Reading akkadian PRayeRs & Hymns An Introduction

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READING AKKADIAN PRAYERS AND HYMNS: AN INTRODUCTION
18. aš-šum mu-up-pal-sa-ta a-ta-mar pa-ni-ka
19. ki-niš IGI.BAR-an-ni-ma ši-me tés-li-ti
20. ag-gu lìb-ba-ka li-nu-ḫa
21. pu-ṭur an-ni ḫi-ṭi-ti u gil-la-ti
22. ki-ṣir lìb-bi DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti [x x lip]-pa-áš-ra
23. DINGIR u d 15 ze-nu-tu šab-su-tu [u ki]-it-mu-lu-tú li-is-li-mu KI.MU
24. nar-bi-ka lu-šá-pi dà-lí-lí-ka lud-lul
Line 18: Naplusu, “to look upon,” here, “to be favorably inclined.” Muppalsāta is a ms
participle functioning predicatively (2ms). Amāru, “to see.” Pānū, “face.”
aššum muppalsāta ātamar pānīka
Line 19: Kīniš, “faithfully, truly”; here kīniš has the force of “favorably, positively.”
IGI.BAR-an-ni-ma = naplisannī-ma from naplusu (cf. Sum. igi.zid – bar). The form is a ms
impv. with a 1cs object suffix plus enclitic –ma. Šime is likewise a ms impv., from šemû
(see line 14). Teslītu, “prayer.”
kīniš naplisannī-ma šime teslītu
Line 20: Aggu libbaka, “furious heart.” Here the adjective precedes the noun. Nâḫu,
“to become calm.” Linūḫa is a 3cs precative with a 1cs dative suffix.
aggu libbaka linūḫa
Line 21: Paṭāru, “to release, to forgive.” The form is a ms impv. Annu (arnu), “sin,
crime.” Ḫiṭītu, “fault, crime, sin.” Gillatu, “misdeed, sin.” All three nouns bear a 1cs pronominal
suffix.
puṭur annī ḫiṭītī gillatī
Line 22: Kiṣir libbi, lit., “a knot of the heart/innards,” means “anger, indignation.”
Napšuru (N of pašāru), “to be released.” The form is a 3cs precative.
kiṣir libbi ilūtīka rabīti . . . lippašir
Line 23: d 15 = ištaru, “goddess.” zenûtu, šabsūtu, and kitmulūtu are all mp verbal adjectives
(nominative) that mean “angry” or the like. Salāmu, “to be(come) at peace (with).”
KI.MU = ittīya, “with me.”
zenûtu šabsūtu kitmulūtu lislim ittīya
Line 24: Narbû, “greatness,” pl. “great deeds.” Šūpû (Š of [w]apû), “to proclaim, to
announce.” Both verbs in the line are 1cs precatives. Dalīlū, “praises.” Dalālu, “to praise.”
Dalīlīka ludlul is a cognate accusative construction; that is, the verb and its object both
come from the same root. One should translate this idiomatically, “let me proclaim your
praises” or the like.
narbīka lušāpi dalīlīka ludlul