&P398200 = K 09578
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: The fragment contains unidentified lines, ritual instructions, the catchline to Zappu 1, and colophon.

@tablet

@surface a

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

2'. [...] x# NA NU# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

$ single ruling

3'. [DU₃.DU₃-BI ... UR₃] SAR A KU₃ [SUD ...]
#tr.en: [Its ritual: . . . [you] sweep [the roof]. [You sprinkle] pure water. [. . .]

4'. [... šid-di GIM ša₂] {lu₂}HAL# GID₂#{+ad#}-[ma ...]
#tr.en: [. . .] you dr[aw a curtain as does] a diviner [. . .]
#note: The restoration follows the suggestion of C. Ambos (per. comm., 2013), who points to CAD Š/1, 22 and Š/2, 407 for parallels.

5'. [... EN₂] an#-nam [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] this [incantation . . .]

6'. [...] NU GUR-ma NU# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] It will not [. . .] again.
#note: After the second NU, we most likely have a verb within the semantic domain of "to draw near" (e.g., sanāqu) or "to seize" (e.g., ṣabātu).

$ single ruling

7'. [EN₂ at-tu-nu {mul}]MUL# šar-hu-ti ša₂ GE₆{+ti}
#tr.en: [Incantation: You, O Zap]pu ([Pleia]des), (are) the splendid ones of the night,
#note: This is the catchline to Zappu 1.

$ at least 1 line blank

8'. [...] LUGAL# ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ša a-na {d}IMIN#.BI UR.SAG la ša₂-na-an tak-lu₄
#tr.en: [. . .] king of the world, king of the land of Ashur, who trusts in their Seven, the incomparable heroes,

9'. [... iš-ru-ku]-uš# i-hu-uz#-zu# IGI-MIN ZALAG₂-tu₄ ni-siq# ṭup-šar-ru-ti
#tr.en: To whom [. . . gave . . .], (who) has achieved enlightened eyes with regard to the highest level of the scribal art,

10'. [... a-lik mah-ri]-ia# mim-ma šip-ru šu-a-tu la# i-hu-uz-zu
#tr.en: Which art none [. . . who came before] me had learned,

11'. [... ma]-la# ba#-aš₂-mu ina DUB-MEŠ aš₂-ṭur as-niq ab-re-e-ma
#tr.en: [. . . as man]y as there are. I wrote, collated, and checked (the present text) on tablets.

12'. [...]-x# [qe₂-reb] E₂#.GAL-ia u₂-kin
#tr.en: I deposited (it) [in] my palace [. . .].

13'. [... lu-u] MU#-šu₂ KI MU-ia i-šaṭ-ṭa-ru#
#tr.en: [. . . or] writes his name alongside my name,

14'. [...] lis#-ki-pu-u-šu-ma
#tr.en: May [. . .] overthrow him, and

15'. [...] li#-hal#-li-qu#
#tr.en: May [. . .]  disappear [. . .].