&P394701 = AOAT 034, 001 + Or 59, 486 #project: caspo #atf: lang akk-x-stdbab #atf: use unicode ##note: K 02823 + K 03332 + K 11347 + K 11722 + K 15427 + K 17283 contains the text of Sin 1. The catchline points to Ishtar 1. @tablet @obverse 1. EN₂ {d}3(u) NANNA{+ru} [...] #tr.en: Incantation: O Sin, [. . .] luminary [. . .] 2. {d}3(u) ed-deš-šu-u₂ mu#-[nam-mir ...] #tr.en: O Sin, perpetually renewing one, who ill[uminates . . .] 3. ša-ki-in na-mir-ti# [...] #tr.en: Who provides light [. . .] 4. ana UN-MEŠ ṣal-mat SAG.DU [...] #tr.en: To the black-headed people [. . .] 5. nam-rat UD.DA-ka [...] #tr.en: Your shining appearance is bright [. . .] 6. šar-hat di-pa-ra#-ka GIM# [...] #tr.en: Your torch is magnificent, like [. . .] 7. ma-lu-u₂ nam-ri-ru-ka KI{+ta} [...] ka#-a-ša₂ #tr.en: Your awe-inspiring luminosity fills the [. . .] earth; [. . .] at you #note: The last three signs are written on the edge of the tablet. Apparently, the scribe had to squeeze a line, for which see Mayer 1976: 492, line 8, in between what is obv. 7 and obv. 8 here on the tablet. 8. {d#}a-num AN{+e} ša₂ la [i-lam-ma-du ...] #tr.en: O Anu of the heavens, whose [. . .] no [. . . can learn], 9. [šu]-tu#?-rat# UD.DA-ka GIM# [...] #tr.en: Your shining appearance is [sup]reme [. . .] 10. [kam]-su# IGI#-[ka ...] #tr.en: [. . . kn]eel before [you . . .] 11. [EŠ].BAR# KUR.[KUR ...] #tr.en: [The de]cision of the land[s . . .] 12. [ina] HUL# AN.GE₆# [...] #tr.en: [On account of] the evil of a lunar eclipse [. . .] 13. HUL# A₂-[MEŠ ...] #tr.en: Evil of portent[s . . .] 14. [ša₂] ina E₂.GAL#-[MU ...] #tr.en: [Which] (are) in [my] palace [. . .] 15. [DINGIR]-MEŠ# [...] #tr.en: [God]s [. . .] 16. uš-[bu ...]-ka# #tr.en: [They] si[t . . .] your [. . .] 17. {d}[3(u) ...]-ka#-ma #tr.en: O [Sin . . .] of you, 18. ta-[mit ...] SUM#{+in} #tr.en: You give the ora[cle . . .] 19. UD#.[NA₂.AM₃ u₄-um ta-mit]-ti-ka #tr.en: The day [of the new moon (is) the day of] your [orac]le, 20. pi#-[riš-ti DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL-MEŠ #tr.en: A sec[ret of the] great [gods], 21. [... i-sin]-na#-ka #tr.en: [. . .] your [fest]ival, 22. [... DINGIR]-ti#-ka #tr.en: [. . .] your [divini]ty, 23. [... la ša₂]-na#-an #tr.en: [. . . unri]valed [. . .] 24. ša₂# [...] ma#-am-ma #tr.en: Whose [. . .] no one [. . .] 25. as#-[ruq-ka ...] el#-lu# #tr.en: I str[ew before you . . .] pure [. . .] 26. aq#-[qi₂]-ka# re-eš-ta#?-[a ...] #tr.en: I off[er] to you first-clas[s . . .] 27. kam₂-[sa]-ku# az-za-az a#-[še-ʾ ...] #tr.en: I kn[e]el, I stand, I [(hereby) seek . . .] 28. INIM.[GAR] dum#-qi₂ u mi₃-ša₂-ri šu#-[kun UGU-MU] #tr.en: Estab[lish for me] a favorable and just oracle, 29. DINGIR-MU# [u {d}]iš₈#-tar₂#-MU# ša₂# iš#-tu# [...] #tr.en: My god [and] my [g]oddess, who from [. . .] @reverse 1. is-bu-su UGU-[MU] #tr.en: Are angry with [me], 2. ina kit-ti NIG₂.SI.SA₂ lis-li#-mu KI-MU# #tr.en: Through truth (and) justice, may they be reconciled with me. #note: For the second sign in the line, Mayer and Loretz copy an E₂ sign rather than KIT, which is on the tablet. 3. ur-hi lid-mi₃-iq pa-da#-ni li-šir# #tr.en: May my path be favorable, may my way be straight. 4. u₂-ma-ʾ-ir-ma AN.ZA.GAR₃ DINGIR ša₂ MAŠ₂.GE₆#-[MEŠ] #tr.en: I (hereby) send Anzagar, god of dream[s]. 5. ina šat GE₆ DU₈-MEŠ ar₂-ni#-[ia] #tr.en: Let him absolve [my] sins at night. 6. [lu]-uš#-lim!(me) šer₃-ti lu#-ta#-lil₂ [ana-ku] #tr.en: Let me be whole, let [me] be purified of my punishment. #note: All MSS attesting this line have a ME rather than a LIM for the third sign. I follow Butler's emendation (1998: 392); see likewise Foster 2005: 761. If this is correct, then an early exemplar of the prayer seems to have miscopied a ME for the LIM. Hätinen objects to the emendation since it means all MSS are corrupt. She prefers to read [lu-u]š-me šer₃-ti, translating the phrase "May I learn of my misdeed" (2021: 457, 459), which is possible; but, it seems the context has moved beyond discovery at this point in the prayer. 7. ana# da₃#-ra#-ti# [lud]-lul# da₃#-[li₂-li₂-ka] #tr.en: [Let me pr]oclaim [your] pr[aises] forever! $ single ruling 8. KA-INIM-MA [ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}]ZUEN#-NA-KE₄ #tr.en: The wording of a [lifted-hand prayer] to Sin. $ single ruling 9. EN₂# qa-rit-tu₂# {d}iš-tar #tr.en: Incantation: O valiant Ishtar. #note: The last horizonal in DINGIR extends all the way to the IŠ on the tablet (not represented in the copy). About two thirds of the reverse is blank. $ rest of reverse blank