SEAL no. 7220
Texts Hierarchy
Images
Veenhof 1996, 427
Copy / Photo
427 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
kt a/k 611
Measurements
circumference
5.0 x 5.0 x 1.5
cm
Collection
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara
Edition
425-433
Studies
66
78
137
Cat. No. 154
Cat. No. 337
Nachträge 30b "Zu S. 82"
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Kaniš (mod. Kültepe)
Text
| 1 | da-mu-um / da-ma-mu-um |
| 2 | kà-al-bu-um |
| 3 | ṣa-al-mu-um |
| 4 | i-tí-li-im / ra-bi4-iṣ |
| 5 | ú-qá-a ellatam(ILLAT-tám) |
| 6 | pá-ri-is-tám eṭ-lamx |
| 7 | dam-qám / i-ta-na-áp-/l[i-sà] |
| 8 | e-na-šu ma-nam |
| 9 | lá-áš-pu-ur |
| 10 | a-na ma-ru-a-at É-/a |
| 11 | 4 [+3 ù 5+]2-ma |
| 12 | [kàr-pá-tí]-ki-na |
| 13 | ša sà-am-tim ú kà-ni-ki-/na |
| 14 | ša ḫu-lá-li-im |
| 15 | li-qí-a-ma al-kà-ma |
| 16 | i-na na-ri-im |
| 17 | [ku?-p]u-ra ma-i [e-lu-tim] |
| 18 | [x x] x GA a[l-x (x)] |
| 19 | [x (x)]-nim [x x (x)] |
| 20 | [x x] x [x x (x)] |
| 21 | x x x [x x x] |
| Lower Ed. | |
| 22 | ṣí-i eṭ-lúm |
| Left Ed. | |
| 23 | [a-n]a iš-ri-kà / [t]ù-ur |
Translation
1 A dark howler,
2–4 a black dog is lying on the tell,
5–6 waiting for the spread-out caravan.
6–8 Its eyes look around for a beautiful lad.
8–10 Whom should I send to the daughters of Ea,
11 Seven, indeed seven they are - saying:
12–15 'Take your jars of carnelian and your pot-stands of chalcedony
15–17 and go and in the river [clean]se (them) in [pure] water!'
18–21 (broken)
22–23 Get out young man and return (in peace) to your place!
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ea | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 10 |
| eṭlum (GURUŠ; ŠUL) | manly; young man | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 6, Lo E |
| ḫulālum (na4NÍR) | stone (valuable, a kind of) | Materials | 14 |
| illatum, illitum, ellutum | band, group, clan | Kinship terms | 5 |
| īnum (IGI) | eye | Body/Body parts | 8 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 2 |
| kannum I | vessel-stand, large vessel (kind of), pot stand; jar | Fabricated objects | 13 |
| karpatum (DUG) | clay pot | Fabricated objects | 12 |
| mārāt Ea | daughters of Ea | Deities/Divine sphere | 10 |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink | 17 |
| nārum I (ÍD) | river, watercourse, canal | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 16 |
| ṣalmum (GI6) I | black, dark | Qualities/Attributes | 3 |
| sāmtum (NA4.GUG) | redness, carnelian | Materials | 13 |
| tīlum, tillum (DU6) | tell, ruin heap | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
Signs in text
146
Words in text
70
Sumerograms in text
6
% of Sum. in text
9
Lines in text
25
Average signs per line in text
5.84
SD of signs per line
2.03
Revision History
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
09/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, commentary
17/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
17/09/10
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
08/11/19