OECT 11, 11
CDLI No. P274668. OECT 11 in catalogue "Kish, Ingharra, trench C-15".
Transliteration
Obv.
1' ⌈x (x)⌉ […]
2' i-na ⌈x⌉ […]
3' bi4-ka-ni-m[a? …]
4' am-ri-ni-m[a …]
5' li-wi-ru [pānūʾa …]
6' ki-ma li-it-[im…]
7' a-na pa-ni-ia […]
8' ki-ma gišŠINIG SI […]
9' ki-m[a] ⌈x⌉ […]
10' a-n[a?] […]
11' ⌈x⌉ […]
Rev.
1' ki-m[a ṣeḫrim ernittiya]
2' lu-uk-š[u-ud …]
3' ši-ip-tum [ul yâti …]
4' ši-pa-at I[š8?-tár? ù É-a …]
5' a-na WI […]
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6' ⌈li?⌉-šar?-ri […]
7' [x x (x)] ⌈x⌉ […]
Translation
Obv.
1'–2' … in …
3'–4' Wail over me(m.) … Look(f.) at me…
5'–6' May [my face] shine… Like a cow…
7' Towards me…
8'–9' Like a tamarisk(?)… Like a …
10'–11' To… …
Rev.
1'–2' Like [a baby] may I achie[ve my desire!]
3'–4' The spell [is not mine]. It is the spell of I[štar(?) and Ea(?)]
5' To...
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6'–7' May…
Commentary
Obv. 4'–5' amrīnima ... liwwirū [pānū’a?], "look at me... so that my [face] will shine" – This phrase is found in ZA 75 (IB 1554)a: 24–25: am-ra-an-ni-ma ki-ma pi-it-ni-im ḫu-ú-du ki-ma ⌈Ze-e⌉-ra-aš li-ib-ba-ka li-wi-ir "Look at me and rejoice like a harp! Like (through) Seraš may your heart be bright!", and in CUSAS 32, 23b: 16: am-ra-an-ni "Look at me!".
Obv. 8': Or: gišX NAGA.SI = uḫūlu, qarnānu = Salcornia, Salzkräuter AHw 1404, 2.
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