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(1) For the goddess Dilba[t (the planet Venus) ... the l]ight of [...], who had become angry with Haza[el, the kin]g of the land of the Arabs, [...] ... [...], (who) had placed hi[m] in the hands of Sennacherib, the father of the father who had engendered me, [and had b]rought about [his] def[eat], (and who) had said she did not (want) to reside (any longer) with the people of the land of the Arabs (and) had ta[ken the road] to Assyria —

(5) (As for) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who had engendered me, the favorite of the [great] gods, who had achieved [his] de[sires] through the reverence of gods and goddesses, [...], (who)[m] the gods Aššur and Šamaš had p[laced] on the throne of the father who had engendered him [...], (and who) had returned (the statues of) the plundered gods of the lands [to their] plac[e(s) ...] — Hazael, the king of the land of the Arabs, with hi[s] audience gift [...] (10) came before him and kissed [his] f[eet ...]. He appealed to him to give (back) his goddess, and he (Esarhaddon) had mercy on him and agr[eed ... He ...] Teʾelḫunu, her former priestess, to [...]. Regarding Tabūʾa, he inquired of Šamaš, saying, “[Should] she [...]?” He returned (her/them) with his goddess and [...].

(15) He had a star of reddish gold made that was adorned with precious stones o[f ...]. To preserve his life, lengthen his days, ensure the well-being of his descendants, [...], make his kingship endure, overthrow his enemies, [...], those gods of the lands whose sanctuaries he had trodden down, good things [...], may they constantly pronounce a blessing of long days for his posterity (and) over the black-headed (people) [...].

(20) I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [...] the great gods, wh[o ...], (who) marched at my [side] and let (me) achieve [my] de[sires, ...], (who) killed my enemies, made [me] stand [over my foes, ...]. Uaiteʾ, the king of the land of the Arabs, who agai[nst ...], who had not respected the kindness that I had done for him [...], changed and he abandoned me (and) [sided] with Šama[š-šuma-ukīn ...].

(r 6) Ištar, the sublime lady, [...] by the words of her exalted command: I, Ashurbanip[al ...] by the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, ... [...] I c[aptured] him alive. (rev. 10) I pierced his jaw [with the ... of the ... that my (own) hands hold. I put a lead-rope] through [his] gu[ms, placed him in a dog collar, and (then) made him guard the door of] the eastern gate of the cit[adel of Nineveh, whose] name is [the “Entrance to the Place Where the World Is Controlled” ...].

(r 13) At that time, that star [...] concerning her grea[t] divinity [...] (rev. 15) my entreaties [...]. Wherever I [call out to you, ... my] days [... my] years [...] ... [...] ... [...].

(r 21) [... of] the goddess Dilb[at ...].