Nabonidus 44

(o 1) [Nabonidus, ..., pr]otégé of the goddess Nisaba, [..., ch]osen by the god Nabû, [... of] the gods and goddesses, [..., who] fears his great divinity, [..., who] humbly [... the goddess I]štar, [...] their utterance(s)

(o 7) [...] the god Nannāru [...] this ..., [...] he created my figure, [...] he did not take away, [... p]laced [his hand] across my face, [... that] no[body] understands, with a staff [...] make enter ... nobody, [...] magnificently filled [...] ... of the gods Šamaš and Marduk, among all of humankind, as many as his h[an]ds had created, he raised me up to rule over the land, gave the ... of my royal maje[sty], let my hands grasp a just scepter that widens [the] ... [land] (and) a staff that subdues enemies, (and) gave me the shepherdship of their land (as a gift),

(o 20) son of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi, the prince who reveres the great gods, am I.

(o 21) [Whe]n the god Marduk gave me (the gift of) [exercising] king[sh]ip over (his) subjects [for ete]rnity, my heart wanted me [to renova]te the processional way of Ezida (and) my mind was focused [on constantly seeking out] the sanctuaries of the gods, (but) my heart [was afraid] (at the thought of) undertaking work on them and I constantly prayed [so that no] cultic mistake(s) [would occur].

(o 27) [I built Esag]il a[new] to ensure the well-being of the [great] gods [who reside] in the perimeter of Etemenanki. [...] to [...] ginû-offering(s) [...] ... [...] ... [...]

(r 20') [...] as utensils.