SEAL no. 7209
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 16 obv.
van Dijk/Goetze/Hussey 1985, 16 rev.
CDLI 306413. Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 64.
Following another incantation (YOS 11, 16a // YOS 11, 77b, against a scorpion?), this spell aims probably to heal a sick sinew (cf. l. 8). Erasures and omissions of signs.
Obv.
4 ri-mu ri-ma-ni / še20-le-bu la-ba-tu
5 in-ḫu ka-ab-ta-ti / da-du li-ib-bi
6 dDa-mu i-di-ma / ši-pa-as-sú ib-lu-uṭ
Rev.
8 ú-du-uš šer'ān(SA) ra-ma-ni-šu / lu la pa-ga-ar-šu {NU}
9 ka-al-bu si20(ras.)-im-mi / ra-ma-ni-šu(ras.)-nu
10 li-li-i-ku
11 tu-ú-e-ni-in-nu-ri
4 Wildest of bulls! fox! lioness!
5 The trouble of the mind, the darling of the heart:
6–7 Since Damu has cast his incantation – he got well, (now) I will cast my incantation so that he will get well:
8 Renew his own sinew, if not his (Text: their) body -
9–10 Just as (lit: may) the dogs lick their own wounds.
11 Incantation formula.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| balāṭum (v.) | G to live, stat. be alive; D bring back to life, revive, let live, support, provide for | 6, 7 | |
| dādum I | darling, favorite, sexual attractiveness | Human activities/actions,Social status/Groups/Professions | 5 |
| Damu | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 6 |
| edēšum (v.) | G to be(come) new; D renew | 8 | |
| inḫum II | song | Abstract concepts,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 5 |
| kabattum, kabtatum | liver, mood, mind, intention | Body/Body parts | 5 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 9 |
| lābatum | lioness | Fauna (wild) | 4 |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 6, 7 | |
| pagrum | body, corpse | Body/Body parts | 8 |
| ramānum | self | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts,Personal prons. | 8, 9 |
| rīmum (AM) | wild bull | Fauna (wild) | 4 |
| šēlebum | fox | Fauna (wild) | 4 |
| šer'ānum, šir'ānum (SA) | vein, artery, ligament, tendon, nerve, sinew | Body/Body parts | 8 |
| simmum | wound, lesion | Diseases/Demons | 9 |