SEAL To Ištar (AUAM 73.2645b)

SEAL no. 26416

Images
  • Wagensonner, Altorientalische Forschungen 2021, 152AUAM 73.2645b
  • Wagensonner, Altorientalische Forschungen 2021, 153AUAM 73.2645b photo
Tablet Siglum
AUAM 73.2645b
Measurements
circumference
3.1 × 4.6 × 2.5
cm
Collection
Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
Edition
Genre / Classification
Literary Letters, to Ištar
Provenance
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Text
Obv.
1[a]-na be-el-⸢ti-ia 18-tár
2[]-⸢bí-ma
3um-ma a-bi-tu-ku-ul-[ti amat]-⸢ki?-ma
4ki-ma di/ki x i?/tumùni? ⸣ [   ] x
5be-el-⸢ti at⸣-ti ša [  ] x
6[   ] xxx [   ]
end broken
Rev.
beginning broken
7ša tu-ba-al-li⸣-[ṭi(?)]
8la te-eg-gi-i-⸢ma
9ma-ḫar dUTU qá-ta-ia
10a-na be-el-ti-ia
11li-ik-ru-ba
Translation

Obv.

1 To my Lady Eštar
2 speak,
3 thus (says) Abī-tukul[tī, your(?) [maid(?).]
4 That/Because ... and [...],
5 you are my Lady, who [...].

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Rev.

 

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6 [As to your maid(?) (...)],
7 whom you kept in good health,
8 you must not be careless, so
9 before Šamaš both my cleansed hands

10 to my Lady
11 they shall pray.

Signs in text
66
Words in text
34
Sumerograms in text
0
Lines in text
12
Average signs per line in text
5.50
SD of signs per line
3.12
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing
27/02/19