A prayer to Enki for Ḫammu-rābi (Ḫammu-rābi B)
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[{d}]lugal-šubur{ki} ⌈men⌉ edin-na nam-lugal-la [saĝ-ĝa2 ḫu-mu-ra-an-ĝal2]
May Lugal-Šubur place on your head the desert crown of kingship! May Enki, the lord of life, …… life, and in the E-unir, the house of the plans of heaven and earth which rides upon all the divine powers, may he cover your priestly headdress in awe and splendour! May he make the divine powers of kingship resplendent for you, and fit you up forever with the plans appropriate to the rank of en priest! May he gently recite for you live-giving incantations, bestowing in addition a long-lived destiny; may the uttering of your name delight Enki as much as the uttering of his own name! May he reward you with wisdom and intelligence! May your royal name be as something unchangeable! May Father Enki prolong the years of your life, and may he grant you lordship over every one of the foreign lands. O Ḫammu-rābi, my king!
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[{d}]⌈en-ki-ke4⌉ [en] nam-til3-la nam-til3-la ⌈ḫe2⌉-[eb-…]
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e2-u6-nir e2 ĝiš-ḫur an ki-a ? ⌈šar2⌉-[ra u5-a]
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suḫ10 nam-en-na-zu ni2 [me]-lem4 ḫa-ra-⌈dul-e⌉
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me nam-lugal-la pa e3 ḫa-ra-ab-ak-e
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ĝiš-ḫur nam-en-na gi16-sa-še3 ḫu-mu-ra-ab-la2
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mu7-mu7 nam-til3-la-kam mi2 zid ḫu-mu-ri-in-dug4 nam su3-ud-ĝal2 ḫa-ra-ab-taḫ-e
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mu pad3-da-ni-gin7 mu pad3-da-zu su {d}en-ki-ke4 ḫa-ba-ni-dug3
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ĝeštug3 ĝizzal šu zid ḫa-ra-an-ĝa2-ĝa2
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[niĝ2] ⌈du-ri2⌉-še3 [nu]-ub-kur2-ru-gin7 mu nam-lugal-zu
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a-a {d}en-ki mu nam-til3-la-zu ḫa-ba-ni-sud-sud
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kur-kur kilib-ba-bi nam-en-bi ḫa-ra-ab-rig7-ge
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[{d}]ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi lugal-ĝu10
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