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According to Pulisa, [man of … ]
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[When the king] attacks an enemy [lan]d
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and [re]turns [from the enemy border,]
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[if] either some male deity [or female deity is angry]
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[and (as a result)] a plague occur[s among(?)] the people,
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[I do the following:]
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While he [is] re[turning] from the enemy border,
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they pick one (war) captive and one woman of the (enemy’s) land.
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[On which(ever) road] the ki[ng] came from the land of the enemy,
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the king s[tands] on that road.
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All of the lords stand with him.
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They bring the captive and the woman before him.
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He removes the garments from his body.
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They put them on the man.
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But on the woman they [put] the garments of a woman.
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To the man the king says as follows—
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if it is [not] convenient for the king, the he sen[ds] another
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and that one takes care of the ritual—
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that one [sa]ys [to] the man as follows:
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“If some male god of the enemy land has caused this plague,
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I have j[us]t given to him an adorned man as a substitute.
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This o[ne is gr]eat with respect to his head, this one is great with respect to his heart, and this [one is gr]eat with respect to his limb.
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You, male deity, be [pla]cated [with] th[is] adorned man.
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Tu[rn agai]n in friendship to the king, the [lords], the ar[my, and to] the land of Hatti.
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[…] but [let] this prisoner be[ar] the plague
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and [tr]ansport (it) back[ into the land of the enemy.]”
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He speak[s t]o the woman as well in the same way in case the dei[ty] is f[emale].
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Thereafter, [they drive in] one bull [and] one e[we]
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[and … of] the same enemy [l]and.
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His (the bull’s) ears [are] ringed [ … ].
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[ … ] he/[th]ey [ … ]
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He dra[ws] forth red wool, yellow-green wool, bla[ck] wool, [white wool …] from the king’s mouth.
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[He says as follows:]
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“Because the king kept becoming blood[-red, yellow-green, b]lack, [and white …],
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[let th]at […] back to the land of the en[emy]
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and [with respect to] the person of [the king], the lords, the inf[antry, and the cha]riot[ry do not] take notice,
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(but) take notice of the land of the enemy!”
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And to/for wheat [ … ]
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The ringed bull [they bring]
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[and] he [s]ays[ as follows]:
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“The god [of] the enem[y] who [caused this plague],
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if he is a male god, to you I have gi[ven] an [ado]rned, ringed, and powerful(?)1 bull.
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You, O male god, be pacified.
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Let [th]is bull carry [this plague] back into the land of the enemy.
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[Turn again in friendship to the king, to the prin]ces, the lords, the army and to the la[nd of Hatti].”
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Afterwards, he speaks (regarding) the ado[rned] ewe [also in the same way] in case the deity is female.
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Then the ringed bull [and the ewe are made to] run in front [of the captive] and the woman.
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Then afterwards […].
(break)
(Gap of unknown lenght)
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[ … ] from/with [ … ]
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[ … ] he transports [ … ]
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good [ … ], the[n … ]
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[ … ] On the tablet [are prepared] two rituals
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[One ritua]l of Puliša [ … ]
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[ … one ritu]al of Ummaya [ … ]
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Meaning of mālant- uncertain. Kümmel’s suggestion “powerful(?)” tentatively endorsed by CHD.
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