Tukulti-Ninurta I 06

(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, conqueror of the rebellious — those who do not submit (to him and) who are hostile to the god Aššur — defeater of all of the unsubmissive rebels (of) the lands of the Uqumanî and Papḫû, crusher of the land Katmuḫi (and) the troops of the (land) Qutû — difficult mountain (regions) — disperser of the forces of the land Šubarû to (its) full extent, overwhelmer of all the unsubmissive (of) the lands Alzi (and) Purulumzi, the legitimate ruler who marches about in the four quarters (of the world) with the support of the god Aššur and the great gods and has neither successful opponent nor rival, capturer of enemy districts above and below, strong king, capable in battle, the one who took over the rule of all of the Naʾiri lands and made forty (of its) kings — their commanders — bow down at his feet, (the one who) added the lands Azalzi (and) Šepardî to his territory, (the one who) brought about the defeat of Sumer and Akkad and made his power manifest forever, (the one who) captured Kaštiliašu, the king of the Kassites; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria; (and) son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.

(27) At that time, (as for) the rooms of my great palace, (which is) on the east side of my city, Aššur, in front of the great ziggurat of the god Aššur — my lord — which previously Shalmaneser (I), the appointee of the god Enlil, the vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, my father, had built, had become dilapidated and I cleared away its dilapidated section(s) (and) reached its foundation pit. I completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. Moreover, I deposited my commemorative inscription (therein).

(36) May a future ruler renovate its dilapidated section(s) (and) return my inscribed name to its place. The god Aššur will (then) listen to his prayers.

(39) (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions and my name, may the god Aššur, my lord, overthrow his kingship (and) make his name and his seed disappear from the land.

(43) Eponymy of Ina-Aššur-šuma-aṣbat.