Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

B3ABYLONIAN BOOK~S OF PRIVATE D~EVOTION 2

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7 an gin-gin [
an-ni-ni s'e-rni-i[
9ge-en-azag-gi "e-en-[la"-1a'-gi]
ii eine "ul-ga'l
The reverse has the colophon of the AMurbanipal libraxy.
TRANSLATION.
I Incantation of the house of light. Hear the'pray-er anU*
3 Ninahakud, lady of the holy waters,.5 And the holy goddess Azagsud, who directs the totality of mankind,
7 Hear the prayer......
9 May they make pure, make clean.
II The evil tongue, [may- it depart!
K. 242 5.
Fragment belonging to the prayers of the lifting of the hand (2).
1 giptu bit nu'i al-si-ka [ ] i-nin-an-ni
2 gal-rni ik-ri-bi-ia tak-ru-[bu?]-ti-ti
3 ta-ni-hi-ia Ma danni ~ da-al-pa-ka
4 [ ]KUR AD MU MU MI lud-lik-ka
5 W~tu A'-urn ru'qgti3 te-nin-an-ni
6 [iii?] ba-ni-ia ga-bu-su eli-ia
7 [ ]MI K U f~D ]tak-r[u?. ].ZA LAL-LAL
8[ UD LUPA KU[
10, is the same as Gibil-Nusku god of lire. Cf. ZIMMERN, Ritual no' 26 III 61;
KING, Magic no 12, 86; BA V 649, 4. Here however a goddess.
1. NI.
2. MA-GAL.
3. BAD-Ni sun-ni; or labiritti.