Neriglissar 02

(i 1) Neriglissar, king of [Ba]bylon, whom the god Marduk — the great lord (and) the god who created him — selected in his steadfast heart and (then) granted to him a widespread people and entrusted him with shep[her]ding the black-headed (people); in whose hands the god Nabû — the overseer of the tota[li]ty of heaven and earth — [le]t grasp a just scepter (and) legitimate rod in order to make (his) subjects prosper; [to wh]om [the god] Erra — the majestic one of the gods — [ga]ve his weapon(s) to kill [ene]mies (and) conquer foes; [wh]om the great gods in their assembly prono[unced] to act as the one who provides for them by taking care of Esagil, Ezida, and Emeslam — the exalted cult centers — (and) ... of the gods of Babylon; [Ne]riglissar, king of Babylon, <am I>.

(i 21) [When the god] Marduk, the great lord, ... an abundance of [wat]er in full spate, by the will of the deity Ninšiqa [and] through the wisdom granted by the god Ea, with the competence provided by the god Marduk, (and) the choice [decisi]on of the god Šamaš, he makes me successful; former [...], to/for Borsippa, Ezida, the bīt-guršu, ... very plentiful gifts (and) offerings they entrust (to me) ... I provide for Esagil and Ezida, (and) keep the shrines of the gods in good order. I made inscriptions (written) in my name (and) [plac]ed (them) inside them (the shrines).

(i 32) At that time, Lībil-ḫegalla, the eastern canal of Babylon, [which] a former king had had dug, but had not constructed its bank with bitumen and baked bricks: I had [the canal] (re)dug and I (properly re)constructed its bank [and (thereby) I a]massed [an abun]dance of cease[less] water in the land.

(ii 1) (As for) me, the wise (and) pious one, the king who knows how to revere the gods, I had Lībil-ḫegalla (re)dug so that a plentitude of water can enter the land [and] I (re)constructed its b[a]nk. I firmly established inside it an abundance of ceaseless water.

(ii 8) ... reside in Babylon, in which I poured out an abundance of water, ... goodness in their hearts ... Neriglissar, king of Aga[de], ... the god Mār-bīti ... legitimate ..., in an earlier time, [in his] heart ... an abundance of everlasting water, in ...

(ii 18) By the command of the god Marduk, the king of the gods, the god who creat[ed me], and the god Erra, the warrior of war[riors, (...)] ... his morning (meal), the day of [...] ... [...] may [...] be firmly in place and ... good thi[ng]s before [you]. ... shepherdship; may he kill his enemies; may his appearance shine; may the black-headed (people) be ha[ppy (about it)] like the moon when rising (and) the sun while s[hi]nin[g]; ... the god Nabû ... the kin[gs of the re]gions of [the entire] inhabited world, who sit on ... strong ... for ... may (it/they) be placed in your mouth. For eternity ...

(l.e. 1) Collated.