SEAL no. 7155
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 4599 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4599 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 14
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4599
Measurements
circumference
7.5 x 10.6 x 2.7
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
Studies
931 (II.23e)
Cat. No. 242
Cat. No. 389
Genre / Classification
Incantations, maškadum
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P305833.
Coll. Farber YOS 11, p. 63.
Text
Rev.
1 [m]a-aš-ka-du-[um ma-aš-k]a-du-um ú-ul ma-aš-ka-du-um šu-ḫu-ú-um
2 i-na š[u-li]-im! na-ar-ba-ṣu-šu i-na {ma-an-za-as-sú} i-me-ri m[a-an-z]a-zu-šu
3 na-ša-ak ba-ar-ba-ri-um i-na-aš-ša-ak ša-ḫa-aṭ kal-bi-im e-la-m[i] ⌈i-ša⌉-ḫi-iṭ
4 e-re-eb bu-lim i-ru-u[b w]a-ṣe-e bu-lim uṣ-ṣi
5 [ṣ]i-i ma-aš-⌈ka⌉-⌈du⌉-⌈um⌉ ⌈la⌉-a-ma ik-šu-du-ka ṣú-ur-ru na-ag-la-b[u (ša)
d]Gu-la
6 t[u6]-én-é-nu-⌈ri⌉
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Translation
Rev.
1 maškadu[m!] mašk]adum! – not maškadum (but) šuḫûm (is its true name).
2 In the street is its lair; in between the sheep is its location.
3 It bites a wolf-bite; it attacks an Elamite-dog's attack.
4 It enters (with) the entering of the herds, it goes out (with) the going out of the herds.
5 Go out maškadum before the flint razors of Gula will reach you!
6 Incantation formula.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| barbarum (UR.BAR.RA) | wolf | Fauna (wild) | 3 |
| būlum (MÁŠ.ANŠE) | animals, livestock | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 4 |
| elamûm | Elamite | Social status/Groups/Professions | 3 |
| erēbum (v.) (KU4) | G to enter, come in; Š cause to enter, bring in; penetrate | 4 | |
| Gula | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 5 |
| immerum (UDU) | sheep | Fauna (domestic) | 2 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 3 |
| kašādum (v.) | G to reach, arrive; D drive off, chase away; Š caus. of G | 5 | |
| maškadum | disease (kind of); illness of the joints (a kind of), arthritis? | Diseases/Demons | 1, 5 |
| mazzāzum, manzāzum | position, abode, location | Abstract concepts | 2 |
| naglabum | razor, shaving blade | Fabricated objects | 5 |
| narbāṣum | lair (of an animal) | Body/Body parts | 2 |
| našākum (v.) | G to bite, gnaw | 3 | |
| šaḫāṭum (v.) (GUD.DA) | G to jump on, attack, escape; D attack; Gtn jump about, jump in succession | 3 | |
| šuḫûm | disease (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 1 |
| šulûm | street, lane, alley | Locations/Buildings | 2 |
| ṣurrum I | obsidian, flint | Materials | 5 |
| waṣûm (v.) | G to go out, depart; Š caus. of G | 4, 5 |
Signs in text
117
Words in text
34
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
16.71
SD of signs per line
9.39
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
25/04/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
18/02/09
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
13/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
17/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
12/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
19/08/19