SEAL no. 7145
Texts Hierarchy
Images
IB 1554 obv./Rev. (Iraq Museum)
IB 1554 lower/upper/left edge (Iraq Museum)
Copy / Photo
after p. 208 (photos)
Tablet Siglum
IB 1554
Measurements
circumference
25.5 x 8.0 x 2.5 x 4.5
cm
Collection
Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Edition
261
200
Studies
66-71, Nr. III
202d
Cat. No. 24
Cat. No. 316
Genre / Classification
Incantations, love
Love Literature
Provenance
Notes
The tablet was found broken and sealed inside a vase in the corner of a wall. The present tablet was originally cut of a 3-columns tablet, before(?) our text was inscribed on it.
CDLI No. P355910.
Text
38 di-il-pi mu-ši-i-ta-am
39 ur-ri e ta-aṣ-la-li
40 mu-ši e tu-uš-bi
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41 ka-inim-ma ša ki-ág-kam
Translation
38 Be(f.) awake at night-time!
39 At day-time may you(f.) not sleep!
40 At night-time may you(f.) not sit down!
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41 Incantation of the lover.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| dalāpum (v.) | G to stir up; N become restless; to be sleepless, to be kept awake | 38 | |
| mušītum | night(-time) | Abstract concepts,Time concepts | 38 |
| mūšum (GI6) | night(-time) | Abstract concepts,Time concepts | 40 |
| ṣalālum (v.) | G to lie down, sleep | Human activities/actions | 39 |
| urrum | daytime, morning, daybreak | Time concepts | 39 |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit, dwell | 40 |
Signs in text
29
Words in text
12
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
8
Lines in text
4
Average signs per line in text
7.25
SD of signs per line
1.26
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration and indices
08/03/07
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation
29/12/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/12/09
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
27/10/10
Bloch, Yigal
Online formatting and revision
13/05/17
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue, file name
12/12/19