RA 36, 3

SEAL no. 7186

Images
  • Thureau-Dangin 1939 , 12Thureau-Dangin 1939 , 12
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
?
Measurements
circumference
7.0x5.5?x?
cm
Collection
Deir ez-Zor Museum, ?
Genre / Classification
Incantations, love?
Bilingual
Notes

A bilingual, but not parallel text (Obv. Akkadian- Rev. Hurrian). The Akk. is perhaps a love incantation, showing some similarities to the Isin collection of love incantations (ZA 75). Note the vulgar and argumentative character of the text, as well as the emphasis on the dialogue itself (ll. 7-12). 

 

Text

Obv.

1 at-ba-AT-ka ki-ma a-[... ]

2 uk-ta-as-sí-ka ki-ma i[m-ba-ri-im]

3 ad-di-ka šu-bu-ur-[ (x?)]

4 el-qé ma-at-na-am uš-ta-pu ša-ap-ti-[ka]

5 ki ba-ar-ba-ri-im uš-ta-aḫ-ḫi-iṭ-ka

6 ki né-ši-im ru-pu-uš-ti e-li-ka ad-di

7 lu-uq-bi-ma qí-bi-ti el qí-bi-ti-k[a] lu e-[la?-at?]

8 lu-ut-wi-ma ti-wi-ti el ti-wi-ti-ka lu ḫa-ab-r[a-at]

9 ki-ma bu-lu e-li ša-am-ka-ni ḫa-ab-ra-at

10 ki-em qí-bi-ti el qí-bi-ti-ka lu ab-ra-at

11 ki-ma ša-mu-um el qa-aq-qa-ri-im ḫa-ab-ra-at

12 ki-em qí-bi-ti el qí-bi-ti-ka lu ḫa-ab-ra-at

13 ta-as-ni-ib ap-pa-ka aq-qí-na-ti-ka

14 a-ki la am-ta-ḫa-aṣ le-et-k[a]  

Translation
1 I have seized(?) you as a...

2 I have enveloped you like a f[og].

3 I have thrown you down, (your?) anus...

4 I have taken a bowstring, I have fastened your lips.

5 I have attacked you like a wolf,

6 I have thrown my excrement over you like a lion.

7 Let me command, let my command be more e[levated(?)] than your command!

8 let me speak, let my utterance be louder than your utterance!

9 Just as the masters are superior to the servants,

10 may my words be superior, in the same way, to your words!

11 Just as the rain is superior to (lit. heavy on) the land,

12 may my words be superior, in the same way, to your words.

14 so that I will not strike your cheek.

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
appum nose, tip, crown (of tree) Body/Body parts 13
awûm (v.) G to speak; Gt speak, discuss, negotiate 8
barbarum (UR.BAR.RA) wolf Fauna (wild) 5
būlum (MÁŠ.ANŠE) animals, livestock Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) 9
elûm (v.) G to go up, arise; D make higher, raise, exalt; Š caus. of G; Št be raised (as) high [7]
ḫabārum II (v.) G to be thick, solid; transf. of command: is weighty, authoritative 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
imbarum, ibbarum fog, mist Nature/Cosmological phenomena 2
kasûm III (v.) G to bind; G~D bind person, animal, limb 2
leqûm (v.) G to take, take over; Š caus. of G 4
lētum cheek; side Body/Body parts 14
maḫāṣum (v.) G to beat, strike; Gt to fight with each other 14
matnum sinew, tendon; string (of a bow) Body/Body parts 4
nadûm III (v.) G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G 6
nēšum, nīšum (UR.MAH) lion Fauna (wild) 6
qabûm (v.) (DUG4) G to say, speak, command 7
qaqqarum (KI) earth, ground Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena 11
qibītum speech, command, utterance, word Verbal expressions 7, 10
qinnatum buttocks, rump Body/Body parts 13
rupuštum phlegm, spittle Body/Body parts 6
ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) G to seize, take, hold 1
šaḫāṭum (v.) (GUD.DA) G to jump on, attack, escape; D attack; Gtn jump about, jump in succession 5
šamkānum servant Deities/Divine sphere 9
šamûm II rain Nature/Cosmological phenomena 11
sanāpum (v.) G to tie on 13
šaptum lip, rim Body/Body parts 4
šapûm III (v.) G to be silent; D silence enemies 4
šapûm IV (v.) G to wrap up, seal up 4
šuburrum rump, bottom Body/Body parts 3
tiwītum song, utterance Verbal expressions 8
Signs in text
176
Words in text
61
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
2
Lines in text
14
Average signs per line in text
12.57
SD of signs per line
3.03
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration, indices
08/07/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
09/04/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
07/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
07/10/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
17/10/10
Wagschal, Avigail
Indexing (stage 2)
03/02/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue, file name
11/12/19
Zomer, Elyze
Correction filename, bibliography
30/04/20