SEAL no. 7499
Texts Hierarchy
Images
VAT 6656 obv. (Vorderasiatisches Museum)
VAT 6656 rev. (Vorderasiatisches Museum)
Zimmern 1913
Copy / Photo
51
Tablet Siglum
VAT 6656
Collection
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Edition
203-206
43
Studies
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers
Provenance
Notes
Collated by Nathan Wasserman 2.2.11.
Text
Obv. Col. i
1' [...] ⌈xx⌉ [...]
2' [ḫa?]-ba?-ra-as-sà iḫ-pí-ta šu-⌈mu?⌉-[...]
3' ⌈ma?⌉-ṣi-à-ti (ras.) pa-ru-šu i-ṣa(!?)-ri-im ⌈x⌉ [...]
4' iš-ša-ak-ka-an sà-aḫ-ma-aš-tum bi-ri-ta(-) ⌈x x⌉ [...]
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5' [ú]-ša-az-na-ani-na-ak-ra-titu-uq-ma-ta ša ki na-ab-l[i]
6' [x-]x-mi-ID {ID} ša-ma!-mi ù ka-aq-qá-ra ši-si-tu-ia
7' [uš?-t]a-ap-pí-lu ša-du ú-še-pí iš-še20-pi-a e-li-ia(-)ma-tum
8' [ma-a]l-ka-at ša-ma-mi a ka-aq-qá-ri a-na-ku Iš8-tár
9' [ša]-ar-ra-⌈at⌉ ik(?)šu-du°-ni a-gi-ia ma ši?-gi-im ša? ri-ig-mi
10' [e-t]e-né-et-ti-iq ša-ma-mi-ša ka-aq-qá-ra a-da-ri-is-ma
11' ú-ša-ab-ba-at re-ḫe-et da-ad-mi na-ki-ra-at dUTU a-kà?-ap
12' a-na ú-ur-ša-na-at i-li mu-ra-i-ša-at da-ad-mi
13' a-la-aṭ ra-ap-pu uz-za mu-ra-i-šu an-ti
14' [dE]N-ZU ú-ul-da-an-ni-ma ra-šu-ub-ba-ta ma?-li-à-ku
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Col. ii
1' (broken)
2' ni?-[...
3' ni?-[...
4' ša-[...
5' x [...
6' nam?-[...
7' si?-[...
8' (vacant)
9' ú-[...
Translation
Col. i
1' ...
2' Her [cla]mor(?) increased greatly ...
3' Sufficient(?) is for me the goad, it strives(?) ...
4' Turmoil breaks out between ... [...]
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5' I rain battle down on the hostile (lands), which is like flames.
6' I ... heaven and earth with my shout.
7' The mountains were [low]ered (when) I paced with my feet on the earth.
8' The queen of heaven and(?) earth am I, Ištar,
9' the queen that arrived(?) ... cry.
10' [I] pass to the sky again and again, I trample upon the earth.
11' I destroy the rest of the inhabited world, I oppress(?) the hostile (lands) of Šamaš.
12' I am the warrior of the gods, who crushes the inhabited world.
13' I keep in check in a neck stock the fury crushing ...
14' Sîn begot me and I am full of awe-inspiring power.
Col. ii
(fragmentary)
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| agûm I | tiara, crown | 9' | |
| ammatum II | strong, stable (syn. of "earth") | (7) | |
| dadmū | the inhabited world; villages, settlements | Abstract concepts | (11) (12) |
| ḫabarattum | clamor | [2] | |
| Ištar | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 8 |
| malkatum | ruler (f.), queen | (8) | |
| nablum | flash of fire, flame, fire-arrow | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | (5) |
| nakrum | strange, foreign, enemy | Social status/Groups/Professions | (5) |
| qaqqarum (KI) | earth, ground | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | (6) (8) (10) |
| rappum | shackle, neck-stock | (13) | |
| rašubbatum | terrifying appearance | Abstract concepts | (14) |
| rēḫtum | remainder | (11) | |
| šadûm I (KUR; ḪUR.SAG) | mountain, open country | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | (7) |
| šamāmū | heaven; heavens | (6) (8) (10) | |
| Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) | DN, sun | Deities/Divine sphere | (11) |
| šarratum | queen | Social status/Groups/Professions | (9) |
| šēpum | foot, leg | Body/Body parts | (7) |
| Sîn | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | (14) |
| šisītum | cry, clamour | Human activities/actions | (6) |
| tuqumtum, tuqmatum | battle, fight | (5) | |
| uršānum | warrior, hero | Social status/Groups/Professions | (12) |
Signs in text
212
Words in text
80
Sumerograms in text
5
% of Sum. in text
6
Lines in text
24
Average signs per line in text
9.64
SD of signs per line
7.69
Revision History
Kärger, Brit
Transliteration, translation, index
28/07/08
Streck, Michael P.
Corrections
26/03/12
Streck, Michael P.
Transliteration, translation, commentary, index
09/01/13
Streck, Michael P.
Upload images
20/03/19
Pohl, Antonia
bibliography
04/02/22