Archival

Depositional

historical

historical epic

royal inscription

unknown

Scholarly

unknown

AOAT 034, 041

Reference

Object

Inscription

AOAT 034, 041[via caspo]

Reverse
rr NaN  (beginning reverse missing)
r 1'r 1'

[... GAR]⸢an I₃?⸣.[GIŠ ...]

[. . . you pl]ace. Oi[l . . .]

r 2'2'

[...] ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ šu-a-tu ⸢IM⸣.[BABBAR ...]

[. . .] that oil, gyp[sum ...]

r 3'3'

[... giš]⸢KIŠI₁₆⸣ u₂tar-[muš ...]

[. . . c]amelthorn, lup[in . . .]

r 4'4'

[... ta-sa]-⸢ak?⸣ ana ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ šu-a-⸢tu⸣ [...]1

[. . . you pulv]erize, into that oil [. . .]

r 5'5'

[1(diš) ša] ⸢na₄⸣GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL 1(diš) ša KU₃.[GI ...]

[one from] alabaster, one from go[ld . . .]

r 6'6'

[na₄GIŠ].⸢NU₁₁⸣.GAL KU₃.GI na₄⸢ZA⸣.[GIN₃ ...]

[alab]aster, gold, lapis [lazuli . . .]

r 7'7'

[ina DA] KEŠDA ina dugBUR.ZI.GAL GAR⸢an⸣ [...]

You place (it) [alongside] the ritual assemblage, in a burzigallu-bowl [. . .]

r 8'8'

[... ina gišDILIM₂].⸢I₃⸣.ŠEŠ₂ gišTASKARIN ina DA KEŠDA GAR⸢an⸣

[. . . in a sal]ve of boxwood alongside the ritual assemblage you place (it)


r 9'9'

[EN₂] ⸢d⸣AMAR.UTU EN KUR.KUR šal-⸢ba⸣-[bu ...]

[Incantation]: O Marduk, lord of the lands, furio[us one . . .],

r 10'10'

⸢šar-ḫu⸣ ed-de-šu-u₂ git₂-⸢ma⸣-[lu ...]

Splendid one, ever-renewing, perf[ect one . . .]

r 11'11'

[ti]-iz-qa-ru ṣi-ru ša₂ la [...]

[Prom]inent, exalted one, who[se] [. . .] cannot [. . .],

r 12'12'

[le]-⸢ʾ⸣-u₂ rap-šu₂ uz-nu ⸢ABGAL⸣ [...]

[Cap]able one, broad-minded, sage of [. . .],

r 13'13'

[dAMAR].UTU EN kab-tu šu-tu-ru ša ša₂-[qu-u₂ ...]

[O Mar]duk, noble lord, supreme being, who[se . . .] is exa[lted],

r 14'14'

[gaš-ru] ⸢pu⸣-un-gu-lu a-li-⸢li⸣ [...]

[Mighty], massive, formidable one, [. . .]

r 15'15'

[a-bu-ub giš]⸢TUKUL⸣ qa-bal la [ma-ḫar ...]2

Armed [with the flood], without [rival] in battle [. . .]

r 16'16'

[dDUMU-du₆]-ku₃ ⸢git₂⸣-[ma-lu ...]

[O Bindu]ku, perfec[t one . . .]

(rest of reverse missing)

1Abusch and Schwemer prefer to see the first sign as a malformed SUD₂ (2016: 232), which is quite possible.

2The translation of the first half of the line is indebted to Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 240.