(i 1') I placed (the bed) [...] ... [... which] is laden [with sexual charm].

(i 2'b) I presented the god Marduk, the one who loves my reign, with [a b]ed of ebony, a dur[able] wood, (and) which is clad with reddish gold.

(i 4') I stationed six fierce wild bulls of silver, protectors of my royal path, in the Luguduene Gate, the Gate of the Rising Sun, and the Lamma-RA.BI Gate, in the gateway(s) of Ezida, which is inside Borsippa.

(i 7') I cast Kizalaga, the seat of the god Nūru, with eighty-three talents of shiny zaḫalû-metal and, to make (it) shine (like) a brazier, I had the appurtenance(s) of Ezida, the seat of his great divinity, expertly fashioned.

(i 10') In (the gates) Kamaḫ and Kanamtila, for the processional way of his exalted rulership, I made the foundations of two shiny silver pirkus, whose weight is six talents each, as firm as a mountain.

(i 13'b) (As for) Emeslam, the temple of the god Nergal that is inside Cutha, which had become dilapidated and old, I renovated its collapsed section(s and) removed the portion(s) of it that had collapsed. In brick mold(s) of ebony (and) musukkannu-wood, I made its bricks with crushed pieces of aromatics. I made (people) take up hoe(s) and had its foundation(s) put (back) into alignment. In an auspicious month, (on) a propitious day, I laid its foundation(s) with perfumed oil, good quality oil, silver, (and) gold. Moreover, I secured its door bolt(s).

(i 22') I adorned its structure [with] musukkannu-wood, KA-wood, ebony, boxwood, ḫilēpu-wood, and UMBIN-wood and built (and) completed (it) [fr]om its foundation(s) to its crenellations with the craft of the god Ku[l]la. I raised its superstructure.

(ii 1') ... [...] I established therein [...]. The great gods, my lords, whom I constantly revered, looked steadfastly upon me and stood in for me. At their exalted command, I constantly marched about through all the lands and had no rival (lit. “there was no one to rival me”).

(ii 7') I conquered the city Thebes, a royal city of Egypt and Kush. I carried off large horses, garment(s) with multi-colored trim, linen garments, silver, gold, (and) its people without number. I rem[o]ved from their places two magnificent obelisks cast with shiny zaḫalû-metal, (which) stood at a temple gate (and) whose weight was 2,500 talents, and I brought (them) to Assyria.

(ii 14'b) (As for) Baʾalu, the king of the land Tyre who did not honor my royal command(s and) who did not obey the pronouncement(s) from my lip(s), I set up outposts against him. By sea and dry land, I took control of (all of) his routes (and thus) constricted (and) cut short their lives. I made them (the people of Tyre) bow down to my yoke.

(ii 21') He brought before me his daughter and the daughters of his brothers to serve as housekeepers, together with his substantial payment.

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(iii 1'') For the pre[servation of his (own) life], he (Uallî) opened up [his hands] to me (and) made an appe[al to my lordly majesty]. He sent Erisinni, [his] heir design[ate], to Nineveh and he [kissed] my feet. He sent befor[e me] (his) daughter, his own offspring, <to> serv[e as a housekeeper], together with his su[bstantial] payment. I added thirty horses to [his] former paymen[t] and im[posed (it) upon him].

(iii 10'') I did not abandon Urtaku, the king of the land Elam, an all[y of the father who had engendered me. My eyes] were firmly fixed on him (and) [I showed] favor. During his time, in the land Elam, [...] he brought about famine (and) starvation [...]; there was hunger. (iii 15´´) I sent to him gra[in, (which) sustains] the live(s) of people, and (thus) held [him by the hand]. (As for) his people, who had fled on account of hunger (and) starvat[ion] and settled i[n Assyria], I app[eased] their hunger [and] (thereby) brought them back to life. [I took them] by the han[d]. (iii 20´´) Through the good planning of (the god) Aššur and the goddess [Mullissu], the gods who support me, [... The al]ly of the father who had engendered me, who had work[ed] with him, [...]

(iv 1') [T]o support the gods of the land Akkad, I mustered my battle troops and took the road. Urtaku, the king of the land Elam, heard about the advance of my expeditionary force, fear overwhelmed him, and he returned to h[is] (own) land. I w[ent a]fter him (and) bro[ught about] his [def]eat. [I drove h]im [away] as far as the bord[er of his land].

(iv 11') [(As for) Urtaku, who had not ho]nored [my] friendsh[ip, ...] ... [...]

(v 1) I installed Ta[mm]arītu, his third bro­ther, as king in the city Ḫidalu. With the suppo[r]t of the gods Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), and Nabû, I [return]ed safely to Assyria with much bo[oty] from the land Elam.

(v 6) [In the cou]rse of my campaign, I march[ed against Dun]ānu, the son of Bēl-iqīša, [to the land Gambul]u. I conquer[ed the city Ša-pī-Bēl, his] fortified city, [...]. I brough[t Dunānu] (and) his [brothers] out of [that] city [alive. ...] ... [...]

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(vi 1') [...] ... [... Fe]ar of my royal majesty overwhelmed them and they sent before m[e their] mounted messenger(s with messages) of goodwill and peace, together with thei[r] substantial audience gift(s). They asked about the well being of my royal majesty, kissed my feet, (and) made appeals to my lordly majesty.

(vi 7') Cyrus, the king of the land Parsumaš, heard about the might[y] victories that, with the support of the gods Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), and Nabû — the great gods, my lords — I had achieved over the land Elam (and that) I had flattened the land Elam, all of it, like the Deluge, and he sent to Nineveh, my capital city, Arukku, his eldest son, with his payment, to do obeisance, and he made an appeal to my lordly majesty.

(vi 14') Pislumê, the king of the land Ḫudimiri — whose location is remote (and) which is situated on the far side of the land Elam, which from distant days, in (the time of) the kings, my ancestors, it had not sent its mounted messenger(s and) did not inquire about the well-being of their royal majesties — now (vi 20´) heard about the mighty victories that, with the support of the gods Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), and Nabû — the great gods, my lords — I had achieved over the land Elam [and] fear of my royal majesty overwhelmed [him and he sent] to Nineveh, my capital city, his mounted messenger (with a message) of peace, with [his substantial audience gift(s), and] he made an appeal to [my lordly majesty].

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(viii 1') [...] ... [... one of] the kings, my descendants, [whom ...] name and [...] he should renovate [...] (and) should not re[m]ove an inscribed object [bearing my name f]rom its place. [M]ay he return (it) [to its place].

(viii 6b') Whoever alters an inscribed object bearing [my name] and does [not] place (it) with an inscription (bearing) [his name], may the goddess Gula, the great lady, make persistent [le]sions, which never heal, appear [on] his body; may he constantly bathe in blood (and) pus [a]s if (they) were water; may his life come to an end from a prolonged sickness; (and) may she curse him angrily and make his name and seed disappear from the land.

(viii 14') Ayyāru (II), the sixth day, the thirtieth year of Ashurbanipal, [ki]ng of As[syria].