BM 115745

SEAL no. 7054 · BM 115745 (= 1923-1-13,26) · Incantations · childbirth · Unknown · 16 lines · 44 words · 133 signs · 2 Sumerograms

According to U. Steinert, this is a school text with the birth incantation on the rev. (which parallels YOS 11, 86) and a mathematical text on the obv.

Transliteration

Rev.

1 [i-na me]-e na-ki^!(DI)-im

2 ib-ba-ni e-ṣe-em-tum

3 ši-ru-⌈ú⌉ še-er-ḫa-nu-⌈ú⌉

4 ib-nu li-li-da-am

5 i-na me-e a-a-ba ša-am-⌈ru⌉-tim

6 ša-ru-uḫ-tim

7 i-na me-e an-za-nu-zi ru-qú-tim

8 a-ša-ar ⌈še₂₀-er-ru⌉-um

9 ku-us-sa i-da-šu

10 ka-at-ma i-na-šu la i-da-ga-la ⌈nu^!?-ra⌉-‹‹am››-am

11 i-mu-ur-šu-ma^! {x} É-a ^dAsal-lu-ḫa

12 ip-te-šu pa-da-na-⌈am⌉ uš-ta-sí-iq-šu ṭù-dam

13 a-na mi-ša-ri-im ^dUTU li-iš-ku-‹un›-ka

Lower Ed.

14 tu-en-ni-in-nu-ra

Left Edge

15 ši-pa-at a-ru-uḫ-tim

Translation

1–2 In the fluid of conception the substance was created.

3–4 The flesh (and) the tissue have created the homunculus.

5–7 In the water of the ocean, so fierce, so powerful, in the subterranean body of water, so remote,

8–10 in the place where the little-one, his hands are bound, his eyes are covered, not seeing the light,

11–13 (there) Ea noticed him. Asalluḫi opened for him the path, made the road ready for him, (saying:) “May Šamaš set you to freedom!”

14 tu-en-ni-in-nu-ra

15 Incantation for a pregnant woman.

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 7054; view on seal.huji.ac.il.