AOAT 034, 001 + Or 59, 486 (= K.17283)[via caspo]

Obverse
o 1o 1

EN₂ d3(u) NANNAru [...]

Incantation: O Sin, [. . .] luminary [. . .]

o 22

d3(u) ed-deš-šu-u₂ mu-[nam-mir ...]

O Sin, perpetually renewing one, who ill[uminates . . .]

o 33

ša-ki-in na-mir-ti [...]

Who provides light [. . .]

o 44

ana UN-MEŠ ṣal-mat SAG.DU [...]

To the black-headed people [. . .]

o 55

nam-rat UD.DA-ka [...]

Your shining appearance is bright [. . .]

o 66

šar-ḫat di-pa-ra-ka GIM [...]

Your torch is magnificent, like [. . .]

o 77

ma-lu-u₂ nam-ri-ru-ka KIta [...] ka-a-ša₂1

Your awe-inspiring luminosity fills the [. . .] earth; [. . .] at you

o 88

da-num ANe ša₂ la [i-lam-ma-du ...]

O Anu of the heavens, whose [. . .] no [. . . can learn],

o 99

[šu]-tu?-rat UD.DA-ka GIM [...]

Your shining appearance is [sup]reme [. . .]

o 1010

[kam]-su IGI-[ka ...]

[. . . kn]eel before [you . . .]

o 1111

[].BAR KUR.[KUR ...]

[The de]cision of the land[s . . .]

o 1212

[ina] ḪUL AN.GE₆ [...]

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

o 1313

ḪUL A₂-[MEŠ ...]

Evil of portent[s . . .]

o 1414

[ša₂] ina E₂.GAL-[MU ...]

[Which] (are) in [my] palace [. . .]

o 1515

[DINGIR]-MEŠ [...]

[God]s [. . .]

o 1616

-[bu ...]-ka

[They] si[t . . .] your [. . .]

o 1717

d[3(u) ...]-ka-ma

O [Sin . . .] of you,

o 1818

ta-[mit ...] SUMin

You give the ora[cle . . .]

o 1919

UD.[NA₂.AM₃ u₄-um ta-mit]-ti-ka

The day [of the new moon (is) the day of] your [orac]le,

o 2020

pi-[riš-ti DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL-MEŠ

A sec[ret of the] great [gods],

o 2121

[... i-sin]-na-ka

[. . .] your [fest]ival,

o 2222

[... DINGIR]-ti-ka

[. . .] your [divini]ty,

o 2323

[... la ša₂]-na-an

[. . . unri]valed [. . .]

o 2424

ša₂ [...] ma-am-ma

Whose [. . .] no one [. . .]

o 2525

as-[ruq-ka ...] el-lu

I str[ew before you . . .] pure [. . .]

o 2626

aq-[qi₂]-ka re--ta?-[a ...]

I off[er] to you first-clas[s . . .]

o 2727

kam₂-[sa]-ku az-za-az a-[še-ʾ ...]

I kn[e]el, I stand, I [(hereby) seek . . .]

o 2828

INIM.[GAR] dum-qi₂ u mi₃-ša₂-ri šu-[kun UGU-MU]

Estab[lish for me] a favorable and just oracle,

o 2929

DINGIR-MU [u d]iš₈-tar₂-MU ša₂ -tu [...]

My god [and] my [g]oddess, who from [. . .]

Reverse
r 1r 1

is-bu-su UGU-[MU]

Are angry with [me],

r 22

ina kit-ti NIG₂.SI.SA₂ lis-li-mu KI-MU2

Through truth (and) justice, may they be reconciled with me.

r 33

ur-ḫi lid-mi₃-iq pa-da-ni li-šir

May my path be favorable, may my way be straight.

r 44

u₂-ma-ʾ-ir-ma AN.ZA.GAR₃ DINGIR ša₂ MAŠ₂.GE₆-[MEŠ]

I (hereby) send Anzagar, god of dream[s].

r 55

ina šat GE₆ DU₈-MEŠ ar₂-ni-[ia]

Let him absolve [my] sins at night.

r 66

[lu]--lim!(me) šer₃-ti lu-ta-lil₂ [ana-ku]3

Let me be whole, let [me] be purified of my punishment.

r 77

ana da₃-ra-ti [lud]-lul da₃-[li₂-li₂-ka]

[Let me pr]oclaim [your] pr[aises] forever!


r 88

KA-INIM-MA [ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ d]ZUEN-NA-KE₄

The wording of a [lifted-hand prayer] to Sin.


r 99

EN₂ qa-rit-tu₂ d-tar4

Incantation: O valiant Ishtar.

(rest of reverse blank)

1The last three signs are written on the edge of the tablet. Apparently, the scribe had to squeeze a line, for which see Mayer 1976: 492, line 8, in between what is obv. 7 and obv. 8 here on the tablet.

2For the second sign in the line, Mayer and Loretz copy an E₂ sign rather than KIT, which is on the tablet.

3All MSS attesting this line have a ME rather than a LIM for the third sign. I follow Butler's emendation (1998: 392); see likewise Foster 2005: 761. If this is correct, then an early exemplar of the prayer seems to have miscopied a ME for the LIM. Hätinen objects to the emendation since it means all MSS are corrupt. She prefers to read [lu-u]š-me šer₃-ti, translating the phrase "May I learn of my misdeed" (2021: 457, 459), which is possible; but, it seems the context has moved beyond discovery at this point in the prayer.

4The last horizonal in DINGIR extends all the way to the IŠ on the tablet (not represented in the copy). About two thirds of the reverse is blank.