Segment A

1-11 The angels, the great ones, ... the holy palace, the dwelling-place. The Lord has appointed you as His chief minister; He has firmly put the holy sceptre in your hand, and made your name glorious. You are perfectly suited to perform the ordinances of the Great House in all their complexity, to teach the proper execution of the lustrations and the august rites, to purify and clean, and to make grandly manifest the numerous powers, the surpassing powers; indeed, to give command with grandeur is now consummately and irrevocably yours. Moreover, you are indeed the prince and the counsellor of the Great House! In the entire extent of heaven and earth, in all the countries, by God's leave you alone are mighty.

12-16 The angels, as many as they are, will gather before you in the assembly-hall where the great verdicts are pronounced and the great commands are given. It is you who ... for them the forceful decisions made by the Lord. They always pay attention to your holy words, which, like the heavens, can never be grasped fully. In the lofty ..., imbued with awesomeness, firmly founded, you announce their lot.

18-19 ... Ishme-Dagan ...

Segment B

Great lord, ..., caretaker of the great, prince respected in the Great House, caretaker of ...! Youth who knows well how to give instructions, who ... decisions; trustworthy servant who loves ..., who listens to prayers! When the shining Great House, the shrine which assigns the ordinances, is made up as for a festival, may your pure mouth bring friendly words on behalf of Ishme-Dagan! Addressing God daily, may he be able to please Him unto distant days! When the house of the Lord, the shrine which assigns the ordinances, is made up as for a festival, may your pure mouth bring friendly words on behalf of Ishme-Dagan! Addressing God daily, may he be able to please Him unto distant days!

17-27 When he greets Him in prayer and supplication, may He look favourably upon him! Assign him a good life, a good reign, and years of joy! May he be elevated to be prince of all the great lords of the south and the uplands! May he exercise forever the leadership of the living of all lands, the numerous people! May He look favourably upon Ishme-Dagan, servant of the Lord! Assign him a good life, a good reign, and years of joy! May he be elevated to be prince of all the great lords of the south and the uplands! May he exercise forever the leadership of the living of all lands, the numerous people!