SEAL no. 7175
YBC 9899 (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985 , 35
CDLI No. P310430. First l. probably syllabic Sumerian
With a ritual.
1 inim-an-na inim-na-na inim-na-na dNin-⌈kilim-ma-ke4⌉
2 ⌈qá?-ti?⌉ i-li-im zuqiqīpum(GÍR.TAB) iz-qú-ut ⌈i+na⌉ na-al-[ba-ni(m)]
3 A-nu-um É? a-na sà-la-aḫ? pa-la-aš? qí-bi? a-[(?)]
4 ⌈ša!?-pa-al⌉ bur-tim
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5 ⌈KA.⌉inim.ma GÍR.TAB dab5-bé-da-k[am]
6 [ú?]-pu-úḫ di-pa-ra-am le-qé ⌈x⌉ [...]
7 [a?-ḫu?]-uz di-⌈pa!⌉-ra-am⌉ l[e-qé …]
8 […]⌈x x⌉ [.....]
(rest broken)
1 The word of the sky, the word of the sky, the word of the sky, O Ninklim!
2 The scorpion stung the hand of the god in the br[ick mould].
3 Anum, in order to purify the house(?), to make a breach ... ...
4 under the pit.
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5 Incantation to catch a scorpion.
6 (The ritual:) light a torch, take... ...]
7 [Ho]ld(?) a torch, t[ake... ...]
8 ...
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| aḫāzum (v.) | G to take, marry, grasp, seize, learn; Š to make s.o. take, marry, learn | [7] | |
| awātum, amātu (INIM) | word, matter, speech | 1 | |
| bītum (É) | house | Locations/Buildings | 3 |
| būrtum | cistern, well, fish pond, source (of river), hole, pit | Fabricated objects | 4 |
| dipārum | torch | Fabricated objects | 6, 7 |
| Ninkilima | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 1 |
| ilum (DINGIR) | god, deity | 2 | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 5 | |
| leqûm (v.) | G to take, take over; Š caus. of G | 6, [7] | |
| nalbanum | brick mould | Fabricated objects | 2 |
| napāḫum (v.) | G to blow, light up, rise | 6 | |
| palāšum (v.) | G to pierce, break through, break into | 3 | |
| qātum (ŠU) | hand | 2 | |
| qinnum | nest; family | Fabricated objects | 3? |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 5 | |
| salāḫum (v.) | G to sprinkle with | 3 | |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | 1 | |
| šaplum II | bottom; under | 4 | |
| zaqātum (v.) | G to sting | 2 | |
| zuqiqīpum, zuqaqīpum (GÍR.TAB) | scorpion | Fauna (wild) | 2 |