SEAL no. 13484
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MS 3059 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo); George 2016, 24
MS 3059 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo)
Copy / Photo
CDLI P252068 (photo)
Tablet Siglum
MS 3059
Measurements
circumference
5.7 x 4.5 x 2.2
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Genre / Classification
Incantations, scorpion
Provenance
Text
Rev.
(Signs written diagonally, probably remaining of a previously effaced text)
1' dNanna Nanna
2' ki-si-ig si-li ér {x}
3' ku-ús-sa in-da-ag-ra
4' tu-re kúr-re
5' a-na ši-ip-tim
6' ma-li i-ba-aš-šu-ú
Upper edge
7' in-na-di-/nu-šum?
Left edge
8' ma-ri ši-ip-ri ša-pi-[ir]
9' zuqaqīpum(gír-tab) íz-qù-[sú] / {x}
Translation
Rev.
1' O Nanna, Nanna!
2' kisig sili er.
3' O Kusu and Indagar!
4' A man is stung!
5'–7' For the spell, all that there is will be given to him.
8'–9' The messenger was sent off – a scorpion stung [him].
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana I | to, for | 5' | |
| bašûm (v.) | G to be, exist; Š bring into being, create | 6' | |
| Indagar | DN | 3' | |
| Kusu (ku-ús-sa) | DN | 3' | |
| mala | as much as | 6' | |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | 8' | |
| nadānum (v.) (SUM) | G to give, bestow | 7' | |
| Nanna | DN | 1' | |
| šapārum (v.) | G to send, write, govern, administer | 8' | |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | 4' | |
| šiprum | sending, mission, work, messenger | 8' | |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | 5' | |
| zaqātum (v.) | G to sting | 9' | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | 9' |
Signs in text
53
Words in text
23
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
5.89
SD of signs per line
1.69
Revision History
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
31/12/18