SEAL no. 7110
Texts Hierarchy
Images
BM 15820 obv. (British Museum)
BM 15820 rev. (British Museum)
Figulla 1959, 6
Copy / Photo
6 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
BM 15820
Measurements
circumference
10.9x9.1
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, food
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P283741 refers to the text as "Neo Babylonian".
According to BM catalogue: acquisition date 1896.
Incantation collective with Sumerian, Akkadian and Hybrid incs.
Text
col. iv
2 kakkabū(MUL.MEŠ) a-ka-al-la-ku-nu-ti
3 šamû?(AN.NA) a-ka-al-la-ku-nu-ti
4 er-ṣe-tum a-ka-al-la-ki
5 An-nu-um a-ka-al-la-ka
6 dEn-líl a-ka-al-la-ka
7 a-di e-le-eq-qú-ú
8 ma-[á]š?-t[i]-it-ti ù ku-ru-um-ma-ti
9 [ ]x šamû?(AN.NA) šamû?(AN.NA)
10 [tu-én]-é-nu-ru
Translation
2 Stars, I hold you back!
3 Heavens, I hold you back!
4 Earth, I hold you back!
5 An, I hold you back!
6 Enlil, I hold you back!
7–8 Until I get my drink and food-portion!
9 ... heavens, heavens
10 Incantation formula
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 5 |
| Enlil | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 6 |
| erṣetum (KI) | earth, land, netherworld | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4 |
| kakkabum (MUL) | star, meteor | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| kalûm V (v.) | G to hold (back), detain | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | |
| kurummatum | food allocation, ration | Abstract concepts | 8 |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 7 | |
| maštītum | allowance of drink | Abstract concepts | 8 |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3, 9 |
Signs in text
70
Words in text
20
Sumerograms in text
4
% of Sum. in text
20
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
7.78
SD of signs per line
1.92
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration and indices
03/10/07
Wagschal, Avigail
Formatting
22/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation and commentary
24/09/08
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
04/10/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (formatting, commentary)
20/10/18
Meltzer, Keren
Semantics
17/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Zilberg, Peter
indexing verbal forms
02/06/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, Catalogue
11/12/19
Zomer, Elyze
Correction Title, addition note
12/08/20