Nebuchadnezzar II 001

(1) [E]tem[en]anki, [the z]iggurat of [B]abylon

(i 1) [Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon], the e[xalted ruler] ... [...] ... [whose] atten[tion is] fixed [o]n the god Nabû — [his lord — the one who constantly seeks ou]t li[fe, the pious (and) unc]easin[g one who brings great g]if[ts into] Esagi[l, the wise (and) pious one who provides for Esagil] and [Ezida, foremost] heir [of Nabopolassar, kin]g of Babylon, [am I].

(i 17) [W]he[n the god M]ar[duk, the] grea[t lord, r]aised [up my head, ... the wide]sp[read people]

(ii 1) (No translation possible)

(ii 16) I mustered [... in all] lands everywhere, [every] single ruler [whose] head had been raised up among the totality of the people of the inhabited world [to be the one lov]ed by the god Marduk, from the Upper Sea [to the Lo]wer [Sea, the fa]r-off [lands, the widespread people of the inhabited wor]ld, [kings of remote mountains and distant islands that are i]n [the Upp]er and Low[er] S[eas, wh]ose [le]ad-[rop]e(s) the god Marduk, [my] l[ord, pl]ac[ed] in [my ha]nd t[o pu]ll [his] chariot pol[e], and I imposed (the carrying of) bask[et(s)] on the workmen of the gods Šamaš and [Marduk] in order to build Eteme[nanki] and Eurmeimina[nki].

(iii 15) I fill[ed] in the b[a]se of Etemenanki [and the ba]se of Eurmeiminank[i] (to make) a hi[gh] ter[r]ace. (With regard to) [E]temenan[ki] and E­ur­meim[inanki], I b[ui]lt their e[ntire str]uctures using bitumen and [baked brick]. I compl[eted (them)], ma[king] (them) s[hin]e l[ike the sun].