SEAL no. 7099
Texts Hierarchy
Images
BM 122691 rev. (British Museum)
Farber 1981 , 62
Copy / Photo
62 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
BM 122691 (1931-4-13, 4)
Measurements
circumference
8.9 x 6.4
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
63f.
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P274698 (no photo).
"Tel Duweihes", the location of the tablet's provenance as listed in the registers of the British Museum, is unknown (see Farber 1981, 61 "Phantasiename?", but cf. Cunningham 1997, 99 n. 4).
Text
Rev.
13 da-mu-um da-ma-nu-um
14 ka-al-bu-um ru-bu-ṣú-um
15 e-re-šum na-aš-pu-um
16 še-na i-la-ku ur-ḫa-am
17 š[e-n]a i-[l]a-ku ḫa-[r]a-{NA}-na
18 [ ] x na la/AD ba? AG
19 [ ] x
Translation
Rev.
13–15 The dark wailing (canine), the lurking dog (whose names are) 'Niggling' (and) 'Noisy',
16–17 The two are walking in the path, the two are walking in the road.
18–19 .... ....
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| da-ma-nu-um | ? | Qualities/Attributes | 13 |
| da'mum | dark, somber, gloomy | 13 | |
| errēšûm | demanding persistently(?) | Abstract concepts | 15 |
| ḫarrānum (KASKAL) | way, road, journey | Locations/Buildings | 17 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 14 |
| našpûm | becoming loud(?) | Verbal expressions | 15 |
| rubbuṣum | crouching | Verbal expressions | 14 |
| šina II | two | Abstract concepts | 16, 17 |
| urḫum | way, path | Locations/Buildings | 16 |
Signs in text
45
Words in text
18
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
17
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
6.43
SD of signs per line
2.70
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration
22/10/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, indices, commentary
05/12/09
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
08/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
27/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
27/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
12/12/19