SEAL no. 7295
VAT 7425 col. iv (Vorderaisatisches Museum, Berlin)
Figulla/Weidner 1916 , 18 col. iv
Incantation to "catch" a scorpion.
4-sided prism. For prisms (in school texts, school models), cf. Roth 1979; Spada 2011.
Side D
14’ [É?].NI.IN.NU.ÚR.RU ÁŠ.GI.GAL.LA ⸢GUB⸣.BA
15’ ‹d›?GÌR-qa-an SAG ù ka-bi-tù d‹NIN›.EDIN!
16’ er-te ši-ik-ka-ta-am-ma
17’ ar-ku-ús pu-⸢ur⸣-ra qa-an-ni-šu a-na pa-ti-e!(A)
18’ si-ib-ba-as-sú a-na tu-ur-ri-i
19’ ú-ul ad-di-in-šu dŠÚ.ḪAL dBÁḪAR
20’ ša GÍR!?.TAB ṣa-ba-tim
14’ INCANTATION: He (i.e., the scorpion) who stands ready (to attack) in the great reed hut!
15’ (O) foremost Sumuqan and important Bēlet-ṣēri!
16’ I drive in (him) a peg
17’ and I bind its purru! To open its pincers
18’ to curl its tail
19’ I do not allow it! (By) DN1 (and) DN2!
20’ (INCANTATION) to seize a scorpion.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ašarēdum (SAG.KAL) | first and foremost, pre-eminent, leader | 15' | |
| BAḪAR | DN | 19' | |
| Bēlet-ṣērim (dNIN.EDIN) | DN, mistress of the field | 15' | |
| ŠÚ.ḪAL | DN | 19' | |
| Enenura | Enurru-incantation | 14' | |
| izuzzum (v.) (GUB) | G to stand; Gtn iter. of G; Š cause to be present, appoint | 14' | |
| kabtum | heavy, substantial, honoured, distinguished | 15' | |
| nadānum (v.) (SUM) | G to give, bestow | 19' | |
| petûm II (v.) | G to open, expose; Š to cause to open | 17' | |
| qannum II, qarnum | horn | 17' | |
| qanûm (GI) | reed, cane | 14' | |
| rabûm (GAL) I | big | 14' | |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 17' | |
| retûm (v.) | to drive in, fix | 16' | |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 20' | |
| Šakkan (dŠakkan, dŠákkan) | DN | 15' | |
| sikkatum I (šikkatum) | peg, nail (of wood or metal), part of a lock | 16' | |
| tarûm II (v.) | G to lift up | 18' | |
| zibbatum | tail | 18' | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | 20' |