Bel-ibni 1

(1') [...] ... [...] he turned upside down [... He] changed the[ir] abode. [At that time, the god Marduk], the great lord, angrily or[dered] his defeat. [The gods of] his [city/country] became angry and [...] him. ... they gave a magnificent commission ... He tore down the sanctuaries of their (the Babylonians’) gods, plundered them, and removed (the statues of) [their] gods.

(8') The god Ninurta, foremost son (of the god Enlil), revealed to him (in a vision) an omen concerning the goddess Ba-KUR, lady of omens, and caused (him) to remember (this) in his heart. They saw the goddess Ba-KUR during the sacking of the town Šapīya; he became afraid (and) concerned. He (re)established their offerings (and) released to the god Nabû, his lord, the plundered gods of Ša-uṣur-[Ada]d. He abolished their performance of feudal obligations and corvée-labor and established their freedom from taxation.

(14') [At] that time Nabû-gamil, son of Tarībi, one privileged to enter the temple of the god Ninurta and the goddess Ba-KUR, grasped the hand of the goddess Ba-KUR and caused (her) to take (the road) to Ša-uṣur-Adad, the holy city. She entered the shrine Etenten (‟House which Soothes”), her abode. The king Bēl-ibni wrote an official document (granting) exemption to Ša-uṣur-Adad and gave it to Nabû-gamil. Moreover, he made Ša-uṣur-Adad free of all claims for the god Nabû, his lord.

(21') With regard to anyone in the future –– whether a king, or a son of a king, or a prince, or a governor, or a judge, or anyone else who is appointed by the god Marduk, the great lord, and (who) exercises lordship over the land –– (who) does anything deceitful against Ša-uṣur-Adad and the gods who dwell there –– whether they summon the people to (perform their) feudal obligations and tillūtu-service, or you alter (the status of) their fields and reckon them under (your own) jurisdiction –– may [the god Mar]duk, the great lord whose command takes precedence, turn his favorable [desti]ny to evil and decree in writing [...]! May he promptly give his throne to his enemy and destroy his people [by hung]er (and) famine! May [the god Nabû, the scrib]e of Esagil, who directs (all) regions (of the world) and provides abundantly for the sanctuaries, cut short his future and decree in writing that his life (last) <not> one day (more)!

(35') Official [document] which the king cleared [...] of the palace scribe. With regard to anyone who [...] this tablet and [smas]hes (it or) destroys (it) or puts (it) in a place where it cannot be seen, (or) alters the wording of (this) [stel]a, may the god Mard[uk, the great] lo[rd], stop up his canals.

(41') Copy (from) ..., written (and) collated according to its original. (By) the hand of Mušēzib-Bēl, son of the šangû-priest of the god Šamaš, an apprentice, a junior diviner.