OIC 22, 132 22[via ccpo]


Obverse
1'1'	[...]-⸢ri⸣ KÉŠ.DA-su ⸢šu⸣-[...]	[...] his binding [...],
2'2'	[...] ⸢kéš^?⸣-da : bu-di šá ^d15 šá ⸢GIM⸣ [...]	[...] ... means the implement of Ištar which is like [...].
3'3'	[...] ri-ḫu-tu₄ : ana in-na-kam^! :^! šá [...]1	[...] means “progeny;” innakam means [...].
4'4'	[...] ⸢:⸣ kur kéš-da : ra-kas ⸢KUR^!⸣ ⸢x⸣-[...]2	[...], kurkešda means “to tie a mountain,” [...]
5'5'	[...]-⸢x⸣ : ka-a-pu šá ka-le-e ma-[...]	[...] means “to oppress” in the meaning “to hold back” [...],
6'6'	[... ka]-⸢a⸣-pa : ḫa-ba-lu : kap-ka-pu : [ḫab-bi-lu ...]3	[... “to opp]ress” (kâpu) means “to wrong” (ḫabālu), whence “powerful” (kapkapu) means [criminal (habbilu) ...].
7'7'	[...] ⸢x⸣-kal-lum áš-šú e-del [...]	[...] ..., because “to close” [...]
8'8'	[... bu]-qu-um-mu-ma ana ba-qa-⸢mu⸣ [...]	[...] “plucked out” derives from “to pluck” [...].
9'9'	[...]-⸢x⸣-qu lìb-bu-u ⸢x⸣-[...]	[...], as in [...]
10'10'	[...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...]	...

1According to Civil’s copy (JNES 33 p. 331), the sign IN could be read as še-er.

2Civil’s JNES 33 (1974) p. 338 reading UTUL₇^!(KUR)ZÌ^!(KÉŠ)DA seems too forced.

3The equation kâpu = ḫabālu is elsewhere attested only in Malku IV 134, from where it was probably borrowed. The next entry in Malku is kāʾipu = ḫabbilu.