SEAL no. 7056
MS 3067 (CDLI P252076)
George 2016, 28
CDLI No. P252076
1 ⌈i⌉-[na me]-⌈e⌉ na-ki-im ib-[ba-ni (e-ṣe-em-tum)]
2 i-na ⌈me-e ap-sí-im⌉ ru-qú-t[im]
3 i-na me-e a-a-ba ti-me-tim ra-a[p-ša-tim]
4 a-ša-ar ma-am-ma-an la <i>-du-[ú]
5 qé-re-eb-ša ṣe-eḫ-ru-um ku-u[s-sà-a]
6 i-da-šu ka-at-ma i-na-⌈a⌉-[šu]
7 mu-ṣa-a-am i-še20-⌈e⌉-[am]
8 i-mu-ur-šu-ú-ma dAsar-lú-[ḫi]
9 ip-te-šum ṭù-da-am pa-[d]a-n[a-am]
10 iš-ku-un-šu[m]
11 ša-ki-in-kum pa-da-nu-u[m]
12 pe-ti-ku-um ṭù-ú-d[u-um]
13 wa-aš-ba-at-ku-um Bēlet-ilī(dM[AḪ])
14 ba-ni-a-at a-wi-lu-tim
15 ⌈mi-it-ḫa⌉-aṭ [i]t-ti e-ṣe-⌈em-tim⌉
16 ù ši-ir-ḫa-⌈ni⌉-im
17 ki-ma da-⌈di⌉-im
18 šu-lu-up ra-ma-an-⌈ka⌉
19 KA-inim-ma [a-li-it]-tum
1 In the fluid of conception the [substance] was cr[eated].
2–3 In the water of the Apsû, so remote, in the water of the ocean, the seas, so wi[de],
4–5 (in) a place whose interior nobody knows,
5–7 the baby, his hands are bound, his eyes are covered. He is looking for the way out.
8 (There) Asarluḫi noticed him.
9–10 He opened for him the road, set for him the path, (saying:)
11–12 “The path is set for you! The road is open for you!
13–14 Bēlet-ilī is sitting for you, the creatrix of mankind:
15–16 wrestle with substance and tissue!
17–18 Pull out yourself like a good boy!”
19 Incantation (for) [a woman giving bir]th.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| a(y)yabba | sea | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3 |
| ālidum (fem. ālittum) | parent; a woman giving birth | Social status/Groups/Professions | 19 |
| amārum (v.) | G to see; catch sight of; N pass. of G, be found | 8 | |
| Apsûm (ZU.AB) | underground water (cosmic) | Deities/Divine sphere,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| Asarluḫi/Asalluḫi | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 8 |
| ašrum (KI) | place, site | Locations/Buildings | 4 |
| awīlūtum | humanity, mankind | Abstract concepts | 14 |
| banûm (v.) | G to build, create; N be created, made | 1 | |
| bānûm, f. bānîtum | creator, begetter | Fauna (wild) | 14 |
| Bēlet-ilī (DINGIR.MAḪ) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 13 |
| dādum I | darling, favorite, sexual attractiveness | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 17 |
| edûm (v.) | G to know; D to cause to know | 4 | |
| eṣemtum (uzuGÌR.PAD.DU) | bone | Body/Body parts | 1, 15 |
| idum (Á) | arm; side; strength; wage | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| ina | in, on, by, from | [1], 2, 3 | |
| īnum (IGI) | eye | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| itti | with | 15 | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 19 | |
| kasûm III (v.) | G to bind; G~D bind person, animal, limb | 5 | |
| katāmum (v.) | G to cover, close | 6 | |
| kīma | like, as; when; that | 17 | |
| lā | not | 4 | |
| maḫāṣum (v.) | G to beat, strike; Gt to fight with each other | 15 | |
| mamman | somebody, who(so)ever | Personal prons. | 4 |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | [1], 2, 3 |
| mūṣûm | exit, way out, outlet | 7 | |
| niākum (v.) | G to have sexual intercourse | 1 | |
| padānum | way, path | Locations/Buildings | 9, 11 |
| petûm II (v.) | G to open, expose; Š to cause to open | 9, 12 | |
| qerbum | centre, interior | Abstract concepts,Locations/Buildings | 5 |
| ramānum | self | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Personal prons. | 18 |
| rapšum | wide, extended | 3 | |
| rūqum | distant | Abstract concepts | 2 |
| šakānum (v.) (GAR) | to put, place, lay down | 10, 11 | |
| šalāpum (v.) | G to pull out, unsheathe | 18 | |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | Qualities/Attributes,Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) | vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew | Body/Body parts | 16 |
| še'ûm (v.) | G to seek, call on | 7 | |
| tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) | sea, lake | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3 |
| ṭūdum | way, path | Locations/Buildings | 9, 12 |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit, dwell | 13 |