BMS 18[via caspo]
| Obverse | ||
| oo NaN | (beginning obverse missing) | |
| o 1'o 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...]1 | [. . .] . . . [. . .] |
| o 2'2' | i-na-ṭa-lu ⸢pa⸣-nu-⸢uk⸣-[ka]2 | They look upon [your] countenance, |
| o 3'3' | a-na gi-piš ta-ma-a-ti pa-nu-ka ma-a-⸢du⸣ | Your countenance is greater than the swelling of the sea. |
| o 4'4' | ša₂-qa₂-ta ina ša₂-ma-⸢mi⸣ | You are exalted in the heavens. |
| o 5'5' | kul-lat UN-MEŠ ta-bar-ri | You see all of the people. |
| o 6'6' | šur-ba-ta-ma ina KIti₃ | You are the greatest on the earth. |
| o 7'7' | UZU.UR₅-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [ta]-bar-ri | You see their oracular signs. |
| o 8'8' | ša₂ ḫi-ṭu iḫ-ṭu-u₂ ta-⸢ga-mil⸣-šu₂ at-ta | The one who has sinned you indeed spare. |
| o 9'9' | ⸢ṣab⸣-ta-ku-ma ki-⸢i ti⸣-i-⸢ri⸣ | I grasp like a courtier |
| o 10'10' | ina qa-an-⸢ni-ka⸣ | your (garment's) hem. |
| o 11'11' | ⸢ki⸣-i mu-ra-ni dTU.⸢TU⸣3 | Like Marduk's puppy, |
| o 12'12' | a-la-su-um ur-⸢ki⸣-[ka]4 | I run behind [you]. |
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | na-ša₂-ku NIDBA a-sa-raq [ser-qu]5 | I lift up a food offering, I scatter [a strewn offering (of flour)] |
| r 22 | ⸢pu-ṭur⸣ NIG₂.GIG le-qi₂ un-⸢ni⸣-[ni-ia] | Release the misfortune, accept [my] pray[er]. |
| r 33 | IM-ka DU₈.GA li-zi-qa-⸢am⸣-[ma] | May your pleasant breeze blow over me [that] |
| r 44 | ZIti₃ li-ri-⸢ik⸣ | (My) life may be long! |
| r 55 | la-ta-am nar-bi-ka ana UN-MEŠ DAGAL-MEŠ | Let me tell of your greatness to the far-flung people. |
| r 66 | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ dTU.TU-KE₄ | The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Marduk. |
| r 77 | DU₃.DU₃.BI lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA DU₃uš | Its ritual: You do (it) with either a ritual assemblage or with a censer. |
| r 88 | ⸢EN₂⸣ ga-aš₂-ru šu-pu-u e-ṭil di₂-gi₃-gi₃ | Incantation: Resplendent strong one, pre-eminent one of the Igigi. |
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| r 99 | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ KAM*-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...]6 | [. . .] . . . [. . .] |
1Obv. 2ˊ, 5ˊ, 7ˊ, 10ˊ, 12ˊ, and rev. 4 are slightly indented.
2The restoration follows the duplicates.
3See Lambert 1960: 148: 60 (with note on p. 326) for a close comparison (noted by Mayer 1976: 396).
4The restoration follows a duplicate.
5There seems to be a DIŠ-AŠ above the NA at the start of this line. The restoration is suggested by traces in duplicates.
6Beaulieu and Mayer 1997: 177 read this line as follows: [... KA]M? ⸢EN₂⸣ ⸢ŠU.IL₂.LA₂⸣.KAM-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣, thus suggesting this line provides information about the shuila-series to which the prayer on the tablet belongs.