SEAL no. 7192
NBC 8957 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
NBC 8957 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
NBC 8957 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
NBC 8957 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 3
CDLI P274694
1 tu-ul-tum la t[a-ka-li]
2 níg-gal-la ⌈ša ṣur⌉-[ri-im]
3 t[e]-l[i] ⌈a-na ša-di⌉-i
4 tu-ṣa-li-mi ⌈pí? NÍTA?⌉ ki SE10
5 i-ti-li li-ṣa-li-lu-⌈ni-ik⌉-ki
6 a-di i-mi ri-š[a]-⌈tim⌉-[m]a
7 mi-tum iš-tu er-ṣ[e]-tim
8 i-ba-lu-ṭa-am-ma
9 la te-li
Rev.
10 ši-ip-tum ú-ul ia-a-tum
11 ši-pa-at dEn-líl
12 ši-ip-tum ú-ul ia-a-tum
13 ši-pa-at dŠamaš(UTU)
14 dŠamaš(UTU) ši-ip-tam id-di
15 a-na-ku ri-mu
16 ka-ad-ru ša ša-d[i]-i
17 ad-⌈di⌉ š[i]-i[p]-t[am-m]a
18 a-na ra-⌈ma-ni⌉-[ia]
3 You(f.) should go up into the mountains!
4 You(f.) have blackened the mouth of the man as if with excrement!
5 Lie(f.) down! May they put you(f.) to rest!
6–9 Until there will be joy and the dead man revives from the Netherworld, you shall not rise!
10–11 The incantation is not mine! It is the incantation of Enlil!
12–13 The incantation is not mine! It is the incantation of Šamaš!
15–16 I am the wild bull of the mountains
17–18 (and) I cast the incantation on my body!
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| balāṭum (v.) | G to live, stat. be alive; D bring back to life, revive, let live, support, provide for | 8 | |
| elûm (v.) | G to go up, arise; D make higher, raise, exalt; Š caus. of G; Št be raised (as) high | 9 | |
| Enlil | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 11 |
| erṣetum (KI) | earth, land, netherworld | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 7 |
| ewûm I (v.) | G to become, turn into; Š make s.o./s.th. like | 6 | |
| itūlum, utūlum (v.) | Gt to lie down, sleep, be lying | 5 | |
| kakkum (GIŠ.TUKUL) | stick, weapon, battle | Fabricated objects | 4 |
| mītum | dead, transf. of the powerless, of city or country | Abstract concepts | 7 |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 14, 17 | |
| niggallum (NÍG/NI.GÁL.LA) | sickle | Fabricated objects | 2, 5 |
| pīdum | pardon, indulgence, ransom | Abstract concepts | 4 |
| ramānum | self | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Personal prons. | 18 |
| rīmum (AM) | wild bull | Fauna (wild) | 15 |
| šadûm I (KUR; ḪUR.SAG) | mountain, open country | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 16 |
| ṣalālum (v.) | G to lie down, sleep | Human activities/actions | 5 |
| ṣalāmum (v.) | G to become black, dark; D turn something black, dark | 4 | |
| tûltum | worm, leech | Fauna (wild) | 1 |