A prayer to Enlil for Rīm-Sîn (Rīm-Sîn A)
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{d}en-lil2 lugal an ki-[a] niĝ2-dug4-ga-ni zid inim-ma-ni […]
May Enlil, king of heaven and earth, whose utterances are trusty and whose words are ……, …… the shepherd Rīm-Sîn, …… my king ……. May he who gives him life-giving (?) food-offerings in Nibru stand in prayer before him. May Enlil bestow upon him grain, the benefit of mankind. May he pass his time in joy in the …… of his country. They will …… Rīm-Sîn my king. May he strengthen for him his royal throne and extend his reign. May he decree his sceptre for the south and the uplands. May he make the king's inferiors bow down before him. The offerings of Rīm-Sîn my king, small or great, at Nibru in the E-kur ……. Syrup shall drip like ghee from its fingers. I am as the son of one man, honey and ghee. My king, let offerings …… in my joy. They give me silver …….
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{d}ri-im-{d}suen sipad NU UŠ [X X] ud gi4-a lugal-ĝu10 X […]
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niĝ2-gu7 zi til3-la nibru{ki} ? [X (X)] in-na-an-šum2-ma [(…)] šudu3 ḫe2-en-na-ša4
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{d}ezina2 lu2 sag9 nam-lu2-⌈?⌉ saĝ-e-eš ḫe2-en-na-rig7
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mu gi-bi ma-da-na-? šag4 ḫul2-la ud ḫe2-en-na-ab-zal-zal-e
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{d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-ĝu10 mu-da-an-?-?-ne
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{ĝiš}gu-za nam-lugal-bi ḫe2-en-na-gen6 bal-bi ḫe2-en-na-su3-ud
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ĝidru-ni sig igi-nim-ma ḫe2-en-e-dug4
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lugal gu2-zal-a-bi ḫe2-en-na-ab-gam-e
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nidba {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-⌈ĝu10⌉ tur maḫ-e nibru{ki} e2-⌈kur⌉ […]
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šu-si-bi-ta lal3 i3-nun-gin7 al-biz-biz-ze2-e ĝe26-e dumu lu2 1(DIŠ)-gin7-nam lal3 i3-nun-na
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nidba lugal-ĝu10 ⌈?⌉-ĝu10-ta šu li-bi2-ib-sub
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dumu nu-?-gin7 2 ? kug-babbar ma-an-šum2-mu-uš
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X X X [X X] X dili-ĝu10 al-DA
(1 line fragmentary) I am like …… a man's son. (1 line unclear) ……, may he …… you. Alone (?) Rīm-Sîn, my king, …… like syrup and ghee. (1 line unclear) …… Enlil, his Great Mountain, in accordance with your name may Rīm-Sîn be your Great Mountain. May Ninurta declare …… life for you, and may Ninnibru, the lady who founds cities, ……, enclose you mercifully and kindly …… to protect your life. May Ninšubur, …… whom Nanna declared (?), …… good fortune on your head, and declare life for you. (1 line unclear)
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⌈?⌉ dumu lu2-u3 ĝe26-e-me-en
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da dumu lu2-u3-ne mu-da-la2-e-en
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igi bar mu-u8-dug4 ḫe2-ri-ib-X […]
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dili-am3 {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-[ĝu10] lal3 i3-nun-gin7 šu sub ⌈?⌉ […]
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inim-ĝu10 si bi2-ib-<sa2> e2 ⌈?⌉-da-ĝu10 in-⌈?⌉ ḫu-mu-ak-e
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1(DIŠ) {d}en-lil2 kur gal-a-ni mu-zu-gin7 {d}ri-im-{d}suen kur gal-a-zu ḫe2-me
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nam-til3-zu ⌈?⌉ {d}nin-urta X E X ḫul2 ḫe2-em-dug4 {d}nin-nibru{ki} nin uru2 ki ĝa2-? […]
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? šag4-la2 sug4-gin7-nam X-ga-bi ba-niĝin2-niĝin2 nam-til3-še3 ḫe2-ri-ib-niĝin2-niĝin2
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{d}nin-šubur an igi {d}nanna-ke4 ba-⌈?⌉-[…]
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niĝ2 sag9-ga saĝ-zu-še3 ḫe2-⌈em⌉-X-a nam-til3-zu ḫe2-eb-be2
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igi-zu ib2-ba-a-du8 šag4 la-ba-an-[X]
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