YOS 11, 12d

SEAL no. 7207 · YBC 4625 · Incantations · Larsa area (uncertain) · 7 lines · 19 words · 66 signs · 3 Sumerograms

CDLI P305848. Coll. Farber, YOS 11, p. 62. First section in an unidentified language followed by an Akkadian one. Possibly a ritual in l. 43.

Transliteration

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38 [š]u-ba-an-da-aḫ l[a?] [ba?-an?-da?]-ah ši-in-da-aḫ

39 ši-in-da-da-aḫ ši-in-da-[aḫ]

40 e-ri-PI-ni-GAR-ri ù-pa-ri-in-[x]

41 [ú?]-ba-la-am ki-ma na-ri-[im]

42 i-ka-ap-pu-ša ki-ma tâmtim(A.AB.⸢BA⸣)

43 ⸢ù⸣ ú-pi-il-li-a pa-ni-šu ip-šu-u[š]

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Translation

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38–40 (Alloglot section)

41 [It] carries (me?) away like a river.

42 [It] is abundant like the sea.

43 Verily, it(?) darkened (lit. smeared) his face (as with) charcoal.

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Commentary

41: Less likely, but [i?]-ma-la-am is not impossible.

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