SEAL no. 7229
Arnaud 2007, 20
Contains the ‘Cow-of-Sîn’ narrative. The following parallels exist: MB/MA AS 16, 287f.c: ii 19-36; Iraq 31, pl. V–VIb: 51-62; KUB 4, 13a: 1'-14'; NA KAR 196/BAM 3, 248: iii 10-35; AMT 67/1: iii 4-29
1’. dNANNA-ru [Sîn ina šamê ištemme rigimša]
2’. iš-ši ŠU-su a-n[a šamāmē?...]
3’. 2 la-mas-sa-at [šamê uridāni-(ma)]
4’. 1-et Ì BUR na-[ša-at šanītu ušappala?/našât? mê ḫalli]
5’. il-pu-ut Ì [pūri pūssa]
6’. me ḫal-li i[l-pu-ut kala zumriša]
7’. iš-ni-m[a ilput šaman pūri pūssa]
8’. me ḫal-li [ilput kala zumriša]
9’. ina šal-ši [ina lapāti būru im(ta)qut]
10’. a-na qa-[aq-qa-ri …]
(broken)
L.E.
11’. […] EGIR GAR
1’. The luminary [Sîn in heaven heard her screaming again and again.]
2’. He (the healer) lifted his hand towards [heaven,]
3’. two Lamassus [of heaven descended.]
4’. One of them ca[rries] the oil-from-the-jar, [the other one brought down?/carries? water-(against)-birth- pains].
5’. She smeared [her forehead] with oil-[from-the-jar],
6’. water-(against)-birth-pains she sm[eared? on her whole body.]
7’. A second time [she smeared her forehead with oil-from-the-jar,]
8’. water-(against)-birth-pains [she smeared? on her whole body.]
9’. [When she smeared] for the third time, [the calf fell down]
10’. to the grou[nd …]
(broken)
11’. […]
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| būrum II | calf, (bull) calf | 9' | |
| ḫallum | crotch; thigh (upper) | Body/Body parts | 4', 6', 8' |
| ištēn (DIŠ) | one, single, the first one, first | 4' | |
| kalûm II (DÙ.A.BI) | all, totality, everything | Abstract concepts | 6', 8' |
| lamassatum (dLAMMA) | protective spirit, tutelary goddess | Deities/Divine sphere | 3' |
| lapātum (v.) | G to touch; D ~ G; Š ruin, destroy, plunder | 5', 6', 7', 8', 9' | |
| maqātum (v.) | G to fall, drop; Š caus. of G | 9' | |
| mû I (A(.MEŠ)) | water | Food/Drink,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 4', 6', 8' |
| nannārum | light of the sky, moon | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1' |
| našûm (v.) | G to lift, carry; Gtn iter. | Materials | 2', 4' |
| pūrum (BUR) | (stone) bowl | Food/Drink | 4', 5', 7' |
| pūtum | forehead, brow | Body/Body parts | 5', 7' |
| qaqqarum (KI) | earth, ground | Locations/Buildings,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 10' |
| qātum (ŠU) | hand | Body/Body parts | 2' |
| rigmum | voice, cry, noise | Emotions/Feelings,Human activities/actions,Verbal expressions | 1' |
| šalšum | third | 9' | |
| šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) | oil, fat, cream | Food/Drink | 4', 5', 7' |
| šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) | oil, fat, cream | 4', 5', 7' | |
| šamû I (AN) | sky, heaven | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1', 2', 3 |
| šanûm I | second, next | 4' | |
| šanûm III (v.) | G to do twice, do for a second time; D repeat, report | 7' | |
| šapālum (v.) | G to be, become low; D to lower, dig deep | 4' | |
| šemûm (v.) | G to listen, to hear; Gtn to hear, to listen again and again | 1' | |
| Sîn | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | [1'] |
| šina II | two | Abstract concepts | 3' |
| warādum (v.) | G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down | 3' | |
| zumrum | body, person | Body/Body parts | 6', 8' |