SEAL no. 7178
Ms 2791 (Schøyen Collection, Oslo)
George 2016, 27
CDLI No. P251837
1 e-ti-iq ti-tu-ra-am
2 ú-ṣi na-ṣa-ba-am
3 aṣ-ba-at ku-ur-ši-da-am
4 ṣerri(muš) la ši-ip-tim
5 ši-in-na-šu mi-ir-me-er-ru-um
6 li-ša-[a]n-šu ḫe-e-ri-nu-um
9 ù li-ib-ba-šu
10 pu-lu-úḫ-ta-am ma-lu-ú
11 aṣ-ba-at ṣerram(muš) na-pi-ša-ni-a-am
12 ú-bu-ur-ri-iš i-la-ak
13 ⌈ù⌉ na-wi-ra-am
14 [ṣe]rri([m]uš) la ši-ip-tim
16 [s]à/⌈a⌉-bi-a-am a-la-al-ti-a-am
17 [d]a?-qá-am ṣerri(muš) me-e
18 [mu]-uš-ta-ḫi-ṭa-am ṣerri(muš) gušūrim(giš-ùr)
19 [mu-u]t-ta-aḫ-li-il-lam ṣerri(muš) a-pa-tim
20 [qá-a]l-la-am ṣerri(muš) bu-li-a-⌈tim⌉
21 [aṣ-ba-a]t ṣa-al-ma-am ṣerri(muš) karānim(geštin)
22 [aṣ-ba-a]t pi-i šerrī(muš)ḫá ka-la-ma
23 [aṣ-ba-a]t zi-ib-ba-ti-šu-nu
27 [x x x x x] ⌈x x⌉ ba-aš-ma-am
28 [x x x x x x x x] a-la-al-tim
1' …] ⌈x⌉
2' . . . ]x du ša?]
3' [x x x x x ]x li-bi-it-[t]um?
4' [x x x x x] ša-ḫa-ar-ru-um
5' [x x x x ]x mu-⌈ut⌉-tum
10' [ K]A.inim.m[a m]u[š?]-kam
1 It crossed a bridge,
2 it came out of a drain- pipe:
3 I seized the viper,
4 a snake impervious to spells,
5 whose twin fangs were a (lightning) flash,
6 whose tongue was sword-grass,
7 whose scutes
8 were fish-spawn
9 and whose inside
10 was full of horror.
11 I seized a sniffer snake
12 (as) it was moving through the fields,
13 and a shiny
14 snake impervious to spells,
15 [I] seized an eel-(snake),
16 a sabi'um-snake, an alalti'um-snake,
17 a little water-snake,
18 a snake climbing into the rafters,
19 a snake slithering through the windows,
20 a little snake of the wood-pile,
21 [I seized] a black snake of the vineyard:
22 [I seized] the mouths of all snakes.
23 [I seized] their tails,
24 I led (them) [between] two rushes,
25 [ ] rushes
26 [ ] x I tied [...]
Continuation too damaged for translation, then:
rev. 9' [Tu]-Enenuru-spell.
rev. 10' Incantation formula against [snakes.]
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| aburriš | on a green meadow | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 12 |
| agargarûm | fish spawn | Fauna (wild) | 8 |
| alākum (v.) (DU) | G to go, walk; Gt go off, away; Gtn wander, go repeatedly, roam about, walk; Š caus. of G | Written texts/Literary terms | 12 |
| alaltī'um | kind of snake | Fauna (wild) | 16, 28 |
| aptum | window, window opening | Fabricated objects | 19 |
| bašmum | snake, horned viper, horned viper (Cerastes cerastes), mythical poisonous snake | Diseases/Demons,Fauna (wild) | 27 |
| birbirrū | radiance, sparkle, flash | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 5 |
| birīt | between, among | [24] | |
| bulûm | firewood, dry wood and reed | Materials | 20 |
| daqqum | small | 17 | |
| etēqum I (v.) | G to go past, cross over; Gtn iter.; Š caus. of G | 1 | |
| gušūrum | tree-trunk, beam, log | Materials | 18 |
| ḫerīnum | ḫerīnum-weed, kind of grass | 6 | |
| KA.INIM.MA | incantation formula, incantation | 10' | |
| kalāma | all (of it) | Abstract concepts | 22 |
| karānum (GEŠTIN) | vine, wine | Food/Drink | 21 |
| kuppûm | eel? | Fauna (wild) | 15 |
| kursimtum, kursiddum | kind of snake | Fauna (wild) | 3 |
| libbum (ŠÀ) | heart, mind; inner body | Body/Body parts | 9 |
| libittum (SIG4) | brick, mudbrick | Fabricated objects | 3' |
| lišānum | tongue (of flame), tongue, language | Body/Body parts | 6 |
| malûm I | full, complete, sated | Qualities/Attributes | 10 |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 17 |
| muštaḫḫiṭum | a jumping one (snake) | 18 | |
| muttaḫlilum | a creeping one (snake); sneak-thief | Human activities/actions | 19 |
| napīšānī'um | sniffer (?) | 11 | |
| naṣṣabum, nuṣṣabum | drain pipe | Fabricated objects | 2 |
| nāwirum | a shining one (snake) | 13 | |
| papān libbim | diaphragm, belly | Body/Body parts | 7 |
| puluḫtum | fear(someness) | Abstract concepts | 10 |
| pûm I (KA) | mouth, statement, command, opening | Body/Body parts | 22 |
| qallum | light; small | 20 | |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 26 | |
| ṣabātum (v.) (DAB5) | G to seize, take, hold | 3, 11, 15, [21], [22], [23] | |
| sabī'um | kind of snake | Fauna (wild) | 16 |
| šaḫarrum | a net for carrying straw, barley | Fabricated objects | 4' |
| ṣalmum (GI6) I | black, dark | 21 | |
| ṣerrum I (MUŠ) | snake | Fauna (wild) | 4, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, [9'] |
| šina II | two | Abstract concepts | 24 |
| šinnum | tooth | Body/Body parts | 5 |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 4, 14 |
| titūrum | bridge | Fabricated objects | 1 |
| tu6-én-é-nu-ru | spell | 9' | |
| urbatum | rush, reed | Flora | 24, 25 |
| warûm (v.) | G to lead, conduct; Gtn iter. guide, steer, administer | 24 | |
| waṣûm (v.) | G to go out, depart; Š caus. of G | 2 | |
| zibbatum | tail | Body/Body parts | 23 |