Esarhaddon 1015

(i 1') [...] ... [...] creator of the royal crown [... diviner]s [...] ... the oil expert [...] ... difficult ... [who makes] decision(s), filled with radiance, (i 5′) [...] perfect lambs [that] had [no] black spots. He repeated to me [al]l that was in his heart. He did not impart (it) to the wise diviners, (but rather) he wrote (it) on a tablet, put (it) in an envelope, sealed (it), (and) gave (it) to them. He did not sleep all night until the giver of decisions, the lord of lords, the god Šamaš shone. (i 10′) To obtain (correct) decisions, hands were raised (praying). His favorite son prayed to the gods Šamaš and Adad concerning me (and) he made skilled diviners kneel down before them. Until they had assigned a station (and) ... [...] ... distressed ... [...]

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(ii 8') The appointed time [...] Jupi[ter ...] hyp[soma ...] to ... [...] in heaven and [on earth ...] I/he thought/remembered [...]

(v 1) [...] ... [...] the going of [his] divinity [...] (v 5) order of the god Šamaš [...] encouraging, pro[pitious] omens [...] the month Ayyāru (II) arrived [...] the god Adad released his rains [and ...] the Tigris River flood ro[se ...]. (v 10) The seventh day, the vigil ceremony of the god(dess) [...], in the courtyard of Ešarra, where the creat[ion of ...], before the stars of heaven, the god E[a, ...], through the craft of the sage “the wash[ing of] the mouth” [...]. The eighth day, the day [...] from [...] ... [...]

(vi 1) [...] ... the god Marduk, the god(dess) ... [... the goddess Z]arpanītu they seated (them) on a peaceful seat in Kaḫilisu. [...] ... may they make his kingship firm (and) make his reign endure; may [the god] Anu (and the goddess) Antu forever pronounce for him a blessing of long days; (vi 5) may [the god En]lil (and) the goddess Mullissu decree as his destiny a good destiny (and) a destiny of long (life); may [the god] Ea (and) the goddess Bēlet-ilī grant him progeny and expand his offspring; may [the god] Sîn (and) the god Šamaš, together, give him favorable sign(s) monthly, without ceasing; may [the god ...] ... abundance, establish constant plenty (and) prosperity in his land; [...] ... [...] old age, the attainment of (extreme) old age [...] ...; [...] his favorable ...; (and) [...] from his enemies.