VS 17, 8

SEAL no. 7098 · VAT 8355 · Incantations · dog · Larsa area (uncertain) · 9 lines · 27 words · 90 signs · 3 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P274690 (no photo). Collated (NW) 2/2/2011.

Transliteration

Obv.

1 [wa-ru]-úh bi-ir-ki-in da-an la-sà-ma-am

2 [pa-g]i-il ka-ab-ba-ar-ti-in ma-li i-ir-[tim]

3 [ṣi]-il-li du-ri-im mu-uz-za-zu-ú-šu

4 as-ku-pa-tum na-ar-ba-ṣu-šu

5 i-na pi-i-šu na-ši-i ni-il-šu

6 a-šar iš-šu-ku ma-ra-šu i-zi-ib

7 KA-inim-ma ur-gi₇-ti-la

8 KA-inim gur-a-kam

9 KA-inim-ma ur-gi₇-ti-la-kam

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(Rev. uninscribed)

Translation

Obv.

1–2 Swift-kneed, fierce in running, [stro]ng-legged, full-chested.

3–4 His position is the shade of the city wall, his laying place is the threshold.

5–6 In his mouth he carries his semen: wherever he bit he left his offspring.

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7 Spell (to revive from) a dog; a spell of turn away (a dog?)

8 Spell (to revive from) a dog.

(Rev. uninscribed)

Commentary

General: The incantation terminates in an unexplained manner with two, possibly three colophons. The spelling may indicate a southern origin (note /pi/ in l. 5).

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. 7098; view on seal.huji.ac.il.