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SEAL no. 7137 · BM 79022 · Incantations · agricultural (Sum.); love (Akk. ritual); agricultural (Sum.); rest broken · Unknown · 39 lines · 191 words · 342 signs · 15 Sumerograms

Compilation of Sumerian incantations and Akkadian rituals.

Transliteration

Obv.

1 en-nu-a-ri an-ta dab

2 e-e-ta lah₅apin-[lá?]

3 er-igi pa-⌈ha-te⌉ ka-mu

4 igi igi [pa-ha-t]e ka-mu

5 ⌈numun⌉-[kù-g]a pa-ha-am

6 ul ⌈x⌉ igi?-nim-ma a-ga? igi-nim-ma

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7 kikkiṭṭašu(KÌD.KÌD.BI) KIŠIB LÚ ⌈x x⌉ [x x x (x)]

8 it-ti 4 KIŠIB? ⌈x⌉ [x x x x (x)]

9 il-l[i?-[x x x x x (x)]

10 še-ši i-[x x x x x x (x)]

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11 ša-ar?-⌈x⌉ [x x x x x x (x)]

12 sa-a x ⌈x⌉ [x x x x x (x)]

13 ku₄-bi?-x⌉-[x x x x x x x (x)]

14 ra?/um? ⌈x x⌉ [x x x x x x (x)]

15 me-me-[a? x x x x x x (x)]

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16 kikkiṭṭašu(KÌD.KÌD.BI) [x x x x x (x)]

17 ši-ip-tam ⌈x⌉ [x x x x x (x)]

18 qá?-ti? ⌈x⌉ [x x x x x x x (x)]

19 ù? te na? [x x x x x (x)]

20 ⌈x⌉ DU ⌈x⌉ [x x x x x x (x)]

21 ⌈x⌉ ⌈ša?⌉ DU? ⌈x⌉ [x x x x (x)]

Rev.

1 ⌈en⌉ ki-ág-me-en ḫ[é?-me?-en?]

2 en lugal-me-en ḫé-me-[en]

3 nun-bi-me-en hé-me-en

4 en me-bi sìla?-ku₅?-bi-me-en

5 buru₅^mušen zú-zu nu-ge hé-a

6 inim-^dInanna-ta buru₅-bi hé-nim

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7 kikkiṭašu(KÌD.KÌD.BI) ṭi-da ša išid šūšim (SUHUŠ ŠE.DÙ.A) ⌈x⌉

8 i-na ṣīt Šamšim(^dUTU.È.A) ereb Šamšim(^dUTU{UTU}.ŠÚ.BA)

9 te-le-eq-qé-e-ma (sup. ras.)

10 a-na ku-pa-ti-in-ni 7 ù 7

11 tu-ka-ap-pa-at-ma

12 ši-ip-tam a-na 7 ù 7 ta-ma-an-[nu-(ma)]

13 iš-tu ši-ip-tam ta-am-⌈nu⌉-[(ma)]

14 a-na 2-šu ta-ṣa-⌈ap⌉-[pa-(ma)]

15 ši-ip-tam ta-ma-an-nu-⌈ma⌉

16 a-na bi-ri-it tu-li-ša

17 ta-na-ad-di-ma

18 ⌈a?/i?⌉-⌈ša⌉- tum i-la-ka-ak-kum

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Translation

Oev.

1 Incantation. Spreading over from heaven:

2 A plough-bringing tiller,

3 O Weeping eye, out of distress! May I grow!

4 Eye, eye, out of [distress]! May I grow!

5 Pure seed - it is (in) distress!

6 A fruit(?)... of the upper (land), a crown(?) of the upper (land).

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7 Its ritual: a seal (of) a man...

8 with four seals...

9 ...

10 The sixth...

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11 ...

12 a cat(?)

13 its entrance...

14 ...

15 an orde[r(?) ...

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16 Its ritual:...

17 The incantation...

18 Hand of...

19 and...

20 ...

21 ...

Rev.

1 The lord (of) wild animals – I am. – l[et me be!]

2 A lord – let me be! A … [... – let me be!]

3 Its prince I am! – let me be!

4 A lord, its power, its decision – I am!

5 Small birds, do not bring back your teeth – so be it!

6 By the command of Inanna, its (the field's) small birds, may they depart!

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7–9 Its ritual: you take clay (Böck: flour) of a licorice's root, in sun-rise (or/and) sun-set,

10–11 you roll pellets, seven and seven,

12 you reci[te] the incantation over the seven and seven (pellets).

13 After you have recit[ed] the incantation,

14 you will dren[ch] them twice (and)

15 you will recite (again) the incantation.

16–17 You put (the pellets?) in between her breasts

18 and the woman (or: (your) wife) will come to you.

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Commentary

A full commentary on the text is found in Wasserman 2008 (app. 2010). Cf. Zomer 2018, 226 n. 937 and Böck 2024.

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. 7137; view on seal.huji.ac.il.