&P399407 = AOAT 258, pl. 20
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: K.11706 + K.13288 contains part of Nusku 4.

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@obverse

1. EN₂ {d}NUSKA# [...]
#tr.en: Incantation: O Nusku, [. . .]

2. GUB{+az} [...]
#tr.en: You stand [. . .]

3. ina ba-li-ka# šip#-ṭu# u# [EŠ.BAR ...]
#tr.en: Without you judgment and [decision . . .]

4. še-e-du al#-lu-hap#-pu ha-a-a#-[ṭu ...]
#tr.en: The shedu-demon, the alluḫappu-net-demon, the sp[y-demon, . . .]

5. u₂-tuk-ku#? LIL₂#.LA₂ {mi₂#}LIL₂.LA₂ im#-[me-du ...]
#tr.en: The utukku-demon, the lilû-storm-demon (and) lilītu-storm-demon hid[e . . .]
#note: What is read here as a KU is very broken. The sign could be a LU₂, though such a big sign would hardly fit in the available space.

6. ina#? IGI#? [...]  šu#-ṣi SAG.HUL.HA.ZA# [...]
#tr.en: In the presence of(?) [. . .] expel the sagḫulḫazu-demon [. . .]

7. [{d}šu]-lak# mut-tal-lik mu#-[ši ...]
#tr.en: [Shu]lak, who roams about at nig[ht, . . .]

8. [a-mur]-ka#-ma as#-[sa-hur ...]
#tr.en: [I look] to you (i.e., Nusku) and tu[rn . . .]
 
9. [EN.NU].UN# šul-me u# [...]
#tr.en: [. . . a guar]dian of well-being and [. . .]

10. [še-e-du] na#-ṣi-ra# DINGIR# mu#-[šal-li-mu ...]
#tr.en: [. . ] a protective [spirit] (and) a deity who ma[kes whole . . .]

11. [lit-tar-ru]-nin#-ni kal mu#-[ši ...]
#tr.en: [May they guide] me all nig[ht long . . .]
#note: The reading at the beginning of the line follows Panayotov 2016: 40.

12. [{d}]NUSKA# git₂-[ma-lu ...]
#tr.en: [O Nus]ku, per[fect one . . .]

13. [nar-bi-ka] lu#?-ša₂#-[pi ...]
#tr.en: Let me proclai[m your greatness . . .]

$ rest of obverse missing

@reverse

$ beginning of reverse missing

1'. [...] DUB#.SAR# E₂# AN#.ŠAR₂#? [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] scribe of the temple of Ashur [. . .]

2'. [...] DUMU# {m}EN-kun-x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] son of Bel-kun-. . . [. . .]

3'. [...] DUB#.SAR E₂# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] scribe of the temple of [. . .]

4'. a#-na# qa# x# x# x# MAN#? NI ana x# [...]
#tr.en: For . . . [. . .]

5'. ša₃-ṭir#-ma# [...]
#tr.en: Written and [. . .]