SEAL no. 7177
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MS 2780 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo); George 2016, 25
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
MS 2780
Measurements
circumference
6.8 x 4.9 x 1.7
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Edition
118 (II.D.14)
Studies
15, 46
Genre / Classification
Incantations, snake
Provenance
Unknown
Notes
A rectangular tablet with two incantations, each on a different side of the tablet. On the obverse: an incantation against an aching belly, see George 2016, 127 (II.E.6).
CDLI No. P251829
Text
rev.
15 su-pa-ni-ir mu-du-ḫi-a
16 a-ga sag ir-ši da gim? ši gìr?
17 su-pa-ni-ir mu-du-ḫu-uš
18 ag-še-er mu-du ru-pa ru-pa?
19 KA.inim.ma muš-gar-[kam?]
20 i-na šīr(uzu!) šaḫîm(šaḫ) ta-ra-ka-as-[sú]
21 ù ma-ša-ak gi-ri-ti[m]
22 ta-ra-ka-as-s[ú]
Translation
15-18 Supanir mudubia . . . supanir mudubus agser
mudu rupa rupa.
19 Incantation formula for "placing" a snake.
20 You bandage [him] with pig meat.
21-22 Or you can bandage him with the skin of a moray eel.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| girītum | a kind of fish, perhaps muraena | 21 | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 19 | |
| maškum | skin, hide, leather | Materials | 21 |
| rakāsum (v.) | to bind, tie, install | 20, 22 | |
| šaḫûm (ŠAḪ) | pig | 20 | |
| šīrum (UZU) | flesh, body; entrails; kinsman, blood relative, meat; ominous sign | 20 |
Signs in text
61
Words in text
25
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
4
Lines in text
8
Average signs per line in text
7.63
SD of signs per line
1.51
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing and corrections
26/09/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Additions to Notes
29/10/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Cataloguing
14/11/17
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
12/12/19