SEAL no. 7504
Texts Hierarchy
Images
UET 6/2, 404 (British Museum)
Gadd/Kramer 1966, 404
Copy / Photo
404 (copy)
Measurements
circumference
7.6 x 6.1 x 3.1
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
222-223
Studies
251
213 no. 196
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Nanāya
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P346445
Text
1 bi-ir-bi-re-et ka-la ni-[ši x x x]
2 bi-tum li-iš-pu ù li-wi-[ir x x]
3 dNa-na-a-a ti-ba-am ša-mu-r[a-at?]
4 lu-uz-mu-ur we-ti it-ti-ku-[nu x x x]
5 ma-ar-ti A!-ni-i[m?] (ras.)
6 ka-bi-iš-ti e-qé-el ni-š[i x x x]
7 za-ri-tu wa-ar-ka-at té-[né?-še?-tim]
8 ša-ru-um wa-aš-ṭù-um ki x [x x x]
9 dNa-na-a-a lu tu-um-[mu?-ḫa?-sú?]
10 gi-iš-pe-er-ru-[um x x x (x)]
11 dNa-na-a-a x [x x x x x]
12 la a-⌈aḫ⌉-[za?-at?x x x x x]
13 la ki [x x x x x x x]
(Rest broken. Reverse uninscribed)
Translation
1 She is a shining light, all peop[le look at her].
2 Let her flare up in the temple and shin[e ...].
3 Nanāya is very fi[erce(?)] in her attack.
4 Let me sing of my unique one, together with y[ou let me praise(?)],
5 the daughter of A[n],
6 (let me sing) of her who tramples the field of the peo[ple ...],
7 of her who sows the affair of ma[nkind(?)].
8 As for the stubborn king, like .[..]
9 Nanāya has [seized him(?)].
10 A tra[p ...]
11 Nanāya … […]
12 She is not …[…]
13 Not l[ike(?) ...]
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| birbirrū | radiance, sparkle, flash | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1 |
| bītum (É) | house | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 2 |
| eqlum (A.ŠÀ) | field, terrain | Locations/Buildings | 6 |
| gišparrum, gišperrum | trap, snare | 10 | |
| kābisum | who tramples | 6 | |
| mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) | daughter, girl | Kinship terms | 5 |
| Nanāya | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 3, 9, 11 |
| nišū (UN.MEŠ) | people, humanity, population | Social status/Groups/Professions | 6 |
| šamārum I (v.) | G to rage, be furious | 3 | |
| tībum | arousal, attack | 3 | |
| warkatum | rear, estate, legacy, background, affair, backside | Locations/Buildings | 7 |
| wašṭum | stiff, difficult, stubborn; tough | 8 | |
| wēdum | single, sole, alone, unique | 4 | |
| zārûm, zērûm | scattering; winnower; begetter, progenitor | 7 |
Revision History
Kärger, Brit
Basic transliteration, index
Wasserman, Nathan
Final transliteration, translation, commentary
02/03/11
Streck, Michael P.
Final transliteration, translation, commentary
02/03/11
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Pohl, Antonia
bibliography
04/02/22