BMS 52 + K 16361[via caspo]

Obverse
oo NaN  (missing)
Reverse
rr NaN  (beginning reverse missing)
r 1'r 1'

[...] x

[. . .] . . .

r 2'2'

[...]-na

[. . .] . . .

r 3'3'

[... re-e]-ša₂-ka

[. . .] your [head(?) . . .]

r 4'4'

[...]-x GALta

[. . .] great(?) [. . .]

r 5'5'

[...]-x-in-ni

[. . .] . . . me

r 6'6'

x [... lu]-uk-šu-ud

[. . . may] I achieve,

r 7'7'

ina an-ni-ka ki-nim [...]-ka EN1

At your reliable affirmation [. . .] your [. . .], O lord(?).


r 8'8'

KID₃.KID₃.BI ana IGI mulSIPA.ZI.AN.NA

Its ritual: In front of Sipazianna,

r 9'9'

lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA 3(diš)-šu₂ ŠIDnu

With either a ritual assemblage or a censer you recite (the incantation) three times.


r 10'10'

EN₂ LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ gaš-ru-u₂-ti ša₂ nap-ḫar ma-a-ti šu-pu-u dIMIN.BI at-tu-nu-ma

Incantation: You, O Pleiades, (are) king of the mighty gods, who are manifest over all of the lands.

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r 11'11'

[...] LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂ki

[. . .], king of the world, king of the land of Ashur,

r 12'12'

[...] u₃ dnin-lil₂ tak-lu₄

who trusts [. . .] and Ninlil,

r 13'13'

[... dtaš-me]-tu₄ GEŠTU-2(diš) DAGALtu₄ -ru-ku-

[. . . Tashme]tu gave wide understanding,

r 14'14'

[... na-mir]-tu₄ ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti

[. . .] enlightened [. . .] with regard to the highest level of the scribal art,

r 15'15'

[...] a-lik maḫ-ri-[ia]

[. . .] who came before [me . . .],

r 16'16'

[... šip-ru šu-a]-tu la i-[ḫu-uz-zu]

[whi]ch [art . . . had] not l[earned],

r 17'17'

[... sa-an]-tak-ki [...]

[. . . cuneiform] signs, [. . .].

(rest of reverse missing)

1The tablet is more broken (now) than is indicated on King's copy.