&P480757 = Si.7 + Si.823 + Si.988
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##note: Si.7+ contains Marduk 1 and a šigû-prayer to a goddess. I have not seen all of the fragments comprising this tablet. I must rely on excavation photographs, Geers notebook, and eBL until the Sippar tablets are officially published by Selim Adali.

@tablet

@obverse

1. EN₂ šur-bu-u₂ e-tel# DINGIR-MEŠ {d#}AMAR.UTU gaš-ru
#tr.en: Incantation: O most exalted, pre-eminent of the gods, mighty Marduk,

2. mun-tal-ku na-ram {d}e₂-a# [ša₂] la# uš-tam-sa-ku e-piš KA-šu₂
#tr.en: Judicious one, beloved of Ea, [wh]ose command (lit. act of his mouth) cannot be annulled,

3. a-na e-peš pi-i-šu₂ šar-hi u₂-taq#-qu#-u GAL-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃#-gi₃#
#tr.en: To whose proud command (lit. act of his mouth) the great Igigi give attention.

4. ul ip-pa-rak-ku-u {d}a-nun-na#-ki# IGI-ka kam*-su
#tr.en: The Anunnaki never cease bowing down before you,

5. EN šik-nat ZI-ti₃ reme₂-nu-u₂ mu-šam#-dil {d}aš-na-an
#tr.en: The lord of the living creatures, merciful one, who multiplies grain,

6. na#-din# NIDBA-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ mu-kil# ma-ha-zi#
#tr.en: Who gives food-offerings for the gods, custodian of the cult places,

7. muš#-te-šir IDIM-MEŠ ID₂-MEŠ BAD#-u₂ miṭ-ra-a-ti
#tr.en: Who guides springs (and) rivers aright, who opens up the canals,

8. EN KUR.KUR LUGAL AN{+e} u KI-ti₃ mu-kam-mir ṭuh-di
#tr.en: Lord of the lands, the king of the heavens and the earth, who heaps up abundance,

9. DINGIR ša₂ ina ba-li-šu ina ABZU ši-mat UN#-MEŠ la iš-šim-mu
#tr.en: The god without whom in the Apsu the fate of the people cannot be determined.

10. ta-bar-ri DU₃ da-ad₂-me za-ma-na-a# tu-bal#-la ar₂-hiš
#tr.en: You oversee all of the habitations. You quickly extinguish the enemy.

11. mu-zap-ra šap-pi-ta la da-gal IGI-šu₂ te-<ne₂>-si#
#tr.en: You remove the malicious, the treacherous one, who shows no deference (lit. not seeing his face).
#note: Against the majority of previous translators, I do not think this line intends to communicate blindness (see Foster 2005: 689; Seux 1976: 290; and Falkenstein and von Soden 1953: 311). Note that the (previously unpublished) duplicate K.17421 + K.20314 reads [la da-g]a-la pa-ni-šu₂, "[not attend]ing to him." Thus, we should read here IGI-šu₂ = pānīšu. Oshima 2011: 398 suggests reading the final word te-se?-<er?>, "you lock up." Von Soden suggests reading te-si! from esû (AHw, 250), "to effectuate, bring to pass" (CDA, 81; see also Falkenstein and von Soden 1953: 311, where the verb is translated "führst du herbei"). But this very poorly attested verb does not make sense in the context of the full line, now available clearly in Si.7 but left out of Scheil's first transliteration of the tablet (1902: 97) and, apparently, not considered in Ebeling's treatment, 1953: 92, where he restores te-[pit-ti] as the final verb in the present line. CAD M/2, 245 suggests reading the verb as te-rim, "you strike with blindness(?)," but this seems to be based on Geers' copy, Notebook Ac, p.2, which, due to his drawing of the final sign in Si.7, would allow such ambiguity. The photograph does not. Although the verb is broken in both K.3505b and K.17421 + K.20314, in both tablets space considerations indicate room for only one sign after TE (preserved in both witnesses), exactly as Si.7 would suggest here, which reads te-si. But what could te-si mean? Based on the context of the preceding and following line, I think the present line indicates Marduk's active involvement in producing a negative outcome for the enemy described here (i.e., the malicious, treacherous person who shows no deference). The verb that fits the bill in the present line is nesû; te-si could be construed as a writing of the preterite form of that verb, tessi, "you abandoned, removed." But, based on the verbs in lines 10 and 12, we strongly expect, indeed, the context requires, a durative verb. But we do not have room for a durative form of nesû: te-ne₂-es-si or te-ne₂-si. The graphic similarities of NI, IS, and SI, however, lead me to suspect the current spelling of the verb, te-si, in Si.7 and the likely spelling in the two Ninevite witnesses (te-[si]) all represent an ancient mistake in the transmission of the text, which preserved a durative form of the verb nesû. Somewhere in the manuscripts' genealogies, the best reading was lost.

12. EME mu?-zap-ra-ti tu-hal-laq ar₂-hiš
#tr.en: You quickly destroy the slanderer (lit. malicious tongue).

13. GU₂ e-la-a tu-šak-na-aš ra-ag-gi-iš
#tr.en: You bring into submission (lit. make bow) the stiff-necked like the wicked.
#note: See CAD R, 67 for the intended meaning: "you make bow the stiffnecked as (you make bow) the wicked."

14. a-a-u₂ DINGIR ša₂ ina AN{+e} u KI{+ti₃} i-ir-ru ka-a-ša₂
#tr.en: Which god among those in the heavens and the earth could oppose you?

15. ša-qa-ta-ma UGU DINGIR-MEŠ DU₃.A.BI#?
#tr.en: You are high above all the gods.

16. i-na DINGIR-MEŠ a-tar mi-lik-ka
#tr.en: Among the gods, your counsel is superior.

17. UGU# a-bi a-li-di-ka {d}e₂-a šu-tu-ra-ta#
#tr.en: You are far superior to Ea, the father who engendered you.

18. x# [x x]-x#-am-ma ta-bar-ra DU₃-šu₂#-nu le-qa-ta#
#tr.en: You oversee [. .] . ., you receive them all.

19. x#-x#-x#-x# te-re-es-su-nu tu#-kal# im-nu-uk-ka#
#tr.en: You hold . . . their decrees in your right hand.

20. te#-ret ABZU qa-tuk-ka paq-da#
#tr.en: The decrees of the Apsu are entrusted to your hands.

21. {d#}a-num ina AN-e u₂-[šar]-bi# MU#-[ka]
#tr.en: Anu ma[gnif]ies [your] name in the heavens.

22. ip#-pa-lis-ka-ma pa-ni-šu₂ [...]
#tr.en: His face looks favorably upon you [. . .]

23. ul# ib-ši GIM ka-a-ta ina DINGIR-MEŠ# [...] x#-ka-x#
#tr.en: None are like you among the gods [. . .] . . .
#note: It seems Si.988 joins here and restores the ends of obv. 23-32.

24. na#-ša-ta bal-tu₂ na-mur-[ra-tu₂] pu-luh-tu
#tr.en: You bear dignity, divine spl[endor], (and) fear.
 
25. me₂?#-lam-mu-ka lab!(kit)-[šu? AN{+e}] DAGAL-ti₃
#tr.en: Your divine radiance clot[hes(?)] the wide [heavens].
#note: The reading is conjectural. The emendation's credibility hinges somewhat on reading a broken sign in Sm.390 (= P425389) as LAB rather than KIT. If the emendation is not allowed, then perhaps we have an otherwise unknown Gt predicative from katāmu (kittumū*). One might restore KI-ti₃ or KUR-MEŠ instead of AN-e. 

26. kul#?-lat par-ṣu ha-am-ma-tu₄#? qa#-tuk-ka paq-du
#tr.en: All the divine rites, (their) total[ity, are entrusted to your hands.
#note: It seems Si.823 joins here and runs to the end of the obverse.

27. [ana] e#-bir A.AB.BA ša₂ e-du-[u₂ x] x#-ru-šu₂
#tr.en: [To] the one who crosses the sea, who know[s .] . . .

28. [i]-šas#-si-ka ina qe₂-reb A.AB.BA {d#}la#-gu-da
#tr.en: Laguda [c]alls to you from the midst of the sea.
#note: Laguda is a name for Marduk, though here he seems to be separate from him. See Lambert 1980-1983 (RlA 6: 430-431).

29. [x x x]-x#-šu₂# tu-bal-laṭ tu-ṭah-ha-šu₂ kib-ri
#tr.en: His [. . .] you restore to life. You bring him (back) to shore.
#note: Si.7 breaks off after this line.

30. [(x)] ša₂# ana hu-bur DU-ku ṭe-eb-ba-a tu#-še-el-li#
#tr.en: You raise up the one who goes into the Hubur River, the submerged.

31. [...]-ib?# x# x# es-ru šer₃-ri ina x# i-x#-x# [(x)]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . confined(?) . . . in . . .
#note: It is hard to imagine how šerru, "infant," works in this context.

32. [... i]-na# dam-qa-a-tu₂ tuš-te#-šir₃#? [...]
#tr.en: You gu[id]e [. . .] arig[ht with] good things.

33. [...] i#-bal-luṭ [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] he lives [. . .]

34. [...]-ri#-tu₂ ina [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . in [. . .]

35. [...] A# x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

$ rest of obverse missing

@reverse
1'. [...] ih#?-[...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . [. . .]

2'. [...]-lam#? x# [...] x# x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . [. . .]

3'. [...]-ṭu# x# [...] x# [(x)]-ru# x# x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . [. . .]

4'. [...] x#-i# [...] x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . [. . .]

5'. [...] x# aš₂#-ru# x# [...] x# x#
#tr.en: [. . .] place(?) [. . .] . . .

6'. [... ia?]-a-ši x ša₂# x# x# x# [(x x)]-še-er#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .] . . .

7'. [x x e]-ʾi#-il#-ti mu#?-x#-[x x] BI
#tr.en: [. . .] my [gu]ilt . . . [.] . .

8'. [x x] x-mu ka-a#-ti x# x#-šam#?-ma x# x# x#
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . to you . . .

9'. [x x] DINGIR-ti-ki GAL-ti# ka#?-a-a-niš lu-uš-me#?
#tr.en: May I hear the [. . .] of your great divinity constantly.

$ single ruling

10'. [KA.INIM].MA#? ši-gu-u {d#}e#-ru₆#-u-a-kam*
#tr.en: It is [the word]ing of a šigû-prayer to Eruʾa.

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