SEAL no. 7115
de Genouillac, PRAK 2 c1
A parody of a Sumerian incantation? (cf. Geller 2002).
CDLI No. P274689. (Note that CDLI states - erroneously?- that the tablet is now in Istanbul.)
Obv.
1 ud dEn-[ki? ] ma? ab? [ ]
i-nu-ma dEn-ki? ]
2 dEn-líl [ ]
dEn-líl [ ] za? [ ]
3 níg il x x [ ] an x [ ]
i-na mi-im-ma š[a?] b[i? ]
4 ùz-e x-nu [ ]
e-za i-mu-ur-m[a ]
5 ùz-e tu-ra KA-bi nu!-bi [(x)]
e-zu ma-ar-ṣa-[a]t-ma KA? iš?! ú-l[i?
6 igi-lib sipa nu-dúr-dúru-na
i-da-al-li-ip re-e-ú ù-li i-ṣa-al-la-al
7 ka-pár-ri al-gi4-ba
ka-pa-ri-šu [i]-da-li-ip
8 šú-šú-ba níg-ud [gi6?] mu-un-lu-lu
ša i-[t]a-na-la-ku ú-mi ú mu-ši ir-te-e-ú
9 dEn-ki-ke4 igi du8-ni-ta
dEn-ki i-na a-ma-ri-šu
10 lú-kù-zu gù ba-an-dé á-gal ba-an-ši-in-ak
e-em-qá-am i-si-ma ra-bi-iš ú-te-e-ir
11 ùz-e tùr-ra amaš-a gi6 mu-sá-e
e-zu-um i-na ta-ar-[ba-ṣí (ù?)] sú-pu-ri ú-š[a?]-<am>-ša i-da-li-pa-an-ni
12 gin-na na-ma-an du11-du11-da
a-li-ik la i-da-al-li-pa-an-ni
13 šurim-bi šu ba-e-te
Rev.
ru-bu-sà le-eq-[e?]
14 géštu-bi ù-mu-ni-in-gar
a-na uz-ni-ša ša šu!(text: iš)-me-li <li>-iš-ku-[u]n-ma
15 ùz-e ù-sá-ni-gin7 ḫé-ug5-ga
e-zu ki-ma ṣa-la-li-ša li-mu-ut
16 dSumuqan lugal máš-anše!-ke4
dŠakkan be-el bu-li-im dŠakkan
17 [níg]-nu-gar-ra na-ma-ni-gar
[x x] mi-im-ma a-i iš-ku-un
18 [ini]m?-šè mu-ri-gi4
a-na a-wa-a-tim la i-ṣa-ba-ta-an-ni
19 erín kalam-e ḫé-si-li-dè
ṣa-bu ù ma-tum da-li-li-ka i-da-la-lu
20 nam-á-gal-zu dingir-gal-gal-e-ne si-li-TE
e-ú-ut-ka i-lu ra-bu-ut-tum i-da-al-/la-lu
1 When Ea [ ],
2 Enlil [ ],
3 Among all [four legged creatures … ],
4 He saw a goat,
5 The goat is sick, its mouth cannot [ ]
6 It keeps (everyone) awake, the shepherd cannot sleep,
7 It keeps the shepherd boys awake,
8 Those who go about, shepherding day and night.
9 When Ea saw this,
10 He called the Wise One, and instructed him grandly:
11 "The goat in the pen or fold is [spending the night (awake)], keeping me awake,
12 "Go, so that it should not keep me awake!
13 "Take its dung,
14 "May he place it on its left ear,
15 "May the goat die instead of (?) sleeping,
16 "May Šakkan, lord of the beasts,
17 "Hold nothing against me,
18 "May he not take me to litigation.
19 "May the people of the land sing your praises,
20 "May the great gods praise your power!"
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8, 12 |
| amārum (v.) | G to see; catch sight of; N pass. of G, be found | 4, 9 | |
| awātum (//inim) | word, matter, legal case, lawsuit | Abstract concepts | 18 |
| bēlum (//lugal) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 16 |
| būlum (//máš-anše) | animals, livestock | Fauna (domestic) | 16 |
| dalālum (v.) | G to praise | 19, 20 | |
| dalāpum (v.) | G to stir up; N become restless; to be sleepless, to be kept awake | 6, 7, 11, 12 | |
| dalīlum | praise | Rituals/Religious practices | 19 |
| Ea (//dEn-ki) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | [1], 9 |
| emqum (//lú-ḫù-zu) | wise, clever | Human activities/actions | 10 |
| Enlil (//dEn-líl) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 2 |
| enzum (//ùz) | goat, she-goat | Fauna (domestic) | 4, 5, 11, 15 |
| ilum (DINGIR) (//dingir) | god, deity | Deities/Divine sphere | 20 |
| kaparrum (//ka-pár-ri) | shepherd of low rank, shepherd boy | Social status/Groups/Professions | 7 |
| lē'ûtum (//nam-á-gal) | competence, skill, power | Abstract concepts | 20 |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 13 | |
| marāṣum (v.) | G to be(come) ill, arduous, difficult; Š to cause trouble, to bring illness | 5 | |
| mātum (//kalam) | land, country | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 19 |
| mâtum (v.) | G to die | 15 | |
| mūšum (//gi6) | night | Abstract concepts | 8 |
| rē'ûm (//sipa) | shepherd, herdsman | Social status/Groups/Professions | 6 |
| re'ûm (v.) | G to pasture | 8 | |
| rubṣum (//šurim) | litter, bedding, dung | Locations/Buildings | 13 |
| ṣabātum (v.) (//gi4) | G to seize, take, hold | 18 | |
| ṣābum (//érin) | people, troops | Social status/Groups/Professions | 19 |
| šakānum (v.) (//gar) | to put, place, lay down | 14, 17 | |
| Šakkan (//dSumuqan) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 16 |
| ṣalālum (v.) | G to lie down, sleep | Human activities/actions | 6, 15 |
| šasûm (v.) | G to shout, call (out), read (out); Gtn iter. of G | 10 | |
| supūrum (//amaš) | sheepfold | Locations/Buildings | 11 |
| tarbaṣum (//tùr) | animal stall, courtyard | Locations/Buildings | 11 |
| ūmum I (//u4) | day | Time concepts | 8 |
| uznum (//géštug) | ear, wisdom, understanding | Body/Body parts | 14 |
| wârum (v.) | G to go (up to); D instruct, govern, commission, appoint, send | 10 |