SEAL no. 1736
BM 95431 (British Museum)
Collated by NW 03.01.2003.
BM catalogue: acquisition date 1901.
CDLI No. P285851
col. i
1' [ ] x-du?
2' [ ]-i-ma re-ši-ka
3' [ ] x WI at
4' [ ] ša-ap-ti-ka
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5' [eb-rum ru-a-š]u° i-ip-pa-al
6' [pí-a-šu i-pu-ša-am]-ma iz-za-kàr-šum
7' [ ] lim-⌈li⌉-ku
8' [ a-na-k]u? ù at-ta
9' [ niš?]-ku-un
10' [... nušē?]-⌈pí?⌉-iš
rest broken
col. ii
1' x x x [ ]
2' ù qá-tim! ša is-ni-qú ⌈i?-x⌉ [ ]
3' mi-im-ma-a a-šar-ša-na ṭi-du-u[m?]
4' nu-uk°-ku°-ur
5' ki-ma ša-ak-na-ma i-il-la-k[am]
6' te-ne-še-tum
7' mi-in-šu at-ta ta-qá-at-tu-ur
8' a-na ma-da-tim
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9' eb-rum ru-a-šu i-ip-pa-al
10' pí-a-šu i-pu-ša-am-ma iz-za-kàr-šum
11' ru-e m[i]-in-šu° la we-du i-li-šu
12' da-bi-ib mi-ša-ri-im
13' [m]u-ki-il ki-na-tim
14' [ki? r]a-ag-gi lu ša-ki-in
15' [...]-us-B[A/Z[U]
16' ... RI? [...]
rest broken
col. iii
1' [ ]
2' x[ ]
3' i-b[a? [ ]
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4' eb-rum ru-[a-šu i-ip-pa-al]
5' pí-a-šu i-p[u-ša-am-ma iz-za-kar-šum]
6' mi-in-šu x[ ]
7' iš-[t]i [ ]
rest broken
col. i
1' [...] ...
2' [...].. your head,
3' [...]...
4' [...] your lips.
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5' Answering [hi]s [fellow, the friend]
6' [opened his mouth] and talked to him:
7' "[......] let them deliberate,
8' [...... m]e(?) and you.
9' [......we have pl]aced(?)
10' [......we have caused] to do(?)"
col. ii
1' "...
2' ... [...the...] and of the hand which drew near...
3' Can any clay
4' be removed elsewhere?
5' As it is destined so will
6' humanity go.
7' Why are you gloomy
8' over many things?"
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9' Answering his fellow, the friend
10' opened his mouth and talked to him:
11' "Friend! Why does not (even) a single (man), towards his god,
12' speak justice
13' (and) be truthful,
14' (but) indeed behave like a wicked-one?"
15' ...
col. iii
1'–3' (broken)
4' [Answering his fell]ow, the friend
5' [op]ened his mouth [and talked to him:]
6' "Why ...[ ...]
7' ...[...]."
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibrum, ebrum | friend, colleague | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | [i5'], ii9', iii4' |
| ilum (DINGIR) | god, deity | Deities/Divine sphere | ii11' |
| kittum I | steadiness, reliability, truth, justice, loyality | Abstract concepts | ii13' |
| mīšarum | justice | Abstract concepts | ii12' |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | Body/Body parts | [i6'], ii10', iii5' |
| raggum | wicked, villainous | Human activities/actions | ii14' |
| rēšum (SAG) | head; beginning; slave | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts | i2' |
| rū'um, rūḫum | friend, companion | Human activities/actions | [i5'], ii9', ii11', iii4' |
| šaptum | lip, rim | Body/Body parts | i4' |
| tenēštum | mankind, people; human kind | Abstract concepts | ii6' |
| ṭīdum | clay, mud | Materials | ii3' |