(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all of the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of [all of] the people, ruler, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the valiant man who acts with the support of the gods Aššur and Šamaš and who has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), who treads upon the mountain peaks in all of the mountains, subduer of those insubmissive to (the god) Aššur to the borders above and below, who marches about on mountain paths,

(5) who has seen remote and rugged regions, magnificent king of lands, who has kept progressing by difficult means through mountains and seas, holy offspring, martial king, trampler of criminals, shepherd of the four quarters (of the world), who has brought all of the peoples under one authority, avenger of Assyria, who extends the borders of his land, the king whose heart’s desire (the god) Aššur has made him achieve so that his just hand has conquered all of his enemies, king of kings, appointee of (the god) Aššur, lord of lands, king (who is) the desired object of the gods, chosen of the god Enlil:

(10b) When the gods Anu, Enlil, and Ea chose me and named me for the shepherdship of Assyria, granted to my dominion the weapon, the scepter, the crown, and the staff, (and) sternly commanded me to rule and subdue all of the lands insubmissive to (the god) Aššur;

(12b) valiant man, foremost of all of rulers, who treads upon the necks of rulers, magnificent, lord of lords, tempestuous deluge, who receives tribute and tax from all of lands, at the attack of whose angry weapons all of the lands convulse, writhe, (and) melt as though in a furnace, opener of paths in mountains which rise perpendicularly to the sky like the edge of a dagger, whose protection spreads like the rays of the sun over his land and who has governed his people in well-being;

(17) son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, who defeated all his enemies and impaled the corpses of his enemies on posts, grandson of Adad-nārārī (II), appointee of the great gods, who always achieved the defeat of those insubmissive to him (and) had no rival;

(19b) conqueror from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea of the land Amurru in the west, (who) has conquered the land Ḫatti(Syria-Palestine) in its entirety; (I am the one who) have gained dominion over (the region stretching) from the source of the Subnat River to the land Urume (and) the wide Naʾiri lands, [t]o their (text: its) full extent; I conquered the land Lāqê in its entirety; I subdued the land Sūḫu, including the land Rapiqu;

(25) I counted as people of my land (the inhabitants of the regions stretching) from the pass of the land Ḫabruri to the land Gilzānu (and) from the pass of the city Babite to the land Namri. I brought within the boundaries of my land (the region stretching) from the opposite bank of the Lower Zab to the city Tīl-bāri, which is upstream from the land Zabban, to the city Tīl-ša-Zabdāni and the city Tīl-ša-Abtāni, the cities Ḫirimmu (and) Ḫarutu, (which are) fortresses of Karduniaš (Babylonia).

(28) I mustered 50,000 troops, marched to the land Meḫri, (and) conquered the land Meḫri in its entirety. I cut down beams for the goddess Ištar of Nineveh, my lady, for the roof of Emašmaš and for the roof(s) of my palaces.

(30b) At that time, (as for) the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh, my lady, in the grounds of Emašmaš, the old temple that Šamšī-Adad, king of Assyria, a ruler who had come before me, had built, that temple had become dilapidated and had fallen into ruin(s). With the wisdom of the god Nudimmud, the great lord, with the wide understanding which the god Ea had granted to me, for the adornment of the heroic nature of the goddess Ištar, my lady:

(34b) (with regard to) that temple, I delineated its area (and) reached its foundation pit. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. I made (it) larger than before. In Eku, I built an excellent (throne) in a splendid fashion for the abode of the goddess Ištar, my lady. I made [her gre]at divin[ity] peacefully reside in her cella. (Thus) did I please her great divinity.

(38) May [a future] ruler restore its dilapidated section(s) (and) return my inscribed name to its place. (The god) Aššur (and) the goddess Ištar, [the great gods] who love my kingship, will (then) make his dominion supreme in all of the lands. May they constantly lead him in victory, [might, and heroism]. May they grant the tribute of the four quarters (of the world) as his portion. May they establish for his land plenty, affluence, (and) abundance.

(42) As for the one who erases my inscribed name and writes his (own) name: may the god Adad, the canal inspector of heaven and netherworld, strike his land with terrible lightning (and) afflict his land with distress, famine, (and) hunger.