ZA 75, 198ff.e

SEAL no. 7148 · IB 1554 · Incantations; Love Literature · love · Isin (mod. Ishan Baḥriyat) · 11 lines · 59 words · 126 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

Rev.

62 a-i-iš li-ib-b[a-k]a [(x x)] i-il-la-ak

63 a-i-iš i-na-[aṭ-ṭa-la] i-na-^┌a?-ka?^┐

64 ia-ši-im l[i-] x x [...] x

65 ia-ti l[i-ip-lu-u]s x x [...] x

66 [am-r]a?-an-ni k[i-m]a? x x [...]

67 ^┌i^┐-ta-ap-la-sà-an-ni x [x x] x KA ŠI [x x x]

68 ki-ma a-ka-li-im [(te?)-le?]-mi-^┌a?^┐-an-ni

69 ki-ma ši-ka-[ri-im (te?)-le?/la?]-am-ma-an-ni

70 ti-da-ab-ba-a[b? x x x] x x x x-bi-im

71 i-na pī(KA) x x x x [u]m?-ma-at ^┌ZI^┐ x x-ma-ni [(x)]

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72 ka-ini[m-ma ki-ág-g]á-[kam]

Translation

Rev.

62 Where goes your(m.) heart?

63 Whereto l[oo]k your(m.) eyes?

64 To me [may your(m.?) heart go!]

65 At me [may your eyes look!]

66 Look at me as [ ]

67 See me ... [ ]

68 [(You will) cons]ume me like bread,

69 [You will cons]ume me like beer.

70 Speak with me continually [ ] ...

71 In the mouth(?)... ...

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72 Incantation of the lover.

Commentary

For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 267.

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. 7148; view on seal.huji.ac.il.