Sennacherib 161

(1) [To (the god) Aššur], the king of the gods, the father of the gods, the lofty one, the creator, the great god, [the one who molds] the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the one who holds the lead-rope of the [great] heavens, (the) deep-hearted (one) who deliberates (only) with himself, the assiduous one, [the regu]lator, the one who decrees fates, the splendid one, the perfect one, (5) [the l]eader of absolutely everything, controller of the gods of heaven (and) netherworld; the exalted force that makes devastation come like the Deluge to the land where there is negligence (and) [har]dship, who makes a destructive flood sweep over all four quarters (of the world) — which are unsubmissive to his governor (Sennacherib) — so that (10) tribute and payment is imposed upon them (and) so that they carry their (work) baskets daily, without interruption; the lord of everything who holds the lead-rope of heaven and netherworld, the one who dwells in Eḫursagkurkur<ra> — the awe-inspiring shrine, exalted sanctuary, (and) holy dwelling place — the awesome radiance (and) awe-inspiring luminosity that (15) has mercy on their governor(s), his great [..., who] quickly accepts [supplicat]ions (and) prayers addressed to him, [who] makes his angry weapons rage [against] the unyielding, [...] the road to joy, [...] ... weapons [...] ... [...]

(r 1') [The leg(s) of the b]ed are [one and] two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit.

(r 3') The length of the thr[one] is [three and] one-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. Its width is [one and] two-thirds cubits. Water surrounds lamassu-figures. There are four lamassu-figures on the two rungs of the sides; two ditto (= lamassu-figure) on the frontpiece. The entire throne: The length of the kitturru is one and two-thirds cubits. (Its) height is two-thirds of a cubit. The width of the kuptu, as far as the mušḫuššu-dragon, is two-thirds of a cubit.

(r 9') Wording (of the inscription) that (is) on the bed (and) the throne at the footend. It is a single (text). That of the chest was not copied.