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1 line fragmentary …… what he orders is faithfully executed, …… endowed with beauty in the E-kur, …… among the great gods, the great and august lord …… in the heavens, …… whose seat (?) no other god ……! August ……, lord whose abode is the mountains, Father Nanna ……, …… fixes the months and the new moon according to a cord (?), establishes the year ……, …… life for the multitudes ……, …… who puts all the lands in order, …… who makes the Tigris and the Euphrates bring flowing water ……, …… fine grain ……, …… lush vegetation in the spacious land ……,
1 line fragmentary …… Lord Išme-Dagan ……
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august …… bestowed upon Father Nanna by An and Enlil …….

17-22. After you have extended yourself in the bright ……, the daylight ……, after you have established …… on earth, on the day of the disappearance of the moon, as you have completed the month, you summon (?) the people, lord; and then in the nether world you decree great judgments, you decide sublime verdicts. Enki and Ninki, the great lords, the great princes, the lords who determine fates, await your utterances, father; they …… the newborn (?) moon.

23-30. Prince, you place justice in every mouth, and make propriety resplendent. Daily (?) you make hearts content, daily (?) you determine fates appropriately, daily (?) your refulgence ……. You brighten the night sky in the broad firmament, and illuminate the darkness. The Anuna gods stand by with prayers and supplications at your rising. The sweet sight of your resplendent crescent, full of loveliness, brings joy to the great lady of the Ki-ur, Mother Ninlil, in ……, and the true and august lady, the good cow, the leader …… prays …… in the E-ĝa-ĝiš-šua, her delightful residence, the awesome palace.