Sennacherib 036

(1) [The god] Aššur, the great mountain, father of the gods, the one who decrees [fates, ..., who deli]berates (only) with himself; the gods Anu, Enlil, (and) E[a, ...] the designs of heaven and earth, who designates ... [...; the god Sîn (...)], the one who constantly renews himself, the pure god whose signs are inscrutab[le, ...], (5) the one who makes decisions, the one who makes [ast]rological signs [known; the god Šamaš, ...], great judge of the great gods, whose [lordly] splendor [overwhelms all of] the lands everywhere; the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven (and) earth, [...], the one who brings barley and flax into being, who makes sat[tukku-offerings] abundant, [...]; the god Šamaš, his signs, without whom ... [...] (10) (and) no ruler is named; the god Nabû, [... of heaven and] earth, controller of harmony, [...]; the god Ninurta, heir of the god Enlil, ... [...] the one who breaks up mountains ... [...; the goddess Ištar, ...] for her gre[at] divinity, [...; (and) the Sebetti], (15) the supr[eme] gods [who] stand [at the side of the king who reveres them] and [make his weapons prevail over all enemies]:

(17) Sennac[herib, ...]

(r 1') [I received a substantial] payment [from the distant Medes, of whose land none of] the king[s, my ancestors, had heard mention. (Thus) I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship].

(r 3') At that time, the temple of ... [...], the temple of the god Sîn, the temple of the goddess Nin[gal, the temple of the god Šamaš, the temple of the goddess Aya, ...], (rev. 5´) the temple of the goddess the Lady of Nineveh, the gr[eat] lady, [(...) which Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, [... had built] — with the passage of time those [temples ...].

(r 8') I tore them down and [reached their] foundation pit(s). I secured [their foundations (...) like] solid [bed]rock and [I built] (and) completed (them) fr[om their foundations to their crenellations].

(r 10'b) The great gods, [...], my lords, [...] into [their] shrines [...]. I graciously settled (them) on the[ir] daises [... I offered] fattened bulls (and) fattened sheep as sacrifice[s ...]. I presented m[y] gift(s) to them and [...] before [them].

(r 15') I had [all] the victorious conquests that [I achieved] over all of (my) enemies [(...)] with the sup[port of (...) the great gods], my lords, written upon inscribed objects and for [the kings (...)], my descendants, I deposited (them) [for ever after].

(r 19') In the future, may a future ruler, when [these] temple[s] become old and dilapidated, [see] my inscribed objects, [anoint (them) with oil], make [an offering], (and) place (them) with inscribed objects bearing his name. [The god Aššur will (then) hear his prayers].