KBo 1, 18k

SEAL no. 7296

Images
  • VAT 7425 col. iv (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin)VAT 7425 col. iv (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin)
  • Figulla/Weidner 1916 , 18 col. ivFigulla/Weidner 1916 , 18 col. iv
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
VAT 7425
Collection
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Genre / Classification
Incantations, Scorpions
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