgent; D speed up, do quickly | 1 | |
| balāṭum (TI) | life, vigour, good health | Abstract concepts | 7, 8 |
| balāṭum (v.) | to live, be(come) healthy | 10 | |
| bēlum (EN) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 7 |
| birkum | knee | Body/Body parts | 1 |
| bubūtum | hunger, starvation | Abstract concepts | 3 |
| dāmu | blood | Deities/Divine sphere | 7 |
| ēm, ēma | wherever | 5 | |
| ezēbum (v.) | to leave, leave behind, abandon, (Š) save, rescue | 6 | |
| ḫamāṭum (v.) II | G to hasten, be quick; D hurry | 2 | |
| lasāmum (v.) | G to run | 2 | |
| lemnum (ḪUL) | evil, bad; evil person, enemy | [11] | |
| leqûm (v.) | to take | 9 | |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| nasākum (v.) | to throw (down), remove, shoot (an arrow) | 5 | |
| nâšum (v.) | to rock, shift | Materials | 4 |
| nīlum II | semen | Body/Body parts | 4 |
| paṭārum (v.) | to loosen, release, uncover, clear away, (N) be loosened, cleared away | 12 | |
| Šāla | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 8 |
| šâlum, ša'ālum (v.) I | G to ask; Gt to consult | 8 | |
| šinnum | tooth | Body/Body parts | 4 |
| târum (v.) (GUR) | G to turn, return, become again; D to bring, send, give, pay back | 13 | |
| wiāṣum (v.) | G to become too little, small | 3 |
Signs in text
99
Words in text
47
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
6
Lines in text
15
Average signs per line in text
6.60
SD of signs per line
3.40
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration, indices
01/01/07
Wagschal, Avigail
Formatting
22/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, correction
24/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
09/09/09
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections
06/11/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
16/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Semantics
28/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
20/05/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
01/07/19
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (translation, commentary)
04/07/19
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
24/07/19