Nabopolassar 14

(i 1) Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, protégé of the gods Nabû and Marduk, am I.

(i 5) When the god Marduk, the great lord, issued his important order to me to provide for cult centers (and) renovate shrines,

(i 10) at that time, (with regard to) Sippar, the exalted, beloved cult center of the god Šamaš and the goddess Aya, the Euphrates River withdrew from it and (its) waters had become too distant to draw (water from it) to purify their lordship.

(ii 1) As for me, Nabopolassar, the humble (and) respectful one who reveres the gods, I had the Euphrates River dug to Sippar and (thereby) I firmly established an abundance of pure water for the god Šamaš, my lord.

(ii 10) I firmly secured the bank of that river using bitumen and baked bricks and (thereby) provided the god Šamaš, my lord, with a secure embankment.