OECT 11, 4

SEAL no. 7096

Images
  • Gurney 1989, 4Gurney 1989, 4
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
Bod AB 217
Measurements
circumference
7.0 x 4.6 x 1.6
cm
Collection
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Edition
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Notes

CDLI 274666 (no photo)

Text

Obv.

1        ú-ug-gu-ur še20-pe-e[n6]

2        a-ru-úḫ la-sà-ma-am

3        bu-bu-ta-am ma-ad

4        et-ni-i[š] a-ka-la-am

5        i-na as-[k]u-pa-tim

6        ir-ta-na-bi-iṣ

7        e-ma iš-šu-k[u m]e-ra-nam i-zi-ib

8        ú-su-úḫ ša-ar-k[a]-am

9        ša pa-ni-š[u]

10      ù pu-ul-ḫi-ta-am

11      ša ša-ap-ti-šu

12      ka-al-bu-um li-m[u-ut]

13      a-wi-lum li-ib-l[u-uṭ]

14      ši-pa?-tumú?⌉-[ul ia-ti…]

 

Edge

15      ?..........................

 

Rev.

16      […] x ù x […..]

17      x x x [x x x] x […]

18      in x    TU6 x […]

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19      KA-inim-ma ur-g[i7!? ti-la-kam]

Translation

Obv.            

1-2       Twisted of legs, quick of running,

3-4       great of hunger, very weak by (lack of) food,

5–6       constantly laying on the threshold.

7           Wherever he bit he left his puppy.

8–11       Remove the puss of his face, and the blister of his lips.

12–13     May the dog die! May the man live!

14          The spell(s) is/are n[ot mine...]

15–17           (fragmentary)

18                 .. incantation...

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19                 Incantation [to revive from a d]og (bite).

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
askuppum, askuppatum (I.LU.KUN4) (threshold) slab Locations/Buildings 5
awīlum, aʾīlu (LÚ; LÚ.ÙLU) man, free man, human being Social status/Groups/Professions 13
bubūtum hunger, starvation Abstract concepts 3
ezēbum (v.) G to leave, leave behind; Š to save 7
kalbum (UR.GI7) dog Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) 12
mīrānum, mērānum puppy, young dog Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) 7
nasāḫum (v.) G to tear out, pull out, remove; G~D; N pass. be extracted, torn out 8
našākum (v.) G to bite, gnaw 7
pānum I (IGI) front, face, earlier times Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts 9
pulḫītum distress, constemation ? Diseases/Demons 10
rabāṣum (v.) G to sit, be recumbent, lie in wait, lurk; Gtn regularly sit on, settle; Š caus. of G 6
šaptum lip, rim Body/Body parts 11
šarkum puss, suppuration Body/Body parts 8
šēpum foot, leg Body/Body parts 1
Signs in text
116
Words in text
53
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
4
Lines in text
20
Average signs per line in text
5.80
SD of signs per line
2.35
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration and indices
25/02/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
05/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
21/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
06/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
06/10/10
Streck, Michael P.
Catalogue, formatting, corrections (translation, commentary), upload of new document
06/03/13
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
19/11/19