SpTU 3, 076 [Šu’ila to Ištar][via cams/gkab]

(o 1) Incantation: Ištar-Kakkabi, goddess of the morning,

(o 2) Mistress of the ladies, elevated among the goddesses,

(o 3) Brightness of the Igigi, light of the lands,

(o 4) Elevated among of the gods, illuminator of the [...],

(o 5) Bright star, torch of brightness, that is bright in [...]. label+ o 6 You illuminate the mountains.

(o 7) I have called on you, my divine lady, in the middle of the pure heavens; pay attention to my speech and listen to what I say!

(o 8) Reliably look at me and come to know (my) distress!

(o 9) I, so-and-so, descendant of so-and-so, whose god is Marduk (and) whose goddess is Zarpanitu,

(o 10) To whom evil happens (and) who endures misfortune.

(o 11) Since the goddess and my god, my lord, became angry on my account,

(o 12) (When) I enter (the house, there is) wailing; (when) I leave, (there is) depression;

(o 13) (When) I walk along a street, the utterances about me are not good;

(o 14) (When) I stand up, "Woe!"; (when) I sit down, moaning.

(o 15) Food is not good for me; I am embittered like bile.

(o 16) On (my) bed of the night: terror and frightening (dreams).

(o 17) I moan like a dove night and day;

(o 18) I am stained with tears; I am covered in dust;

(o 19) Ištar, wherever you curse, you quickly forgive,

(o 20) Your furious heart is merciful (in) my lawsuit.

(o 21) Ištar-Kakkabi, wherever you curse, you quickly forgive,

(o 22) Your furious heart is merciful (in) my lawsuit.

(b.e. 1) You are relenting and merciful.

(r 1) You are always merciful and you are one who forgives.

(r 2) Relent, my lady, may your mood be reconciled with me,

(r 3) (So that) your heart, like a father and mother, may return to its place.

(r 4) May the heart of your eternal divinity be reconciled with me,

(r 5) May my life emerge from your mouth,

(r 6) May peace be put onto your lips.

(r 7) Undo my sin! Bring about justice!

(r 8) May it happen by the word of the great [...].

(r 9) May god, king, nobleman and prince esteem me.

(r 10) May the one who speaks with me, speak truths:

(r 11) Slave and slave-woman, my family, clan, my friend,

(r 12) My friend, companions, and my employee.

(r 13) May the word that I say, whenever I speak, be favoured.

(r 14) May my utterances be made acceptable (in) every street.1

(r 15) May a good finger be pointed behind me.

(r 16) Ištar, my mistress, you are valiant among the gods, you are merciful.

(r 17) I sprinkled ointment on your path.

(r 18) Where your feet tread, ... [...].

(r 19) Your (exclamation) "It is enough!", lady of the lands, is yours, Ištar.

(r 20) Its ritual: before Ištar, (you set up) a censer of burāšu-juniper (and) strew myrtle-wood on the charcoal.

(r 21) You pour a libation of mihhu-beer, sprinkle good oil on the ground (and) recite this incantation three times.

(r 22) (With) the oil which you sprinkled on the ground, you anoint your axe and prostrate yourself. [Your] prayer [...].