SEAL no. 7165
Texts Hierarchy
Images
MS 2791 (CDLI P251837)
George 2016, 27 rev.
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
MS 2791
Measurements
circumference
15.0 x 7.0 x 3.0
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Edition
110 (II.D.8)
Genre / Classification
Incantations, scorpion
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P251837
Text
Rev.
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16' [i-na li-i]b-bi-ia ab-ni-i-ka
17' [i-na ṭī]dim([I]M) ša qá-ti-ia
18' ⌈e⌉-pu-uš-ka
19' [m]a-an-nu-um a-na ša-am-mi-im
20' [š]a mu-tim ú-te-er-ka
21' zuqaqīpum(GÍR-TAB) li-da-⌈ap⌉-pa-aṣ
22' a-wi-lum li-ib-lu-u[ṭ]
23' dEn-ki be-lí ki-a-am iq-bi
24' TU6 én-é-nu-ru
25' KA.inim.ma gír-tab
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Translation
16' I have created you [inside me],
17'–18' I pinched you [from the di]rt of my hands.
19'–20' Who turned you into a ‘plant of death’?
21' May the scorpion be crushed!
22' May the man live!
23' Thus spoke Enki, my lord.
24' Tu-Enenuru-spell.
25' Incantation against a scorpion.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana I | to, for | 19' | |
| awīlum, aʾīlu (LÚ; LÚ.ÙLU) | man, free man, human being | Social status/Groups/Professions | 22' |
| balāṭum (v.) | G to live, stat. be alive; D bring back to life, revive, let live, support, provide for | 22' | |
| banûm (v.) | G to build, create; N be created, made | 16' | |
| bēlum (EN) | lord, master, proprietor, owner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 23' |
| Enki | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 23' |
| epēšum (v.) | G to do, make, build; Gt to do throroughly; Št be active, work on; N pass. of G | 18' | |
| ina | in, on, by, from | [16'], [17'] | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 25' | |
| kīam | so, thus | 23' | |
| libbum (ŠÀ) | heart, mind; inner body | Body/Body parts | 16' |
| mannum | who?, who | 19' | |
| mūtum | death | Abstract concepts,Diseases/Demons,Human activities/actions | 20' |
| napāṣum (v.) | Dt (?); G to kick, strike, crush | 21' | |
| qabûm (v.) (DUG4) | G to say, speak, command | 23' | |
| qātum (ŠU) | hand | Body/Body parts | 17' |
| ša | who(m), which, of | 17', [20'] | |
| šammum (Ú) | grass, herb, plant | Flora | 19' |
| târum (v.) (GUR) | G to turn, return, become again; D to bring, send, give, pay back | 20' | |
| ṭīdum | clay, mud | Materials | 17' |
| tu6-én-é-nu-ru | spell | 24' | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | Fauna (wild) | 21', 25' |
Signs in text
74
Words in text
29
Sumerograms in text
5
% of Sum. in text
17
Lines in text
12
Average signs per line in text
6.17
SD of signs per line
3.13
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing and corrections
26/09/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Additions to Notes
29/10/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Cataloguing
14/11/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Indexing
18/04/18
Wasserman, Nathan
Edition, translation
31/10/18
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
05/08/19