SEAL no. 1780
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
pl. 71
Tablet Siglum
N 3395
Collection
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Edition
Vol. I 288–29
272–273
Studies
Genre / Classification
Wisdom Literature, proverb
Provenance
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Notes
CDLI No. P231662.
Text
| Obv.? | |
| traces | |
| 2 | ḪI ⌈im⌉ k[ar x r]e-re-⌈ne⌉ [... |
| 3 | zé du8-bi-ib (or: ur) kurum6 nu-gar-re gi-im-[...] |
| 4 | na! zé x(URU?) TIL e-re-in-nam a-na ša-ḫi-im ⌈x⌉ [x x x] |
| ---- | |
| 5 | di-bi-da! an-ša4-anki-na i-mé°-er an-ša-ni-[im] |
| 6 | dìm-šáḫ mar-ḫa-šiki ma-ar-gi4 pa-ra-aḫ-[še] |
| 7 | gul-lum me-luḫ-ḫaki šu-ra-an me-luḫ-[ḫa] |
| 8 | til-lu-ug sa12-ti-umki pi-i-ir ša-ad-di-[im] |
| 9 | gišásal ḪI ga-rašsar-gin7 ša ṣa-ar-ba-tam ki-ma ka[rašim] |
| 10 | šab-šab-e i-ḫa-ra-[ṣu] |
| ---- | |
| 11 | gišal-im-ì-saḫar?-a gar-ra al-lum ša i-na ṭi-ṭim na-[du-ú] |
| 12 | dNin-kilim-ma uru-na ši-ku-tu a-(ras.)l[i? ] |
| ---- | |
| Rev.? | |
| 13 | inim-gar-ra? sa9 gur šà ⌈x⌉(edin?)-a im-ṣa a pa? šúm áš x ša ṣe-[ri] |
| 14 | [(x)] ⌈x⌉ ul en gin7 dab5-ba ki-ma ka-aš-da?-an [x] |
| ---- | |
| 15 | [(x)] ⌈x⌉ šu nu-ús kam-ma-am ú-ul <i>-ṣa-ab-ba-[at] |
| 16 | [x] x ki nu-ši-lá a-na i-nim ú-ul i-qá-[al] |
| 17 | [ki-i]n-du-a al-ḫur qá-aq-qá-r[a?-a]m ú-up?-[x x] |
| ---- | |
| 18 | [munus-kar]-ke4 gi? dub? ḫi ir bu tar-ru |
| ḫa-ri-im-tum ša i-na sú-qì-⌈im⌉ UD-mu wu tu ⌈x⌉ | |
| 19 | [x (x)] lú-šub-ba na-an-gar |
| ---- | |
| 20 | [anše-edin-n]a-gin7 lul? ⌈x⌉ gar-ra |
| ša ki-ma i-me-er ṣe-ri ⌈x⌉ pi ša-kan [(x)] | |
| 21 | [x (x)] bu? kun? ka?-na ka ka ba?-NIM-ma |
| ša-ri-ú-um ša ka-ak-ka-šu wa-ṣi-a ša ⌈x⌉ [x] | |
| --- | |
| 22 | [x la]ḫtan-na KAxX-u4-šú-a |
| ša i-na la-aḫ-ta-nim ù ḫu-b[u-rim] | |
| 23 | [x x] x ki úmun kiri4 šu-du8-a ap-pa [i]b-bir-ru [x] |
| ---- | |
| 24 | [x] ⌈e?⌉-gi-ru-ne ša? i?-na ab? pi-lum ša i-na ir-[x x] |
| 25 | [...] x-e-ne šu ni x gu ši x mu x x x |
Translation
Obv.(?)
…
4 To the pig(?)…
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5 The donkey of Anšan,
6 The bear of Marḫaši,
7 The cat of Meluḫḫa,
8 The elephant of the mountains
9–10 that bites off the poplar-tree as if it were leek.
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11–12 A pickax in the mud is (like) female-mongoose (who ran into) the city.
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Rev.(?)
13 …. ... of the steppe(?)
14 like ... …
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15 He does not hold a tablet,
16 He does not … to the spring(?),
17 He [does not] … the ground!
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19 ....
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20 Like a donkey of the steppe who places ...
21 a wealthy man whose weapon comes out.
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22–23 He who steaks his nose into (every) beer-vat and beer-jar.
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24–25 He who in ...
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| allum (//giš.al) | hoe, pickaxe | 11 | |
| ālum (URU.KI) | village, town, city | Locations/Buildings | 12 |
| Anšanum (//an-ša4-an.ki) | GN | 5 | |
| appum (//kiri4) | nose | 23 | |
| ḫarimtum (KAR.KID) | harlot, (temple) prostitute | Social status/Groups/Professions | 18 |
| ḫubūrum I | beer jar | 22 | |
| imērum (ANŠE) | donkey | Fauna (domestic) | 20 |
| imērum (//di-bi-da) | donkey | 5 | |
| kakkum (GIŠ.TUKUL) | stick, weapon, battle | Fabricated objects | 21 |
| kammum | board, plaque | 15 | |
| karašum (//ga-raš-sar) | leek | 9 | |
| laḫtanum (//laḫtan) | beer vat | 22 | |
| margûm (//dìm-šáḫ) | bear (an animal, phps.) | 6 | |
| Meluḫḫa (//me-luḫ-ḫa.ki) | GN | 7 | |
| Paraḫšum (//Mar-ḫa-ši.ki) | GN | 6 | |
| pīrum (//til-lu-ug) | elephant | 8 | |
| qaqqarum (//ki-in-du) | ground, earth | 17 | |
| šadûm I (//sa12-ti-um-ki) | mountain | 8 | |
| ṣarbatum (// giš.ásal) | poplar | 9 | |
| šarûm | rich | 21 | |
| ṣērum (EDIN) | back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 20 |
| ṣērum (//edin) | back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards | 13 | |
| šikkūtum (//d.nin-kilim) | mongoose, female | 12 | |
| sūqum (SILA) | street | Locations/Buildings | 18 |
| šurānum (//gul-lum) | cat | 7 | |
| ṭīdum, ṭiṭṭu | clay, mud | Materials | 11 |
| ūmum I (UD) | day, daily | Abstract concepts,Time concepts | 18 |
Signs in text
340
Words in text
172
Sumerograms in text
4
% of Sum. in text
2
Lines in text
29
Average signs per line in text
11.72
SD of signs per line
4.27
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration and indexing
17/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
24/03/10
Meltzer, Keren
Web-indexing
07/04/10
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (transliteration, indexing)
05/04/12
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
05/04/12