SEAL no. 7189
- 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
The Akkadian incantation on the reverse follows a Sumerian one (against Lamaštu). Clumsily written.
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?]
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(?)
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 | 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.) | G to shout, call (out), read (out); Gtn iter. of G | rev. 5 | |
šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | rev. 9 | |
tukultum (NIR.GÁL) | trust, support | Abstract concepts | rev. 1, rev. 2 |
wašārum (v.) | G to sink down; D to release, set free | rev. 8 |