Ashurbanipal 216

(1) [...] ... [...] ... [... cannot be underst]ood nor know[n, ... (5) ..., whose command cannot be c]hanged (and) (who)se word(s) [..., who pacifies the heart of] god and goddess, who knows [...], b[y w]ho[m] destruction and creation are brought about, [... without whom] no [judge]ment is given (and) no consultat[ion] is made.

(9) [...] who creates fertility (lit. “the womb”), who expands the sheepfold [... at whose appearance re]newal is present, makes sign(s) appear, (and) establishes the mood of the people [..., who] meets [wit]h the god Šamaš and secures the throne, makes a reign firm [...] ..., who selects (lit. “raises the eye”) (and) nominates the prince who reveres [h]i[m ... of the gods Anu, Enl]il, and Ea, who averts the troubles of those of heaven and netherworld, who cancels (inauspicious) omens [...] the height of heaven, who cares for their (cosmic) bonds (15) [...] at whose bright light those of the netherworld gaze [...], who resides in Eḫulḫul that is inside the city Ḫarrān, the great lord, his lord —

(17) [I, Ashurbanipal, ...], judi[c]ious [ruler], king of the world, beloved by (the god) Aššur and the goddess I[štar, ... the goddess N]ingal — wife of the princely son, the divine l[ight (Sîn) — (20) ..., w]ho carries out in full [their] cultic rites, [..., who la]vishly provides [their] regular o[fferings ...] ... to [their] place [...] ... the dais of [...] ... [...]

(r 1') [(As for) the one who remov]es [this ... from the akītu-house (of the god Sîn)] and [(re)fashions (its metal)] for a[nother] work, [or destroys the praise of the god Sîn, my lord, and] chan[ges the mention of] my name, [may the god Sîn, the great lord, make his living quarters so terrifying to him that] he must roam around outs[ide, (and) ...] ... ma[y he command] that he not live one (more) day.

(r 5') [(This is) what is (written) upon ... of] the akītu-house of the god Sîn of the city Ḫarrān.