AOAT 034, 070[via caspo]


Obverse
o 1o 1	⸢EN₂⸣ at-ta ⸢^mul⸣GAG.SI.SA₂ ^dnin-urta ⸢SAG⸣.[KAL ...]	Incantation: You (are) Sirius, Ninurta, the foremo[st ...],
o 22	[ša₂ ina] ⸢AN⸣^e KU₃-MEŠ ne-bu-[u₂ ...]1	[Who in] the pure heavens is bri[lliant . . .]
o 33	[^duta]-⸢u₁₈⸣-lu ša₂ la ma-ḫar [...]	[Uta]'ulu, without ri[val . . .]
o 44	⸢IBILA⸣ gaš-ru na-ram ⸢a⸣-bi DINGIR-MEŠ [...]	Powerful heir, beloved of the father of the gods [. . .]
o 55	⸢ik-ka-ru⸣ ke-e-nu ⸢muš⸣-tap-pi-ik ⸢ka⸣-[re-e]	The true ploughman, who continually piles up the stor[es of . . .]
o 66	[mu]-⸢gar⸣-ri-in ^dNISABA ⸢e⸣-ṭi-ir ⸢nap⸣-šat [...]	[Who] heaps up grain (lit. Nisaba, goddess of grain), who rescues the lives of [. . .]
o 77	[...] ⸢NENNI⸣ A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ NENNI ^d1(u) ⸢5(diš)-šu₂⸣ [NENNI^tu₄]	[. . .] so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so, (and personal) goddess (is) [so-and-so],
o 88	[am]-⸢ḫur⸣-ka-ma ⸢a-ta-mar⸣ [...]
o 99	[aš₂]-šum₂ gi-mil ⸢dum⸣-qi₂ e-pe-še [...]	[Bec]ause [. . .] to give a favorable requital.
o 1010	[kiš]-pi ep-šu-⸢nim⸣-ma e-nat [...]	They did [witch]craft against me, and [. . .] is changed.
o 1111	[ru]-⸢su⸣-u saḫ-ru-in-ni-ma ⸢ku^?-ri^?⸣ [...]	They turned [sor]cery against me, and [. . .] depression [. . .]
o 1212	⸢ḪUL⸣.GIG ZI.KU₅.RU.DA [...]2	Hate-magic, cutting-of-the-throat magic, [. . .]
o 1313	[an]-⸢da⸣-na-qu-ta [...]	[I cont]inually fall [. . .]
o 1414	[ina IGI] ⸢DINGIR u⸣ MAN šu-uš-ku-na-ku-⸢ma⸣ [...]	[In the presence of] god and king I am held in bad repute, and [. . .]
o 1515	[ana mim-ma] ⸢ḪUL⸣ ḫi-ra-ku-ma mur-⸢ṣu lem⸣-[nu ...]	I am sought after [by 'Whatever] Evil', and ev[il] sickness [. . .]
o 1616	[SAG.ḪUL].⸢ḪA⸣.ZA DAB-ni-ma ⸢mu⸣-[šu ...]	[San]ḫulḫazu (a demon) has seized me, and nig[ht . . .]
o 1717	[... saḫ]-ra-ni-ma GIM ⸢x⸣ [...]	[. . . surr]ounds me, and like . [. . .]
o 1818	[... ta]-⸢sa⸣-aḫ-ḫa-ru [...]	[. . . you] turn [. . .]
o 1919	[...] ⸢x^?⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
o 2020	[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]3	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
	(rest of obverse missing)
Reverse
rr NaN	(beginning reverse missing)
r 1'r 1'	[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
r 2'2'	[...] ^mAN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ [...]	[. . .] Ashurbanipal, king of everything [. . .]
r 3'3'	[...] ⸢DAGAL⸣^tu₄ iš-⸢ru⸣-[ku-uš]	[. . .] gav[e to him] wide [. . .]
r 4'4'	[... ṭup-šar-ru]-⸢ti⸣ ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ[ⁿⁱ ...]	[. . . the scribal cr]aft, which among king[s . . .]
r 5'5'	[...] ⸢la i-ḫu⸣-[zu ne₂-me]-⸢eq ^dAG ti-kip⸣ sa-an-tak-⸢ki⸣ [...]	[. . .] they did not lear[n, the wisd]om of Nabu, cuneiform sig[ns, . . .],
r 6'6'	[... aš]-⸢ṭur⸣ as-[niq] ⸢ab-re-e⸣-ma a-na TI.LA-ia₂ na-ṣir [...]	[. . . I w]rote, coll[ated], (and) checked, for my life, the guarding of [. . .]
r 7'7'	[...] ⸢GIG⸣-ia ⸢kun-ni SUḪUŠ⸣ ^gišGU.ZA LUGAL^u-^ti-[ia ...]	[. . .] my illness, the establishing of the foundation of the throne of kingship, [. . .]
r 8'8'	[...] ⸢E₂ ^d⸣AG ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢NINA^{ki^?} EN GAL⸣^e ⸢EN⸣-[ia ...]	[. . .] the house of Nabu, which (is) in Nineveh, the great lord, [my] lord, [. . .]
r 9'9'	[...] ⸢u₂⸣-kin aḫ-ra-⸢taš šip-ru⸣ [šu-a]-⸢ti₃^?⸣ ^d⸢AG⸣ ḫa-[diš ...]	[. . .] I deposited. In the future, [thi]s work, O Nabu, joy[fully . . .],
r 10'10'	[...] ⸢LUGAL⸣-u-ti e-ma a-ša₂-as-⸢su₅^?-ka^?⸣ qa-⸢ti⸣ [ṣa-bat]	[. . .] kingship. Whenever I call on you, [take] my hand.
r 11'11'	[ina i-tal-lu]-uk E₂-ka ka-a-a-an u₂-ṣur kib-si-ia la ba-še-e [...]	On account of (my) frequenting your house, guard my steps constantly. Not to be [. . .]
r 12'12'	[...] le-ʾu-ti-ia₂ liš-ša-kin₂ šap-tuk-ka e-ma šip-ru šu-[a-tu₂]	[. . .] may my power be established with your lips. Whenever th[is] work
r 13'13'	[E₂-uk]-ka šak-nu-ma <kun-nu> ma-ḫar-ka kaq-da₃ nap-lis-ma ḫi-⸢tas-sa⸣-[sa SIG₅-ti]4	is established [in] your [house] and <set up> before you, look (on me) constantly and always keep [my good fortune] in mi[nd].
r 14'14'	[^dtaš-me-tu₄] ⸢GAŠAN⸣ GAL^tu₄ ḫi-ir-⸢tu₂⸣ na-ram-ta-⸢ka DIB^?^{at^?}⸣ ab-bu-[ti ina maḫ-ri-ka]	[Tashmetu], great lady, your beloved wife, who interce[des for me before you],
r 15'15'	[ina ma-a-a]-al ⸢tak-ne₂-e⸣ u₄-mi₃-šam-ma la na-par-⸢ka⸣-a li-tir₂-⸢riš-ka⸣ TI.LA ⸢x⸣ [...]	[in the be]d of tender love every day without ceasing, may she constantly request from you life (for me) [. . .]

1Mayer would restore the head of the line to ša₂-A[N (1990: 470, and 473 for possible meanings), based on parallels. Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 379 proposed the present restoration/reading in duplicates.

2With Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 382, I translate these words as technical terms for specific kinds of malevolent magic.

3Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 380 suggest [... IGI.BAR-an-ni-m]a(?), "[. . . look upon me, an]d."

4The restoration is based on the parallel in BM 123388 = CT 51 208.