SEAL no. 7224
NBC 3672 (Yale Babylonian Collection)
Clay 1927, 126
CDLI No. P293870.
Photo: Klaus Wagensonner
Obverse
1 iš-t[í]-a-at e-lá-at
2 a-pu-la-at
3 mu-uš-ta-ba-⌈ba⌉-at!
4 ù-tù-kà-at
5 lam-na-at bu-un-/tù
6 i-li-im
7 ma-ar-tù : A-ni-im
8 a-na ṭé-mì-⌈ša⌉ lá dam-qí-/[im]
Lower Edge
9 ma-al-ki-š[a]
10 pá-ru-im A-nu-um
Reverse
11 a-bu-ša : iš-tù
12 ša-ma-e : i-pu-ṣa-ší
13 qá-qá-ar-šu-um
14 a-na ṭé-mì-ša lá dam-qí-/im
15 ma-al-ki-ša sà-aḫ-i-/⌈im⌉
16 pè-ra-sà : wa-ša-ra-/at
17 da-du-ša ša-aḫ-ṭù
18 a-na be-el lá i-li-im
Upper Edge
19 i-ša-ru-um
20 té-šé-er : šé-er-ʾa4-an
Left Edge
21 lá-áb-i-im tù-ra-mì
22 šé-er-ʾa4-an ṣú-ḫa-ri-/im
23 ù!(WA) lá-i-im
24 ta-áš-šu-ma
1 She is (only) one! she is a goddess!
2 She is late!
3 She is always parched!
4–5 She is a female utukku-demon! She is evil!
5–7 Daughter of a god. Daughter of Anum.
8–10 Because of her malevolent intention(s), her blasphemous decision(s),
10–13 Anum, her father, smashed her down to earth from heaven,
14–15 because of her malevolent intention(s), her rebellious descision(s)!
16–17 Her hair is loose. Her garments are stripped off.
18–20 She goes straight for the godless person(s)!
20–21 The muscles of lion she slackens!
22–23 The muscles of a child and the infant
24 she weakens!
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abum | father | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 11 |
| Anum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 7, 10 |
| bēlum (EN) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 18 |
| buntum | daughter | Kinship terms | 5 |
| dīdū, dādū | female garment | Fabricated objects | 17 |
| ilum (DINGIR) | god, deity | Deities/Divine sphere | 6, 18 |
| lābum | lion | Fauna (wild) | 21 |
| la'ûm | small child | Social status/Groups/Professions | 23 |
| malkum II | advice | Abstract concepts,Verbal expressions | 10, 15 |
| mārat Anim | daughter of An | 7 | |
| mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) | daughter, girl | Kinship terms | 7 |
| pērtum, pēretum | hair (of head) of humans, hair | Body/Body parts | 16 |
| qaqqarum (KI) | earth, ground | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 13 |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 12 |
| šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) | vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew | Body/Body parts | 20, 22 |
| ṣuḫārum ((LÚ.)TUR; DI4.DI4.LA?) | boy, male child, servant, adolescent | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 22 |
| ṭēmum | thought, plan, instruction, information | Abstract concepts,Verbal expressions | 8, 14 |
| utukkum (UDUG) | evil demon (a kind of) | Diseases/Demons | 1 |