Sennacherib 158

(1') [... f]or oracl[es ... May] the Igīgū gods ... [...] May the Anunnakū gods reverently [look after] the skillfully crafted things that [I ...] in [...].

(5') [The Ta]blet of Destinies, the bond of supreme pow[er], dominion over the gods of heaven and netherw[orld], sovereignty over the Igīgū and A­nu[n­na­kū] gods, [the se]cret of the heavens and the netherwo[rld, the b]ond of the cover of the heavens (lit. “Anu”) and the netherworld (Ganzer), the lead-rope of ma[nkind, wh]ich (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, took in his hand and held [at his breast — a re]presentation of his form, a replica of his proper appearance, [is ...] on it (the Tablet of Destinies): He grasps [in his] hand [the le]ad-rope of the great heavens, the bond of the [Igīgū] and Anunnakū gods.

(14') He (Sennacherib) had an image of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of [Assyria], the one who fashioned image(s) of the deities Aššur, Anu, Sîn, Šam[aš], Adad, Bēlet-ilī, (and) Ištar of Bīt-Kidmuri, [the shep]herd who expresses humility (lit. “one who strokes the nose”), the agent of (the god) Aššur, his lord, placed [in fr]ont of the representation of (the god) Aššur, his lord.

(19') [O Aššur, fat]her of heaven, king of the gods, the one who decrees f[at]es, [on]ly you hold the Tabl[et of] Destinies of the gods in your h[and]s. Look after the reign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and determine as my fate a [go]od destiny, a destiny of good health, (and) kingship. Lift up my head among al[l] who sit on (royal) daises, so that (rev. 5) the foundation of my [th]rone will be as secure as a mountain until the di[stant] future. For me, the one who provides for you, make [all of the land]s from ea[st to] we[st] sub[mit] to my yoke (so that) [the peo]ple, the black-headed, pray to [you (and so that) my sons], my [gran]dsons, [my] dynasty, (and) [my progeny] end[ure for]ever with the black-headed (people).