SEAL YOS 11, 20

SEAL no. 7135

Images
  • YBC 9846 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)YBC 9846 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
  • YBC 9846 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)YBC 9846 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
  • YBC 9846 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)YBC 9846 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
  • van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 20van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 20
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 9846
Measurements
circumference
5.2x7.3x2.0
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
74f.,149, 201-204
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, Lamaštu
Provenance
Larsa area
Notes

CDLI P310390.

Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 65 ("very crude script").

Shows affinity to CUSAS 32, 31c (evil eye).

Text
(line 13b precedes)
1e-ze-et pa-al-ḫa-at
2i-la-at a-mu-ra-at
3ù ši-i ba-ar-ba-ra-tum
4[m]a-ar-ti A-ni-i[m]
5[s]a-sa-a-ti!? na-ar-b[a-ṣú?!-ša?]
Lower Edge
6...x ri [...] ra [...
Rev.
7[...as-ku]-pa-ti ma-za-[zu-ša ]
8[al]pam ([G]U4!) a!-li!-ka i!-ka-a[l!-la]
9i!-mi!-ra šu-u[r]-bu-ṣú° x[(...)]
10ṣé-eḫ-ru-tim ḫu-nu-qú
11ú-ḫa-an-na-aq ra-ab-bu-[t]im!
12i-ša-qi-a-am me-e pí-iš-ri
13atu.
Obv.
13ben.nu.ru
Translation
Obv.
 

1       She is fierce, she is frightening,

2       she is a goddess, she has awe-inspiring radiance(?),

3       Indeed, she is a she-wolf,

4       the daughter of Anum,

5       the grass is [her la]ir,

6       ...
 
Rev.
 

7       [..the th]reshold [her lo]cation,

8       She is ho[lding back] the walking [b]ull,

9       [She is forcing(?)] the donkey to sit.

10–11       She strangles the small-ones

11–12       She compels the big ones to drink the amniotic water.

13a–b       Incantation formula. 

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
alpum (GU4) bull, ox Fauna (domestic) 8
askuppum, askuppatum (I.LU.KUN4) (threshold) slab Locations/Buildings 7
barbartum, barbarratum (?) she-wolf Fauna (wild) 3
bišrum (cf. mê bišrim) small child Social status/Groups/Professions 12
ezēzum (v.) to be(come) angry, rage 1
ḫanāqum (v.) G to press, throttle; D to suffocate, throttle 10, 11
iltum (DINGIR) goddess Deities/Divine sphere 2
imērum (ANŠE) donkey Fauna (domestic) 9
mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) daughter, girl Kinship terms 4
mazzāzum, manzāzum position Abstract concepts 7
mê pišrim amniotic water Body/Body parts 12
mû I (A(.MEŠ)) water Food/Drink 12
namurratum awe-inspiring radiance Deities/Divine sphere 2
narbāṣum lair (of an animal) Body/Body parts 5
palāḫum (v.) to fear, revere 1
rabbûm very big Qualities/Attributes 11
šaqûm III (v.) (NAG) G to give to drink, irrigate 12
sassatum grass, turf Flora 5
ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions 10
Signs in text
96
Words in text
35
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
6
Lines in text
14
Average signs per line in text
6.86
SD of signs per line
2.38
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
02/05/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
14/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
16/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, corrections (indices)
19/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
19/08/19
Zomer, Elyze
Bibliography
01/01/20