Nabopolassar 15

(i 1) Nabopolassa[r], strong king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, the one who makes the foundations of the land firm, pious prince, protégé of the gods Nabû and Marduk, favorite of (the god) Šamaš (Šaššu), beloved of the goddess Aya, the warrior of war[riors] whom the aweso[me] god Erra allowed to attain his desire, the humble (and) respectful one who strives after the rites of the great gods, the king whose deeds surpass those of the kings, his ancestors, am I.

(i 20) When (the god) Šamaš (Šaššu), the great lord, came to my side and [I] killed [the Subarean (Assyrian) and turned the land of] my [ene]my into a mound [of] ruins (lit. “a mound [and] ruins”),

(ii 5) at that time, I built anew Eʾedina, the temple where she can relax, for the Divine Lady of Sippar — the exalted princess, my lady — and made (it) as bright as day.

(ii 11) On account of this, O Divine Lady of Sippar, supreme [la]dy, whenever I complete this temple and you take up residence inside it, for me — Nabopolassar, the king who provides for you — prolong (my) kingship until the distant future, just like (my) establishing the brickwork of Sippar and Babylon for eternity.