SEAL no. 7114
IM 95317 rev. (Iraq Museum, Bagdad)
IM 95317 left edge, lower edge (Iraq Museum, Bagdad)
Cavigneaux/Al-Rawi 1994, 83
On obverse Sum. Incantations and abracadabra.
16 apum(GIŠ.GI) ša dSîn qanûm(GI) ša má-gan-na
17 dSîn be-li ú-su-uḫ zi-bi-in-ka
18 da-an-nu-um li-ri-id a-na libbi(ŠÀ) ABZUx(DÉ)-e
19 bā'erum(ŠU.ḪA) i-ba-ar nūnam(KU6)
20 am-me-nim a-di ABZUx?(DÉ?) ṣú-ṣí {IM}{AṢ}im-ḫa-aṣ
21 al-su-um-ma ak-šu-<da>
22 il-su-ma-am-ma ⌈ú⌉-ul ik-šu-da-ni
23 Na-zi a-ba-ra-k[a-a]t dNin-gal
24 i-na pí-i na-zi a-ba-ra-ka-tim
25 ša dNin-gal li-ṣí-⌈a⌉-am-ma
26 nūnum(KU6) ša ap-pa-ri-im li-ṣí-a-am
27 tu-e-en-ne-nu-ri ù ma-da-di-im
16 Reed-bed of Sîn! Reed of Magan!
17 Sîn my lord! Pull out your reed-mat!
18 May the strong-one go down the midst of the Apsû!
19 The Fisherman is catching a fish:
20 Why has he cut the reed-thicket until the Apsû?
21 I ran and I reached (the fish) —
22 It ran (the fish?) but did not reach me!
23 Nazi is the stewardess of Ningal,
24 By the command of Nazi the stewardess
25 of Ningal: may it (the fish) come out to me!
26 May the fish of the marsh come out to me!
27 Incantation formula …
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abarakkum, f. abarakkatum | steward, housekeeper | Social status/Groups/Professions | 23, 24 |
| appārum | reed-bed, marsh | Fabricated objects | 26 |
| Apsûm (ZU.AB) | underground water (cosmic) | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 18, 20! |
| apum (gišGI) | reed-bed, reed | Fabricated objects | 16 |
| bā'erum (ŠU.ḪA) | hunter, fisherman | Social status/Groups/Professions | 19 |
| bârum (v.) | G to catch, trap | 19 | |
| kašādum (v.) | G to reach, arrive; D drive off, chase away; Š caus. of G | 21, 22 | |
| lasāmum (v.) | G to run | 21, 22 | |
| Magan | GN | GN | 16 |
| maḫāṣum (v.) | G to beat, strike; Gt to fight with each other | 20 | |
| Nanše, Nazi | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 23, 24 |
| nasāḫum (v.) | G to tear out, pull out, remove; G~D; N pass. be extracted, torn out | 17 | |
| Ningal | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 23, 25 |
| nūnum (KU6) | fish | Fauna (wild) | 20, 26 |
| qanûm (GI) | reed, cane | Flora | 16 |
| Sîn | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 16, 17 |
| ṣuṣûm | reed-thicket | Fabricated objects | 20 |
| warādum (v.) | G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down | 18 | |
| waṣûm (v.) | G to go out, depart; Š caus. of G | 25, 26 | |
| zibnum | reed mat | Fabricated objects | 17 |