ZA 71, 62a

SEAL no. 7106

Images
  • BM 122691 obv. (British Museum)BM 122691 obv. (British Museum)
  • BM 122691 lower edge (British Museum)BM 122691 lower edge (British Museum)
  • Farber 1981, 62Farber 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
Genre / Classification
Incantations, evil eye (Lamaštu?)
Notes

CDLI No. P274698. For the provenance of Tel Duweihes, cf. Farber 1981, 61: fantasy name, but see Cunningham 1997, 99 n. 4 (Walker's personal communication). According to script the text comes from the South. 

Text

1' [i]-[n]u-um⌉ ⌈ip⌉-⌈pa⌉-⌈la⌉-⌈ás⌉ ⌈it⌉-⌈ta⌉-⌈na⌉-⌈ap⌉-[ra-ar]

2' ša-aš-ka-lum sà-ḫi-ip-tum

3' ḫu-ḫa-ru-um sà-ḫe-eš-tum

4' ba-ab la-'ì i-ba-ma

5' i-na be-ri la-'ì ṣe-[e]l!-ta-am iš-ku-un

6' ba-ab wa-li-[d]a-ti-im i-ba-ma

7' še-ri-ši-na u4-ḫa-ni-iq

8' i-ru-ma a-[n]a [b]i-it qè-e

9' ši-pa?!-sa-am [i]š-bi-ir

10' ki-nu-na-am pu-zu?-ra-am ú-sa-pi-iḫ

11' bi-ta-am ša-gi-[m]a?-amti-li-ša-am iš-ku-un

12' im-ḫa-aṣ-ma i-še-er-ta-am

13' i-ta-ṣi ì-lí bi-tim

14' ma-aḫ-ṣa-ma le-e-sà sú-ḫi-ra-ši / a-na wa-ar-ka-{da}-tim

15' i-ni-ša mu-li- ṭa-ab-ta-am

16' pâša(KA-ša) mu-li-a di-ig-ma-a[m]

17' il bi-ti-im li-tu-r[u?]

 

Lower Edge

18' ši-ip-tum ša i-ni-[in?]

Translation

1'        The (Evil) [E]ye is looking, it is [roa]ming about!

2'–3'   A swooping-down net! An Ensnaring mesh!

4'–5'   Passing through the gate of the tots, she caused quarrel between the tots;

6'–7'   Passing through the gate of (women) in labor, she strangled their babies;    

8'–9'   She entered the vessels’ storeroom, broke the sealing bullae.    

10'      She scattered the fireplace, the place of safety(?).

11'      She turned the house full of (happy) noise into a ruin

12'–13'  After she stroke down the sanctuary, the god of the house has gone out.

14'      Strike her cheek! Make her turn backwards!

15'      Fill (pl.) her eyes with salt!

16'      Her mouth fill (pl.) with ashes

17'      May the god of the house return(?)!

18’     Incantation (against) the (Evil) Eye.

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
bābum (KÁ) doorway, door, gate, entrance Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings 4', 6'
ešertum chapel, sanctuary, shrine Locations/Buildings,Rituals/Religious practices 12'
ḫuḫārum bird-snare Fabricated objects 3'
ili bītim god of the house Deities/Divine sphere 13', 17'
kinūnum brazier, fireplace, oven; kiln Fabricated objects 10'
la'ûm small child Social status/Groups/Professions 4', 5'
lētum cheek; side Body/Body parts 14'
pûm I (KA) mouth, statement, command, opening Body/Body parts 16'
puzrum concealment, hiding-place Abstract concepts,Human activities/actions 10'
qûm II (SÌLA) measuring-vessel Fabricated objects 8'
ṣāltum combat, strife, discord, quarrel; DN Abstract concepts 5'
šerrum young child, baby Social status/Groups/Professions 7'
šipassum clay sealing, sealed bulla Fabricated objects 9'
šuškallum, šaškallum battle-net Locations/Buildings 2'
ṭabtum (MUN) salt Food/Drink,Materials 15'
ṭikmēnum, digīmum ashes Materials 16'
tīlum, tillum (DU6) tell, ruin heap Nature/Cosmological phenomena 11'
wālittum one who gives/has given/is about to give birth Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions 6'
warkatum rear, estate, legacy, background, affair, backside; after Locations/Buildings 14'
Signs in text
177
Words in text
57
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
4
Lines in text
18
Average signs per line in text
9.83
SD of signs per line
3.31
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration, indices
17/06/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, corrections
08/12/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
08/12/09
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
10/12/09
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
17/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
27/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation
25/08/19
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
12/12/19