SEAL no. 7157
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 4594 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4594 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 69
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4594
Measurements
circumference
9.0x5.0x2.5
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
10-11
Studies
Cat. No. 259
348–349
Cat. No. 402
Genre / Classification
Incantations, agriculture (equids)
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P305829. Found a tablet with 4 incantations all concerned with agricultural matters. YOS 11, 69a and YOS 11, 69b are Sumerian.
Text
Rev.
16' ḫa-a-ru ḫa-a-ru si-ru ḫi-a-su°-um
17' am-ša!(Text: TA)-lí pa-a mu-ša-nu-um
18' i-ta-ti-a bùriku l[a?-ma?]-an i-ṭe4-[eḫ]-ḫi
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19' KA.inim.ma lú.kúr lú.sa.gaz / a-na ŠE la ṭe4-ḫi-e-em
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20' 4 KA.inim.ma
Translation
Rev.
16' Donkey, donkey, quick onager
17' – Yesterday, the winnower (blew) the chaff! –
18' [May (the equids) n]ot ap[p]roach the borders of the field!
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19' Incantation to prevent the enemy and the plunderer from approaching the barley.
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20' 4 incantations.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| amšālim | yesterday | Abstract concepts | 17' |
| būrum III (BÙRiku) | bur, surface measure (a sort of) | Abstract concepts | 18' |
| ḫârum | donkey stallion | Fauna (domestic) | 16' |
| mušannûm | winnower, agricultural worker | Social status/Groups/Professions | 17' |
| pûm II | chaff | Materials | 17' |
| serrum, zerrum | ass, kind of equid | Fauna (wild) | 16' |
| ṭeḫûm (v.) | G to approach, be(come) near to; D bring close to, affect | 18', 19' |
Signs in text
54
Words in text
21
Sumerograms in text
4
% of Sum. in text
19
Lines in text
5
Average signs per line in text
10.80
SD of signs per line
4.76
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
13/05/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
14/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
16/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, corrections (indices)
24/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
19/08/19
Zomer, Elyze
Corrections
27/10/19