MC 17, 443f. // AuOr Suppl. 23, 18g

SEAL no. 7280

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  • BM 120022 obv.BM 120022 obv.
  • BM 120022 rev.BM 120022 rev.
Tablet Siglum
BM 120022 // RS 25.420 + RS 25.440 + RS 25.445 + RS 25.447 + RS 25.456A + RS 25.459C
Measurements
BM 120022
circumference
11.4 x 6.0
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Genre / Classification
Incantations, Lamaštu
Duplicate
Text

Obv.

1          én-é-nu-ru

2          šu-ur-ba-a-at mārat(DUMU.SAL) AN-[ni mu-'-am-mi-la-at la-'-ú-ti-im]

3          ri-it-ta-a-ša al-lu-ḫap-p[u ki-ri-im-ma-ša mu-tum]

4          ka-aṣ-ṣa-at dan-na-at e[n-ni]-na-a[t ek-ki-ma-at]

5          na-ak-ki-pa-at ra-aḫ-ḫi-ṣa-at mu-ut-t[ab-bi-lat mārat Ani]

6          [i/u]-la-ap-pa-at li-ib-ba ša ḫa-a[r-š]a-[ti]

7          [i/u]-ša-al-la-ap še-er-ra ša ta-ri-i-t[i]

8          [ú]-še-en-ne-eq ú-na-an-za-az ù it-ta-na-ši-iq

9          [q]á-di-il-tum mārat(DUMU.SAL) AN-ni ša ilāni(DINGIR.MEŠ) aḫḫē(ŠEŠ.MEŠ)-ša

10        [r]a-ab-bu-ú ka-ak-ku-ú-ša na-mu-ši-šu ši-ir-a-nu-ša

11        qaqqad(SAG.DU)-sa qaqqad(SAG.DU-ad) ne-e-ši ši-in-na-at imēri(ANŠE) ši-in-[n]a-a-ša

12        ši-in-na-a-ša zi-iq-zi-qum i-tab-bak mu-ú-ta

13        ul-tum kul-la-at ša-di-i ra-bu-ú-tim ú-ri-da-am-ma

14        iš-ta-na-as-si ki-ma kal-ba-ti ú-šal-ḫa-ab

15        nu-'-ú-ra-at ki-ma nēši(UR.MAḪ) ul-ta-la-aḫ-ḫa-ab

16        An-zu pa-nu-ú-ša it-ta-na-at-ba-ak

17        i-na mu-uṣ-la-a-li i-na šu-ḫur-ra-at u4-mi

18        ṭú-ur-ra a-na ṭú-ur-ri it-ta-nam-za-a-az

19        ba-ar-da-a a-na ba-ar-de-e ul-ta-na-a[r?] 

20        tu-bu-uq-qá-a-ti a-na tu-bu-uq-qá-a-ti i-t[e?-ne-me-ed]

21        eṭ-la da-am-qá ardata(KI.SIKIL) ba-ni-ta it-ta-na-al-la

22        i-mu-ur-ši dAsar-lú-ḫi mār(DUMU) É-a ap-k[a]l-li

23        a-na É-a a-bi-šu a-ma-tam iz-za-ak-[k]ar

24        a-mu-ur mārat(DUMU.SAL) AN-ni ša ú-šab-ba-šu la-a-['u5]-tim

25        a-lik ma-ri a-ša-ri-du dAsar-lú-ḫi

26        i-na ši-ip-ti ù ne-pe-ši ṭe-ḫa-áš-ši-im-ma 

27        ši-ri-an ši-ri-i-ša šu-li-ka li-il-lu-ú-tam

28        [i-n]a ri-ki-is ḫar-ra-na-a-ti t[u]-še-eš-še-eb-ši-ma

29        mušṭâ([GI]Š.GA.RÍG) pilakka(GIŠ.BAL) ki-ri-is-s[a] ta-nam-dí-ši 

30        [še?-e]-na? šu-ḫu-up-pe-e-ti [ta-q]í-iš-ša-áš-ši

 

Rev.

31        ṭe4??-em??[a] e-de-ni-iš tu-ul-ta-lam-ma-[ši]

32        7 u 7 narātim(ÍD.MEŠ) tu-ḫar-ra-áš-ši

33        7 u 7 ša-di-i-{im} tu-par-ra-ak-ši

34        ana annanna(BUL.BUL) mār(DUMU) annanna(BUL.BUL) la ta-sa-an-ni-qí-iš-šu la te-ṭe-eḫ-ḫe-eš-šu

35        i-tab-bal-ki kikkiṭ(KÌD.KÌD) dNabu i-kab-ba-as-ki i-na nārim(ÍD) i-ri-iḫ-ḫi-ki

36        tu-um-ma-a-ti mārat(DUMU.SAL) AN-ni a-ša-ri-id <i-lu> dAsar-lú-ḫi

37        i-ma-aḫ-ḫa-ar-ki É-a ša-ar <ši>-ma-a-ti

38        i-ma-aḫ-ḫa-ar-ki a-ša-ri-du dNinurta

39        i-ma-aḫ-ḫa-ar-ki dMarduk(AMAR.UTU) [ù] dṢar-pa-ni-tum

40        i-ma-aḫ-ḫa-ar-ki ša-a[r-rum?] dŠamaš

41        a-na bīt(É) tu-ṣi-i la tu-ša-ar-[bi-im?]

42        ḫar-ra-an tu-ṣi-i la ta-as-sa-a[ḫ-ḫa-ri-im]

43        lik-tal-lu-ú-ki šam-mu ša mi-it-ḫa-riš [a?-ṣu??]

44        er-ṣe-tum ù ša-mu-ú lik-tal-lu-ú[-ki]

45        ab-na-at ša-di-i-im lik-tam-ma(over erasure)-[a-ki]

46        ši-ik-kur-ra-at el-pe-ti li-sa-aḫ-ḫi-la š[e-pa-ki]

47        e-li-i-ma a-na ša-di-i e-ri-ši ṭa-a-[bi]

48        ṣa-ab-ti bu-ú-la sa-ar-ra-ma ṣa-bi-t[a]

49        ri-mi ar-mi a-a-li tu-ra-a-ḫ[i]

50        bu-ul dŠakkan ul-li-di na-maš-ša-at ṣe-e-[ri]

Translation
1       Incantation;

2       She is very great, the daughter of Anu, darkening little children.

3       Her hands are a hunting net, her arm crooks are death.

4       She is furious (lit.: teeth-gnashing), she is strong, she is vindictive, she is snatching,

5       she is goring, she is trampling, she is the one who takes away: the daughter of Anu.

6       She touches the innermost part of childbearing women,

7       she pulls away the baby from the nursemaid,

8       she is breast-feeding (him), hushing and kissing (him) again and again.

9       A ‘pure one’ is she amongst the gods, her brothers - the daughter of Anu.

10      Great are her weapons, her muscles are agile.

11      Her head is the head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey are her teeth.

12      Her teeth are a storm wind, she is pouring out death.

13      From all of the great mountains she is descending,

14      she keeps bawling like a bitch, she is howling,

15      she is roaring like a lion, she keeps howling.

16      Anzu is her face, she appears from above.

17      In the siesta, in the stillness of the day,

18      she turns up at corner after corner,

19      she keeps bowing down to crossbar after crossbar,

20      she keeps leaning on recesses after recesses,

21      she keeps circling around the handsome young man and the pretty young girl.

22      Asarluḫḫi, the son of Ea, the wise, saw her,

23      (and) reported the matter to his father, Ea.

24      - "I saw the daughter of Anu, who collects babies."

25      - "Go, my foremost son, Asarluḫḫi,

26      by an incantation and a ritual approach her!

27      weaken the muscles of her body!
28      you will set her on the cross-road,

29      you will give her a comb, a spindle and a fibula,

30      you will present her sandals and boots,
 
Rev.

31      you will let her be surrounded all alone by her (own) plan.

32      You will dig seven, indeed seven rivers against her,

33      you will put in her way seven, indeed seven mountains."

34      - "To so-and-so, son of so-and-so, you will not come close, you will not get near!

35     The ritual drives you away, Nabu walks over you, in the river he pours  himself out on you!

36     Your are conjured, daughter of Anu, by the foremost, Asarluḫḫi!
37     Ea, king of faiths, confronts you!
38     The foremost, Ninurta, confronts you!
39     Marduk and Ṣarpānītu confront you!
40     King Šamaš confronts you!
41     You will not enter the house you have left,
42     you will not turn back to the road you have left!

43     The plants [growing] everywhere may restrain you!

44     the earth and heaven may restrain you!
45     the stones on the mountains may capture you!
46     the reed of the alfa-grass may pierce your feet.
47     Rise to the mountains of sweet scents!
48     Snatch the livestock: the onager, the gazelle,
49     the wild bulls, the mountain goats, the deer, the wild goats.

50     Assist at the birth to the livestock of Šakkan, the animals of the steppe! 

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
abnum (NA4) stone, rock 45
abum father 23
aḫum I brother 9
alākum (v.) (DU) G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G 25
alākum (v.) (DU) G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G 27
alālum (v.) II G to hang up, suspend; N to be hung up; Ntn 21
alluḫappum hunting net 3
amārum (v.) G to see; catch sight of; N pass. of G, be found 22, 24
ana I to, for 18, 19, 20, 23, 34, 41, 47
annanna, f. annannītum so-and-so, such-and-such 34
Anum DN 2, 5, 9, 24, 36
Anzû DN 16
apkallum (ABGAL; NUN.ME) wise man, expert 22
armum mountain goat 49
ašarēdum (SAG.KAL) first and foremost, pre-eminent, leader 25, 36, 38
Asarluḫi/Asalluḫi DN 22, 25, 36
awātum, amātu (INIM) word, matter, speech 23
ayyalum stag, deer 49
bānûm, f. bānîtum creator, begetter 21
bardûm crossbar, lintel 19
bītum (É) house 41
būlum (MÁŠ.ANŠE) animals, livestock 48, 50
damqum good 21
dannum (KAL.GA) powerful, mighty, great, strong 4
Ea DN 22, 23, 37
ēdēnu alone 31
ekkimum rapacious, thieving [4]
elpetum alfalfa grass 46
elûm (v.) G to go up, arise; D make higher, raise, exalt; Š caus. of G; Št be raised (as) high 47
emēdum (v.) to lean on, impose, dock (a ship) 20
Enenura Enurru-incantation 1
enēqum (v.) G to suck; Š to suckle, give suck to 8
ennenum malicious [4]
erēbum (v.) (KU4) G to enter, come in; Š cause to enter, bring in; penetrate 41
erīšum scent, fragrance 47
erṣetum (KI) earth, land, netherworld 44
eṭlum (GURUŠ; ŠUL) manly; young man 21
gaṣṣum I cruel, murderous 4
ḫarištum woman in confinement 6
ḫarrānum (KASKAL) way, road, journey 28
ḫarrānum (KASKAL) way, road, journey 42
ḫerûm (v.) G to dig, excavate 32
ilum (DINGIR) god, deity 9, 36
imērum (ANŠE) donkey 11
ina in, on, by, from 17, 26, 28, 35
ištum from, out of, since, after 13
izuzzum (v.) (GUB) G to stand; Gtn iter. of G; Š cause to be present, appoint 18
kabāsum (v.) G to tread, trample; D tread, walk over 35
kakkum (GIŠ.TUKUL) stick, weapon, battle 10
kalbatum female dog, bitch 14
kalûm V (v.) G to hold (back), detain 43, 44
katāmum (v.) G to cover, close 45
kikkiṭṭûm ritual 35
kīma like, as; when; that 14, 15
kirimmum arm [3]
kirissum hair clasp 29
kullatum totality, all of ... 13
not 34, 41, 42
la'ûm small child [2], 24
laḫābum (v.) to rumble, growl; Š=G 14, 15
lapātum (v.) G to touch; D ~ G; Š ruin, destroy, plunder 6
lawûm (v.) G to surround, besiege, encircle, wrap up; Š encircle, walk around 31
libbum (ŠÀ) heart, mind; inner body 6
lillūtum idiocy 27
maḫārum (v.) G to face, confront, oppose, receive; N to be accepted, received 37, 38, 39, 40
Marduk DN 39
mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) daughter, girl 2, 5, 9, 24, 36
mārum (DUMU) boy, son, descendant 22, 25, 34
mitḫāriš in the same manner, in equal shares, altogether 43
muṣlālum siesta(-time), midday 17
mušṭum (GIŠ.GA.RÍG) comb 29
muttabbilum who takes away 5
mūtum death [3], 12
Nabû DN 35
nadānum (v.) (SUM) G to give, bestow 29
nākipum goring 5
nammaštûm, nammaššûm moving things, animals 50
nammušīšum mobile, agile 10
nārum I (ÍD) river, watercourse, canal 32, 35
našāqum (v.) to kiss 8
nazāzum (v.) G to make a swishing sound; D to hush (a child) 8
nēpešum activity, procedure, instructions 26
nēšum, nīšum (UR.MAH) lion 11, 15
Ninurta DN 38
nu''urum who roars 15
pānum I (IGI) front, face, earlier times 16
parākum (v.) to lie across, obstruct, block 33
pilakkum spindle 29
qadištum, qašdatum priestess (kind of) 9
qaqqadum (SAG; SAG.KI) head, capital 11
qiāšum (v.) to give, present 30
rabûm (GAL) I big 10, 13
raḫḫiṣum racer 5
reḫûm (v.) G to pour out, have sexual intercourse 35
riksum knot, bond, contract 28
rīmum (AM) wild bull 49
rittum hand 3
ša who(m), which, of 6, 7, 9, 24, 43
šabāsum, sabāsum (v.) G to be angry 24
šabāṭum (v.) G to beat, sweep away 48
ṣabītum gazelle 48
šadûm I (KUR; ḪUR.SAG) mountain, open country 13, 33, 45, 47
saḫālum (v.) G~D to prick, pierce 46
saḫārum (v.) G go around, turn, search; N to turn back, come back 42
Šakkan (dŠakkan, dŠákkan) DN 50
šalāpum (v.) G to pull out, unsheathe 7
Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) DN, sun 40
šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) oil, fat, cream 43
šamû I (AN) sky, heaven 44
sanāqum (v.) to check, approach 34
Ṣarpanitum DN 39
šarrum (LUGAL; EN) king, lord 37, 40
šasûm (v.) G to shout, call (out), read (out); Gtn iter. of G 14
sebe seven 32, 33
šēnum sandal(s), shoe(s) 30
šēpum foot, leg [46]
šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew 27
šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew 10
serrēmum onager 48
šerrum young child, baby 7
ṣērum (EDIN) back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards 50
šikkurratum a reed or rush 46
šīmtum (NAM) fate, what is fixed, destiny 37
šinnum tooth 11, 12
šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) incantation, spell 26
šīrum (UZU) flesh, body; entrails; kinsman, blood relative, meat; ominous sign 27
šuḫarratum deathly hush 17
suḫuppatum boot(s) 30
šurbûm very great 2
šurrum (v.) D to bow down, bend forwards 19
tabākum (v.) G to pour (out), lay flat; Ntn repeatedly swoop on 12, 16
tabālum (v.) to take away, carry off 35
ṭābum (DU10) good, sweet 47
tamûm II (v.) G to swear; D swear, bind by oath 36
tārītum nurse, nanny 7
ṭeḫûm (v.) G to approach, be(come) near to; D bring close to, affect 26, 34
ṭēmum thought, plan, instruction, information 31
tubuqtum corner 20
turāḫum wild goat 49
ṭurrum binding, knot 18
ūmum I (UD) day, daily 17
walādum (v.) G to give birth 50
wamālum (v.) to be veiled, covered; D veil, darken, eclipse [2]
warādum (v.) G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down 13
wardatum (KI.SIKIL) girl, young woman 21
wašābum (v.) to sit, dwell 28
waṣûm (v.) G to go out, depart; Š caus. of G 41, 42
zakārum (v.) to speak, say, name, mention; talk; swear 23
ziqziqqum gale, atorm-wind 12
Signs in text
727
Words in text
229
Sumerograms in text
29
% of Sum. in text
13
Lines in text
50
Average signs per line in text
14.54
SD of signs per line
2.98
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
30/01/11
Wende, Janine
Translation
30/01/11
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
28/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Cataloguing
28/06/17
Streck, Michael P.
Image
10/08/20
Tulaikova, Yulia
Indexing
19/05/23