&P413970 = LKA 058 (+) KAL 7, 28
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##note: LKA 58 (+) KAL 7, 28 (according to Meinhold 2017: 9, the indirect join is only likely and cannot be checked since the pieces are in two different museums in Istanbul and Berlin) = Ist.A.173 (+) VAT 13960 contains part of Ištar 12 (o1-15) and Kakkabu 1 (r1ˊ-11ˊ). 

@tablet

@obverse

1. EN₂ šar-hat šar-hat šur-bat [...]
#tr.en: Incantation: She is splendid, she is splendid, she is the greatest [. . .]

2. ME.LAM₂ zu-ʾ-na-at SA₅{+at} x# [...]
#tr.en: She is adorned with divine radiance, filled with [. . .]
#note: Ebeling suggests ending the line with rašubbatu, "terrifying appearance" (1953: 152; likewise, Abusch and Schwemer 2011: 327 and Meinhold 2017: 74).

3. ma-rat {d}3(u) HI.LI ul-lu-hat SA₅{+at} nam-ri#-ir#-ru#
#tr.en: The daughter of Sin is adorned with seductive allure, filled with awesome radiance.
#note: The reading of the final word follows Abusch and Schwemer (2011: 327, collation on pl. 132, no. 64; likewise, Meinhold 2017: 74). Ebeling reads nam-ri-ri (1953: 152).

4. ma-rat {d}3(u) ul-lu-hu šu-luh-hi-ki#?
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, your purificatory rites are adorned.

5. ma-rat {d}3(u) na-šu-u₂ GARZA-MEŠ-ki
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, your ritual ordinances are performed (lit. lifted up).

6. ma-rat {d}3(u) ana di-ni-ia qu-li-ma ana DI.KUD-ki
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, pay heed to my case, and according to your passing of judgment,
#note: Abusch and Schwemer (2011: 332) prefer to translate the last phrase with the first word of the next line: "because you administer justice." Compare Meinhold (2017: 75), who takes išarūtu with the verb in line 7.

7. i-ša₂-ru-tu₂ lul-lik#?
#tr.en: Let me prosper.
#note: This line is indented; it continues the previous line. CAD I/J, 227 reads the verb as lulli[k], which occurs a few times with išarūtu in the sense of "let me prosper" (see also Abusch and Schwemer 2011: 332, 334; Meinhold 2017: 74). Ebeling reads lib-ša₂ (1953: 152); see Meinhold 2017: 76 for criticism.

8. ana di-ni-ia SI.SA₂{+tu₂} li-iz#?-[ziz?]
#tr.en: Let justice prev[ail] for my case.
#note: This line is also indented. Ebeling suggests li-ta[b-ši(?)], "herrschen" (1953: 152), but this seems unlikely now. Abusch and Schwemer (2011: 327; likewise, Meinhold 2017: 74) restore li-i[z-ziz]. See their collation on pl. 132, no. 65.

9. ma-rat {d}3(u) an-ha-[ku]
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, [I a]m weak.
#note: Restorations follow Ebeling 1953: 152 unless otherwise noted.

10. ma-rat {d}3(u) šu-nu-ha-[ku]
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, [I a]m exhausted.

11. ma#-rat# {d}3(u) GIG{+ku} ma-rat {d}3(u) u₂-[šu₂?-ša₂?-ku?]
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin I am sick; O daughter of Sin [I am] dee[ply distressed].
#note: Ebeling suggests u₂-[šu-ša-ku] (1953: 152). ŠU₂ and ŠA₂ are more likely in the limited space available in the gap (see Meinhold 2017: 74; compare Abusch and Schwemer 2011: 32, u₂-[šu-ša₂-ku(?)]).

12. [ma-rat] {d#}3(u) šu-un-zu-qa#-[ku] 
#tr.en: [O daughter] of Sin, [I am] upse[t].

13. [ma-rat] {d#}3(u) šu#-ud-lu#-[pa-ku] 
#tr.en: [O daughter] of Sin, [I am] agitat[ed].

14. [ma-rat {d}]3(u)# ad-ra-ku ma-rat# {d#}[3(u) šu-ta-du-ra-ku] 
#tr.en: [O daughter of] Sin I am afraid. O daughter of [Sin I am frightened].
#note: The restoration at the end of the line follows Ebeling (1953: 152).

15. [...] x# x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]
#note: LKA 58 breaks here (see Abusch and Schwemer 2011, pl. 132, no. 66 for a collation of the signs). KAL 7, 28 likely commences either at this line or just after it (see Meinhold 2017: 74).

$ (KAL 7, 28 starts here)

1'. [ma]-rat# {d#}[3(u) ...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of [Sin . . .]

2'. [ma]-rat# {d}3(u)# [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin [. . .]

3'. [ma]-rat# {d}3(u) ana DINGIR#? [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin to . . . [. . .]

4'. [{d}]asal#-lu₂#-hi MAŠ.MAŠ DINGIR#-[MEŠ ...]
#tr.en: O Asalluhi, exorcist of the god[s . . .]

5'. li#-[...]
#tr.en: May [. .  .]
#note: The line seems to be indented.

6'. [ana?] šim#?-te-ia li-qiš#? [...]
#tr.en: May . . . give(?) [. . . for] my fate.

7'. [ana] ŠU#-MIN-MEŠ SIG₅-MEŠ ša₂ DINGIR#-[MU? ...]
#tr.en: [. . . to] the benevolent hands of [my(?)] (personal) god.
#note: Meinhold suggests restoring luppaqid at the end of the line, "may I be delivered" (2017: 74, 76, credited to Schwemer).

8'. [x] x# AN? NA#? x# [(x)] x x x [x x]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

9'. [...] x ma#-rat# {d#}3(u)# x x [(x)]
#tr.en: [. . .], O daughter of Sin, . . [. . .]

10'. [ana-ku {m}]x-x-[(x)]-a-ni DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ x# x# [x x]
#tr.en: [I, . . .] . . ., the son of his (personal) god, . . . [. . .],

11'. [(x)] x x (x)-še-e ma#-rat# {d#}3(u)# x x [(x)]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . ., O daughter of Sin, . . [. . .]

12'. [{lu₂}]UŠ₁₁.ZU u# {munus#}UŠ₁₁#.ZU#
#tr.en: [wa]rlock and witch

13'. [x x (x)] x-ti#? IGI-MEŠ#-šu₂-nu x x [x]
#tr.en: [. . .] . their eyes . . [. . .]

14'. [x x x (x)] x# x# x# x# [...]

$ rest of obverse missing

@reverse

$ beginning of reverse missing

$ (gap of 0 to 4 lines maybe between obv. and rev.)

1'. [ip-šu-šu]-nin#-ni# u₂#-lap#-pi#-[tu-nin-ni]
#tr.en: [They annointed] me and they touch[ed me],
#note: KAL 7, 28 commences here.

2'. [u₂]-kat₃#-ti#-mu#-nin-ni UŠ₁₁#-[šu-nu]
#tr.en: [Their] witchcraft has [co]vered me,

3'. [UŠ₁₁]-šu#-nu UŠ₁₁-šu-nu HUL.[GIG-šu₂-nu]
#tr.en: (Also) [t]heir [magic], their sorcery, and [their] hate [magic].
#note: I understand ḪUL.GIG as the noun zīru, which designates a kind of magic here (see Abusch and Schwemer 2011: 147, 253, 255, 284, passim).

4'. [li-sa]-pi#?-ih-ma ma-rat [{d}3(u) ...]
#tr.en: [May it disp]erse(?), O daughter of [Sin . . .]
#note: For a different understanding of the syntax of lines 2ˊ-4ˊ, see Meinhold 2017: 76-77.

5'. [ma]-rat# {d#}3(u)# lu# tuk#-li# [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin, may my help be [. . .]

6'. [ma]-rat {d}3(u) [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin [. . .]

7'. [ma]-rat {d}3(u) x [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin [. . .]

8'. [ma]-rat {d}3(u) [...]
#tr.en: [O daug]hter of Sin [. . .]

9'. [x] EL# ana UŠ₁₁# [...]
#tr.en: [. .] . for witchcraft [. . .]

10'. [{d?}iš?-tar?] be-let KUR.KUR-MEŠ# [...]
#tr.en: [O Ishtar(?)], lady of the lands, [. . .]

11'. ma#-rat? {d#}3(u)#? [...]
#tr.en: O daughter of Sin, [. . .]

$ (gap of unknown length, including a rubric and perhaps ritual instructions)

1''. EN₂ at-tu₂-nu MUL-[MEŠ ...]
#tr.en: Incantation: You, star[s . . .]
#note: Excavation photograph PhK533 may indicate a few traces in a line preceding the present one. These are not represented in Ebeling's copy, LKA 58, or transliteration (Ebeling 1953: 152).

2''. {d}EN.LIL₂ DU₃-ku-nu-ši x# [...]
#tr.en: Enlil created you [. . .]

3''. {d}NU.DIM₂.MUD ina AN{+e} ma-za#-[az-ku-nu ...]
#tr.en: Nudimmud [. . . your] posit[ion] in the heavens.
#note: Ebeling suggests the final verb is ukīn, "established" (1953: 152; likewise, Meinhold 2017: 75).

4''. GIŠ-HUR-MEŠ ki-na-a-ti u₂-il#-[...]
#tr.en: The firm plans . . . [. . .]
#note: See Meinhold 2017: 76-77 for the reading of this line (against Ebeling's copy in LKA 58 and edition [1953: 152]).

5''. {d}da-gan muš-na-mir uk-li muš-te#?-[x x]
#tr.en: To Dagan, who brightens the darkness, who . . . [. . .].
#note: Ebeling wants to read the end of the line as muš-[tah-li ik-li-ti], "who illum[inates the darkness]," but there is probably only enough room for two or three signs (1953: 152). And, Meinhold sees on excavation photographs PhAss4149 (not available to me) and PhK533 the beginning of a sign that starts with a ŠE group (2017: 77). (After looking at the latter excavation photograph, this seems possible but not entirely certain.) The line likely ends with a participle (perhaps muš-t[e-šir], "leads [aright]," according to Meinhold). Ebeling notes (152, n.3) that this line and the next seem out of place in this prayer.

6''. tu-tar hab-tam šal-la a-na UN-MEŠ-[šu]
#tr.en: You return the captive, the plundered one to [his] people.
#note: The restoration of the final sign goes back to Ebeling 1953: 75.

7''. ana-ku NENNI A NENNI al-si-ku-nu-ši
#tr.en: I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, call out to you.

8''. ši-ma-a qa-ba-a-a
#tr.en: Hear my speaking!

9''. MUL ša as-su-u ana SIG₅{+ti₃} DU{+ka}
#tr.en: May the star to whom I call out come (to me) with favor!

$ single ruling

10''. KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ MUL-MEŠ DU₃-A-BI#
#tr.en: The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to all of the stars.
#note: I wonder if the last word, here standing for kalāma, "all," caused the scribe to leave out the DU₃-DU₃-BI, "its ritual," at the head of the ritual instructions in the next line.

11''. lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA DU₃{+[uš]}
#tr.en: You do (the ritual) with either a ritual assemblage or a censer.

$ single ruling

@edge

1. DUB# {m}aš-šur-GAR-MU A {m}šu-ma-a {lu₂}ŠAB.TUR.TUR#
#tr.en: Tablet of Ashur-shakin-shumi, son of Shumaya, the junior scribal apprentice. 
#note: The colophon is not included in Ebeling's copy. See Abusch and Schwemer 2011, pl. 133, no. 67 for the copy.

2. ša# a-na {d}+AG EN kul-lat EN-šu₂ tak-[lu]
#tr.en: Whoever trusts in Nabu, lord of everything, his lord,

3. NIR.GAL₂.ZU NU TEŠ₂#
#tr.en: Whoever trusts in you shall not be put to shame.