UET 6/2, 404 (Nanāya)

SEAL no. 7504

Images
  • UET 6/2, 404 (British Museum)UET 6/2, 404 (British Museum)
  • Gadd/Kramer 1966, 404Gadd/Kramer 1966, 404
Copy / Photo
Measurements
circumference
7.6 x 6.1 x 3.1
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Studies
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Nanāya
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-[?-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?-?]
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