Bu. 1889-4-26, 70[via caspo]

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

[...] x [...]

[. . .] . . [. . .]

r 2'2'

[... lu-te-e giš]ASAL₂ te-ṣe-[en]1

[. . .]. You heap [up] poplar [twigs].

r 3'3'

[... ZI₃.MAD].GA₂ DUB-aq?

[. . . fine fl]our you strew.

r 4'4'

[...] NU KI.ZA.[ZA]

[. . .]; do not prostrate your[self].

r 5'5'

[... ana IGI diš₈]-tar₂? 3(diš)-šu₂ ŠID-ma

[In the presence of Ish]tar you recite [. . .] three times.

r 6'6'

[... ana EGIR-ka] NU IGI.[BAR]

[. . .] do not lo[ok behind you (on your way home)].


r 7'7'

[EN₂ ...] i-la-a-[ti]2

[Incantation: . . .] of godess[es].

r 8'8'

[... za]-mar [ZIḫa]3

[. . . quic]kly [excerpted].

(rest of reverse missing)

1These ritual instructions closely parallel those attached to Ishtar 2 in BM 26187 (= P208501).

2The word i-la-a-ti is the last word of several Ishtar incantation-prayers (at least, Ishtar 1, 2, 8, and 15).

3Line 8' seems to be set lower than a normal line, suggesting it may be the first line of a colophon. If it is a colophon, it could be Asb t (BAK 332), ana mul-te-piš-u-ti za-mar [ZI-ḫa], or BAK 336, ki-i MURUB₂ GIŠ.LE.U₅.UM.MEŠ GABA.RI KUR aš-šur{ki} u URI.KI a-na taḫ-sis-ti za-mar ZI-ḫa.