SEAL no. 7150
Texts Hierarchy
Images
IB 1554 obv./rev. (Iraq Museum)
IB 1554 lower/upper/left edge (Iraq Museum)
Copy / Photo
after p. 208 (photos)
Tablet Siglum
IB 1554
Measurements
circumference
25.5 x 8.0 x 2.5 x 4.5
cm
Collection
Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Edition
271–272
204: 100–108
Studies
66-71, Nr. VIII
205k
Cat. No. 29
Cat. No. 321
Genre / Classification
Incantations, love
Love Literature
Provenance
Isin (mod. Ishan Baḥriyat)
Notes
The tablet was found broken and sealed inside a vase in the corner of a wall. The present tablet was originally cut of a 3-columns tablet, before(?) our text was inscribed on it.
CDLI No. P355910.
Text
Rev.
100 ra-ap-ša-am pī(KA)-┌i-im┐ la-wi-a-am uz-ni-in mI-┌din-dDa┐-mu
101 pi-te pī(KA)-i-ka ki-ma KINku6-im
102 li-i[b-b]a-ka za-as-sà-ru-um
103 aš-lu-pa-am [(x)] i-qì-ib-ka
104 él-qè [x x b]i li-ib-bi-[i]m
105 e-si-ir p[u?-ri]-┌di┐-i-ka
106 ku-uz-zi-ba-an-ni k[i-ma mi?]-ra-ni-im
107 ki-ma ka-al-bi-im ┌a-ta┐-la?-ak? ┌e?-li?┐-ia
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108 ka-inim-ma ú-i[n-nu-uš]-[kam]
Translation
Rev.
100 Big-mouth, curled-ears, Iddin-Damu!
101 Open your mouth like a K.-fish,
102 Your heart is a Z.-plant,
103 I pulled out(?) your heel,
104 I took the [..]. of your heart,
105 I locked your thighs,
106 Fawn over me like a puppy,
107 Keep coming(?) on me like a dog.
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108 Incantation of the maštakal-plant.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| eqbum, iqbum | heel | Body/Body parts | 103 |
| esērum (v.) | G to enclose, confine | 105 | |
| Iddin-Damu | PN | PN | 100 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 107 |
| kazābum (v.) | G to be attractive, alluring; D flatter, fawn | 106 | |
| KIN.KU6 | fish (a kind of) | Fauna (wild) | 101 |
| leqûm (v.) | to take | 104 | |
| maštakal (IN.NU.UŠ) | plant, alkaline plant (a kind of) | Flora | 108 |
| mīrānum, mērānum | puppy, young dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 106 |
| petûm II (v.) | G to open, expose; Š to cause to open | 101 | |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | Body/Body parts | 100, 101 |
| purīdum | leg | Body/Body parts | 105 |
| šalāpum (v.) | G to pull out, unsheathe | 103 | |
| uznum | ear, wisdom, understanding, attention | Body/Body parts | 100 |
| zassarum | vegetable (a kind of) | Flora | 102 |
Signs in text
97
Words in text
31
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
10
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
10.78
SD of signs per line
3.87
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration and indices
08/03/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
12/01/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation and commentary
13/01/10
Bo, Zhang
Corrections on indexed words
19/01/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
17/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
27/10/10
Wagschal, Avigail
Indexing (stage 2)
27/05/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Bloch, Yigal
Online formatting and revision
13/05/17
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue, file name
12/12/19