SEAL no. 7189
Texts Hierarchy
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MLC 1614 rev. (Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven) 
MLC 1614 rev. (Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven) 
Hallo 1999, 287
Copy / Photo
287 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
MLC 1614
Measurements
circumference
7.8x4.8
cm
Collection
Morgan Library Collection, (Yale Babylonian Collection) New Haven
Edition
278-279
Studies
Cat. No. 105
Genre / Classification
Incantations, witch?
Provenance
Unknown
Notes
The Akkadian incantation on the reverse follows a Sumerian one (against Lamaštu). Clumsily written.
Text
| Rev.? | |
| 1 | etellum(NIR.GÁL) tukultum(NIR) etellum(NIR.GÁL) |
| 2 | tukultum(NIR) etellum(NIR.GÁL) |
| 3 | EN.KA etellum(NIR.GÁL) |
| 4 | ABZU N[UN.KI.(GA?)] |
| 5 | ši!(Text: SI)-tas-si!(Text: ŠI)qí-⌈ib?⌉ ⌈x⌉⌈x⌉ |
| 6 | mu-up-pa?!-ra-ti-[i]m? |
| 7 | dÉ-a dLÚ.ASAR.ḪI |
| 8 | li-taš-ši-ra-an-ni |
| 9 | te-e!-en-nu!-ri-e |
| 10 | [ši]-pa-at ka-ša?-ap?-[ti?] |
Translation
Rev.?
1 Trusting, oh prince, trusting
2 Oh prince, trusting.
3 ..., trusting.
4 The Apsû, Eri[du]
5 Call out the....
6 of the scattered ones.
7 Oh Ea (and) Asarluhi,
8 May (the witch? / the evil-doer?) let me go for ever!
9 Incantation formula.
10 [In]cantation (against) a witch(?)
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apsûm (ZU.AB) | underground water (cosmic) | Deities/Divine sphere,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | rev. 4 |
| Asarluḫi/Asalluḫi | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | rev. 7 |
| Ea | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | rev. 7 |
| Eridu | GN, TN, SN | GN | rev. 4 |
| etellum (NIR) | lord, prince, pre-eminent | Social status/Groups/Professions | rev. 1, rev. 2 |
| kaššaptum | sorceress, witch | Diseases/Demons,Social status/Groups/Professions | rev. 10 |
| katarrum | fungus (a kind of) | Flora | rev. 9 |
| mupparrum, f. mupparrītum | scattered one | Human activities/actions | rev. 6 |
| šasûm (v.) | to shout, call (out), summon | rev. 5 | |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | rev. 9 | |
| tukultum (NIR.GÁL) | trust, support | Abstract concepts | rev. 1, rev. 2 |
| wašārum (v.) | to sink down, (D) release, set free | rev. 8 |
Signs in text
51
Words in text
20
Sumerograms in text
13
% of Sum. in text
65
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
4.64
SD of signs per line
2.01
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration, indices
01/01/07
Wagschal, Avigail
Formatting
22/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, corrections
25/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
10/09/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Semantics
29/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
14/09/10
Wagschal, Avigail
Indexing (stage 2)
04/02/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue, file name
11/12/19
Zomer, Elyze
Correction
25/04/20
Streck, Michael P.
Images
17/08/20