&P480773 = OrNS 59, 483 (BM 34984)
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: BM 34984 contains part of Nusku 3 and Kaksisa 1.

@tablet

@surface a

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

2'. [...] x#? is ša₂ a ka# x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . [. . .]

3'. [... ag]-gu# ŠA₃{+ba}-ka li#-nu#-uh# ana sur#-[ri]
#tr.en: May your ang[ry] heart be at ease immediat[ely]!

4'. [... lu]-u₂ ṣa-bit a-bu-ti-i at-ta#
#tr.en: [. . . may] you [b]e my intercessor,

5'. [...] gil₂-la-ti-i pu-us-si-is
#tr.en: [. . .] obliterate my guilt.

6'. [...] SIG₅# u₄-mi-šam!-ma lit-tal-lak KI-ia₂
#tr.en: May [. . .] (and) a favorable [. . .] go with me daily.

7'. [...] liq-bu-u₂ SIG₅{+ti₃} ana mah-ri-ka# al#-lik TI.LA
#tr.en: May [. . .] speak (something) favorable. I came before you. With life . . .
#note: It seems that this line is incomplete, lacking the verb lušbe, "may I be sated," present in, e.g., VAT 9030, obv. 38. There may be room for it in the next line.

8'. [... KA-INIM-MA] ŠU#-IL₂-LA₂ [{d}]NUSKA#-KE₄
#tr.en: [. . ] lifted-hand prayer to Nusku.

9'. [EN₂ x x (x)]-tu₂ git₂-ma-lu du-un#-[nu ...] x# ša#?-[nu?-du? ša₂?]-qu#?-[u]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . ., perfect in stren[gth], [. . .] illus[trious, highe[st one],
#note: There are two suggested restorations for the beginning of this line. Mayer (1990: 467) suggests [EN₂ reš-tu-u₂ šub]-tu₂, "[primeval dwel]ling." Alternatively, Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 309 read [EN₂ at-ru(?) šam-ru]-tu₂, "[exceedingly fie]rce" (311, with 312). However, there may not be enough room for so many signs. See p. 312, where they also discuss the grammar of "perfect in strength." Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 309 read ⸢šu⸣-[nu-du] here. See p. 312 for discussion.

10'. [...] qit-ru-du te#-le#-ʾ#-i#
#tr.en: [. . .], valiant, omni-competent one,

11'. [x x EN.LIL₂]{ki#} a-ši-ir {d}a-nun-na#-[ki]
#tr.en: [. . . of Nippur], who reviews the Anunnaki,

12'. [x x (x) E₂]-ŠU#-ME-ŠA₄ at-man-nu ra-šub#-[bu ...]
#tr.en: [. . . of E]shumesha, the awe-inspiri[ng] cella, [. . .],
#note: Given the space at the end of this and the next few lines and lack of space at the beginnings of the same lines, the poetic lines of the text likely do not correspond with the actual lines on the tablet.

13'. [... ek-du]-tu# la-i-ṭu₃ ab-[ru-tu₂? ...]
#tr.en: [. . . the fero]cious, who keeps the str[ong] in check, 

14'. [... na-du]-tu₂# {he₂#-en#}HE₂-GAL₂#{+la#}-[ka ...]
#tr.en: [. . . your] abundance [. . . fall]ow (or, [. . . aban]doned) [. . .].

15'. [... ka]-re#-e# DU₆#.[DU₆ ...]
#tr.en: [. . . grai]n-heaps [. . .] (like a) mound [. . .]

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