Checking translation for a possible tattoo - ana ṭemim eršim ina ūmim šuāti imšul

First, could I say a belated thank you to everyone who commented on my <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Assyriology/comments/1mjn2s4/should\_i\_start\_with\_akkadian\_grammar\_then\_learn/"</a> earlier post about whether to start with learning grammar or cuneiform. I completely failed to respond at the time, but the input was really helpful, and the general sense that Huehnergard is a good place to start seems to have been a good steer. I've now got the most of the weak forms of the G-stem preterite/infinitive under my belt, and am about to move on to some slightly more flexible tenses, as well as now having learned enough signs to write my name, which is obviously all the important ones ;)

Continuing on a fairly light note, I'm toying with the idea of getting a tattoo in Akkadian. I've composed the text in latin characters (see post subject line), and before I start trying to figure out the cuneiform, it would be good to get some confirmation that a)it's grammatically correct, and b)it says what I think it does, and not "everybody laugh at the clueless gaijin"

I'll wait to say what I was aiming for, because somehow it seems more informative to ask how people would read it without knowing my intentions, but I'll update in a few days.

Posted Sep 13, 2025, 10:46 PM UTC

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