SEAL no. 7153
Texts Hierarchy
Images
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 29 rev.
YOS 11, 29 (https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-BC-018662)
Copy / Photo
29 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4597
Measurements
9.3 x 7.9 x 2.7
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
274
Studies
274–276
Genre / Classification
Incantations, love
Provenance
Notes
Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 74.
Text
19 ÉN!(MIN+AN) KAL KÙ.GI ši-na i-ṭe-en-ni-a-am mu-ši ù ur-ri-im
20 at-ti a-na ra-mi-ia e tar-ku-si-im bi-it-[ki]
21 a-na dam-qí-im bi-ši qá-ti-i-ki e ta-pa-al-s[í-im]
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22 murram(ŠIM.ŠEŠ) i-na mu-úḫ-ḫi ši-in-ni ša t[u]-⌈ul-tum⌉ [x x x x x]
23 ⌈murram(ŠIM.ŠEŠ) x x x x x⌉-tim i-ša-ak-ka-an-ma i-ba-lu-uṭ
Translation
19 Incantation. Precious as gold(?). (The worm) is continually grinding the tooth, night and day.
20 You(f. = the worm) should not attach your house to my love!
21 You(f. = the worm) should not look favorably upon the possession of your hands!
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22 (He will apply) myrrh on the tooth which the w[orm has eaten].
23 He will place the myth [on the …] and he (the patient) will get well.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| attī | you (2 f. sg. pron.), you (f.) | Personal prons. | 20 |
| bīšum II | possessions, property | Abstract concepts | 21 |
| damqum | good | Qualities/Attributes | 21 |
| danānum (v.) | G to be(come) strong, powerful | 19 | |
| enûm (v.) | to change, overturn | 19 | |
| ḫurāṣum (KÙ.SIG17; KÙ.GÌ) | gold | Materials | 19 |
| mūšum (GI6) | night(-time) | Abstract concepts,Time concepts | 19 |
| palāsum (v.) | to look, glance, G to look at, towards; N look, gaze, consider; Ntn iter. constantly gaze at | 21 | |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 20 | |
| rāmum | beloved | Emotions/Feelings,Social status/Groups/Professions | 20 |
| šina II | two | Abstract concepts | 19 |
| urrum | daytime, morning, daybreak | Time concepts | 19 |
Signs in text
88
Words in text
40
Sumerograms in text
5
% of Sum. in text
13
Lines in text
5
Average signs per line in text
17.60
SD of signs per line
1.67
Revision History
Zomer, Elyze
Identification
05/07/18
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formating
06/07/18
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation
06/07/18
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
12/12/19