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SEAL no. 7224 · NBC 3672 · Incantations · Lamaštu · Kaniš (mod. Kültepe) · 24 lines · 51 words · 149 signs · 3 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P293870. Photo: Klaus Wagensonner

Transliteration

Obverse

1              iš-t[í]-a-at e-lá-at

2              a-pu-la-at

3              mu-uš-ta-ba-⌈ba⌉-at!

4              ù-tù-kà-at

5              lam-na-at bu-un-/tù

6              i-li-im

7              ma-ar-tù : A-ni-im

8              a-na ṭé-mì-⌈ša⌉ lá dam-qí-/[im]

 

Lower Edge

9              ma-al-ki-š[a]

10            pá-ru-im A-nu-um

 

Reverse

11            a-bu-ša : iš-tù

12            ša-ma-e : i-pu-ṣa-ší

13            qá-qá-ar-šu-um

14            a-na ṭé-mì-ša lá dam-qí-/im

15            ma-al-ki-ša sà-aḫ-i-/⌈im

16            pè-ra-sà : wa-ša-ra-/at

17            da-du-ša ša-aḫ-ṭù

18            a-na be-el lá i-li-im

 

Upper Edge

19            i-ša-ru-um

20            té-šé-er : šé-er-ʾa4-an

 

Left Edge

21            lá-áb-i-im tù-ra-mì

22            šé-er-ʾa4-an ṣú-ḫa-ri-/im

23            ù!(WA) lá-i-im

24            ta-áš-šu-ma

Translation

1              She is (only) one! she is a goddess!

2              She is late!

3              She is always parched!

4–5          She is a female utukku-demon! She is evil!

5–7          Daughter of a god. Daughter of Anum.

8–10        Because of her malevolent intention(s), her blasphemous decision(s),

10–13      Anum, her father, smashed her down to earth from heaven,

14–15      because of her malevolent intention(s), her rebellious descision(s)!

16–17      Her hair is loose. Her garments are stripped off.

18–20      She goes straight for the godless person(s)!

20–21      The muscles of lion she slackens!

22–23      The muscles of a child and the infant

24            she weakens!

 

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. 7224; view on seal.huji.ac.il.