&P480776 = OrNS 59, 480
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: BM 34970 attests part of Nabu 6.

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1. [...] MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU MU#
#tr.en: (The first syllable of the word musarû, "inscription.")
#note: The series of MU signs on the left edge is inscribed at 90° to the main text on the cylinder. A series of U₂ signs likely ornamented the right edge of the cylinder, which is no longer preserved. Both are part of the ornamentation of the cylinder, forming the first and last sign of the word mu-sa-ru-u₂ = musarû, "inscription."

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1'. [...] SA# SA SA#
#tr.en: (The second syllable of the word musarû, "inscription.")
#note: The line is part of the ornamentation of the cylinder, forming the second sign of the word musarû, "inscription." The series of SA signs is inscribed on this line to separate the previous, unpreserved text from the prayer to Nabu that follows.

2'. EN₂# {d#}+EN# da#-pi#-in# bu#?-[kur₂ {d}bi₂]-in#-DU₆.[KU₃]
#tr.en: Incantation: O mighty lord, so[n of Bi]ndu[ku],

3'. ma-al-ku šu-pu-u₂ na-ši SU.LIM u NI₂.GAL#
#tr.en: Resplendent ruler, who bears radiance and brilliance,
#note: Mayer suggests NI₂.GAL = Akkadian namrirrū, "awe-inspiring radiance" (1990: 461).

4'. {d}+AG da-pi-in bu-kur₂ {d}bi₂-in-DU₆.KU₃#
#tr.en: O mighty Nabu, son of Binduku,

5'. ma-al-ku šu-pu-u₂ na-ši SU.LIM u NI₂.GAL#
#tr.en: Resplendent ruler, who bears radiance and brilliance,

6'. e-tel-lu šu-pu-u₂ le-ʾ-u₂ qar-du
#tr.en: Outstanding lord, capable hero,

7'. er-šu₂ pal-ku-u₂ ha-mi-im šu-ki-a-am
#tr.en: Wise, learned, who embodies (lit. collects) the scribal art,

8'. mu-kil mar-kas₃ lal₃-gar pa-qid DU₆.KU₃.GA
#tr.en: Who holds the bond of the Lalgar and looks after the Dukuga.

9'. a-ša₂-red {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ a-ši-ir# {d}a-nun-na-ki
#tr.en: Leader of the Igigi, who musters the Anunnaki,

10'. ga-mir šip-ṭu u EŠ.BAR bu-ru#-u₂# KI.UR₃.RA#
#tr.en: Who brings judgment and decisions to completion in the firmament (and) terrestrial foundation. 
#note: On the construct chain and the phonetics of bu-ru-u₂ for burūmû, see Mayer 1990: 465-466.

11'. ša₂ {d}a-num {d}+EN.LIL₂ u {d}IDIM še-mu-u₂# zi-kir#-[šu₂]
#tr.en: Who[se] command Anu, Enlil, and Ea hears,

12'. {d#}AMAR.UTU LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ za-ru-šu₂ a-mat-su ma-ag-rat#
#tr.en: Whose progenitor (is) Marduk, king of the gods, whose word is accepted.

13'. [ša₂ ina] ba#-li#-šu₂ šim#-tu₄ la# iš-šim-mu la in-nam-din# [...]
#tr.en: [Witho]ut whom fates are not decreed, [. . .] is not given.

14'. [...] NUN#?{ki#} ra#-ʾ#-im e₂#-sag#-il₂# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .] of Babylon, who loves Esagil,
#note: The reading follows Mayer (1990: 462).

15'. [... tukul]-ti#? e₂#?-[zi-da]
#tr.en: [. . . the suppo]rt of E[zida],

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1. RU
#tr.en: (The third syllable of the word musarû, "inscription.")
#note: The RU is part of the ornamentation of the cylinder, forming the third sign of the word musarû, "inscription." The sign is written in an elongated, unusual manner. See the copy in Mayer 1990: 480.