SEAL no. 7296
Texts Hierarchy
Images
VAT 7425 col. iv (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin)
Figulla/Weidner 1916 , 18 col. iv
Copy / Photo
18 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
VAT 7425
Collection
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Edition
276
Studies
no. 806.1
Genre / Classification
Incantations, Scorpions
Provenance
Notes
Incantation to "release" a scorpion
Text
Side D
21’ aṣ-bat-ka ki-ma šar-ri-qí
22’ a-na ba-ab šar-ri-qí dŠÚ.ḪAL dBÁḪAR
23’ an-nu-tu4 ša pa-ša-ar ⸢GÍR?⸣.TAB
Translation
21’ I seize you like a thief!
22’ In the gate of thieves! (By) DN1 (and) DN2!
23’ This (incantation) is to expel a scorpion.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| bābum (KÁ) | doorway, door, gate, entrance | 22' | |
| BAḪAR | DN | 22' | |
| ŠÚ.ḪAL | DN | 22' | |
| kīma | like, as; when; that | 21' | |
| pašārum (v.) | G to loosen, dissolve, release, free, solve, dissipate; D dispel, disperse; N become reconciled to, forgive | 23' | |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 21' | |
| šarrāqum | thief | 21', 22 | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | 23' |
Signs in text
31
Words in text
16
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
6
Lines in text
4
Average signs per line in text
7.75
SD of signs per line
4.19
Revision History
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Zomer, Elyze
Additions
15/02/13
Streck, Michael P.
Catalogue
11/03/13
Zomer, Elyze
Cataloguing
28/06/17
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
28/06/17
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
18/12/19