Fs. de Meyer 75/83b
On obverse Sum. Incantations and abracadabra.
Transliteration
16 apum(GIŠ.GI) ša dSîn qanûm(GI) ša má-gan-na
17 dSîn be-li ú-su-uḫ zi-bi-in-ka
18 da-an-nu-um li-ri-id a-na libbi(ŠÀ) ABZUx(DÉ)-e
19 bā'erum(ŠU.ḪA) i-ba-ar nūnam(KU6)
20 am-me-nim a-di ABZUx?(DÉ?) ṣú-ṣí {IM}{AṢ}im-ḫa-aṣ
21 al-su-um-ma ak-šu-<da>-am-ma
22 il-su-ma-am-ma ⌈ú⌉-ul ik-šu-da-ni
23 Na-zi a-ba-ra-k[a-a]t dNin-gal
24 i-na pí-i na-zi a-ba-ra-ka-tim
25 ša dNin-gal li-ṣí-⌈a⌉-am-ma
26 nūnum(KU6) ša ap-pa-ri-im li-ṣí-a-am
27 tu-e-en-ne-nu-ri ù ma-da-di-im
Translation
16 Reed-bed of Sîn! Reed of Magan!
17 Sîn my lord! Pull out your reed-mat!
18 May the strong-one go down the midst of the Apsû!
19 The Fisherman is catching a fish:
20 Why has he cut the reed-thicket until the Apsû?
21 I ran and I reached (the fish) —
22 It ran (the fish?) but did not reach me!
23 Nazi is the stewardess of Ningal,
24 By the command of Nazi the stewardess
25 of Ningal: may it (the fish) come out to me!
26 May the fish of the marsh come out to me!
27 Incantation formula …
Commentary
17: For zibnum in this line see Cavigneaux 1996, 37.
20: Reading differs than Cavigneaux/Al-Rawi. At the end of the line a partial dittography is suggested: {IM}{AṢ} written twice, completing to im-ha-aṣ with the ḪA which was erroneously taken from the KU6 in l. 19 above.
27: The end of the colophon (ù ma-da-di-im) remains unclear.
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