SEAL no. 7504
Texts Hierarchy
Images
UET 6/2, 404 (British Museum)
Gadd/Kramer 1966, 404
Copy / Photo
404 (copy)
Measurements
circumference
7.6 x 6.1 x 3.1
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
222-223
Studies
251
213 no. 196
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Nanāya
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P346445
Text
1 bi-ir-bi-re-et ka-la ni-[ši x x x]
2 bi-tum li-iš-pu ù li-wi-[ir x x]
3 dNa-na-a-a ti-ba-am ša-mu-r[a-at?]
4 lu-uz-mu-ur we-ti it-ti-ku-[nu x x x]
5 ma-ar-ti A!-ni-i[m?] (ras.)
6 ka-bi-iš-ti e-qé-el ni-š[i x x x]
7 za-ri-tu wa-ar-ka-at té-[né?-še?-tim]
8 ša-ru-um wa-aš-ṭù-um ki x [x x x]
9 dNa-na-a-a lu tu-um-[mu?-ḫa?-sú?]
10 gi-iš-pe-er-ru-[um x x x (x)]
11 dNa-na-a-a x [x x x x x]
12 la a-⌈aḫ⌉-[za?-at?x x x x x]
13 la ki [x x x x x x x]
(Rest broken. Reverse uninscribed)
Translation
1 She is a shining light, all peop[le look at her].
2 Let her flare up in the temple and shin[e ...].
3 Nanāya is very fi[erce(?)] in her attack.
4 Let me sing of my unique one, together with y[ou let me praise(?)],
5 the daughter of A[n],
6 (let me sing) of her who tramples the field of the peo[ple ...],
7 of her who sows the affair of ma[nkind(?)].
8 As for the stubborn king, like .[..]
9 Nanāya has [seized him(?)].
10 A tra[p ...]
11 Nanāya … […]
12 She is not …[…]
13 Not l[ike(?) ...]
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| birbirrū | radiance, sparkle, flash | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 1 |
| bītum (É) | house | Fabricated objects,Locations/Buildings | 2 |
| eqlum (A.ŠÀ) | field, terrain | Locations/Buildings | 6 |
| gišparrum, gišperrum | trap, snare | 10 | |
| kābisum | who tramples | 6 | |
| mārtum (DUMU.MUNUS) | daughter, girl | Kinship terms | 5 |
| Nanāya | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 3, 9, 11 |
| nišū (UN.MEŠ) | people, humanity, population | Social status/Groups/Professions | 6 |
| šamārum I (v.) | G to rage, be furious | 3 | |
| tībum | arousal, attack | 3 | |
| warkatum | rear, estate, legacy, background, affair, backside; after | Locations/Buildings | 7 |
| wašṭum | stiff, difficult, stubborn; tough | 8 | |
| wēdum | single, sole, alone, unique | 4 | |
| zārûm, zērûm | scattering; winnower; begetter, progenitor | 7 |
Signs in text
141
Words in text
72
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
3
Lines in text
13
Average signs per line in text
10.85
SD of signs per line
1.72
Revision History
Kärger, Brit
Basic transliteration, index
Wasserman, Nathan
Final transliteration, translation, commentary
02/03/11
Streck, Michael P.
Final transliteration, translation, commentary
02/03/11
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Pohl, Antonia
bibliography
04/02/22