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SEAL no. 7059 · VAT 8539 · Incantations · childbirth · Larsa area (uncertain) · 20 lines · 74 words · 190 signs · 9 Sumerograms

 CDLI P343053. Collated (NW) 3/2/2011.

Transliteration

1          ar-ḫu-um e-ri-a-at ar-ḫu-um ul-la-ad

2          i-na ta-ar-ba-ṣi-im ša dŠamaš(UTU)

3          sú-pu-ú-úr dŠakkan

4          i-mu-ur-ši-i-ma dŠamaš(UTU) i-ba-ak-ki

5          i-mu-ur-ši-i-ma el-lam-me-e i-il-la-ka 

6          di - i - ma      - a - šu

7          am-mi-nim-mi dŠamaš(UTU) i-ba-ak-ki

8          [e]l-lam-me-e i-il-la-ka di-ma-šu

9          [a-n]a ar-ḫi-ia-mi la-a pe-ti-i-tim   

10        ú-ni-qí-ia la wa-li-it-tim      

 

Rev.

11        [ma-na]-am-mi lu-u[š-pu-ur] 

12        [ù lu-w]a-e-[er ]

13        [a-na ma-ra-a]t A-ni-im se-bi ù s[e-bi]

14        [li-...] a?-ma karpassina(DUG-as-sí-n[a]) ša [.......]

15        li-še20-ši!(Text: WI)-ra-nim še20-er-ra-a[m]  

16        šum-ma zi-ka-ar a?-tu-da-ni

17        šum-ma sí-in-ni-ša-at / na-ap-ṭ[á]-ar-ta-ni

18        li-im-qú-ta-am qá-aq-qá-ar-[šu]m

19        TU6 én-é-nu-ru

20        KA.inim.ma munus ù-tu[da-k]am

Translation

1       The cow is pregnant, the cow is giving birth,

2–3   In the stall of Šamaš, the pen of Šakkan.

4       When Šamaš saw her he was crying,

5–6   When the pure-of-rites saw her, his tears were flowing down (saying:)

7–8   “Why does Šamaš cry? The tears of the pure-of-rites flowing down?

9–10  Over my cow, not deflowered, my kid, never giving birth!”

 

Rev.

11–13 “Whom should I send and summon the Daughters of An, seven and seven?”

14       Let them [take for me] their vessels of [gold]

15       Let them cause the child be delivered effortlessly!

16       If it is a male - may it be like ram!

17       If it is a female - may it be like a n.!

18       May it fall (safely) to the ground!

19       Enenuru incantation.

20       Incantation for a woman in labor.

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. 7059; view on seal.huji.ac.il.