Sennacherib 162

(ii 1) [... t]o my land [...] ... [...] ... [...]

(iii 1') [... I ...] to (the god) Aššur, king of [the gods, ... for (...)] the securing of my reign, the increasing of [..., ..., ...] the foundation of my throne for [...] days.

(iii 5') May (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, the great god, ... look kindly up[on] my [de]eds. When he looks, may the works that are the desire of ..., as much I ha[ve do]ne, please him and be acceptable to him. May he make the people of the four quarters (of the world) bow down to him so that they pull his yoke. May he make the substantial tribute of the settlements, the abundance of heaven (and) earth, pour into Ešarra, the seat of his great divinty, annually.

(iii 11') May the goddess Mullissu, the queen of Ešarra, the consort of (the god) Aššur, creator of the great gods, have a good word about Sennacherib, king of Assyria, set upon her lips daily before (the god) Aššur.

(iii 14') May (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu discuss [the ... of po]wer, the attainment of very old age, the lengthening of his (Sennacherib’s) days, the securing of his reign, (and) the ... of the throne of his kingship forever and ever.

(iii 17') The length of the sideboard is six and two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. The frontpiece is three and one-third cubits, measured by the royal cubit. (There are) twelve gold platings on the side of the bed; (iii 20´) six ditto (= gold platings) on the side. (There is) a ... mušḫuššu-dragon on top of the sidewalls. The matress (has) a nalbattu-form that has [...] ... of pa[ppardilû]-stones, (and) ḫašḫur-api (ornaments) of obsidian, carnelian, (and) lapis-lazuli arranged around (it). The lower matress is gold (and) water is ... on (it). The legs are lamassu-figures. Beneath the lamassu-figures a [...] claw(-shaped ornament). (iii 25´) There are eight lamassu-figures on the two rungs of the sid[es]. (There is) one lamassu-figure on each ... [(...)]. Water surrounds lamassu-figures .... The rungs are ... with water. The leg(s) of the be[d] are one and two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit.

(iii 30') 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 surroun[ds] 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.

(iii 36') Wording (of the inscription) that was cut off (and) erased from the bed (and) the throne of the god Bēl (Marduk) that were in the temple of (the god) Aššur (and of the inscription) written upon (them) in the name of Ashurbanipal. Simānu (III), twenty-seventh day, eponymy of Awiānu (655), [they were] re[turned [to] Ba[byl]on.