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1'. [... UD.DA]-ka# GIM {d#}[UTU ...]
#tr.en: [. . .] your [shining appearance . . ], like [Shamash ...]

2'. [... EŠ].BAR# KUR.KUR GAR{+in} [ina IGI-ka]
#tr.en: [. . . the dec]ision of the lands is set [before you].

3'. [ana-ku {m}{d}aš-šur]-DU₃#-A DUMU# [DINGIR-šu₂]
#tr.en: [I (am) Ashur]banipal, son of [his (personal) god],

4'. [ša DINGIR-šu₂ {d}aš-šur] {d#}iš₈-tar₂-šu₂ {d}aš-šur-i#-[tu₄]
#tr.en: [Whose (personal) god (is) Ashur] (and personal) goddess (is) Ashuri[tu].

5'. [pal-ha-ku] ad#-ra-ku u šu-ta-du#-[ra-ku]
#tr.en: [I am afraid], frightened, and terrif[ied].

6'. [... i-šal]-lu#-ka-ma SUM{+in} [mil-ka]
#tr.en: [. . . they inqu]ire of you, and you give [advice].

7'. [uš-bu pu-hur-šu]-nu# uš-ta-mu-u ina KI#.[TA-ka]
#tr.en: [They are seated in the]ir [assembly]; they discuss (it) at [your] fe[et].

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8'. [{d}3(u) šu-pu-u₂ ša₂ E₂-KUR i-šal]-lu?#-[ka-ma ta-mit DINGIR]-MEŠ#? [SUM-in]
#tr.en: [O resplendent Sin of Ekur, they inqu]ire of [you, and you give the oracle of the god[s].
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9'. [UD.NA₂.AM₃ U₄]{+um#} ta#-mit#-ti-ka pi#-[riš-ti-ka DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ]
#tr.en: [The day of the new moon (is) the d]ay of your oracle, the se[cret of the great gods].

10'. [U₄.3(u).KAM* i]-sin-na-ka U₄{+um} ta#-[šil-ti DINGIR{+ti}-ka]
#tr.en: [The thirtieth day (of the month) (is)] your [fe]stival, the day for cel[ebrating your divinity].

11'. [{d}AŠ].IM₅#.BABBAR e-muq [la ša₂-na-an]
#tr.en: [O Nam]raṣit, [unrivalled] in strength,

12'. [ša₂ la i]-lam#-ma-du mi-lik-[šu₂ ma-am-man]
#tr.en: [whose] advice [no] one [can] learn,

13'. [as-ruq]-ka se-er-qu# [GE₆ el-lu]
#tr.en: [I offered] to you a [pure] flour-offering [of the night].

14'. [aq-qi₂-ka] re-eš-ta-a ši-kar# [da-aš-pa]
#tr.en: [I libated] for you first-class [sweet] beer. 

15'. [kam₂-sa-ku az-za]-az# a-še-ʾ# [ka-a-ša₂]
#tr.en: [I am kneeling (and) I sta]nd. I (hereby) seek [you].

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1. [INIM.GAR] dum#-qi₂ u mi-ša₂-ri GAR{+un#} [UGU-MU]
#tr.en: Establish [for me] a propitious and just [oracular utterance].

2. [DINGIR-MU u] {d}iš₈-tar₂ ša iš-tu# [U₄-MEŠ]
#tr.en: [My god and] my goddess, who for [ma]ny (in next line) [days]

3. [ma-ʾ]-du#-ti is-bu-su# [UGU-MU]
#tr.en: have been angry [with me],

4. [ina kit]-ti# u mi-ša₂-ri lis#-li-[mu KI-MU]
#tr.en: [Through tru]th and justice, may they be at p[eace with me].

5. [ur-hi lid-mi₃]-iq# pa-da#-ni# [li-šir]
#tr.en: [May my path be favo]rable, [may] my way [be straight].

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1'. [KA.INIM].MA# ŠU#.IL₂.LA₂ {d}[ZUEN?-KAM₂]
#tr.en: [It is the wording] of a lifted-hand prayer to [Sin].

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