SEAL no. 1838
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
Sb 21857
Measurements
circumference
7–8 x 3.5–4.0x 2.5
cm
Collection
Louvre, Paris
Edition
Studies
Wasserman, in press a
94–102
Cat. No. 89
394–396
20
168–169
Genre / Classification
Funerary Texts
Provenance
Text
Obv.
1 [i]š-me-ma na-a[p?-šà?-sú? x (x)]
2 a-di i-te-ṭì-iq! x [x x x (x)]
3 na-pil ku-úr-ri Šu-⌈ší○⌉-⌈na⌉-[ak]
4 i-na nu-pá-ar Šu-ší-n[ak ○]
5 ma-aš-qí-it [Š]u-ší-na-a[k] ši [x]
(Rev. uninscribed)
Translation
1–3 When he heard, [his li]fe(?)… until he has passed… He is destroyed.
3–5 The furnace of Šušinak, in the workhouse of Šušinak, the watering place of Šušinak…
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(Rev. uninscribed)
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| adi | until, as far as | 2 | |
| etēqum I (v.) | G to go past, cross over; Gtn iter.; Š caus. of G | 2 | |
| ku-úr-ri | ? | 3 | |
| mašqītum | watering place, irrigation outlet | Locations/Buildings | 5 |
| nābalum | dry land, mainland | 3 | |
| nupārum | prison, workhouse | 4 | |
| šemûm (v.) | G to listen, to hear; Gtn to hear, to listen again and again | 1 | |
| Šušinak | DN | 3, 4, 5 |
Signs in text
48
Words in text
20
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
5
Average signs per line in text
9.60
SD of signs per line
0.89
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Web-formatting
28/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, indexing
28/01/16
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation (new)
15/06/17