&P396503 = BMS 52 + K.16361
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: K.6395 + K.10138 contains part of Sipazianna 3 (maybe) and the catchline to Zappu 3. Zsombor Földi informed me of the join with K.16361 in July 2023.

@tablet

@obverse

$ obverse missing

@reverse

$ beginning of reverse missing

1'. [...] x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . .

2'. [...]-na
#tr.en: [. . .] . . .

3'. [... re-e]-ša₂-ka
#tr.en: [. . .] your [head(?) . . .]

4'. [...]-x# GAL{+ta}
#tr.en: [. . .] great(?) [. . .]

5'. [...]-x#-in-ni
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . me

6'. x# [... lu]-uk-šu-ud
#tr.en: [. . . may] I achieve,

7'. ina an#-ni#-ka# ki#-nim# [...]-ka# EN
#tr.en: At your reliable affirmation [. . .] your [. . .], O lord(?).
#note: The tablet is more broken (now) than is indicated on King's copy.

$ single ruling

8'. KID₃.KID₃.BI ana IGI {mul}SIPA.ZI#.AN#.NA
#tr.en: Its ritual: In front of Sipazianna,

9'. lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA 3(diš)#-šu₂# ŠID#{+nu#}
#tr.en: With either a ritual assemblage or a censer you recite (the incantation) three times.

$ single ruling

10'. EN₂ LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ gaš-ru-u₂-ti ša₂ nap-har ma-a-ti šu-pu-u {d}IMIN.BI at-tu-nu-ma
#tr.en: Incantation: You, O Pleiades, (are) king of the mighty gods, who are manifest over all of the lands.

$ at least 2 lines blank

11'. [...] LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki}
#tr.en: [. . .], king of the world, king of the land of Ashur,

12'. [...] u₃# {d}nin#-lil₂ tak-lu₄
#tr.en: who trusts [. . .] and Ninlil,

13'. [... {d}taš-me]-tu₄# GEŠTU-2(diš) DAGAL{+tu₄} iš-ru-ku-uš
#tr.en: [. . . Tashme]tu gave wide understanding,

14'. [... na-mir]-tu₄# ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti#
#tr.en: [. . .] enlightened [. . .] with regard to the highest level of the scribal art,

15'. [...] a-lik mah-ri-[ia]
#tr.en: [. . .] who came before [me . . .],

16'. [... šip-ru šu-a]-tu# la# i#-[hu-uz-zu]
#tr.en: [whi]ch [art . . . had] not l[earned],

17'. [... sa-an]-tak#-ki [...]
#tr.en: [. . . cuneiform] signs, [. . .].

$ rest of reverse missing