SBH 10 [Liturgy]

(Sum) The lord, his word, his word (Akk) The word of the lord; his word

(Sum) The lord, his word afflicts the cattle pen (Akk) The word of the lord afflicts the cattle pen

The word of greatest An, his word

The word of Enlil, his word

Hero Nergal, his word

Meslamtaea, his word

The great wild bull Lugalirra, his word

(Sum) The word above makes the heavens tremble (Akk) The word which above makes the heavens tremble

(Sum) The word below shakes the earth (Akk) The word which below shakes the earth

(Sum) The word blocks/destroys (even) the Anuna (Akk) The word of the Anuna, of destruction

(Sum) (His word) has no diviner, it has no incantation priest (Akk) (His word) has no diviner, it has no dream interpreter

(His word) is a rising flood with nothing to withstand it

(His word) makes heaven tremble and the earth shake

(Sum) (His word) is a reed mat that a mother wraps her (dead) child with (Akk) (His word) is like a reed mat that a mother buries a daughter with

(Sum) (His word) kills/bends over the enbar reeds/reed bed in their pond (Akk) (His word) kills the reed bed in its marsh

(Sum) (His word) drowns the harvest on its stalk (Akk) (His word) drowns the harvest on its stalk

(His word) is a rising flood that gathers up to(?) the nose

(Sum) (His word) is a flood that snaps apart the quay (Akk) (His word) is a breach that breaks the quay

(Sum) (His word) cuts down the great mes trees

(Sum) (His word) is a storm that renders (settlements) into ruin heaps at (its?) disposal (Akk) (His word) is a storm that ties everything into bundles

(Sum) (The word of) hero Nergal is flitting about, it cannot be seen (Akk) (The word of) Nergal flits about: the eye cannot see it

The lord, his word, the lord, his word ...

He ... praise for hero Nergal, the bull

He ... praise for Meslamtea the ox

He ... praise for the great wild bull Lugalirra, the bull

He ... praise for Lugalgusisa, the bull

He ... praise for lord MessaŋŋaUnug, the bull

He ... praise for UmunGudua, the bull

He ... praise for UmunMeslam, the bull

He ... praise for the supreme wall of the Elama temple, the bull

He ... praise for Endaga, the bull

He ... praise for ..., the one handsome of face, the bull

He ... praise for ***, the bull

He ... praise for Lugalirisaŋa, the bull

He ... praise for lord Gudanungia, the bull

He ... praise for lord Erragal, the bull

He ... praise for Lugalpalamu, the bull

He ... praise for LugalApiak, the bull

He ... praise for lord Lugaliribara, the bull

He ... praise for lord Lugalirišaga, the bull

He ... praise for LugalSirara, the bull

He ... praise for the herald Hendursaŋ, the bull

He ... praise for Endumununabzu, the bull

He ... praise for LugalKAgina, the bull

He ... praise for hero Šubula, the bull

(Sum) He ... praise for the bull, the bull of the field (Akk) The hero is praised in the midst of the land

(Sum) He ... praise for the bull, the shining horn of heaven (Akk) The hero is praised to(?) the bright light of heaven

(Sum) My lord, the risen deity, may ... make you(?) mount ... (Akk) The lord, ..., whose head is high

(Sum) Goring? breeding bull, may father Enlil make you(?) mount ... (Akk) ... begetting breeding bull, father Enlil exalted you

(Sum) The one with the horns of a wild goat, Ninhursaŋ, may she make you(?) mount ... (Akk) The one with high arms, the lady of the gods, exalted you

(Sum) The one of great long journeys(?), Nergal, may he make you(?) mount ... (Akk) In great courses, the lord in the netherworld exalted you

(Sum) The strong one, Inana, may she make you(?) mount ...

(Sum) The wild bull growing horns, father Iškur, may he make you(?) mount ... (Akk) The horned wild bull, father Adad exalted you

(Sum) Gudanungia of the netherworld, may he make you(?) mount ... (Akk) Hero who cannot be opposed, he of the high land(?), he exalted you

(Sum) (The one of?) the crescent-shaped(?) burzi vessels, Gibil of the Erigal temple, may he make you(?) mount ... (Akk) To roast an exalted banquet, Girra of the Erigal temple(?), he exalted you

(Sum) Raise, raise your horn to heaven (Akk) High, high is your arm to heaven

(Sum) Raise, raise your horn to heaven (Akk) High, high is your arm to heaven

(Sum) Nergal, raise your horn to heaven

(Sum) Your city, your (city) that the thick-armed one destroyed (Akk) He who destroyed your city with massive strength

(Sum) Your city, your (city) that the one with raised arms destroyed (Akk) He who destroyed your city with elevated strength

(Sum) Your Elam and Hubur that he destroyed (Akk) That which is above and below, he destroyed

(Sum) Your intricate foundations of heaven that he destroyed (Akk) He destroyed the entertwined foundations of heaven

(Sum) Your one who moans like the midst of the sea (Akk) You moan(?) like the midst of the sea

(Sum) I want to go, I want to go (Akk) I want to go to him, I want to go to him

I want to go to the one of the rebel land

I want to go to the one who disobeys the lord

I want to go to the who disobeys lord Enlil

(Sum) I want to go to the Ki'ur complex, I want to ... (Akk) ..., I want to know ...

(Sum) ... (Akk) ..., I want to know ...

I want to plunder flax from that place

I want to plunder grain from that place

I want to plunder from the possessions of my mother

I want to plunder from the possessions of Ninhursaŋa

May my lord ascertain that place

May it be known to the lord, to Enlil

(Sum) I want to prostrate myself with my arms to the man (Akk) May my [arms?] be prostrated to the enemy

I want to prostrate myself with my right arm to the man

I want to prostrate myself with my left arm to the man

I want to prostrate myself with my right arm and left arm to the man

I want to prostrate myself with my left arm and right arm to the man

... my right arm ...

... my right arm ...

May he bow down ...

... prostrate myself with my right arm

... prostrate myself with my left arm

... prostrate myself with my right arm and left arm

... prostrate myself with my left arm and right arm

May he prostrate himself in the temple out of fear(?)

He goes at night, the lord goes at night

[... excerpt of the balaŋ composition a galgal buru susu], unfinished, excerpted for singing

... hand of Bēl-apla-iddin, his son: Babylon month of ..., [day ..., 119th year]

Which is the 183rd year. Arsaces, king of kings