SEAL no. 1627
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
165
Tablet Siglum
AO 10741
Collection
Louvre, Paris
Edition
164
Genre / Classification
Love Literature
Provenance
Text
1 [… …] x nu-úr-k[a …]
2 ⌈be⌉-⌈li?⌉ x x šu? ḫu? ir-ti-qù-ma x …]
3 ak-ki-ma še-ri-ma li-p[u?-ḫa?-am?...]
4 be-li! še-ri me-le-e[l …]
5 li-⌈x⌉ x (x) [m]a?-ru-um li?-[…]
6 lu-ul-[x x x x] x su?-ni-[…]
7 [… …] x x […]
Translation
1 [… … y]our light(?) …
2 My lord… … they went far away.
3 Just like dawn let (the sun?/light?) s[hine on me(?)...]
4 My lord (at?) dawn play [with my…]
5 May the boy…, may he […]
6 Let me… (in my?) lap […]
7 (traces)
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| akkīma (ana kīma) | as | 3 | |
| bēlum (EN) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 2, 4 |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| mēlulum (v.) | to play | 4 | |
| napāḫum (v.) | G to blow, light up, rise | [3] | |
| nūrum I (ZÁLAG) | light | Abstract concepts,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1 |
| rêqum (v.) | to be distant, go far off | 2 | |
| šērum II | morning | Abstract concepts,Time concepts | 3, 4 |
Signs in text
52
Words in text
36
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
3
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
7.43
SD of signs per line
3.10
Revision History
Bloch, Yigal
Online formatting and revision
13/05/17
Wasserman, Nathan
adding photo
15/05/17