When (the god) Aššur, king of the gods of heaven and netherworld, [...], the father of all of the gods, foremost of ... [...] the exalted circumspect one who [is surpassing] in insight, [...], the one who gives scepter, th[rone, (and) reign, ...]; (5) the goddess Mullissu, the consort of (the god) Aššur, ruler of all of the god[s, ...] who through her command [...]; the god Sîn, lord of decisions, bearer of powerful horns, [...] who [...] to give commands [...]; the god Šamaš, great judge of the gods who makes lig[ht] go forth, [...] (10) who by his bright light [...]; the god Anu, supreme lord, scion of (the god) Aššur, father of the gods, [...]; the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth, lord of wind and lightning, [...] giver of sustenance to the creatures of the god [Sumuqan (Šakkan), ...]; the goddess Ištar, queen of the heavens and stars who ... [...]; (15) the god Marduk, sage of the gods, incantation priest of the Igīgū and A[nunnakū] gods, [...]; the god Ninurta, son of the god Enlil, perfect, foremost of [...] who stands [...] and ... [...]; the god Nabû, vizier of (the god) Aššur, [...]; the god Nergal, the lord of strength and power who [...]; (20) the god Palil, the leader, forem[ost of ...]; the Sebetti, valiant gods, [...]; the great gods, [my] lords, [...]:

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They (the gods) searched all of [...] and [...] they looked [(...)] upon me (Sennacherib) [...] the god Sîn, the goddess Ning[al, ...]

Lacuna

Lacuna

his palace [... I made six steles (and) I fashioned] image(s) of the great gods, [my lords, upon them. Moreover, I had a royal image of myself expressing humility (lit. “one who strokes the nose”) placed before them. I had] all of [my] hand[iwork that I had undertaken in Nineveh inscribed upon them and I left (them) for ever after] for the kings, my descendants.

[At any time (in the future), a future ruler, one of the kings, my descendants], who [desecrates] the work that I have done, [dismantles the (canal) system that I have constructed, (or) diverts the flow of] the waters of the[se] canals [from the plain of Nineveh: May] the great gods, as many as [are named] in [this] st[ele], by their holy decree, which cannot be al[tered, curse him with a harsh curse and (overthrow his dynasty). May they make] him and his advisors, their name, their seed, [their offspring, (and) their progeny disappear ...].

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