OrNS 59, 488 (= BM 57532)[via caspo]

Obverse
o 1o 1

EN₂ qa-rit-tu₄ d-tar ka-nu-ut [...]

Incantation: O heroic Ishtar, cherished [. . .]

o 22

di-par ANe u KIti₃ ša₂-ru-ur [...]

Torch of the heavens and earth, brilliance [. . .]

o 33

din-nin-ni bu-uk-rat d3(u) [...]

Innini, firstborn of Sin [. . .]

o 44

tu-am-tu ṭar₃-ri šu-pu-u₂ [...]

Twin sister to the bearded, manifest [. . .]

o 55

d1(u) 5(diš) da-na-ti-ma ANe [...]

Ishtar, you are (like?) Anu, [. . .] the heavens.

o 66

GIM d+EN.LIL₂ ma-li-ku te-[...]

Like Enlil, the counsellor, you [. . .]

o 77

dmu-um-mu-ma ba-an par-ṣu [...]

Mummu, creator of the rites [. . .]

o 88

tak-lim-tu₄ de₂-a ina ap-si [...]1

At the instruction of Ea in the Apsu [. . .]

o 99

e-ma ba-aš₂-mu ki-sur-ru-[u₂ ...]

Wherever ground plan[s] are formed, [. . .]

o 1010

ša pa-a šak-nu ta-paq-qi₂-[di ...]

(There) you appoi[nt] those endowed with speech [. . .].

o 1111

šum-ma <<ana>> ina di₂-gi₃-gi₃ a-a-[u₂ ...]

If among the Igigi, wh[o . . .]

o 1212

i-na da-nun-na-ki al ša-[nin-ki]

Among the Anunnaki, where (is) [your] riv[al]?

o 1313

at-ti-ma ina ša₃-sur ni-[ši ...]2

You are the one [. . .] (yet) in the hum[an] womb [. . .]

o 1414

[tu-]-te-pe-el ši-ma-[at-ma ...]

[You ex]change fa[te . . .]

o 1515

[]-ʾe-ma!(KU) DINGIR-MEŠ [...]

(When) I sought out the gods, [. . .]

o 1616

[as]-ḫur? ina d1(u) 5(diš)-MEŠ [...]

[(When) I turned] to the goddesses, [. . .]

o 1717

[pa-nu-uk]-ki dALAD [...]

A protective spirit (šēdu) (goes) [before] you, [. . .]

o 1818

[... me]-še-ri [...]3

Justice [. . .]

(rest of obverse missing)
Reverse
rr NaN  (beginning reverse missing)
r 1'r 1'

[... liš-še]-me₂ [...]

[. . . be h]eard

r 2'2'

[... a-qab]-bu-u₂ GIM? [...]

r 3'3'

[...] UZU u ḫu-[ud ...]

[. . .] of the flesh and glad[ness of . . .]

r 4'4'

[...] ur ḫe-pi₂ qi₂-šam [...]

[. . .] . . . broken; give to me [. . .]

r 5'5'

[e]-ma u₂-ṣa-am-ma-ru [...]

[wha]tever I strive for [. . .]

r 6'6'

[AN]e! liḫ-du-ka ḫe-[pi₂ ...]4

May [. . .] rejoice on your account, bro[ken . . .]

r 7'7'

[DINGIR]-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ḫe-pi₂ [...]

[. . . the] great [god]s, broken [. . .]


r 8'8'

KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ [dINANA-KAM* ...]

[It is] the wording of a shuila-prayer [to Ishtar. . . .].

r 9'9'

NIG₂.NA šimLI GARan mi-iḫ-[ḫa ...]

You set up a censer of juniper. [. . .] miḫḫu-beer.

r 10'10'

ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ 3(diš)-šu₂ [ŠIDnu ...]

[You recite] the shuila-prayer three times [. . .]


r 11'11'

EN₂ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša da-nim [...]5

Incantation: O great gods of Anu [. . .]

r 12'12'

ul-tu ŠA₃bi DUB.GAL GALi x-[...]6

From a very large tablet . [. . .]

r 13'13'

ki-ma SUMUN-šu₂ ŠAR-ma IGI.TAB IM mx [...]

Written according to its original and collated. Tablet (belonging to) . . . [. . .],

r 14'14'

x DUMU mŠEŠ-x-DU₃ pa?-liḫ? dMUATI NU? [...]

. . . son of Sin-x-bani/ibni, who fears Nabu, not [. . .]

1For taklimtu as an adverbial locative here, see Zgoll 2003: 201.

2The phrase šassūr nišī literally means "womb of the people."

3The reading follows Zgoll 2003: 194.

4Note the second masculine singular pronominal suffix.

5This is the incipit to an incantation-prayer to the Great Gods. It is not registered in Mayer's catalog.

6I owe several readings in the following lines to eBL (https://www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentarium/BM.57532), which relies on unpublished transliterations from Werner Mayer and A. R. George.