&P397501 = K.8122 = BMS 3
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: The tablet is a fragment with writing only on one side. After Damkina 1 (Q006061), there is Ninurta 1 (Q006135). The bottom edge of the tablet is preserved. Restorations are based on duplicates unless otherwise noted.

@tablet

@surface a

$ beginning of surface missing

1'. [... bu]-ul#-liṭ-ṭi x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] restore [. . .]

2'. [...] TI#-i [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] accept [. . .]

3'. [... la] pa#-lih DINGIR-šu₂ u {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-šu₂ ina ŠU#-MU# [li-mur]
#tr.en: [. . .] may the one who does [not] fear his (personal) god and (personal) goddess [learn] from my example (lit. [see] by my hand).
#note: The restorations in lines 3ˊ-5ˊ are based on Mayer 1976: 441.

4'. [...] a-ta-mar še#-[ret-ki]
#tr.en: [. . .] I have experienced (lit. seen) [your] punish[ment].

5'. [...] :# AN{+u₂#} HUL₂-ki ABZU SU₃#-[ki]
#tr.en: [. . .] the heavens rejoice over you, the Apsu celebrates you.

6'. [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ kiš-ša₂-ti lik-ru-bu]-ki : DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ŠA₃-ki li-ṭib#-[bu]
#tr.en: [May the great gods of the world bless] you. May the great gods gladd[en] your heart. 
#note: The beginning of the line is a conjectural restoration that goes back to King 1896, no. 3, accepted by Ebeling 1953: 28 and Mayer 1976: 442.

7'. [{d}a-num {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}]e₂#-a li-šar-bu-u EN{+ut#}-[ki]
#tr.en: May [Anu, Enlil, and] Ea increase [your] dominion.
#note: The restorations follow Ebeling 1953: 30 and Mayer 1976: 442.

8'. [at-ti-ma] dam#-ki-na be-let AN{+e} u KI[{+ti₃}]
#tr.en: [Indeed, you] Damkina (are) the lady of heaven and ear[th].
#note: The conjectural restoration at the beginning follows Mayer 1976: 442. The end follows Ebeling 1953: 30 and Mayer 1976: 442.

$ single ruling

9'. [KA-INIM-MA] ŠU#-IL₂-LA₂ {d}DAM-KI-NA#-[KAM*]
#tr.en: [It is the wording] of a lifted-hand prayer to Damkina.

$ single ruling

10'. [... bu]-kur₂ {d}+EN.LIL₂ : šur-bu-u₂ git₂-ma-lu i-lit-ti E₂.ŠAR₂.[RA]
#tr.en: [. . . so]n of Enlil, most supreme, perfect one, progeny of Esha[ra],

11'. [ša pu-luh]-tam# lit-bu-šu₂ ma-lu-u₂ hur-ba-šu₂#
#tr.en: [Who is] clothed with [fe]ar, filled with terror,

12'. [...] la im-mah-ha-ru qa-bal-šu₂
#tr.en: [. . .], whose onslaught cannot be opposed.

13'. [...] man#-za-za ina DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ
#tr.en: (Whose celestial) position [. . .] among the gods.

14'. [...] ta#-ši#-la-a-ti ša₂-qa-a re-ša₂-a-ka#
#tr.en: [. . .] of celebrations, your head is high.

15'. [...] te#-rit kul-lat DINGIR-MEŠ qa-tuk-ka tam-[hat]
#tr.en: [. . .] execultive power over all the gods; it is held in your hand.

16'. [...] : tuš-te#-šir la šu-šu-ra i-ka-a [...]
#tr.en: [. . .]; you secure justice for the misguided, the orphaned boy [. . .].