SEAL no. 7173
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 4593 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4593 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 4 rev.
Copy / Photo
4 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4593
Measurements
circumference
8.7 x 5.5 x 2.5
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Studies
Cat. No. 227
Cat. No. 372
78, n.9
Genre / Classification
Incantations, scorpion
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P274695.
Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 60.
Text
Rev.
23 bi-ri-it ídIdiglat (IDIGNA) ù ídLagaš (ŠIR.BUR.LAki)
24 uš-ši i-⌈na⌉ <e>-pé-ši-im a-ma-r⌈i i-n⌉a ⌈šu-ba⌉-al-ku-tim
25 ú-ba-an dS[în ṣe-ḫe-er-tam]
26 zu-⌈qí-qí⌉-[pu-um iz-qú-u]t
27 x [… ... ... t]im?
28 x [… ... ...] x
29 x [… ... ...]
(rest broken)
Translation
23 Between the Tigris and the canal of Lagaš,
24 while preparing the foundations, while turning over the brick pile,
25–26 the scorpion stung Sîn’s little finger.
27–29 ...
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| amarum | pile of bricks | Fabricated objects | 24 |
| birīt | between, among | 23 | |
| epēšum (v.) | G to do, make, build; Gt to do throroughly; Št be active, work on; N pass. of G | 24 | |
| Idiglat | GN, Tigris | GN | 23 |
| Lagaš (ídŠIR.BUR.LAki) | GN, Lagaš river | GN | 23 |
| nabalkutum (v.) | N to cross over Š caus. send, bring across | 24 | |
| ṣeḫrum I ((LÚ).TUR) | little, young, junior-; small, child, servant, baby | [25] | |
| Sîn | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | [25] |
| ubānum | finger, toe | Body/Body parts | 25 |
| uššum | foundation(s) | Fabricated objects | 24 |
| zaqātum (v.) | G to sting | [26] | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | Fauna (wild) | 26 |
Signs in text
52
Words in text
32
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
3
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
7.43
SD of signs per line
6.27
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration, indices
21/03/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
14/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
16/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
30/11/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections (commentary)
25/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Wasserman, Nathan
Edition, translation
19/11/18
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
12/12/19