Reading akkadian PRayeRs & Hymns An Introduction

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READING AKKADIAN PRAYERS AND HYMNS: AN INTRODUCTION
78. sap-ḫat il-la-ti ta-bi-ni pur-ru-ur
79. ú-pa-qa a-na d GAŠAN.MU ka-a-ši ib-šá-ki GEŠTU.II-a-a
80. ú-sal-li-ki ka-a-ši eʾ-il-ti pu-uṭ-ri
81. pu-uṭ-ri ár-ni šèr-ti gíl-la-ti u ḫi-ṭi-ti
82. mé-e-ši gíl-la-ti gloss: i-ši-ti -iá le-qé-e un-ni-ni-ia
83. ru-um-mi-ia ki-si-iá šu-bar-ra-a-a šuk-ni
Line 78: Sapāḫu, “to scatter, to disperse.” Illatu, “family, group, clan.” Tabīnu, “shelter.”
Purruru (D of parāru), “to scatter, to smash.” The first complaint in this line is taken
up as a petition in line 89 (sapiḫtu illatī lipḫur).
sapḫat illatī tabīnī purrur
Line 79: GEŠTU = uznu, “ear, wisdom, understanding.” Both preterites can be understood
as performatives (see line 1). With this line, the attention turns back from the suffering
of the supplicant to Ishtar. See the relation to line 14 (puqqu D). At the beginning of
the first invocation (line 1) and the first petition (line 42), the act of praying is mentioned.
In line 79, at the beginning of the second petition (lines 79–102), the main stress lies at
first on the awaiting of Ishtar’s reaction.
upaqqa ana bēltīya kâši ibšāki uznāya
Line 80: Kâši, “to you,” is redundant with the pronominal suffix (–ki) on the verb; it
probably serves to emphasize the supplicant’s calling out to the deity and it underlines the
shift of attention from the supplicant back to the deity. Eʾiltu (iʾiltu), “bond, liability, sin.”
Paṭāru , “to release, to absolve.” Now the act of praying is mentioned with direct reference
to the very beginning of the prayer (line 1: usallīki bēlet bēlēti ilat ilāti). Only here does it
become evident that the supplicant feels guilty despite the plea to the contrary in line 68.
In line 81, however, there is a whole catalogue of terms for sin and guilt, which has parallels
in other prayers (see Mayer, UFBG, 115, n.93.).
usallīki kâši eʾiltī puṭrī
Line 81: Arnu, “guilt, penalty, fault, sin.” Šērtu, “guilt, offense, punishment.” Gillatu,
“sin.” Ḫiṭītu, “act of negligence, sin, offense.”
puṭrī arnī šērtī gillatī u ḫiṭītī
Line 82: Mêšu, “to disregard.” Išītu, see line 73. See also line 43.
mēšī gillātīya [gloss: išītīya] leqê unnīnīya
Line 83: Ru-um-mi-ia is to be read as rummî (D impv. from ramû, “to release, to
unlock”), a late Babylonian writing, see šadî in line 11 (Zgoll, 65). Kīsu, “bonds, binding.”
Šubarrû, “freedom from service obligations,” with a 1cs suffix.
rummî kīsīya šubarrâya šuknī