SEAL no. 7217
Texts Hierarchy
Images
Smith/Wiseman 1956, 50e
Kouwenberg/Fincke 2013, 143
Copy / Photo
143 (copy, photo)
50e (copy)
Tablet Siglum
BM 113625
Measurements
circumference
2.9 × 3.85 × 1.45
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
141-142
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, woman in labor
Provenance
Notes
Shows similarities to kt 90/k 178: 5-14.
Text
1' [i-n]a ⌈a-pí⌉-[ša]
2' [q]á-qá-ra-am ⌈| té⌉-[sú-uq (?)]
3' ⌈i⌉-na dí-im-a-té-š[a]
4' ta-sà-ra-aq
5' bētam(É-tam) | ma-na-ša-|am
6' la-áš-pu-ur
7' ma-na-ša-am
8' lu-e-e-er
9' a-na ma-ru-⌈a⌉-[at]
10' ša-⌈su⌉-ur ⌈sebe⌉(7) [0?]
11' ù sebe(7)-ma | ma-re-ki-|na
12' ta-áp-šu-kà-té-ki-na
13' [l]i-qí-a-ni-ma
14' [x ]x-x ⌈DÍ⌉ | ⌈GA⌉ [
Rest of reverse lost
Translation
1'–2' … she sweeps(?) the ground with her nose,
3'–5' with her tears she sprinkles the house.
6'–11' Whom should I send to the Seven and Seven Daughters of Šassur and whom should instruct with the orders?
11'–13' “Take your(f. pl.) spades and your baskets and …”
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| appum | nose, tip, crown (of tree) | Body/Body parts | 1' |
| dimtum II | tear | Body/Body parts | 3' |
| esēqum (v.) | G to incise, carve | 2' | |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 13' | |
| mannum | who?, who | 5' | |
| marrum II | shovel, spade | Fabricated objects | 11' |
| mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) | daughter, girl | Kinship terms | 9' |
| qaqqarum (KI) | earth, ground | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2' |
| šapārum (v.) | G to send, write, govern, administer | Verbal expressions | 6', 7' |
| sarāqum (v.) | G to strew, sprinkle, pour | 4' | |
| Šaššur | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 10' |
| sebe | seven | ? | 10', 11' |
| tupšikkum | earth basket, brick-carrying frame | Fabricated objects,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 12' |
| wârum (v.) | G to go (up to); D instruct, govern, commission, appoint, send | 8' |
Signs in text
82
Words in text
28
Sumerograms in text
7
% of Sum. in text
25
Lines in text
14
Average signs per line in text
5.86
SD of signs per line
1.61
Revision History
Zilberg, Peter
Transliteration, indexing
12/11/13
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections: transliteration, indexing
14/11/13
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation
14/11/13
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
07/11/19