
Obverse
o 1o 1	[EN₂ šur]-bu-u₂ git₂-ma-lu a-pil ^dAŠ.IM₂.BABBAR.RA	Incantation: O most exalted, perfect one, son of Namratsit,
o 22	[ZALAG₂] ⸢ed⸣-de-šu-u pe-tu-u pa-an UN-ME mu-kal-lim ZALAG₂	Ever-renewing [light], who brings happiness to the people (lit. opens the face of the people), who sets (them) free (lit. reveals the light),
o 33	[^dUTU] ⸢muš⸣-te-šir UŠ₂ u TI ba-ar₂ kal mim-ma šum-šu₂	[O Shamash], who guides aright the dead and the living, who sees everything,
o 44	[^dUTU] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ AN u KI ša₂-ru-ur KUR.KUR	[O Shamash], light of the heavens and the earth, splendor of the lands,
o 55	[EN] ⸢ZIMBIR⸣^ki ṣu-lul E₂.BABBAR.RA	[Lord] of Sippar, protection of the Ebabbar,
o 66	[ta]-⸢lim ^d⸣AMAR.UTU tuk-lat KA₂.DINGIR.RA^ki	[Favorite] brother of Marduk, the trust of Babylon,
o 77	[ana qi₂]-bi-ti-ka u₂-taq-qu-u₂ DINGIR-ME ^di₂-gi₃-gi₃	The Igigi gods attend [to] your [com]mand.
o 88	⸢UN⸣-ME DAGAL-ME ṣal-mat SAG.DU i-dal-la-la qur-di-ka	The far-flung [people], the black-headed ones praise your heroic acts.
o 99	GURUŠ DILI tap-pa-a tu-šar-ši	You make the lone man acquire a friend.
o 1010	ana la i-ša₂-ru ta-nam-din ap-lu	You provide an heir to the impotent man.
o 1111	ed-⸢lu⸣-ti sik-kur AN^e tu-pat-ti	You open the locked bolts of the heavens.
o 1212	ana la na-ṭi-lu ta-šak-kan ZALAG₂	To the one who cannot see, you establish light.
o 1313	ṭup-pi ar₂-mu la pe-ta-a ta-ša₂-as-si	You can read an enclosed, unopened tablet.
o 1414	ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ ta-šaṭ-ṭar UZU	Inside the sheep, you write the sign.
o 1515	DI.KUD DINGIR-ME EN ^di₂-gi₃-gi₃	O judge of the gods, lord of the Igigi,
o 1616	^d⸢UTU⸣ EN mu-šim ši-ma-a-ti at-ta-ma	O Shamash, the lord who determines the destinies of the land,
o 1717	ana-⸢ku⸣ ^m^dGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA DUMU DINGIR-⸢šu₂⸣	I, Shamash-shum-ukin, the son of his (personal) god,
o 1818	ina ⸢ḪUL⸣ lu ^gišni-i-ru lu ^gišma-⸢šad-du lu⸣ ^gišaz-ma-ru-u₂1	On account of the evil, either of the yoke, or the shaft, or the lance,
o 1919	lu mim-ma ḫu-ṣab ^gišGIGIR-⸢ia iš⸣-še-bir-ma2	Or some peg(?) from my chariot is broken,
o 2020	pal-ḫa-ku ad-ra-ku u šu-ta-du-ra-ku	I am afraid, I am frightened, I am terrified.
o 2121	⸢ḪUL⸣.BI ia-ši u E₂-MU	That evil, to me or my house,
o 2222	[a-a] TE^a a-a DIM₄ a-a KU.NU a-a KUR-an-⸢ni⸣	[May it not] draw near, approach, advance, (or) arrive.
o 2323	⸢šim⸣-tu₂ ši-i-mu a-lak-ti dum-mi-iq	Determine my fate; make my way favorable.
o 2424	⸢li⸣-ši-ra i-da-tu-u₂-a	Let my signs be favorable.
o 2525	lid-me-qa MAŠ₂.GI₆-ME-u₂-a	Let my dreams be propitious.
o 2626	MAŠ₂.GI₆ aṭ-ṭu-lu ana SIG₅^ti₃ šuk-na	Make the dream I saw into (something) favorable.
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢i⸣-ša₂-riš lul-lik tap-pa-a ⸢lu⸣-uk-šu-ud	Let me prosper (lit. may I walk correctly); may I acquire friends.
r 22	ina u₄-mi-⸢ia⸣ lu MUNUS.SIG₅	During my days, let there be good things.
r 33	šu-⸢ut-lim⸣-[am]-⸢ma⸣ INIM.GAR SIG₅	Bestow upon [me] a good portent.
r 44	ina ⸢SILA⸣ lu ⸢ma⸣-gir qa-bu-u₂-a	May my speaking be acceptable in the street.
r 55	⸢ina⸣ ul-⸢ṣi⸣ [u^?] ⸢ri⸣-ša₂-a-tu₂ lu-bil u₄-mu	May I spend (my) days in joy [and] celebration.
r 66	^d⸢NIG₂.GI^?⸣.[NA^?] ⸢li⸣-iz-ziz ina ZAG-MU3	May [tr]ut[h] stand on my right,
r 77	^d⸢NIG₂⸣.SI.[SA₂] ⸢li⸣-iz-ziz ina GUB₃-MU	May justi[ce] stand on my left,
r 88	lit-⸢tal-lak⸣ [DINGIR] ⸢mu⸣-šal-li-mu ina A₂-MU	May a [god] who provides well-being walk at my side constantly.
r 99	a-a-ip-[par-ku] ⸢MAŠKIM⸣ SILIM ina EGIR-MU	May a guardian of wholeness not cea[se] from behind me.
r 1010	li-⸢ta⸣-[mu]-⸢ka⸣ ^dbu-ne-⸢ne SUKKAL⸣-ka SIG₅-ti₃4	May Bunene, your vizier, sp[e]ak to you a good (word).
r 1111	^d⸢a-a ḫi-ir-ti⸣ na-⸢ram-ta-ka⸣ ši-lim liq-bi-ka	May Aya, your beloved wife, say "be at peace."
r 1212	^d⸢UTU a-ša₂-red⸣ [AN]⸢^e⸣ at-ta ri-ša₂-a re-e-mu	O Shamash, you (are) the foremost of [the heavens]. Grant mercy!
r 1313	AN⸢^u₂ ḪUL₂-ka ABZU^?⸣ SUD^!-ka5	May the heavens rejoice over you; may the Apsu be glad on your account.
r 1414	DINGIR-ME [... lik]-ru-bu-ka	May [. . .] of the gods [bl]ess you.
r 1515	DINGIR-ME ⸢GAL-ME⸣ [lib₃-ba]-ka li-ṭib-bu	May the great gods please your [heart].

r 1616	KA-⸢INIM-MA⸣ [ŠU]-⸢IL₂⸣-LA₂ ^dUTU-KAM^*	It is the wording of a lifted-[hand]-prayer to Shamash.

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1Mayer reads lu pa-ni u EGIR?, "either before or behind (me)," and provides Ungnad's alternative reading (1976: 507). I have adopted the present reading from eBL (March 2024). The formation of the GIŠ misled to a reading of PA, which set the course for the translation. But, it makes more sense here to have another element of a chariot listed rather than the general "before and behind," which also required positing a malformed EGIR.

2Mayer 1976: 507 wonders if there is a ŠA₂ before the verb in what is a (very small) gap. I am not so sure there is room for it.

3Alternatively, at the head of the line read {d}NIG₂#.ZI# (see Mayer 1976: 508, n.123a(1).

4As Mayer notes, the KA on SUKKAL could be divided differently, yielding, "a good word" (1976: 509, n.126(3)). Perhaps there were two KA signs in a row in an earlier version of the prayer, the second of which dropped out: one a pronominal suffix, the other read INIM.

5The SUD seems to be missing some of its vertical wedges.