&P413961 = LKA 048
#project: caspo
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##note: VAT 13847 preserves Zarpanitu 1.

@tablet

@obverse

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1'. [... na?-as?]-ki#? e#?-pi#?-rat#? [en?-ši?]
#tr.en: [. . . of the fal]len, who provides for the [weak],

2'. [... na]-ṣi#-rat# ZI[{+ti}]
#tr.en: [. . . who gua]rds lif[e],

3'. [...] qa#-i-šat ba-la₂-ṭi#
#tr.en: [. . .] who gives life,

4'. [... un]-ni#-ni ma-hi-rat tes₂-li-ti#
#tr.en: [. . . pr]ayer, recieves supplication,

5'. [...] UN#-ME gi-mir nab-ni-ti#
#tr.en: [. . .] the people, all creation,

6'. [i-na ṣi]-taš# u šil-la-an ba-ʾ-lat {d}[IDIM?]
#tr.en: [From sun]rise to (lit. and) sunset, the subjects of [Enlil],
#note: Ebeling's restoration (1953: 68), rūqûti, "distant," is no longer viable in light of the reading in K.3429+ (= P395006), AN BAD = {d}IDIM, Enlil (see CAD Š/2, 442 and Ṣ, 215). For the phrase baʾulāt Enlil, see CAD B, 182-183.

7'. [...] ud#-da-kam* ta-bar-ri-i sa-an-tak₂#?
#tr.en: [. . . da]ily, you oversee continuously,

8'. [... {m}]ba#-la-si DUMU DINGIR-šu₂
#tr.en: [. . .] Balasi, the son of his (personal) god,

9'. [... {d}]AG {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}PAPNUN
#tr.en: [. . .] Nabu, (and) his (personal) goddess, Tashmetu,

10'. [...] kit#-mu-sa-ku mu-ša₂ u im-ma
#tr.en: [. . .] I kneel night and day,

11'. [... iš]-tam#-ma-ra# qur-ud-ki dal-la
#tr.en: [The]y constantly laud [. . .], they praise your heroism.
#note: Perhaps read qur-<ru>-ud-ki.

12'. [...] x#-u₂-tu₂ ṣa#-bi#-ta#-at# [a-bu-ti] en#-ši
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . , who interce[des for] the weak,
#note: The last two signs are on the edge of the tablet. They are not in LKA 48's copy.

13'. [...] x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . .
#note: There seems to be another sign on the edge of the tablet, below the two signs in line 12'. It is not in LKA 48's copy.

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@reverse

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1'. [...] ka#-liš# gil₂#-[la-ti]
#tr.en: [. . .] si[ns] completely,

2'. [...] lih₃#?-he-pi ki-šuk#-[ki]
#tr.en: [. . . May my] bonda[ge] be broken.

3'. [...] MUNUS.HUL i-da-at la? DU₁₀#?.GA#?
#tr.en: [. . .] evil, unfavorable signs,

4'. [...] li-su-u UGU-MU
#tr.en: [. . .] may they depart from me.

5'. [... be]-el#?-tu₂ qi₂-bi-i ba-la₂-ṭi#
#tr.en: [. . . , O la]dy, command life (for me).
#note: Two duplicates show GAŠAN before qi₂-bi-i ba-la₂-ṭi, thus the present restoration.

6'. [...] man-za-zi mah-ra-ki
#tr.en: [. . .] my position before you,

7'. [bu-ʾ-a]-ri lu-uš-bi
#tr.en: that I may be sated [with happin]ess,

8'. [... lih]-du-ki <e₂>-sag-il₂!(ki) li-riš#-ki#
#tr.en: [. . . may] it be glad on account of you, may Esagil rejoice over you,
#note: The SAG and KI in the middle of the line may be a parablepsis for the last two signs in the line. The parallel in VAT 17414 (VS 24, 99 = P347218) reads e₂-sag-il₂ clearly. The reading here has been adjusted accordingly.

9'. [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] lib₃#-ba-ki li-ṭib-bu#
#tr.en: May [the great gods] satisfy your heart.

10'. [...] {d}DIŠ li-šar₂-bu-u MU#?-[ki]
#tr.en: May [. . .] (and) Ea magnify [your] name,

11'. [... {m}]ba-la-si A DINGIR-šu₂ x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] Balasi, son of his (personal) god [. . .]

12'. [...]-x#-ki lu#?-x#-ta#?-[...]
#tr.en: That I may [. . .] your [. . .].
#note: Ebeling 1953: 72 suggests [lu-ut]-t[a-ʾ-id], "I may celebrate," here. But other verbs of praise may fit the traces, too (e.g., Gt of šamāru: luštammar).

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