Note 4 — XXXIX TEMPLE “Z”
A. S. (Agnes Sophia) Johns translation
Oriental Literaturzeitung, 1911, No. 7:—
Ungnad translates the inscription: 1. (iṣu) ṣupur iṣṣuri(?) li (?)-in-ti-ka (?) 2. paan ... -šù(?)-du abulli-šu 3. l[i]-ni’-irat-su 4. mit-gar-śu u(?) ki-bi-su(?) li-in-na(?)[...]. “May the claw of the bird (?) tear to pieces (?) the countenance of him, who ... his gate, and may it hold back his breast; him who is favourable to him and (?) ... may he....”
Peiser translates: 1. ṣupur iṣṣuri lintikā 2. pān nakri šudu abullim 3. linī’ iratsu 4. nuḳarśu u kibīsu linnasiḫ. “May the bird’s claw press down the countenance of the foe before the door, and check his breast, may his devastating step be turned away.”