BMS 30[via caspo]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1'o 1' | ⸢RI? BU ZU? AN/TI?⸣ [...]1 | . . . [. . .] |
| o 2'2' | dugGU₂.ZI ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ eb-⸢be₂⸣-[ti ...] | [. . .] a cup of pur[e] wine. |
| o 3'3' | as-ruq-ki se-req ⸢ŠIM⸣.[ḪI.A ...] | I sprinkle for you a flour offering of [. . .] arom[atics]. |
| o 4'4' | ⸢qut-ri⸣-in-na e-[ri-ša ...]2 | Incense, a [. . .] frag[rance], |
| o 5'5' | a-ku-⸢li ṭa⸣-a-ba ši-[ti ...] | Eat the pleasing (foods); dri[nk . . .] |
| o 6'6' | ḪUN.GA₂iḫ ŠA₃-ki ka-bat-⸢ta⸣-[ki ...] | Let your heart be at rest, [your] mind [. . .] |
| o 7'7' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ NIG₂.GIG IGI-⸢an-ni-ma ti? x x x⸣ [...]3 | I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whom a distress/taboo has confronted, and . . . [. . .] |
| o 8'8' | da-ia-na-ti di-ni di-⸢i⸣-[ni] | You are the judge; deci[de] my case. |
| o 9'9' | muš-te-ši-ra-a-ti a-lak-ti ⸢lim⸣-[di] | You are the one who guides aright; lea[rn] my course. |
| o 10'10' | li-saḫ-ra i₃-li₂ ša₂ iz-nu-u₂ ⸢KI⸣-[MU] | May my (personal) god, who is angry with [me], be turned back to me. |
| o 11'11' | in-nin-ti DU₈ri ka-si-ti li-⸢ir⸣-[mu] | Release my sin; may my constraint be loos[ened]. |
| o 12'12' | ZIiḫ GIG ša₂ SUia BADsi ⸢mun⸣-gu ša₂ DA-[ia]4 | May the illness of my body be removed; the paralysis of [my] arms withdraw. |
| o 13'13' | lip-ta-ṭi-ru a-di-ra-tu₂ ša₂ lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ | May the apprehensions of my heart be dispelled. |
| o 14'14' | šur-kim-ma MU u NUMUN lu ARḪUŠ si-li-ti : lu-ša₂-pa zi-kir-⸢ki⸣ | Give me a child and heir (lit. a name and a seed), may my womb be a (sound) womb that I may glorify your name. |
| o 15'15' | TIuṭ lu-uš-lim-ma nar₃-bi-ki lu-ša₂-⸢pi⸣ | Let me live, let me be well that I may glorify your great deeds |
| o 16'16' | da-li-li-ki lud-lul5 | (and) sing your praises. |
| o 17'17' | a-mi-ru-u₂-a nar₃-bi-ki li-ša₂-pu-⸢u₂⸣ | Let those who look upon me glorify your great deeds |
| o 18'18' | a-na UN-MEŠ DAGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣6 | to the far-flung peoples! |
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | [KA]-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ ⸢d⸣[INANA-KAM*] | [It is the wor]ding of a lifted-hand prayer to [Ishtar]. |
| r 22 | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI ina U₄ ŠE.GA liq-te-diš IGI diš₈-tar₂ ⸢UR₃!(AMA) [SAR] | Its ritual: On a favorable day let her purify herself. In front of Ishtar sweep the roof. |
| r 33 | A KU₃ SUD GI.DU₈ GINan ZU₂.LUM.MA ZI₃.⸢EŠA⸣ [GARan]7 | You sprinkle pure water. You set up a portable altar. Dates (and) fine meal [you set out]. |
| r 44 | NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A LAL₃ I₃.⸢NUN.NA GAR⸣[an] | You set out a mersu-cake, honey, (and) ghee. |
| r 55 | dugA.DA.GUR₄ GINan KAŠ.⸢SAG⸣ BAL⸢qi₂⸣ | You set up an adagurru-vessel (and) libate first-rate beer. |
| r 66 | šid-di GID₂ad ZI₃.DUB.⸢DUB⸣.BU ⸢ŠUBdi⸣8 | You draw the curtains. You lay down a small heap of flour. |
| r 77 | KU.KU gišEREN gišMES U₂.⸢SIKIL.LA⸣ 1(diš)niš [ḪE.ḪE]9 | [You mix] together bits/seeds(?) of cedar wood, mesu-wood, (and) sikillu-plant. |
| r 88 | ina I₃+GIŠ gišŠUR.MIN₃ mu-šal gišTASKARIN te-sip ina ⸢TE⸣ KEŠDA [GARan]10 | You gather (all that) together in cypress oil on/in(?) a palette (made of) boxwood. [You set] (it) to the side of the ritual assemblage. |
| r 99 | EN₂ an-ni-tu₂ 3(diš)šu₂ ŠID-ma [...] | You recite this incantation three times and [. . .] |
| r 1010 | KA.KEŠDA DU₈-ma NI.BI ⸢x⸣ [...] | You clear away the ritual assemblage and . . . [. . .] |
| r 1111 | an-nu-u₂ qi₂-⸢iš?-tu AN⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | This . . . gift(?) . . . [. . .] |
| r 1212 | EN₂ DINGIRti di₂-gi₃-gi₃ bu-⸢uk-rat⸣ [...] | Incantation: Goddess of the Igigi, daughter of [. . .] |
| r 1313 | DUB.ME 3(u) 4(diš).KAM* EN₂ ⸢ur?⸣-[...] | 134th tablet of incantations . . . [. . .] |
| r 1414 | E₂.GAL mAN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA [...] | Palace of Ashurbanipal [. . .] |
| r 1515 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | [. . .] . . . [. . .] . . . |
1The readings follow Zgoll 2003: 184.
2The line is indented.
3The last three signs need collation with the original tablet. See Zgoll 2003: 185, who cites Mayer 1976: 458. NIG₂.GIG could be ikkibu, "taboo," or maruṣtu, "distress, evil."
4Previous transliterations read MUN without comment or brackets but the sign is only partially visible on the tablet. Reading da-m[i?-ia], "my blood," at the end of the line goes back to Ebeling 1953: 120, though it is problematic on semantic grounds. Paralysis in the arms is attested elsewhere. See CAD M/2, 203.
5The line is indented.
6The line is indented. The corner of this tablet must have broken off since the time King’s copy was made. The last signs of obv. 17ˊ and 18ˊ are broken somewhat. King’s copy shows them as perfectly whole.
7Zgoll 2003: 186 restores DUB.
8The meaning of šiddu is disputed. It may be a line of meal. See Maul 1994: 55f.
9KU.KU = uṭṭāṭu, "grain, barley, seed, kernel."
10The ritual instructions here are difficult to understand. My reading and interpretation is influenced by CAD A/1, 257. Zgoll (2003: 186) prefers to read mu-raq, which she understands as some kind of scent or essence (Duftstoff, 188).