&P414169 = LKU 27
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: VAT 14502

@tablet

@obverse

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1'. [x (x)] KA# x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

2'. [x] x# UŠ.UŠ NU# QA#? [...]
#tr.en: [.] constantly pursuing . . . [. . .]

3'. [lu] A#.LA₂ HUL lu DINGIR# HUL# [lu ...]
#tr.en: [Whether] the evil alû-demon or an evil god [or . . .]
#note: Restorations follow Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 94 unless otherwise noted.

4'. [lu] DU₃-ši kiš-pi ru-hu-u₂ ru#-[su-u₂ ...]
#tr.en: [or] any witchcraft, magic, (or) sor[cery . . .]

5'. [i]-lu#-ut-ka ra-bi-ti [...]
#tr.en: Your great [di]vinity [. . .]
#note: Abusch and Schwemer reasonably suggest restoring īde anāku lā īde(?) at the end of the line (2016: 94).

6'. [NENNI] A NENNI IR₃-ka lib-luṭ liš-li#-[im-ma]
#tr.en: Let [so-and-so], son of so-and-so, your servant, live, be wel[l, so that]

7'. nar#-bi-ka li-ša₂-pi EN u₄-um [bal-ṭu]
#tr.en: He may proclaim your greatness as long as he may [live],

8'. u₃# ana-ku a-ši-pi IR₃-ka da₃-li₂#-[li₃-ka lud-lul]
#tr.en: And I, the exorcist, your servant, [may sing your] prais[es]!

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

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10'. KID₃#.KID₃.BI ina E₂ par₂-si KI SAR A# [KU₃ SUD ...]
#tr.en: Its ritual: In an isolated house, you sweep the ground (and) [sprinkle pure] water [. . .]

11'. [ina] UGU GIŠ.HI.A hu-pe-e ŠIM.HI.A [te-ṣe-en ...]
#tr.en: [You heap up] aromatic plants on top of wood chips [. . .]
#note: Abusch and Schwemer translate iṣṣī ḫupê as "wood shavings" (2016: 95).

12'. [GI].IZI#.LA₂ GI DU₁₀.GA ina IZI PIŠ₁₀#.[{d}ID₂ ta-qad-ma]
#tr.en: [You light] a torch of sweet reed with a sulphur-(fueled) fire.

13'. [ZI₃.MA].AD#.GA₂ ta-sar₂-raq ana [IGI ...]
#tr.en: You strew about [maṣḫ]atu-flour. In the [presence of . . . ]

14'. [x (x) NINDA].I₃.DE₂.A [LAL₂ I₃.NUN.NA GAR{+an}]
#tr.en: [You set out . . . a me]rsu-cake (made of) [honey (and) ghee].

15'. [...] LI# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

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

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@reverse

1'. [ta-ad-da-na-bu]-bi# a#-ma#-[tu₂ ma-ru-uš-tu₂]
#tr.en: [You keep speakin]g a [troubling] wor[d],
#note: Unless otherwise noted, all restorations are based on duplicates (see Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 93), which are not treated in this project.

2'. [ta-as-hu-ri-in]-ni# [...]
#tr.en: [You turned against m]e [. . .]

3'. [ta-at-tal]-ki#-ma [...]
#tr.en: [You went abo]ut, and [. . .]

4'. [ta]-ad#-gu#-li-in-ni-ma [...]
#tr.en: [You] looked at me, and [. . .]

5'. [a]-na#-ku ina qi₂-bit AN.ZIB₂ {d#}[1(u) 5(diš) ...]
#tr.en: I, according to the command of competent [Ishtar, . . .]

6'. na#-ak-me₂-eš a-na ub-bu-ri#-[ki ...]
#tr.en: Like a . . . to denounce [you, . . .]
#note: For a discussion of the problematic first word (and its variant na-ak-de-eš in another manuscript), see Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 96.

7'. [a]-na# la šu-li-i ša₂ šu-mi₃-ia# [...]
#tr.en: [T]o not call my name as witness [. . .] 
#note: Falkenstein's copy shows GIŠ-li-i instead of ŠU-li-i but I see a hint of all the required horizontal wedges in my photographs. "My name" serves metonymically for the supplicant's person.

8'. ap#-pa-šiš ha-šu-ut-tu₂ aṣ#-ṣa#-[bat ...]
#tr.en: I have anointed myself with ḫašūtu-plant; I have laid h[old of . . .]

9'. [ina qi₂-bit] {d#}1(u) 5(diš) {d}na-na-a {d}ka#-[ni-sur-ra ...]
#tr.en: [At the command] of Ishtar, Nanaya, (and) Ka[nisurra . . .]

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10'. [KA.INIM].MA# UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA#.[KAM*]
#tr.en: [It is the wording of] a witchcraft-releasing incantation-prayer.

11'. [DU₃.DU₃.BI {u₂}IGI]-lim# <{u₂}IGI-NIŠ> {u₂}tar-muš {u₂#}[ha?-šu?-ut?-tu₂?]
#tr.en: [Its ritual: The plant] "heals a thousand," the plant "heals-twenty," lupin, (and) [ḫašūtu]-plant,
#note: The restoration at the end of the line follows Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 94.

12'. [... ina] IGI {d}1(u) 5(diš) GAR{+an#?} [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] you set (it) out in the presence of Ishtar [. . .]

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13'. [...] EN# RA [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

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

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