An adab to Dagan for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan U): translation

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(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal...)

      

       unknown no. of lines missing

       3a - nippur ziggurat, Enlil's home on Earth (E-kur, Enlil‘s mud-brick-built ziggurat residence in Nippur)

       1-12 In the E-kur (Enlil‘s home in Nippur), the house …….

       The great gods …… to your upraised hands.

       …… holy lap for your exceedingly pleasant life.

       …… for its good reign ……. Icme-Dagan, the (semi-divine mixed-breed) son of Enlil …….

       …… joy (?) in the Egal-mah, your ladylike house (ziggurat residence of Bau in Nippur).

       …… the prince …… mec tree with shining branches …….

       …… to make his life pleasant ……Icme-Dagan …….

       …… holy …… the child of An (Anu)…….

       2 lines fragmentary

       …… brick-built E-kur…….

       13 Sa-jara.

      4o - Enki, god of the waters (Dagan, God of the Seas / Enki)

       14 Dagan, you have …… the shepherd Icme-Dagan, the son (descendant) of Enlil, with a royal garment.

       15 Jicgijal of the sa-jara.

       16-17 The lofty lord, …… the divine powers (alien technologies) of heaven and the divine powers of the earth;

       Dagan, the august lord, …… the divine powers of heaven and the divine powers of the earth.

       18 He has chosen Icme-Dagan in the Land, he …….

       19 Its uru.

       20 An adab of Dagan.

       (ll. 19 and 20 are written as one line in the source)