Nabonidus 22

(i 1') [the one who makes] sattukku-offerings [abun]­dant (and) nindabû-offerings [spl]endid, [so]n of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi, wise [p]rince, am I.

(i 5') [Wh]en the god Marduk, the Enlil of the gods, entrusted me [(to) r]ule over his land, I constantly strove (to show) devotion to his divinity (and) I was speaking daily about doing what(ever) is pleasing to him. So that there would be no cu[ltic mistake(s), I was] constantly forem[ost] (in everything I did and) I was co[nstantly] praying devoutly to the great gods.

(i 15') At that time, (with regard to) Ebabbar, the awe-inspiring shrine, the residence of the god Šamaš, the judge, <which> is inside Sippar, (which) a king of the past had built (and) raised its superstructure, forty-five years had not (yet) elapsed and its walls had buckled.

(i 21') [The ra]mku-priests of Ebabbar tol[d me: “The temple had buck]led.” I did [no]t believe [their report], but (nevertheless) I w[as <worried>].

(i 24') [I sent] citizens of Baby[lon and Borsippa], skill[ed men]

(ii 1') “He has en[trusted you with building it on its true site].”

(ii 2') My heart [was afraid (at the thought of)] re[moving Ebabbar; I was worried]. In (my) [night] b[ed, I did not get enough good] sle[ep. (...)] I raised [my] h[ands (and) beseeched] the E[nlil of the gods, the god Marduk].

(ii 8') With re[gard to (re)building Ebabbar, I frequently visited] the shri[nes of the gods Šamaš and Adad], the lord[s of divination, and ...]

(ii 12') (No translation possible)

(ii 16') hoe(s) [...] I ... [...] I ... [...] In a fav[orable] month, [...] I tore dow[n ...] I mustered [the workmen of the gods Šamaš and Marduk] and