Prayer to Adad for Nebuchadnezzar I (1)

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal)

            (Nebuchadnezzar I & temple residences of alien gods, Marduk’s Babylonian king)

         Nebuchadnezzar, [pious] prince, [(…) for whom] the god Marduk, hero among the gods,

        [decreed] a fate without equ[al], humble, who reveres the great gods [(…)], submissive, prayerful,

       [(…)], true shepherd, who provides for the cul[t centres], king of justice, king of Babyl[on (…)]:

         (giant alien god Adad wearing boots, another warrior son to Enlil)

        for the god Adad, the powerful lord […], almighty, foremost, sovereign [(…)],

        my lord at whose mighty battle-cry […], the sound of whose roar on high is pleasant … […],

        lord of Enamḫe (“House of Plenty”), who dwells in Ekitušḫegaltila [(…)],

        who makes me triumph, my helper [(…)] […] … enemy.

        […] I smote and […] … I established.

       [(…)] I cut off […] from the land of Sumer and Akkad.

         […] … […] my heart.

         […] … because in the place of battle, strife, (and) fighting [(…)]

       at the clash of arms and the revealing of the standard, the great god going forth [(…)].

         Help me! Come to my side! … […]

         By his reliable positive answer […] fire […] his weapon … […] … […]

         Nebuchadne[zzar …] in the place of fighting […]

         On account of this […] Ekitušḫeg[alti]l[a …] … […]… […]

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