P252006: literary tablet
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) CDLI
[pi2-ta-ar]-ra#-as-si pi2-ta-ar-ra-as!-(si) [ma-ra]-at# a-ni-im ni-pi2-ih sza-me-e [u4?-ma?]-am u2-ul-li-la-a-ma [sza]-me-e sza _an-na_ i-ba-asz-szi ra-mu-um e-li ni-szi i#-ha#-ap#-pu#-up ra-mu-um li-ih-pu-pa-am i-na s,e#-ri#-ia# lu-ud-di lu-uq-bi lu-ta-wu-u2 lu#-ra#-'i3#-im hu-us-si2-ni-ma ki-ma asz-nu-ga#-[a]-li# li-ih-szu#-szu# pa-nu-ki! ki-ma ri-im-ti-[im] e tu-usz-bi a-na mi-li-ik a-bi-ki# e te-el-qe-e mi-li-ik um-mi-[ki] szum-ma qa2-asz-da-at# im-da-sza li#-x szum-ma na-di-a-at# bi-bi-il-sza li#-x
szum-ma ke#-ez-re-et li-ka3-ap-pi2-ir asz#-ta-ma-sza e-li-ia li-im-qu2-ut# szi-[ip]-tum# u2-ul ia-tu szi-pa#-at# e2-a u3 (d)inanna isz-ku-nu
a scepter a scepter a scepter a scepter a day? he shall bring, and a scepter of heaven there is, a scepter above the people he shall smite, a scepter above my people shall smite, I shall write, I shall speak, I shall be sated, I shall be sated with my face, I shall be sated like a scepter, my face shall be smashed like a scepter, to the scepter of your father you shall be smashed, to the scepter of your mother if the scepter is smashed, ... if the scepter is smashed, her house .
If the scepter is broken, may it be removed. May it be removed from me. The scepter is not mine. The scepter of Ea and Inanna have been set.
Keep her apart! Keep her apart! The daughters of Anum, in the rising of the sky, purified the day?, and the heaven of Anum. Love was happening, upon the people it was caressing?. May love caress? me! Let me cast a spell, let me command, let me speak, let me love. Think of me as an ashnugallum-snake Let your face rejoice like a wild cow. May you not wait for your father's consent. May you not take your mother's advice. If she is a q.-woman, may she ... her obligation to work. If she is an n.-woman, may she ... a marriage gift.
If she is a prostitute, may she clean her tavern and upon me fall. The incantation is not mine, it is an incantation that of Ea and Ishtar established.