SEAL no. 7138
MS 2092 (CDLI P252006)
CDLI P252006. Note the usage of /pí/ (ll. 1, 2 and perhaps also 14) which suggest a northern provenance (on this see George 2009, 69).
Obv.
1 [pí-ta-ar-r]a!-as-si pí-ta-ar-ra-as!-
2 [ma-r]a-at A-ni-im ni-pí-iḫ ša-me-e
3 [u4?-ma?]-am ú-ul-li-la-a-ma
4 [š]a-me-e ša Anim(AN.NA)
5 i-ba-aš-ši ra-mu-um e-li ni-ši i-┌ḫa┐-ap-pu-up
6 ra-mu-um li-iḫ-pu-pa-am i-na ┌ṣe┐-ri-┌ia┐
7 lu-ud-di lu-uq-bi lu-ta-wu-ú ┌lu-ra-ʾì(ḪI)┐-im
8 ḫu-us-sí-ni-i-ma ki-ma aš-nu-ga-┌a┐-li
9 li-iḫ-šu-┌šu┐ pa-nu-ki!(Text: KU) ki-ma ri-im-ti-i[m]
10 e tu-uš-bi a-na mi-li-ik a-bi-┌ki┐
11 e te-el-qé-e mi-li-ik um-mi-k[i]
12 šum-ma qá-aš-da-┌at┐ im-da-ša l[i-x-x]
13 šum-ma na-di-a-┌at┐ bi-bi-il-ša l[i-x-x]
14 šum-ma ┌ke┐-ez-re-et li-kà-ap-pí-ir / aš-ta-ma-ša e-li-ia li-im-qú-u[t]
15 ši-i[p-t]um ú-ul ia-tu
16 ši-┌pa-at┐ É-a ù dIštar(INANNA) iš-ku-nu
(Rev. uninscribed)
Obv.
1 [Keep] her apart! keep [her] apart!
2–4 [The] daughters of Anu, the lights of heaven, [in day-ti]me(?) purified the sky of Anu.
5–6 Love came about, twittering over the people; May Love twitter over me!
7 Let me cast (a spell), let me speak, let me utter words of love:
8 ‘Think of me as an ašnugallum-snake!
9 May your face rejoice as a wild cow!
10 Do not wait on your father’s counsel,
11 Do not heed your mother’s advice!’
12 If she is a hierodule may she [...] her support;
13 If she is a cloister-lady may she [...] her gift;
14 If she is a harlot may she clean(?) her tavern, may she throw herself at me!
15 The incantation is not mine:
16 (it is) the incantation (which) Ea and Ištar have created.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abum | father | Kinship terms,Social status/Groups/Professions | 10 |
| Anum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 2, 4 |
| ašnugallum, aš(šu)nugallum, ušumgallum | snake (kind of), dragon | Fauna (wild) | 8 |
| aštammum | tavern | Locations/Buildings | 14 |
| awûm (v.) | G to speak; Gt speak, discuss, negotiate | 7 | |
| bašûm (v.) | G to be, exist; Š bring into being, create | 5 | |
| biblum | present, (marriage) gift | Abstract concepts | 13 |
| Ea | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 16 |
| elēlum II (v.) | G to become pure, free; D purify | 3 | |
| eli, elu | on, above, over | 5, 14 | |
| ḫabābum (v.) | G to murmur, chirp, twitter | 5, 6 | |
| ḫašāšum (v.) | G to swell, be(come) happy Gtn iter. of G | 9 | |
| ḫasāsum (v.) | G to remember, to be conscious | 8 | |
| imdum | support | Abstract concepts | 12 |
| Ištar | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 16 |
| kapārum II (v.) | G to wipe (clean) tears, hands etc. | 14 | |
| kašdatum | a priestess | 12 | |
| kezretum | type of cultic prostitute | 14 | |
| kīma | like, as; when; that | 8, 9 | |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 11 | |
| maqātum (v.) | G to fall, drop; Š caus. of G | 14 | |
| mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) | daughter, girl | Kinship terms | 2 |
| milkum | advice, counsel, resolution, intelligence | Abstract concepts | 10, 11 |
| nadītum | "fallow" (i.e. childless) woman, celibate (priestess) | 13 | |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 7 | |
| nipḫum | lighting, flaring | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| nišū (UN.MEŠ) | people, humanity, population | Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| pānum I (IGI) | front, face, earlier times | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts | 9 |
| parāsum (v.) | G to cut (off), decide, divide; Gtn continually block | 1 | |
| qabûm (v.) (DUG4) | G to say, speak, command | 7 | |
| râmum | love, love-making | Abstract concepts,Emotions/Feelings,Human activities/actions | 5, 6 |
| râmum (v.) | G to love; Štn to cause to constantly have love | 7 | |
| rīmum (AM) | wild bull | Fauna (wild) | 9 |
| šakānum (v.) (GAR) | to put, place, lay down | 16 | |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2, 4 |
| ṣērum (EDIN) | back, upperside, steppe, open country, towards | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 6 |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 15, 16 |
| šumma | if | 12, 13, 14 | |
| ul | not | 15 | |
| ummum | mother | Kinship terms | 11 |
| ūmum I (UD) | day, daily | Time concepts | 3 |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit, dwell | 10 | |
| yā'um | my, mine | 15 |