SEAL no. 7095
Texts Hierarchy
Images
A 21959 (Oriental Institute, Chicago)
Greengus 1979, 302
Copy / Photo
302 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
A 21959
Measurements
circumference
3.8x5.6x2.1
cm
Collection
Oriental Institute, Chicago
Edition
57
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Nerebtum (mod. Ishchali)
Notes
CDLI no. P355893
Text
| Obv.? | |
| 1 | [ka-al-bu-um ṣ]a!-al-mu-um k[a!-al-bu-um] |
| 2 | [pe?-ṣu?]-um ka-al-bu-um warqum(SIG7) |
| 3 | [ka-al-bu]-um sa-mu-um ka-al-bu-um |
| 4 | [bu?-ur?-ru?-mu?-u]m! i-na ši-it-pi-im |
| 5 | [mu]-ša-bu-šu |
| 6 | [i-na as-ku-(up)-pa]-tim? |
| 7 | [na-ar-ba-ṣú-š]u! |
| Rev.? | |
| 1' | [.....a?-b]u°-bi°-im° |
| 2' | [.....] x ma?-ta-am |
| 3' | [....] ma?-[l]i?-im |
| 4' | [....] [dN]in-kar-ra-ak |
| 5' | [...] x uš?-š[u]?-nu |
| 6' | [...] nim [(x)]-ra?-ni-im |
| 7' | [... bu?]- bu? - [tu]m? |
| 8' | [tu]-en-n[e-nu-ri] |
Translation
Obv.?
1–2 A blac[k dog, [a whi]te [dog],
2–3 A yellow dog, a red [do]g,
3–4 [A speckled] dog –
4–5 Its dwelling is in the pit,
6–7 [In the thresho]ld [is] its [lair].
Rev.?
1' ... of the flood(?)
2' ... the land(?)
3' ... of the tide(?)
4' .... [Ni]nkarrak,
5'–7' (too fragmentary)
8' Inc[antation formula].
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abūbum | flood, deluge | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | [1'] |
| askuppum, askuppatum (I.LU.KUN4) | (threshold) slab | Locations/Buildings | 6 |
| burrumum | multicoloured, pied, speckled | Qualities/Attributes | 4 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 1, 2, 3 |
| mātum (KUR; KALAM) | land, country | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | [2'] |
| mīlum | high water, flood(ing) | 3' | |
| mūšabum | dwelling, domicile, seat, throne, dwelling place | Fabricated objects | 5 |
| narbāṣum | lair (of an animal) | Body/Body parts | 7 |
| Ninkarrak | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 4' |
| peṣûm I | white | Qualities/Attributes | 2 |
| ṣalmum (GI6) I | black, dark | Qualities/Attributes | 1 |
| sāmum | red | Qualities/Attributes | 3 |
| šitpum | pit, excavation | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
| warqum, erqum | yellow, green | Qualities/Attributes | 2 |
Signs in text
90
Words in text
37
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
5
Lines in text
17
Average signs per line in text
5.29
SD of signs per line
3.41
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration and indexing
15/03/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
05/03/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation and commentary
05/03/10
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
10/03/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
16/08/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
05/10/10
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue, file name
12/12/19