LBPL no. 37730
Tablet Siglum
BM 32374
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
167
Genre / Classification
Rituals
Provenance
Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
Text
1' [. . .] ⌈x⌉ [. . .]
2' [mam-ma-an ši-pir ni-kil-tú là] ippušū(dù-šú) ana [ka-a-šú]
3' [šarru(lugal) u šakkanakku(gìr.níta)] la i-maḫ-ḫaṣ lēt(te)-ka
4' [lu ši-pir ši-pir-ku] ana u4-mu ṣa-[a-tu4]
5' [šarru(lugal) u šakkanakku(gìr.níta)] šá i-maḫ-ḫaṣ ⌈lēt(te)⌉-[ka]
6' [šarru(lugal) nakir(kúr)-šú-nu ma-am-ma] ⌈liš⌉-kun dabdû(bad5.bad5)-⌈šú⌉-[nu]
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7' [30 šumātu(mu) minûssu(šid-bi) šá ina muḫḫi(ugu) ṭ]uppi(i]m.dub)
8' [. . .] ⌈x x x⌉
Translation
1' (Traces)
2' [Let no one] treat [you deceivingly].
3' Let neither [king nor governor] stri[ke your cheek].
4' [May your work be a work] for etern[ity].
5'–6' [The king or the governor] who strikes your cheek, [may a king who is their enemy] defeat th[em].
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7'–8' [A total number of 30 lines is on the t]ablet [. . .]
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana | to, for | 2', 4' | |
| dabdûm | defeat, bloodshed | 6' | |
| epēšum (v.) | to do, make, build, open (mouth), (D) calculate, check, execute properly (a tablet) | 2' | |
| ina | in, on, by, from | [7'] | |
| kâšim, kâšum | you, to you, of you (sg.) | [2'] | |
| lā | not | [2'], 3' | |
| lētum | cheek, side | 3', 5' | |
| lū | let it be, or, verily | [4'] | |
| maḫāṣum (v.) | to beat, weave, strike | 3', 5' | |
| mamman | somebody, who(so)ever | [2'], [6'] | |
| minûtum | counting, number | [7'] | |
| muḫḫum | skull, top | [7'] | |
| nakrum, nakirum | strange, foreign, hostile (person), enemy | [6'] | |
| nikiltum | skill, cleverness, ingenuity, scheming, cunning | [2'] | |
| ša | who(m), which, of | 5', [7'] | |
| šakānum (v.) | to put, place, lay down, inflict | 6' | |
| šakkanakkum | (military) governor | [3'], [5'] | |
| šarrum | king, SN | [3'], [5'], [6'] | |
| ṣiātum, ṣâtum | distant time, commentary (on words excerpted from text) | [4'] | |
| šiprum | sending, mission, work, craft | [2'], [4' (x2)] | |
| šumûm | roast meat | [7'] | |
| ṭuppum | (clay) tablet | 7' | |
| u | and | [3'], [5'] | |
| ūmum | day, time | 4' |