Arik-din-ili 1

(1) Arik-dīn-ili, strong king, king of Assyria, the one who built the temple of the god Šamaš — the exalted shrine — for posterity, son of Enlil-nārārī, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.

(14) When I planned to build that temple so that the harvest of my land might prosper, at the sanctuary of the god Šamaš, the high place where the decisions of the land had been previously made, but now it was becoming a mound of dirt and around it the “shrines” of the people, which they had taken and settled in, I destroyed (that sanctuary). I laid its foundation(s) in the eponymy of Berūtu, [...], son of Erība-Adad (I), king of Assyria.

(49) In the future, may a future ruler, when he renovates that temple (when) it becomes dilapidated, anoint my commemorative inscriptions with oil, make an offering, and return (them) to their places. The god Šamaš will (then) listen to his prayers.

(66) (As for) whoever removes my monumental inscriptions and treats (them) as refuse, may the god Šamaš, my lord, overthrow his kingship and afflict his land with famine.