KAR 258[via caspo]
| Obverse | ||
| oo NaN | (beginning obverse missing) | |
| o 1'o 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...]1 | |
| o 2'2' | [qur?]-⸢di⸣-ka [...]2 | Your [hero]ic acts(?) [. . .], |
| o 3'3' | [lu]-ub-luṭ ⸢lu?⸣-[uš-lim ...] | (That) [I may] live (and) may [be whole . . .] |
| o 4'4' | KA-INIM-MA ⸢ŠU⸣-[IL₂-LA₂ d...-KAM*] | [It is] the wording of a [lifted]-hand-prayer to [. . .]. |
| o 5'5' | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃-BI [...] | Its ritual: [. . .] |
| o 6'6' | EN₂ ⸢LUGAL DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ⸢gaš⸣-[ru-u₂-ti]3 | Incantation: O king of the powe[rful] gods, |
| o 7'7' | ⸢ša nap!?-ḫar?⸣ KUR.⸢KUR?⸣ [...]4 | Who [. . .] all the lands. |
| o 8'8' | d7(diš) [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | O Pleiades, [. . .] . [. . .] |
| o 9'9' | NIGIN-⸢ku⸣-[nu-ši ...] | I turn to y[ou . . .] |
| o 10'10' | mu-šu ⸢u₃?⸣ [ur?-ra? ...]5 | Night and(?) [day(?) . . .] |
| o 11'11' | aš₂-⸢ti x⸣ [...]6 | I drank . . [. . .] |
| o 12'12' | ⸢x⸣ u₂ ⸢x⸣ [...]7 | . . . [. . .] |
| o 13'13' | ⸢KA-INIM⸣-[MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ mulMUL-KAM*]8 | [It is] the wording of [a lifted-hand prayer to the Pleiades]. |
| (rest of obverse missing) | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1'r 1' | ⸢IL₂⸣ši [...]9 | Who bears/lifts [. . .] |
| r 2'2' | ⸢šar₅?⸣ DANNA ⸢x⸣ [...]10 | A great distance (lit. 3600 double hours) . [. . .] |
| r 3'3' | [a]-na ZALAG₂-ka u₂-[...]11 | [T]o your light . . [. . .] |
| r 4'4' | [iš]-šem-me si-qir-[ka ...]12 | [Your] utterance [is] obeyed (lit. heard) [. . .] |
| r 5'5' | [man?-za?]-az-ka e-⸢tel?⸣-[...] | Your [positi]on(?) . . . [. . .] |
| r 6'6' | [x]-⸢x⸣-MEŠ ŠAT TE I [...]13 | [. .] . . . . [. . .] |
| r 7'7' | [a]-na ⸢la? a?-lit?-ti?⸣ [...] | [T]o the barren (lit., the one who cannot give birth) [. . .] |
| r 8'8' | [a]-⸢na?⸣ [x]-⸢x⸣-i [...]14 | [T]o . . . [. . .] |
| r 9'9' | [x] ⸢x x LID?⸣ MU ⸢x⸣ [...] | [.] . . [. . .] |
| r 10'10' | [x] ⸢x⸣ NA? ŠU₂? ana? ⸢x x? A x⸣ [...] | [.] . . . [. . .] |
| r 11'11' | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ ŠU ⸢x⸣ [...] | [. .] . . . [. . .] |
| r 12'12' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | [. . .] . . [. . .] |
| r 13'13' | [...] ⸢KU?⸣ [...] | [. . .] . [. . .] |
| r 14'14' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | [. . .] . . . [. . .] |
| (rest of reverse missing) |
1The obverse and reverse of Ebeling's copy are here exchanged.
2Ebeling restores the line conjecturally as follows (1953: 150): [qur]-di-ka [lu-ša₂-pi da₃-li₂-li₂-ka lud-lul], though I cannot find any shuila-prayer that begins a line with this word. See BMS 52 + K.16361, r5ˊ (= P396503).
3The text of Zappu 3 likely follows. See BMS 52+ K.16361, rev. 10ˊ (= P396503) for the full catchline.
4The second sign is not clearly a NAP, though this is what we would expect if the opening line here wers the same as the opening line of Zappu 3 (so Mayer 1976: 432). At the other end of the line: Ebeling's restoration of š[u!-pu-u], based on the parallel in BMS 52, seems to force this witness to conform to the duplicate (1953: 150). In the present witness, either the scribe has repeated KUR to indicate the plural explicitly or he has simply made a mistake (again, if this is the opening of Zappu 3).
5There is no room at the head of the line for Ebeling's proposed restoration: [harrānāti]-ia₅ šu-ši-[ra], "make my way straight" (1953: 150).
6A reference to tears, maybe?
7The x indicating the final broken sign in the line could be a lower horizontal in a sign in the previous line.
8The restoration of the šuila-rubric here is entirely conjectural since KA-INIM-MA is the beginning of several other kinds of textual rubrics.
9Unattributed restorations follow Ebeling 1953: 150. The lines on this side of the fragment are identified as the only witness (so far) of Shamash 4, according to Mayer's catalog (1976: 410).
10We may very well expect lissi, "may (it) withdraw," at the head of this line. But, as matters stand, there does not seem to be room, even if it was spelled lis-si. And the hymnic context may argue against it.
11Ebeling restores u₂-[taq-qu-u₂], "they attend to" (1953: 150); the gods or people are presumably the subjects. STT 60+, obv. 7 (= P338378) provides a better parallel: a-na ⸢ZALAG₂⸣-ka u₂-⸢paq⸣-[qa] te-ne₂-še-e-ti, "the peoples pay he[ed] to your light."
12Ebeling restores a second person verb at the head of the line, [te]-šem-me (1953: 150).
13Restore [{giš}]BANŠUR₂#?-MEŠ = paššūrū(?), which is not the typical logographic representation of the Akkadian word.
14Ebeling didn't even attempt a transliteration of this side of the fragment after this line, noting "Rest vorläufig unbrauchbar" (1953: 150). Without a duplicate, it seems to me, the lines will remain unusable.