SEAL no. 7084
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 8041 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
Hallo 1989, 286
Copy / Photo
286 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
YBC 8041
Measurements
circumference
5.2x3.8
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
277-288
Studies
Cat. No. 102
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Text
Rev.
12 šu-pu dDÍM.ME
13 ki-ki-ṭa-ša mu-⌈uḫ-ḫi⌉
14 ni-iš-ki i-na KUŠ-x-x
15 ta-na-aṭ-ṭù-ma
16
17 te-le-eq-qé?-[e?]-ma
18 mu-uḫ-ḫi ni-iš-ki-im
19 te-sé-e-er te-ṭe-eḫ-ḫi
20 ta-ra-ak-ka-as-ša
21 ba-li-iṭ
22 ši-pa-at kalbi(UR.GI! Text:IGI)
Translation
12 ... Lamaštu.
13–15 Its ritual: You strike(?) the top of bite with a leather-…;
16–17 You take <dirt?> from the foundation wall of a tavern;
18–19 You smear it on the bite;
19–21 You draw near, you bandage her(sic) – and he will get better.
22 Incantation (against the bite of a) dog.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| asurrûm | lower course, footing (of wall) | Locations/Buildings | 16 |
| balāṭum (v.) | G to live, stat. be alive; D bring back to life, revive, let live, support, provide for | 21 | |
| bīt aštammim | tavern, hostel | Locations/Buildings | 16 |
| bītum (É) | house | Locations/Buildings | 16 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic) | 22 |
| kikiṭṭûm (KÌD.KÌD.BI; KI.KI.BI) | ritual procedure | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions | 13 |
| KUŠ | ? | 14 | |
| Lamaštum (dDÌM.ME) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere,Diseases/Demons | 12 |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 17 | |
| muḫḫum | skull, top, head | Body/Body parts | 13, 18 |
| naṭûm IV (v.) | to hit, beat | 15 | |
| niškum, neškum | bite | Diseases/Demons | 14, 18 |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 20 | |
| sêrum (v.) | G to plaster, smear | 19 | |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 22 |
Signs in text
69
Words in text
21
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
14
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
6.27
SD of signs per line
1.56
Revision History
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
04/04/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Semantics
29/05/10
Wasserman, Nathan
formatting
15/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, commentary
15/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
01/12/11
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (based on A. R. George)
01/05/14
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
31/05/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Zomer, Elyze
Correction
16/11/19
Streck, Michael P.
Images, Catalogue
29/11/19