YOS 11, 11

SEAL no. 7124 · YBC 9897 · Incantations · heart-seizure (plant) · Larsa area (uncertain) · 21 lines · 67 words · 157 signs · 10 Sumerograms

CDLI P310428. Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 62.

Transliteration

Obv.

1 ^dŠamaš(UTU) ša-am-ma-am iš-tu š[adîm](Ḫ[UR.SAG])

2 ù-še₂₀-bi-ra-am

3 libbi(ŠÀ) ^dŠamaš(UTU) mu-še₂₀-bi-ri-šu

4 iṣ-ba-at

5 libbi(ŠÀ) ^dSîn(NANNA) i-na ša-me-e iṣ-ba-at

6 libbi(ŠÀ) alpim(GU₄) i-na su-pu-ri-i[m] iṣ-ba-at

7 libbi(ŠÀ) immerim(UDU) i-na ta-ar-ba-ṣí-im iṣ-ba-at

8 libbi(ŠÀ) eṭlim(GURUŠ) i-na šu-li-i-im iṣ-ba-at

9 libbi(ŠÀ) wardatim(KI.SIKIL) i-na me-lu-ul-ti-im iṣ-ba-at

10 ma-an-na-am lu-uš-pu-ur

11 a-na wa-ši-ib ap-sí-im

12 ⌈ra⌉-bi-i-im

13 ^dŠamaš⁽UTU) ša-am-ma-am [i]š-tu šadîm(ḪUR.SAG)

14 ú-še₂₀-bi-ra-am-ma

15 libbi(ŠÀ) ^dŠamaš(UTU) mu-še₂₀-bi-ri-i-šu iṣ-[ba-at]

16 libbi(ŠÀ) ^dS[în](NA[NNA]) i-na š[a-me-e iṣ-ba-at]

17 libbi(ŠÀ) al[pim(G[U₄)…]

(broken, several lines missing)

Rev.

1' [ ] x [ ]

2' [ ša-am-m]a-am?

3' [ ] ú-ša-ap-pí-i[l]

(rest uninscribed)

Translation

1–2 Šamaš brought over the (magic) plant across the mountain —

3–4 It seized the heart of Šamaš who brought it across,

5 It seized the heart of Sîn in the sky,

6 It seized the heart of the ox in the stall,

7 It seized the heart of the sheep in the fold,

8 It seized the heart of the lad in the street,

9 It seized the heart of the maiden in the dance,

10–12 Whom should I send to the dweller of the great Apsû (saying):

13–14 “Šamaš brought over a plant across the mountain —

15 It seized the heart of Šamaš who brought it across,

16 It sei[zed] the heart of Sîn in the s[ky],

17 It [seized] the heart of the o[x…],"

(rest broken)

Rev.

1' (broken)

2'–3' ….[the pla]nt… he brought down…

(rest uninscribed)

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. 7124; view on seal.huji.ac.il.