SEAL no. 7171
YBC 5090 (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 5090 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 5090 lower edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 5090 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 2
CDLI P274693.
First photo Klaus Wagensonner.
1 a-ra-aḫ-ḫi ra-ma-ni a-ra-⌈a?⌉-ḫi pa-ag-ri
2 ki-ma na-ru-um ir-ḫu-ú ki-ib-ri-ša
3 ki-ir-ba-an sú-qí-im
4 e-pe-er šu-li-im
5 še-er-ḫa-an ši-qí-im
6 ṣú-um ki-ri-im
7 ka-a-nu-ú-ma zú-qí-qí-pu-um
Lower Edge
8 i-la-ku-ú-ma
Rev.
9 i-na-du-ú-ma
10 la i-na-mu-šu-ú
1 I impregnate myself, I impregnate my body,
2 Just as the river has impregnated its own banks!
3–4 Clods of the street, the dirt of the alley,
5–6 A torrent of irrigation, the thirst of the garden.
7 The scorpion (stands there) steady;
8 When they (the water) come,
Rev.
9 when they will pour –
10 It (the scorpion) must not set in move!
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| alākum (v.) (DU) | G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G | 8 | |
| eperum (SAḪAR.ḪI.A) | earth, soil, dust | Materials | 4 |
| kayyānum | regular, normal, constantly, regularly | Abstract concepts,Qualities/Attributes | 7 |
| kibrum (UB) | bank (of a river), shore, rim, brink; quarter of the world | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| kīma | like, as; when; that | 2 | |
| kirbānum | lump | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 3 |
| kirûm (GIŠ.KIRI6) | orchard, plantation | Flora | 6 |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 9 | |
| namāšum (v.) | G to set (o.s.) in motion, start out | 10 | |
| nārum I (ÍD) | river, watercourse, canal | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 2 |
| pagrum | body, corpse | Body/Body parts | 1 |
| ramānum | self | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Personal prons. | 1 |
| reḫûm (v.) | G to pour out, have sexual intercourse | 1, 2 | |
| šīqum | watering, irrigation | Human activities/actions | 5 |
| širḫānum, šerḫānum | current, flood | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 5 |
| šulûm | street, lane, alley | Locations/Buildings | 4 |
| ṣummûm | thirst | 6 | |
| sūqum (SILA) | street | Locations/Buildings | 3 |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | Fauna (wild) | 7 |