SEAL no. 7580
Texts Hierarchy
Copy / Photo
no. 556
Tablet Siglum
VA 6935
Collection
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Edition
79–80 no. 5.8
135–136 no. 556
Studies
373 no. 13
223
Genre / Classification
Hymns and Prayers, Tašmêtu
Provenance
Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
Text
| 1 | dTaš-me-ì-tum |
| 2 | be-le-et taš-me-e |
| 3 | ša-ki-na-at sa-li-mi |
| 4 | a-na dNa-bi-um |
| 5 | ra-i-mi-ki |
| 6 | a-bu-ti ardi(ÌR)-ki |
| 7 | pa-li-ḫi-ki ṣa-ab-ti |
Translation
1 O Tašmētu,
2 lady of obedience,
3 who grants favor,
4 to Nabû,
5 who loves you,
6–7 intercede for your reverent servant!
Vocabulary
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| abbūtum | fatherhood, fatherly attitude, patronage | 6 | |
| bēltum (NIN) | lady, mistress, proprietress | 2 | |
| Nabû | DN | 4 | |
| pāliḫum | worshipper; one who is afraid | 7 | |
| salīmum | peace, amity | 3 | |
| Tašmētu | DN | 1 | |
| tešmûm | attention, listening; compliance | 2 | |
| wardum (SAG.ÌR; ÌR) | slave, servant | 6 |
Signs in text
41
Words in text
15
Sumerograms in text
2
% of Sum. in text
13
Lines in text
7
Average signs per line in text
5.86
SD of signs per line
1.07
Revision History
Hess, Christian W.
Catalogue, transliteration, translation
01/01/12
Streck, Michael P.
Formatting
16/04/12
Streck, Michael P.
Catalogue, transliteration, translation, index, creation of rtf-file
07/11/12