Ashurbanipal 1029

(o 1) [For the god Nergal, perfect warrior, mightiest of the gods, foremost hero, powerful lord, (...)] ..., [king of battle, lord of strength and power, lord of the Deluge that brings abo]ut devas[tation, the exalted son of the god Enlil, powerful one among the gods, his brothers, child of the goddess Kutuša]r (Mullissu), the gr[eat] queen, [who marches at the side of the king, his favorite, and kills his foes, (who) cuts d]own the en[emy, (5) (who) spares the ruler who reveres him from plague, (who) grant]s him mighty vic[tor]ie[s], who resides in Emeslam, the holy shrine that is inside Cutha], the great lord, hi[s] lord —

(o 7) [I, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of A]ssyria, kin[g of the four quarte]rs (of the world)]; [son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria; grandson of Sennacherib], king of the world, [king of] Assyria; [the eternal seed of kingship] — the great g[od]s desired me [to secure the regular offerings (and) to provide for the shrines. (10) The deities Aššur, Mullissu, and Nergal, the great gods, made the foundation(s) of my royal throne firm], (and) they made my lordship more surpassing (and) made my [weapon]s greater [than (those of) all my enemies in order to exact revenge for the kings, my fathers]:

(o 12) [...] they (the Elamites) did n[ot re]vere their (the gods’) pronouncement(s), [...] ... and [...] above and below. (15) [...] the appropria[te] time [d]rew near, [... For 1,635 years, the Elamite destruction] (that) their assembly had declared [...] was decreed as [my] fate, [...] (and) they (the gods) had m[y] hand take up the merciless [weapon. ...] inauspicious omens [about him ... (20) ...] strong ... the destruction of the city [...] together [...] her command [...] land [...] ... [...]

(r 1') (No translation possible)

(r 2') [(As for) the one who ... (and)] writ[es his name ...], (or) makes (it) disa[ppear ...], may he (the god Nergal) [cons]tantly establish enduring pestilence in his land (so that) it may slaughter [...].