SEAL no. 7183
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 4601 obv. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 right edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 lower edge (Yale Babylonian Collection)
YBC 4601 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 19 obv.
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 19 rev.
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4601
Measurements
circumference
11.6x6.3x2.8
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Studies
Cat. No. 249
Cat. No. 395
Genre / Classification
Incantations, snake
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P305834.
Text
Rev.
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18 sa!-ḫu-um ID!-[...
19 sa-ḫu-um la ID!-[...
20 ib-ba-ni i-na?! šer['im](AB?!.[SÍN?])
21 i-na ba-am-ti-ka
22 i-na [b]a-ma-at i-ni?-ka
23 T[U]6-én-é-nu-ru x?
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24 KA.inim.ma MUŠ.DIB.BA
Translation
Rev.
18 The meadow is ...
19 The meadow is not ...
20 It (the snake) is created in the fu[rrow?].
21 In your(m.) middle,
22 In the middle of your(m.) eye.
23 Incantation formula.
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24 Incantation to catch a snake.
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| bāmtum I | half | Abstract concepts | 21, 22 |
| banûm (v.) | G to build, create; N be created, made | 20 | |
| saḫḫum | meadow, waterlogged land | Flora,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 18, 19 |
| ṣerrum I (MUŠ) | snake | Fauna (wild) | 24 |
| šer'um (AB.SÍN) | furrow | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | [20] |
Signs in text
44
Words in text
19
Sumerograms in text
6
% of Sum. in text
32
Lines in text
9
Average signs per line in text
4.89
SD of signs per line
2.47
Revision History
Wagschal, Avigail
Transliteration (based on NW), indices
21/05/07
Bo, Zhang
Web-indexing
14/04/10
Meltzer, Keren
Semantic
29/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/09/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Translation, commentary
17/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
04/07/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
20/08/19