SEAL no. 7162
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MS 3949 (Schoyen Collection)
George 2009, 19
Copy / Photo
19 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
MS 3949
Measurements
circumference
3.5 x 5.3 x 2.1
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Edition
163–164
156
Studies
163–164
Genre / Classification
Incantations, scorpion
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P253038
Text
Obv.
1 qá-qá-da-am ú-la i-šu
2 ú-ul-da-šu-ma!
3 a-sú-ru-um ge6-eš-pa!-ar
4 pu-ti-im qá-ar-ni
Edg.
5 i-šu qá-qá-da-am
Rev.
6 ú-la i-šu mu-ut-ta-aḫ-
7 li-lu-um mu-ma-ṣi
8 i-ga-ra-tim
Translation
Obv.
1 He does not have a head,
2–3 The drain bore it.
3–4 The snare of the forehead -
4–5 he has horns,
5–6 He does not have a head.
6–7 A sneak-thief,
7–8 Who is able to reach walls.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| asurrûm | lower course, footing (of wall) | Locations/Buildings | 3 |
| gišparrum, gišperrum | trap, snare | Fabricated objects | 3 |
| igārum | wall | Fabricated objects | 8 |
| išûm (v.) | G to have | 1, 5, 6 | |
| mumaṣṣûm | who is (able) to open wide (referring to walls) | Human activities/actions | 7 |
| muttaḫlilum | a creeping one (snake); sneak-thief | Human activities/actions | 6–7 |
| pūtum | forehead, brow | Body/Body parts | 4 |
| qaqqadum (SAG; SAG.KI) | head, capital | Body/Body parts | 1, 5 |
| qarnum (SI) | horn | Body/Body parts | 4 |
| ula | not | 1, 6 | |
| walādum (v.) | G to give birth | 2 |
Signs in text
52
Words in text
17
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
5.78
SD of signs per line
2.28
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration and indexing
24/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
24/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
06/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-indexing
13/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (formatting)
17/09/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
21/09/10
Zilberg, Peter
indexing verbal forms
02/06/14
Streck, Michael P.
Catalogue
05/12/19