BMS 56[via caspo]

a
aa NaN  (beginning surface missing)
a 1'a 1'

ša₂ ina [...]1

Who in [. . .]

a 2'2'

duta-u₁₈-[lu ...]

Uta'u[lu . . .]

a 3'3'

IBILA gaš-[ru ...]

power[ful] heir [. . .]

a 4'4'

ik-ka-ru ke-e-[nu ...]

The tru[e] ploughman [. . .]

a 5'5'

mu-gar-ri-in [...]

Who heaps up [. . .]

a 6'6'

e-ṭi-ir [...]

Who rescues [. . .]

a 7'7'

a-na-ku m-šur-[DU₃-A ...]

I, Ashur[banipal . . .]

a 8'8'

ša DINGIR-šu₂ [...]

Whose (personal) god [. . .]

a 9'9'

ina ḪUL AN.GE₆ [d3(u) ...]

On account of the evil of a [lunar] eclipse [. . .]

a 10'10'

[ina] ḪUL A₂-[MEŠ ...]

On account of the evil of portent[s . . .]

a 11'11'

[ša ina E₂].GAL-[MU ...]

[Which . . . in my pala]ce [. . .]

(rest of surface missing)

1Mayer reads ša₂-A[N (1990: 470, and 473 for possible meanings). Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 379 suggest the present reading.