YOS 11, 69d

SEAL no. 7157

Images
  • YBC 4594 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)YBC 4594 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
  • YBC 4594 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)YBC 4594 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
  • van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 69van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 69
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4594
Measurements
circumference
9.0x5.0x2.5
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Genre / Classification
Incantations, agriculture (equids)
Provenance
Notes

CDLI P305829. Found a tablet with 4 incantations all concerned with agricultural matters. YOS 11, 69a and YOS 11, 69b are Sumerian.

Text
Rev.
 

16'         ḫa-a-ru ḫa-a-ru si-ru ḫi-a-su°-um

17'         am-ša!(Text: TA)-lí pa-a mu-ša-nu-um

18'         i-ta-ti-a bùrikul[a?-ma?]-an i-ṭe4-[eḫ]-ḫi
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19'         KA.inim.ma lú.kúr lú.sa.gaz / a-na ŠE la ṭe4-ḫi-e-em

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20'         4 KA.inim.ma  

Translation

Rev.

16'         Donkey, donkey, quick onager

17'         – Yesterday, the winnower (blew) the chaff! –

18'         [May (the equids) n]ot ap[p]roach the borders of the field!

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19'         Incantation to prevent the enemy and the plunderer from approaching the barley.

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20'         4 incantations.

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
amšālim yesterday Abstract concepts 17'
būrum III (BÙRiku) bur, surface measure (a sort of) Abstract concepts 18'
ḫârum donkey stallion Fauna (domestic) 16'
mušannûm winnower, agricultural worker Social status/Groups/Professions 17'
pûm II chaff Materials 17'
serrum, zerrum ass, kind of equid Fauna (wild) 16'
ṭeḫûm (v.) G to approach, be(come) near to; D bring close to, affect 18', 19'
Signs in text
54
Words in text
21
Sumerograms in text
4
% of Sum. in text
19
Lines in text
5
Average signs per line in text
10.80
SD of signs per line
4.76
Revision History
Shlivinski, Rani
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
13/05/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
14/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
16/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary, corrections (indices)
24/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
19/08/19
Zomer, Elyze
Corrections
27/10/19