&P522143 = BM 39539 + BM 39828
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
##note: BM 39539 + BM 39828 contains the text of Ishtar 1.

@tablet

@surface a

$ beginning of surface missing

1'. [... tu]-uš?#-te#-pe-[li ...]
#tr.en: [... you] exchan[ge . . .]

2'. [...] su!?-pu-u₂ [...]
#tr.en: [...] prayers [. . .]
#note: If the readings here and in the next line are correct, the scribe has begun both lines in the middle of a poetic line of the prayer.

3'. [...] ka-ši-ma [...]
#tr.en: To you [. . .]

4'. [...] : im-nu-uk mi-ša₂#-ri šu-me-el#-[ki dum-qu]
#tr.en: [...] : Justice (lies) at your right hand, [favor at your] left.
#note: There looks to be two Winkelhaken to the left of IM at the head of lines 4ˊ, which I take to be a colon, separating two poetic lines of the prayer on one line of the tablet.

5'. [...] taš#-mu#-u₂# ma-ga-ri [...]
#tr.en: [...] acceptance, consent, [. . .].

6'. [... šu-tas]-hu#-ra# TI.LA [šu]-ul#?-mu#?
#tr.en: Life (and) [who]leness [rev]olve [. . .]

7'. [... ki-i] qe₂#-ru#-ub# neš#-mu#-[ki]
#tr.en: [. . . how n]ear is [your] hearing.

8'. [... re-min₄]-ni#-ma# {d#}GAŠAN-MU qi₂#-bi-i na-ha#-[a-šu₂]
#tr.en: [... Have mercy] on me, my lady, command (my) prosp[erity].

9'. [... nap-lis-in]-ni-ma le-qe₂-e un-ni#-ni#-[ia]
#tr.en: Look upon me [. . .] and accept [my] prayers.

10'. [... a]-hu#-zu lu-be-el ṭu-ub lib₃-bi#
#tr.en: [I have] seized [. . .]; let me lay claim to goodness of heart.

11'. [u₂-bil ab-ša₂-na]-ki# pa#-ša₂#-ha šuk-ni#
#tr.en: [I have carried] your [yoke]; implement the releasing (of anger).

12'. [...] lu#-u taš#-mu-u₂ u ma-ga#?-[ri]
#tr.en: [. . .]; may there be acceptance and conse[nt].

13'. [...] lim#-me-ru zi-mu-u₂-a#
#tr.en: [. . .]; may my countenance shine (with joy).

14'. [...] u#? šul#-[mu]
#tr.en: [. . .] and who[leness].
#note: The last two signs, š[ul-mu], would have been written over the margin/edge.

15'. [... {d}]LAMA₃# lu-ur-ši#
#tr.en: May I acqui[re the divine guardi]an [. . .]

16'. [... šu-me]-lu#-uk#-[ki]
#tr.en: [. . .] at [your lef]t (side).

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