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ZA 75, 198ff.d

SEAL no. 7147 · IB 1554 · Incantations; Love Literature · "loosening"? love? · Isin (mod. Ishan Baḥriyat) · 9 lines · 37 words · 119 signs · 2 Sumerograms

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

53        am-mi-ni da-an-na-ti ki-ma mu-ur-di-nu qí-iš-tim

54        am-mi-ni ki-ma e-e-ri-im la-ʾì-im er-ni-it-ta-ka le-em-né-et

55        a[m]-mi-ni za-a-wa-nu pa-nu-ú-ki

56        [am-m]i-ni a-al-qá-ku la a-ba-aš-ši

 

Lo. Ed.

57        i-na li-ib-bi-ka ni-il ka-al-bu-um

58        ni-il ša-i-ú-um

59        at-ta i-ti-lam-ma lu-na-as-sí-a-am za-ap-pi-ka

60        ša qá-ti-ka le-qè-a-am-ma a-na qá-ti-ia šu-ku-un

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61        KA.inim.ma pi-i-ir-tum

Translation

53           Why are you(m.) harsh like a bramble (bush) of the forest?

54           Why is your(m.) triumph-cry as bad as (that) of a little child?

55           Why is your(f.) face inimical?

56           Why am I lost? (Why) do I not exist (for you)?

 

Lo. Ed.

57–58     In your(m.) heart lies a dog, lies a boar –

59           You(m.), lay with me so that I may pluck your bristles!

60           What is in your(m.) hand take for me and place in my hand!

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61           “Loosening” (?) incantation.

Commentary

 For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 265.

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. 7147; view on seal.huji.ac.il.