Tukulti-Ninurta I 03

(1) [Tukultī-Nin]urta (I), king of the world, [strong king, king of] Assyria, [king of kings], lord of lords, [king of the four quarters (of the world)], conqueror of [the rebellious] — those who do not submit to him (and) [who are hostile] to the god Aššur — crusher of [the lands Uqu]manî [and Papḫû] — difficult mountain (regions) — [defeater of the rulers] of the land Qutû, [as far as the land Me]ḫri, disperser of [the forces of the land] Šubarû [to (its) full extent], together with the remote [Na]ʾiri [lands, as far as] the border of Makan, [capturer of] the four quarters (of the world) above [and below]; son of Shalmaneser (I), [king of Assyria], (and) son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also [king of Assyria].

(18b) At that time, I delineated [the central area] of my city, Aššur, (the area that stretches) [from] the ziggurat of the god Adad — [my lord] — to the Craftsman’s Gate, [on the] north [side, extensive] house-plots, far-flung regions, (and) much terrain. I reached bedrock eighty mūšaru down its foundation pit. [...] I erected ... its sanctuary using limestone [and bricks]. I made its foundation(s) as strong [as be]drock. [Fo]r my lordly majesty, [I built] Elugalumunkurkurra, [a palace (that is) the a]bode of my royal majesty [and (that contains) rooms] for all of the [great] gods. I built (it) [fr]om its foundations [to] its [crenella]tions. [Moreover], I deposited my [commemorative inscriptions (therein)].