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Plain text of A prayer for Rim-Sin (Rim-Sin G)

1-10 May the Lord, King of heaven and earth, your good protector, accept the holy food offerings that you prepare, and the holy pure drink offerings that you proffer with holy hands; the sacrifices that you bring, what you say in your heart, what you utter out loud, your reverent gestures and your holy hands raised in prayer. May God accept them. O king, He who has suppressed famine, the great God, has conferred abundance on you, king Rim-Sîn, in the temple.

11-21 O king named with a name by God, the destiny of whose reign is abundance, a time of richness and years of happiness! May a destiny of stability and a destiny of abundance be your lot. O king, day and night, even at dead of night, time shall pass for you in endless abundance, and be agreeable and stable for you. O king, since you have offered your food offerings first in the deep shrine; O king, since you have offered your food offerings afterwards in the great courtyard, there shall be no end to the abundance. O king, the temple shall be well-organised for you. Rim-Sîn, king of Urim, has restored the august ordinances of the sanctuary.

22-38 May the Lord, King of heaven and earth, fit perfectly onto your head the legitimate august headdress of kingship. May God, who has saved you from famine thanks to His benignity, let you live an agreeable life for these days. As you receive from His holy hands the great splendour of kingship, may He place the august sceptre of heaven and earth in your hands like a ceremonial robe. Rim-Sîn, king of the sanctuary, endowed with abundance, constant attendant! O king, may the Tigris bring you abundance, and may the upper canal be filled for you with flowing water in its full flood. May the good canal, the life-bringing canal of the Land, bring you fish and fowl; from the ocean, the wide sea, from the standing reservoirs, may it bring an unending supply of creatures for your kingship. In the wide open spaces of the wide desert, the four-footed animals ....... May water levels rise for you in the irrigation ditches, with their levees, and the water-channels.

39-51 May there be life for you, and may there be a favourable response to your prayers. May there be joy for you, and may there be favourable signs for you. May your heart be satisfied, may your body be satisfied; may your mood and your definite signs from God be good. May there be favourable omens in the heart of the Lord, and a destiny of life be granted for ever. Rim-Sîn, seemly king, who holds abundance in his hands from the great God, may the country be stable for you, and may the foundations of the country be secure for you. May the Lord, King of heaven and earth, cause the Land to respond to you with a single voice. Rim-Sîn, you are my king!