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
Notes

CDLI P310390.

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

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

Text

(line 13b precedes)

1       e-ze-et pa-al-ḫa-at

2       i-la-at a-mu-ra-at

3       ù 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]
9       i!-mi!-ra šu-u[r]-bu-ṣú° x[(...)]

10       ṣé-eḫ-ru-tim ḫu-nu-qú

11       ú-ḫa-an-na-aq ra-ab-bu-[t]im!

12       i-ša-qi-a-am me-e pí-iš-ri

13a       tu.
 
Obv.
13b       en.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.) G 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, abode, location 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.) G 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