SEAL no. 7134
YBC 4601(Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 lower edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 19 obv.
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 19 rev.
CDLI P305834.
First photo Klaus Wagensonner.
1 ez-ze-et ⌈bi?⌉-ša-at [ -a]t x x
2 mu-ut-ta-ad-ri-ra-at TUR?-r[i?]) ...
3 ú-ul a-sà-a-at ú-ra-ak-k[a-as abunntam?]
4 ú-ul ša-ab-sà-at ú-ka-ap-pa-ar š[e]-er-ra-am
5 wa-ra-aḫ e-ri-a-tim im-ta-na-an-nu
6 ba-ba-am ša wa-li-it-tim sa-an-DA-a[k] pa-ri-ka-at
7 ki-ib-sà-at būlim(MÁŠ.ANŠE) ir-te-né-di
8 i-na uz-zi-im ša li-li-im i-ḫi-a-ar ma-tam
9 i-ṣa-ab-ba-at eṭ-lam i-na šu-li-im
10 wardatam(KI.SIKIL) i-na me-lu-li-im
11 ṣé-eḫ-ra-am i-na bu-ud ta-ri-tim
12 i-mu-ra-ši-ma i-la-an ki-la-al-la-an
13 ú-še-ṣi-a-ši a-pa-ni
14 ú-ša-aḫ-li-pa-aš-ši ṣé-er-re-ni7(NIM)
15 ir-ku-sú-ni-iš-ši i-na gišbīni!([Š]I[NI]G) / [i-n]a! qá-ba-al ta!-a[m!-tim]
16 [...] A!-ra!-a[ḫ]-tim [... / ...] x ši [...
Lower edge
17 [KA].inim.ma dLam[štu](D[ÌM.ME.KAM] / (...) še!-er!-[ri-im]
1 She is fierce, she is evil(?), she is...
2 she is roaming around … ...
3 Although she is not a physician, she bandages [the umbilical cord(?)]
4 Although she is not a midwife, she wipes off the new-born,
5 She keeps counting the months of the pregnant women,
6 She is blocking regularly the gate of the woman who is giving birth.
7 She keeps accompanying the stride of the livestock.
8 She is examining the land in a demon's rage:
9 she takes hold of the young man in the street,
10 of the young woman in the dance,
11 of the little-one on the shoulder of the nurse.
12–13 When the two gods saw her they have threw her out of the window,
14 They made her slink through the door socket.
15 They have tied her to a Tamarisk(?) in the middle of the sea.
16 ... in the Araḫtum-canal...
17 Incantation (against) Lamaštu... babi[e(s)].
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abunnatum | umbilical cord, navel | Body/Body parts | [3] |
| amārum (v.) | G to see; catch sight of; N pass. of G, be found | 12 | |
| apāni (cf. apāniš) | through the window | Fabricated objects | 13 |
| Araḫtum | GN, major canal in northern Babylonia | GN | 16 |
| arītum, erītum (PEŠ4) | pregnant woman | Human activities/actions | 5 |
| asâtum | female doctor | Social status/Groups/Professions | 3 |
| bābum (KÁ) | doorway, door, gate, entrance | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 6 |
| bīnum II (gišŠINIG) | tamarisk | Flora | 15 |
| būdum, pūdum | shoulder | Body/Body parts | 11 |
| būlum (MÁŠ.ANŠE) | animals, livestock | Fauna (domestic) | 7 |
| eṭlum (GURUŠ; ŠUL) | manly; young man | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 9 |
| ezēzum (v.) | G to be(come) angry, rage | 1 | |
| ḫalāpum (v.) | G to slip into, through; Š to make slip into, through; to clad in | 14 | |
| ḫiārum (v.) | G to choose, seek out | 8 | |
| kapārum II (v.) | G to wipe (clean) tears, hands etc. | 4 | |
| kibsum | track, footprint, way | Body/Body parts,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 7 |
| Lamaštum (dDÌM.ME) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere,Diseases/Demons | 17 |
| lilium | storm demon | Diseases/Demons | 8 |
| manûm (v.) | G to count, calculate, recite; Gtn iter. of G; D=G | 5 | |
| mēlulum (v.) | to play | Human activities/actions | 10 |
| parākum (v.) | to lie across, obstruct, block | 6 | |
| qablum I | hips, middle | Body/Body parts | 15 |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 3 | |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 15 | |
| redûm I (v.) | G to accompany, lead, drive, proceed; Gtn to accompany constantly, lead | 7 | |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 9 | |
| šabsūtum | midwife | Social status/Groups/Professions | 4 |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions | 11 |
| šerrum | young child, baby | Social status/Groups/Professions | 4, 17 |
| ṣerrum II | door socket | Fabricated objects | 14 |
| šulûm | street, lane, alley | Locations/Buildings | 9 |
| tārītum | nurse, nanny | Social status/Groups/Professions | 11 |
| tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) | sea, lake | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 15 |
| uzzum | anger, rage | Emotions/Feelings | 8 |
| wālittum | one who gives/has given/is about to give birth | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 6 |
| wardatum (KI.SIKIL) | girl, young woman | Social status/Groups/Professions | 10 |
| warḫum (ITI) | moon, month | Time concepts | 5 |
| waṣûm (v.) | G to go out, depart; Š caus. of G | 13 |