SEAL no. 1644
BM 97298 obv.
BM 97298 rev.
Obv.
1 a-na be-el-ia dAmurrum({MAR}MAR.TU)
2 ša i-na ma-ḫar dŠamaš(UD) qí-bi-is-sú ša-ma-at
3 qí-bí-ma
4 um-ma Ar-du-um ardi(SAG.ÌR)-ka-ma
5 it-<ti> a-mi-li ta-ab-na-an-ni-ma su-qà-am
6 tu-še-te-qà-an-ni
7 ú ša-at-ti-ša nīqam(uduSÍSKUR.RE) a-la-qé-ku-ma
8 a-na i-lu-ti-ka ka-bi-it-tim
9 i-ip-pu-uš
10 i-na-an-na na-ak-ru ik-šu-da-⌈an⌉-ni-ma
11 mu-uš-ke-né-ku-ma a-aḫ-ḫu-a!
12 ú-ul i-a-ri-ru-ni
Rev.
13 šum-ma ìlu(DINGIR)-<ut>-ka ra-bi-tum da!(ŠA)-ra!-at!
14 i-na eršim(gišNÁ) na-da-a-ku di-ke-an-ni-⌈ma?⌉
15 nīqam(uduSÍSKUR.RE) ṭà-aḫ-da-am
16 lu-ul-qé-a-am-ma a-na ma-ḫar ilu(DINGIR)-ti-ka
17 lu-ul-li-ka-ak-ku-[um?]
18 ša! mu-ṣa-lim ki-il <a?>-ma-sú
19 la <im?>ma-ḫar!-ma qí-in-ni la ip-pa-ra-a[r]
20 a-mi-ru-ia a-na ilu(DINGIR)-ti-ka
21 ba-ni-tim
22 lu-ša-{AK}ak-ri-ib
Obv.
1–3 To my lord Amurrum whose utterance is heard before Šamaš, say:
4 Thus (says) Ardum, your servant:
5–6 You have created me among men and led me along the street,
7–9 and so, every year, I take a sheep and perform a sacrifice for your venerable divinity.
10–12 (But) now, an enemy has seized me and I am miserable and my brothers have not come to my aid.
Rev.
13–14 If your great divinity is everlasting, raise me from the bed, on which I am lying!
15–17 I will then make a generous sheep offering and come in front of your divinity.
18–19 The evildoer – hold back his word! It must not be accepted lest my family not be dispersed!
20–21 Those who see me (afterward) – I will make (them) pray to your propitious divinity.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| aḫum I | brother | Kinship terms | 11 |
| alākum (v.) (DU) | G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G | 17 | |
| āmirum, āmerum, āwirum | that sees, reads | 20 | |
| Amurrum (dMAR.TU) | DN | 1 | |
| Ardum | PN | 4 | |
| awātum, amātu (INIM) | word, matter, speech | 18 | |
| awīlum, aʾīlu (LÚ; LÚ.ÙLU) | man, free man, human being | Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| banûm | good, beautiful | 21 | |
| banûm (v.) | G to build, create; N be created, made | 5 | |
| bēlum (EN) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | 1 | |
| darûm (v.) | to last for ever | 13 | |
| dekûm (v.) | G to raise, wake up, call up, unleash, move (to), shift | 14 | |
| epēšum (v.) | G to do, make, build; Gt to do throroughly; Št be active, work on; N pass. of G | 9 | |
| eršum IV (GIŠ.NÁ) | bed | Fabricated objects | 14 |
| etēqum I (v.) | G to go past, cross over; Gtn iter.; Š caus. of G | 6 | |
| ilūtum | divinity, godhead | 8, 13, 16, 20 | |
| inanna | now | 10 | |
| itti | with | 5 | |
| kabtum | heavy, substantial, honoured, distinguished | 8 | |
| karābum (v.) | G to pray, bless, greet ; Gtn iter. Gt constantly pray to, call blessings on; Š caus. of G | 22 | |
| kašādum (v.) | G to reach, arrive; D drive off, chase away; Š caus. of G | 10 | |
| kullum III (v.) | to hold, hold back, cover | 18 | |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 7, 16 | |
| maḫārum (v.) | G to face, confront, oppose, receive; N to be accepted, received | 19 | |
| maḫrum II | front, presence | 2, 16 | |
| muṣallûm | who insults | 18 | |
| muškēnum | dependant, bondsman of the palace; poor man | 11 | |
| na'arrurum (v.) | N to go to assist, bring reinforcements | 12 | |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 14 | |
| nakrum | strange, foreign, enemy | Social status/Groups/Professions | 10 |
| nīqum (UDU.SÍSKUR) | offering, sacrifice | 7, 15 | |
| parārum (v.) | G to be dissolved, broken up; N be scattered, dispersed | 19 | |
| qabûm (v.) (DUG4) | G to say, speak, command | 3 | |
| qibītum | speech, command, utterance, word | Verbal expressions | 2 |
| qinnum | nest; family | Fabricated objects | 19 |
| rabûm (GAL) I | big | 13 | |
| Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) | DN, sun | Deities/Divine sphere | 2 |
| šattišam | year by year, yearly | 7 | |
| šemûm (v.) | G to listen, to hear; Gtn to hear, to listen again and again | 2 | |
| šumma | if | 13 | |
| sūqum (SILA) | street | Locations/Buildings | 5 |
| ṭaḫdum | luxuriant | 15 | |
| umma | saying | 4 | |
| wardum (SAG.ÌR; ÌR) | slave, servant | 4 |