SEAL no. 7505
Texts Hierarchy
Images
UET 6/3, 889 (British Museum)
Copy / Photo
889 (copy)
Measurements
circumference
9.0 x 9.7 x 4.4
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
224-226
Studies
24
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Nanāya
Provenance
Notes
CDLI No. P346926
Text
col. i
1' [ ] ⌈x⌉
2' [ ] ⌈x⌉
3' [ ] ni
4' [ ] x
5' [ ] ni
6' [ ] iD-ra
7' [ ] ⌈x⌉-im
8' [ ] ⌈ri⌉
9' [ ] ⌈x⌉
10' [ ] ⌈x⌉
col. ii
1 [...] x ú x [...]
2 [... š/t]a ša te? x [...]
3 [dN]a⌉-[n]a⌉-⌈a⌉-a ma/ba-ri-a-ti ⌈x⌉ [...]
4 ù ḫi-ṭi-sí-na ka-t[i ...]
5 ḫa-ab-sa-ši-im él? šu-r[i?-tim?]
6 ù zi-ik-ru ú-pu-šu-ši-[im ...]
7 qá-am-ma-ši-im ab-bu-na-ta-a[m …]
8 ši-na ka-az-ra-a-tum-ma lu mi-t[a?...]
9 zi-ki-ir INIM ul-li-tim te-BU-x-[…]
10 na-ši-a-à(ras. of A?) ṭa-a-tim sí-ni-ša-tum ka-[az?-ra?-tum?]
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11 be-le-et-ni ú-ga-as-sà ka!?-Z[I? …]
12 a-mu-ur-ra-at ša-at (ras.) AD? PI ru-um [...]
13 dNa-na-a-a a-ad-da-ma ta-ša-[ka?-an?]
14 ⌈le-a⌉-at-ma i-na ki-ib-ra-a[t ar?-ba?-im?]
15 [ ] ⌈te⌉ [...]
16 [ ] ⌈a-na ar⌉-[...]
(Rest broken. Reverse uninscribed)
Translation
col. ii
1 [.].[.]
2 [..] . Ištar(?) .[..]
3 [Nan]āya(?) the daughters(?) (or: you are a diviner(?)) .[..]
4 and their sin …[...]
5 They have bound(?) (it) for her on(?) the preg[nant(?) woman],
6 and the men have done for h[er …].
7 They have cut for her the umbilical cor[d …].
8 They, the hierodules themselves, ...
9 The utterance of that old word she has … […]
10 The women, the hi[erodules(?)], carry gifts ...[...]
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11 Our lady, her fury ..[.]
12 She is awe-inspiring, she is the mistress(?) ..[.]
13 Nanāya s[ets(?)] a thunder(?) ..[.]
14 She is truly the capable one in the [four] quarters of the wor[ld].
15–16 ...
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abunnatum | umbilical cord, navel | ii 7 | |
| addum | storm, thunderstorm | ii 13 | |
| arûm (v.) | G to be(come) pregnant, conceive; Š to impregnate | ii 5 | |
| bēltum (NIN) | lady, mistress, proprietress | ii 11 | |
| epēšum (v.) | G to do, make, build; Gt to do throroughly; Št be active, work on; N pass. of G | ii 6 | |
| erbe | four | ii 14 | |
| ḫabāsum (v.) | to bind | ii 5 | |
| ḫiṭītum | sin, flaw, defect | ii 4 | |
| kezretum | type of cultic prostitute | ii 8, ii 10 | |
| kibrum (UB) | bank (of a river), shore, rim, brink; quarter of the world | ii 14 | |
| lē'ûm | powerful, competent | ii 14 | |
| namurrum | of awesome brightness | ii 12 | |
| našûm (v.) | G to lift, carry; Gtn iter. | ii 10 | |
| šakānum (v.) (GAR) | to put, place, lay down | ii 13 | |
| šuātum | mistress | ii 12 | |
| ṭātum | gift, bribe | ii 10 | |
| uggatum | rage, fury | ii 11 | |
| ullûm I (//ne-ri-a) | that; distant | ii 9 | |
| zikarum, zikrum (NITA) | male, virile; man | ii 6 | |
| zikrum, siqrum | utterance, name; mention of the name; reputation | ii 9 |
Signs in text
151
Words in text
74
Sumerograms in text
6
% of Sum. in text
8
Lines in text
26
Average signs per line in text
5.81
SD of signs per line
4.83
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Transliteration, translation, commentary
14/09/11
Streck, Michael P.
Transliteration, translation, commentary
14/09/11
Wasserman, Nathan
Photography, web-imaging
08/03/12
Streck, Michael P.
Image, catalogue
06/11/19
Pohl, Antonia
bibliography
04/02/22
Pohl, Antonia
Vocabulary
15/02/22