BMS 51[via caspo]

Obverse
oo NaN  (beginning surface missing)
o 1'o 1'

[u? DINGIR]ut-[ka ...]1

[And your divini]ty [. . .]

o 2'2'

e-ṭi₂-ir [...]

Rescue [. . .]

o 3'3'

ta-bal up-ša₂-še-[e ...]

Carry off the sorcer[y . . .]

o 4'4'

[ša] NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU [...]

[Which] humanity [. . .]

o 5'5'

GUB-ma ši-[me ...]

Stand (here) and list[en ...]

o 6'6'

aṣ-bat TUG₂-ka u₂-[kil ...]

I lay hold of your garment; I hol[d tight . . .]

o 7'7'

gi-mil TI.LA UGU-[ia šu-ku-un]

[Establish] a requital of life for [me].

o 8'8'

KA.TAR-ka [lud-lul]

[That I may sing] your praises.


o 9'9'

2(diš) KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂.LA₂ mul[SIPA-ZI-AN-NA-KAM*]

It is the wording of two lifted-hand prayers to [Orion].


o 10'10'

KID₃.KID₃.BI ana IGI mulSIPA.ZI.AN.NA UR₃ [SAR A KU₃ SUD]

Its ritual: In the presence of Orion, [you sweep] the roof, [sprinkle pure water],

o 11'11'

NIG₂.NA šimLI GARan KAŠ.SAG BALqi₂ EN₂ an-ni-tu [ŠIDnu]

You set up a censer of juniper. You libate first-rate beer. [You recite] this incantation.

o 12'12'

[...] BIL.ZA.ZA SIG₇.SIG₇qi₂ gišŠINIG [...]

[. . .] a green frog, tamarisk, [. . .]

o 13'13'

[...] ina? I₃.GIŠ gišŠUR.MIN₃ ŠEŠ₂[su]

[. . .] with cypress oil you rub [him],

o 14'14'

[... u₂IGI]-LIM u₂IGI-NIŠ SUḪUŠ gišNAM.TAR2

[. . . the plant 'heals] a thousand', the plant 'heals twenty', root of mandragora(?)-plant,

o 15'15'

[...] GARan ina UL tuš-[bat]3

[. . .] you put (it). You leave (it) under the stars [overnight].

o 16'16'

[... NAG-šu₂-ma] mim-ma lem-nu NU [TE-šu₂?]4

[. . . you have him drink (it), and] nothing evil [will approach him].


(rest of surface missing)

1A duplicate has the conjuction (u₃) at the head of this line, but there is not enough room for it here, unless, as Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 352 and Mayer 1990: 475 suggest, it was written u.

2See Reiner 1995: 33 for these plant names.

3Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 353 suggest restoring ina KAŠ.SAG(?) in the gap at the head of the line.

4The reading of the line follows Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 353 and 355, with collation on pl. 99.