UET 6/3, 889 (Nanāya)

SEAL no. 7505

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  • UET 6/3, 889 (British Museum)UET 6/3, 889 (British Museum)
Copy / Photo
889 (copy)
Measurements
circumference
9.0 x 9.7 x 4.4
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Studies
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Nanāya
Notes

CDLI No. P346926

Text
col. i
1'       [                           ] ⌈x⌉
2'       [                           ] ⌈x⌉
3'       [                           ] ni
4'       [                           ] x
5'       [                           ] ni   
6'       [                           ] iD-ra
7'       [                           ] ⌈x⌉-im
8'       [                           ] ⌈ri
9'       [                           ] ⌈x⌉
10'     [                           ] ⌈x⌉
 
col. ii
1       [...] x ú x [...]
2       [... š/t]a ša te? x [...]
3       [dN]a⌉-[n]a⌉-⌈a-a ma/ba-ri-a-ti ⌈x⌉ [...]     
4       ù ḫi-ṭi-sí-na ka-t[i ...]                                 
5       ḫa-ab-sa-ši-im él? šu-r[i?-tim?]
6       ù zi-ik-ru ú-pu-šu-ši-[im ...]                       
7       qá-am-ma-ši-im ab-bu-na-ta-a[m …]
8       ši-na ka-az-ra-a-tum-ma lu mi-t[a?...]
9       zi-ki-ir INIM ul-li-tim te-BU-x-[…]
10     na-ši-a-à(ras. of A?) ṭa-a-tim sí-ni-ša-tum ka-[az?-ra?-tum?]       
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11     be-le-et-ni ú-ga-as-sà ka!?-Z[I? …]
12     a-mu-ur-ra-at ša-at (ras.) AD? PI ru-um [...]       
13     dNa-na-a-a a-ad-da-ma ta-ša-[ka?-an?]  
14     ⌈le-a⌉-at-ma i-na ki-ib-ra-a[t ar?-ba?-im?]
15     [                           ] ⌈te⌉ [...]
16     [                  ] ⌈a-na ar⌉-[...]
(Rest broken. Reverse uninscribed)
Translation
col. ii
1       [.].[.]
2       [..] . Ištar(?) .[..]
 
3       [Nan]āya(?) the daughters(?) (or: you are a diviner(?)) .[..]
4       and their sin …[...]
 
5       They have bound(?) (it) for her on(?) the preg[nant(?) woman],
6       and the men have done for h[er …].
 
7       They have cut for her the umbilical cor[d …].
8       They, the hierodules themselves, ...
 
9       The utterance of that old word she has … […]
10     The women, the hi[erodules(?)], carry gifts ...[...]
         -----
11     Our lady, her fury ..[.]
12     She is awe-inspiring, she is the mistress(?) ..[.]
 
13     Nanāya s[ets(?)] a thunder(?) ..[.]
14     She is truly the capable one in the [four] quarters of the wor[ld].
 
15–16         ...
Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
abunnatum umbilical cord, navel ii 7
addum storm, thunderstorm ii 13
arûm (v.) G to be(come) pregnant, conceive; Š to impregnate ii 5
bēltum (NIN) lady, mistress, proprietress ii 11
epēšum (v.) G to do, make, build; Gt to do throroughly; Št be active, work on; N pass. of G ii 6
erbe four ii 14
ḫabāsum (v.) to bind ii 5
ḫiṭītum sin, flaw, defect ii 4
kezretum type of cultic prostitute ii 8, ii 10
kibrum (UB) bank (of a river), shore, rim, brink; quarter of the world ii 14
lē'ûm powerful, competent ii 14
namurrum of awesome brightness ii 12
našûm (v.) G to lift, carry; Gtn iter. ii 10
šakānum (v.) (GAR) to put, place, lay down ii 13
šuātum mistress ii 12
ṭātum gift, bribe ii 10
uggatum rage, fury ii 11
ullûm I (//ne-ri-a) that; distant ii 9
zikarum, zikrum (NITA) male, virile; man ii 6
zikrum, siqrum utterance, name; mention of the name; reputation ii 9
Signs in text
151
Words in text
74
Sumerograms in text
6
% of Sum. in text
8
Lines in text
26
Average signs per line in text
5.81
SD of signs per line
4.83
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, commentary
14/09/11
Streck, Michael P.
Transliteration, translation, commentary
14/09/11
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
06/11/19
Pohl, Antonia
bibliography
04/02/22
Pohl, Antonia
Vocabulary
15/02/22