Nebuchadnezzar I 10

(1) The one who administers correctly (all) regions (of the world) [(...)],

(2) The tireless one, who watches over all of heaven and netherworld ...

(3) The lord, whose shining light covers mountain and sea,

(4) And whose awe-inspiring sheen covers the wide[spread] world,

(5) The noble one at whose utterance the [Igīgū] gods pay attention,

(6) And at the issuing of whose command the Anunnakū gods take fright [(...)], presenting themselves on their knees (lit. “stand kneeling”),

(7) The august judge, who makes decisions for god and go[ddess],

(8) The one who dwells in Ebabbar (“Shining House”), the one on whom his fathers rely —

(9) At that time, a royal descendant, one of an enduring lineage, scion of Šuanna (Babylon),

(10) Wise viceroy, reverent, prayerful, one who makes his (the Sun-god’s) heart glad,

(11) Because the king constantly besought the Sun-god, the light of the gods, with supplication(s) and prayer(s),

(12) He (the Sun-god) looked happily (upon him) and gave him the kingship of all people (and) of every region (of the world).

(13) He granted him a just scepter, an eternal throne, (and) a reign of long duration.

(14) He gave orders to him to plunder the land of Elam and he ...

(15) He had been brought to the land of Elam; he turned [it] back (and) inflicted a defeat upon i[t].

(16) The great gods who had become an[gry] with the land of Akkad (and) had gone to the land of Elam

(17) [...] ... [...]

(1') ... over the regions (of the world) [...]

(2') [May] his reign [be made] great and may it be securely established forever in the land of Sumer and Akk[ad]!