SEAL no. 7284
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
no 27
Tablet Siglum
61/r
Collection
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara
Edition
239–240
Studies
no. 812
Genre / Classification
Incantations
Love Literature
Provenance
Hattuša (mod. Boghazköy)
Notes
Love incantation with rituals and prescriptions
Text
| (Akk. ritual instructions) | |
| Obv. | |
| 15' | ┌tu6┐ én-é-nu-ru ag-ra-aḫ-ki Na-na-a |
| 16' | ag-ra-aḫ-ki Na-na-a ┌ki┐-ma im-me-ri |
| 17' | a-la-┌la┐-ma ┌ki┐-ma a-ri-ti ta-nu-qa-tum!? (┌am?┐)-ma |
| 18' | ak!-kum bá-┌ki┐-ti-ia pí-ta-a-┌ki┐ |
| 19' | ak!-kum bá-┌ki┐-ti-ia ma-ia-a-al-ki |
| 20' | a-ra-am ┌Ki-li-li┐ a-na-ak Ki-li-li |
| 21' | išaru(GÌŠ) ṭeḫe(TE) išaru(GÌŠ) ṭeḫe(┌TE) DA┐.GA.AN.NI |
| 22' | DA.ZI.DA.AN.NI (ras.) |
| 23' | GÁ.AN.GA DA.┌GA┐.AN.NI ┌MAḪ┐.ḪA |
| ---- | |
| MAN MAN | |
| ---- | |
| (Akk. ritual instructions) | |
Translation
15' Incantation. I am mating you, Oh Nanāya!
16' I am mating you, Oh Nanāya! Like a sheep!
17' Ululation! Like (of) a pregnant woman, a battle cry!
18' Instead of my ‘wailing woman’ – your two openings!
19' Instead of my ‘wailing woman’ – your bed!
20' I will be making love (to you)! – Oh Kilili! I will have intercourse (with you)! – Oh Kilili!
22' (Approach) her right side!
23' Come on! (Approach) her exalted bedroom!
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| akkū (an(a) kûm) | instead of | 18', 19' | |
| alālum I | song, work song | Verbal expressions | 17' |
| arītum, erītum (PEŠ4) | pregnant woman | Social status/Groups/Professions | 17' |
| bakkītum | wailing woman, mourner | Social status/Groups/Professions | 18', 19' |
| garāḫum (v.) | G to have intercourse? | 15', 16' | |
| immerum (UDU) | sheep | Fauna (domestic) | 16' |
| išarum II (GÌŠ) | penis | Body/Body parts | 21' |
| Kilili | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 20' |
| mayyālum | bed, resting place | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 19' |
| Nanāya | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 15' |
| niākum (v.) | G to have sexual intercourse | 20' | |
| pītum | opening | Abstract concepts,Body/Body parts | 18' |
| ramûm (v.) | to throw, lay down, establish a residence | 20' | |
| tanūqātum | battle cry | Verbal expressions | 17' |
| ṭeḫûm (v.) | to be(come) near to, approach | 21' |
Signs in text
100
Words in text
34
Sumerograms in text
7
% of Sum. in text
21
Lines in text
12
Average signs per line in text
9.09
SD of signs per line
4.04
Revision History
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Zomer, Elyze
Corrections
18/12/13
Oh, Malli
Indexing
19/10/14
Bloch, Yigal
Online formatting and revision
13/05/17
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
28/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Cataloguing
28/06/17