SEAL no. 7152
Ch. Walker: "Literary; Akkadian love incantations".
BM online: "Clay tablet with twelve lines of inscription on obverse side only; literary?; Old Babylonian; complete; one corner chipped".
1 ḫa-an-zu-ru mu-ra-li
2 ḫa-an-zu-ru ⌈mu-ra⌉-ra-li
3 ša aš-ti i-na-ke-e-em
4 li-is-⌈su?-úḫ?⌉ […] li [(x)]
5 ba-aš-ti a-qá-ra-an šu-mi-iḫ
6 mar-ra-ta
7 e-ri-šam mu-ur-ru-‹ur› ⌈mu-ra⌉-li
8 mu-ra-ra-li
9 pé-ḫi a-aḫ ap-pí li-iḫ li-iḫ-ḫi
10 pí-sa ⌈KU4⌉ pí-su GUR-ma
11 wa-a-kam li-is!(MA)-su-úḫ li-na-di-i
1–2 ḫanzuru murali, ḫanzuru murarali
3–4 Whoever is fornicating with my wife – may (s)he remove [(his)] …!
5 I am piling up my sexual dignity. Make(m.) it grow abundantly!
6–7 You(m.) are bitter! Very bitter as of scent!
7–8 murali, murarali
9 Seal off the sides of the nose! liḫ liḫḫi
10 May it (i.e. the bitterness) enter her mouth?, (then) may it go back to his mouth!?
11 May she remove the weak one?! May he be rejected!
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| aḫum II | arm, side; bank (of river) | 9 | |
| akûm I | weak, powerless, humble | 11 | |
| appum | nose, tip, crown (of tree) | 9 | |
| aššatum, aštum | wife | 3 | |
| bāštum | dignity, pride | 5 | |
| erēbum (v.) (KU4) | G to enter, come in; Š cause to enter, bring in; penetrate | 10 | |
| erīšum | scent, fragrance | 7 | |
| marārum (v.) | G to become bitter; D make bitter | 6, 7 | |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 11 | |
| nasāḫum (v.) | G to tear out, pull out, remove; G~D; N pass. be extracted, torn out | 4, 11 | |
| niākum (v.) | G to have sexual intercourse | 3 | |
| peḫûm (v.) | to close up, seal | 9 | |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | 10 | |
| qarānum (v.) | to stack up, pile on | 5 | |
| šamāḫum (v.) | to grow, flourish; be magnificent, D make flourish, to grow, flourish | 5 | |
| târum (v.) (GUR) | G to turn, return, become again; D to bring, send, give, pay back | 10 |