Neriglissar 06

(i 1) Neriglissar, king of Babylon, pious prince, the desire of the god Marduk’s heart, exalted ruler, beloved of the god Nabû, the one who deliberates and acquires wisdom, the one who [is] unceasingly [mindful] of provisioning Esagil, Ezida, and Emeslam — the cult centers of the great gods — [...] ... [...] ... [...]

(i 1') ... the god Šamaš [...] ex[tended] his fa[vorable] protection over my army. Through pronouncement and divination, the god [Šamaš (...)] spoke unequivocally [...] I gave reverent attention.

(i 7') At the beginning of my gracious kingship, the ziggurat of Sip[par], which a former king had b[uilt and whose] brickwor[k] rains and downpo[urs] had carried away, (which) a king of the past had restored, had put its brickwork in goo[d order], had reb[uilt] its collapsed section(s), had constructed (it to a height of) twenty-two cubits, but [had] not co[mplete its] superstructu[re]:

(ii 10) (As for) me, the w[ise (and) pious one] who [knows how] to revere the god[s], through the wisdom that the god [Ea] granted to [me, f]or the god Šamaš [...]

(ii 1') [...] through a pronouncement [...].