KAL 4, 8[via caspo]

Obverse
(beginning reverse missing)
1'1'

[...] x [...] x [...]

[...]

2'2'

[...] x x [...]

[...]

3'3'

ina ḪUL ša₂? ia₂-a-ši [-šak-na-am-ma ...]1

Concerning the evil that [has befallen] me [and . . .].

4'4'

an-nu-u ṣa-lam bu-[un-na-ni-šu₂]

This (is) the image of the v[isage]

5'5'

ša₂ NENNI A NENNI [...]

of so-and-so, son of so-and-so [. . .].

6'6'

lu? ša₂? ina MAŠ₂.GI₆-MU ZI.ZI-[a ...]2

Whether one who in a dream of mine constantly rose up [against me . . .]

7'7'

lu ina KA-šu₂ E₃a lu [...]3

Whether it came from his (own) mouth, or [. . .]

8'8'

ša₂ aḫ-ṭa-a u₂-qal-[li-lu ...]

which I neglected, I held [in contempt . . .]

9'9'

ša ana-ku aḫ-ṭa-a u₂-[qal-li-lu ...]

which, indeed, I neglected, I [held in contempt ...]

10'10'

a-di 7(diš)-šu₂ lu-[u? pa-ši-ir ...]

Up to seven times (i.e., completely) may it be [released . . .].

11'11'

[am?-si? qa?]-ti?-ia UBUR?-[ia ana UGU-šu₂]4

[I (hereby) wash] my [ha]nds (and) [my] chest. [On its head]

12'12'

[u la-ni-šu₂ aš₂]-pu?-[uk ...]5

[and its frame I (hereby) p]our (the oil). [. . .]

(rest of reverse missing)

1For thoughts about various restoration possibilities here and in line 5ˊ, see Maul and Strauß 2011: 36-37.

2Maul and Strauß suggest restoring lū ša qāssu iššâ, "or one who has raised his hand (against me)," in the gap at the end of the line (2011: 36). See KAR 228, obv. 8 (= PP369192). As they note (37), the line was written over an erasure.

3There is no reason to insert a ša after LU, as do Maul and Strauß (2011: 36). The duplicate in KAR 228, rev. 1 (= P369192) does not attest it: ⸢lu⸣ ina KA-šu₂ u₂-ṣa-⸢a⸣ (collated, against Ebeling's reading); see also a similar line in KAR 228, obv. 9, which reads [lu] ina KA-šu₂ u₂-ṣa-a. (Both lines are cited by Maul and Strauß 2011: 37.)

4Maul and Strauß (2011: 37) have proposed reading NE, a logogram for fever (ummi) or fire (išāt), at the head of this line in the duplicate (KAR 228 [= P369192], rev. 5). I owe the reading am-si to CAD Š/1, 417, which makes better sense in context as a ritual transfer.

5For the assumed oil here, see the ritual instructions in KAR 228, rev. 20 (= P369192).