TIM 9, 73a

SEAL no. 7097 · IM 52546 · Incantations · dog · Šaduppûm (mod. Tell Ḥarmal) · 13 lines · 37 words · 71 signs · 3 Sumerograms

According to unofficial digging records, the tablet was found in HL 3-287 R. 11 L. III below stairs. CDLI No. P223469 (no photo)

Transliteration

Obv.

1 ka-al-bu-um [ša?]

2 ^dÉ-a ù ^d[x-x-(x)]

3 ka-la-ab ḫa-aš?-[x (x)]

4 x-[x]-ka-šu-x-[(x)]

5 [x x x]-šu? a-ru-u[ḫ? (x)]

6 ik? [x x] ⌈x⌉ ne-[x (x)]

7 [x x x a/i?]-li-ti-šu

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8 x [.....

9 [ka-al-b]u-um ṣalmum([G]I6)

10 [(x)] x x

Rev.

11 [i?-n]a? bu-ul? ^dGÌR!?

12 ma-ḫi-ra-am ú-ul i-šu

13 tu-en-ne-nu-ru?/ri?

Translation

Obv.

1 A dog [of?/which?]

2 Ea and [...]

3 The dog of ..[...]

4 ....

5 his... swift(?)

6 ....

7 ... his pack

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8 ....

9 a black [do]g

10 ....

Rev.

11 in the herds of Šakkan(?)

12 has no rival

13 Incantation formula.

Commentary

1–2: The "dog of Ea" is known from later Namburbi texts: ur-zú-kud-da ^dEn-ki-ga-ke₄ // kalbu munašsšiku ša Ea (STT 243 r. 8, cited in CAD K 71f)). Note also the OAkk. PN Kalab-Ea (MDP 2, 37 XI 4).

7: [a/i]-li-ti-šu is taken as a form of illatum (illitu, or allatu) "family group, clan” when referring to human beings, and a "pack" when referring to dogs. Alternatively, a form of ellītum, "spittle" is possible (see Finkel 1999, 228 referring to Wilcke 1985, 206).

13: The last, clumsily written, sign in the formula tu-en-ne-nu-ru?/ri? can be either /ru/ or /ri/.

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. 7097; view on seal.huji.ac.il.