&P401708 = K 15970 + K 16685
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: Identification and join, E. Jiménez (eBL).

@tablet

@obverse

$ beginning of obverse missing

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

$ single ruling

2'. [KA.INIM.MA] ŠU#.IL₂#.[LA₂ ... {d}x.KAM*]
#tr.en: [It is the wording of] a hand-rai[sing prayer to . . .]

$ single ruling

3'. EN₂# [{d}UTU] EN tiz-qa#?-[ru ...]
#tr.en: Incantation: [O Shamash], lord of battl[e . . .]

4'. DI.KUD# [la] ṭa#-ʾ-ti x# [...]
#tr.en The judge (who does) [not] (accept) a bribe . [. . .]

5'. EN reme₂-nu-u₂ ša₂ kul₂#-[la-ta ...]
#tr.en: The merciful lord, who [. . .] al[l].
#note: As E. Jiménez pointed out to me in personal correspondence, lines 5ˊ-7ˊ have close affinities with K.3365, rev. 16ˊ-18ˊ (// STT 63, obv. 25ˊ-26ˊ), attesting an incantation-prayer to Shamash (Shamash 7 in Mayer's catalog, 1976: 411) used in a namburbi-ritual. For the text, see Maul 1994: 307-308.

6'. {d}UTU ina E₃-ka kul-lat UN#-[MEŠ ...]
#tr.en: O Shamash, in your rising, all the peopl[e . . .]

7'. bu-ul {d}GIR₃ nam-maš-ša₂-a# [...]
#tr.en: The animals of Shakkan, the livestock [. . .]