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YOS 11, 92

SEAL no. 7188 · YBC 9841 · Incantations · Wardat-Lilîm · Larsa area (uncertain) · 31 lines · 68 words · 244 signs · 8 Sumerograms

CDLI P310387.

Transliteration

Obv.

1       KA.inim.ma [W]a-ar-da-at li-li-i-im

2       re-e-di-it i-li-im Èr-ra      

3       ba-a-DI/KI-a-at ka-lu ša-ri-im

4       ša ki-i-ma in-bi-im
5       e-eš-ši-[i]m i-na la?-li-[š]a
6       qá-a[t?!-p]a?!-at
7       a-na me-lu-l[i]-i-im
8       ri-i-[qá]-a-ma
9       i-im-me-l[e]-el-la
10       u4-mi-ša-am

11       i-iš-ta-na-aḫ-ḫi-ṭa ka-da-aš-ša-am

12         i-na ri-ig-mi-ši-i-na i-ḫa-al-lu-ul sú-q[u]m

13       ú-ul i-ip-te [ḫ]a-wi-[i?-ru-u]m
14       bu-di!(Text:UD)-i-[š]a
15       ša-ap-ti še20-er!-ri-i-[i]m

16       ra-ab!?(text: BA)-ba-ta-am ú-ul [i]-ši-iq

17       na-ki-i-la-at!(Text: LA) bi-i-it abim(?)([A].BA)
18       ú-ṣi?-am-ma
19       qá-la-a-la-at-ma ú-ul [ú?-li?-id?]
20       še20-e-er-ra-a[m]
21       i-iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu-ú-ma
22       mu-us-sà nu-úḫ-ḫu-ul-lu-[um]
23       ú ši-i zi-qí-i-qù-u[m]
24       i-ra-ap-pu-du ṣe-e-ra-[am]
25       ú-ta-am-[m]i-i-ki!
26       A-na-am ú An-ta-am

27       E-en-še20-e-da ù Ḫa-da-ni-i-iš

28       [b]i-i-it e-er-ru-bu
29       [l]a te-er-ru-bi-i-ma
30       [ašar?] ru-u'-ti a-ad-du-ú
31       [la tu]-la-ap-pa-ti-i-ma

Rev. uninscribed. 

Translation

Obv.
 

1         Incantation (against) Wardat-lilîm.

2         The guide of the god Erra,

3         the weeper(?) of all winds,

4–6         who was cut-off in her prime like a fresh fruit.

7–10         The (girls) spend(f.) time in dancing everyday,

11         The (girls) keep twirling in celebration.

12         At their shout the street shuts away.

13–14         A bridegroom did not deflower her.

17–18         She was canny, she left her parental house.

19–20         She was despised for not [giving birth to] a child.

21–24         And so, her husband, an evil storm, and she, a phantom, are roaming in the steppe.

25–27         I conjure you(f.) by Anum and Antum, Enšēda and Ḫadaniš:

28–29         You will not enter to the house which I enter!

30–31         [Where] I spit you will not touch! 

Commentary

General: The philological issues addressed by Farber 1989b are not repeated here.

         2: Cf. Mayer, 2003, 236.

         12: Since the vocalization of the verb i-ḫa-al-lu-ul is (u), one tends to derive this form from ḫalālum II, "to pipe, murmur". Still, the context leads one to consider also ḫalālum I, (a/u), "to confine, shut away": the joyful cries of the dancing girls make the entire street to stop its activities (so also Farber 1989b). In addition ḫalālum II is attested only by later sources, while ḫalālum I is attested in OB.

         13–14: The idiom būdam petûm stands for the more common sūnam (or even irtam) petûm.

         15: Note the grammatical incongruence between šapi/ī and rabbatam.

         30: Cf. Mayer, in Deller/Mayer/Sommerfeld 1987, 196.

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. 7188; view on seal.huji.ac.il.