ZA 75, 198ff.h

SEAL no. 7150

Images
  • IB 1554 obv./rev. (Iraq Museum)IB 1554 obv./rev. (Iraq Museum)
  • IB 1554 lower/upper/left edge (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
204: 100–108
Genre / Classification
Incantations, love
Love Literature
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.) G to take, take over; Š caus. of G 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 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