Prayer to Ishtar for Ashurbanipal (20)

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(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in blue….demigod mixed-breeds in teal)

       this [work] falls into dis[repair …], question skilled [craftsmen! …

         Rebuild (…)], the temple of the goddess Ištar (Inanna) according to [its ancient] specifi[cations! …

          (Inanna in Akkadia / Akkad)

         The goddess Ištar-(of-Akkad)] will (then) listen to [your prayers. Look at my] royal inscription,

         [anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and)] s[et] (my royal inscription) with your (own) royal inscription!

        [(But) as for the one who erases my inscribed name by some crafty device],

         (or) does not write [my name] with his name, (or) [destroys my royal inscription],

         (or) does not set [my royal inscription with his (own) royal inscription] …

         […] the goddess Ištar-of-Akkad [will …]