SEAL no. 7207
Texts Hierarchy
Images
YBC 4625 rev. (Yale Babylonian Collection)
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 12 rev.
Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
YBC 4625
Measurements
circumference
17.2 x 7.6 x 4.0
cm
Collection
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven
Edition
Studies
Cat. No. 437.
Genre / Classification
Incantations
Provenance
Notes
CDLI P305848.
Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 62.
First section in an unidentified language followed by an Akkadian one.
Possibly a ritual in l. 43.
Text
Rev.
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38 [š]u-ba-an-da-aḫ l[a?] [ba?-an?-da?]-ah ši-in-da-aḫ
39 ši-in-da-da-aḫ ši-in-da-[aḫ]
40 e-ri-PI-ni-GAR-ri ù-pa-ri-in-[x]
41 [ú?]-ba-la-am ki-ma na-ri-[im]
42 i-ka-ap-pu-ša ki-ma tâmtim(A.AB.⸢BA⸣)
43 ⸢ù⸣ ú-pi-il-li-a pa-ni-šu ip-šu-u[š]
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Translation
Rev.
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38–40 (Alloglot section)
41 [It] carries (me?) away like a river.
42 [It] is abundant like the sea.
43 Verily, it(?) darkened (lit. smeared) his face (as with) charcoal.
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Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| kapāšum (v.) | to be abundant | 42 | |
| nārum I (ÍD) | river, watercourse, canal | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 41 |
| pānum I (IGI) | front, face, earlier times | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts | 43 |
| pašāšum (v.) (ŠÉŠ) | G to anoint, smear; N anoint o.s. with (= acc.), be anointed | 43 | |
| tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) | sea, lake | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 42 |
| upellûm | charcoal | Materials | 43 |
| wabālum (v.) | G to carry, bring; Š send, deliver, make bear; Št pass. of Š | 41 |
Signs in text
66
Words in text
19
Sumerograms in text
3
% of Sum. in text
16
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
9.43
SD of signs per line
4.12
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-indexing
11/06/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation
11/06/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
11/06/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
29/10/10
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections
12/12/10
Zilberg, Peter
Indexing verbal forms
03/07/14
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
21/08/19
Wasserman, Nathan
Corrections: edition, translation, vocabulary
23/09/20