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ZA 75, 198ff.a

SEAL no. 7144 · IB 1554 · Incantations; Love Literature · love · Isin (mod. Ishan Baḥriyat) · 29 lines · 119 words · 357 signs · 5 Sumerograms · bilingual

With 2 rituals. The tablet was found broken and sealed inside a vase in the corner of a wall. The present tablet was originally cut of a 3-columns tablet, before(?) our text was inscribed on it.  CDLI No. P355910.   

Transliteration

e-el-li-a-at ka-al-bi-im ZU-mi-im? em-?ú-tim

10 me-i-i pa-ni-im ši-pi-ir tu-ú[r?]-ti i-ni-im

11 am-ta-a-a mu-ú-a-ka uš-ta-an-ni e-e-em-ka

12 šu-uk-nam e-e-em-ka a-na e-e-mi-ia

13 šu-uk-nam mi-li-ik-ka a-na mi-il-ki-ia

14 a-ka-al-la-ka ki-ma dIštar ik-lu-ú dDumu-zi

15 Sé-e-ra-aš ú-ka-as-sú-ú ša-a-ti-ša

16 uk-ta-as-sí-i-ka i-na p(KA)-ia ša ša-ra-a-tim

17 i-na ú-ri-ia ša ši-i-na-tim

18 i-na p(KA)-ia ša ru-a-tim

19 i-na ú-ri-ia ša ši-i-na-tim

20 a i-li-ik na-ak-ra-tum i-na e-ri-i-ka

21 ra-bi-i ka-al-bu-um ra-bi-i ša-i-ú-um

22 at-ta ri-ta-bi-i i-na al-li-ia

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23 ša i-na mu-i nu-ni-im wa-ar-qí-im a-na ša-am-ni-im i-na-an-di ip-pa-aš-ša-aš

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24 am-ra-an-ni-ma ki-ma pi-it-ni-im u-ú-du

25 ki-ma Sé-e-ra-aš li-ib-ba-ka li-wi-ir

26 ki-ma dŠam(a)š-im i-ta-an-pu-a-am

27 k[i-m]a dSîn i-di-ša-am

28 [x x I]G ù ra-a[m-k]a li-i-di-iš

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29 [š]a-am-ni-im pa-ša-a-ši-im

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30 lu a-li-ka pu-ri-da-ka mÈr-ra-ba-ni

31 qá-ab-la-ka li-im-mu-š[a]

32 lu re-du-ú še-er-a-nu-ka

33 li-i-du-ú li-ib-bu-ú-ki

34 li-i-šu-ša ka-ab-ta-ta-ki

35 lu-ú-bi ki-ma ka-al-bi-im

36 ki-ma šu-mu-un-ni-im u-bu-ú-ša-ki e ta-at-bu-ki-im

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37 ka-inim-ma ki-ág-gá-kam

Translation

9 (With?) saliva of a dog, of thirst(?), of hunger(?),

10 (with?) a blow on the face, (with) “turning of eyes”,

11 I have hit your(m.) head, I have changed your(m.) mood.

12 Place your(m.) mind with my mind!

13 Place your(m.) decision with my decision!

14 I hold you(m.) back just like Ištar held back Dumuzi,

15 (Just like) Seraš binds her drinkers,

16 (so) I have bound you(m.) with my hairy mouth,

18 with my drooling mouth,

20 May the enemy-woman not come to you!

21 The dog is lying, the boar is lying –

22 you lie forever in between my thighs.

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23 What is on the green fish will be thrown to the oil; it will be smeared.

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24 Look at me and rejoice like a harp!

25 Like (through) Seraš may your heart be bright!

26 Shine on me regularly like Šamaš!

27 Renew (yourself) on me like Sîn!

28 ... and may your love be new!

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29 [.... in? o]il to rub

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30 May your(m.) two legs walk, Erra-bāni!

31 May your(m.) loins move!

32 May your ligaments follow!

33 May your(f.) heart rejoice!

34 May your(f.) mood be happy!

35 May I swell like a dog!

36 Your(f.) two curves are like a halter – do not throw (them away) from me!

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37 Incantation of the lover.

Commentary

 For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 259–260.

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. 7144; view on seal.huji.ac.il.