(1) [For the goddess Mul]lis[s]u, exalted ruler, the pre-eminent one among the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the most splendid of goddesses, the que[en of que]ens, the Ištar worthy of praise, who is endo[w]ed with sexual charm (and) filled with awe-inspiring radiance, the supreme lady whose lordly majesty is the most outstanding (and) whose divinity is the greatest among the gods of [a]ll settlements, the very competent one, the lady of all things that (are found) in the whole (lit. “territory”) of heav[e]n and netherworld, [the one who holds] the bond of the bright firmament, who[se] place is firmly founded in the wide heavens, [...],

(5) [wife of the E]nli[l] of the gods (Aššur) — the (most) exalted one, the king of heaven and [net]herworld, the one who decrees fates — the mother of the gods whose command(s) cannot be changed (and) whose pronoun[cements] cannot be altered, the one who has gathered to herself (all of) the valuable divine offices of the god Anu, the one who grasps the res[po]nsibility of supreme power, the <lo>ft[y] wild cow whose horns are pointed, the one who gores [(...)] fo[es] (to death), [...], the one who treads on the unyielding, the one who rides great storm-demons, who does not have an opponent among the gods (and) who[se ...] does not exist among goddesses [...], whose widespread net is la[i]d for (trapping) enemies, from whose snare ene[mies] do not escape, [... t]o the side of the capable, who rules over the totality of [ev]erything and makes all of the lands bow do[wn to] her [yo]ke,

(11) (the goddess) [A]ntu, the merciful one, the one who accepts supplications (and) he[ar]s prayers, the one who [p]rotects life (and) gran[ts good health], the one who goes at the side of [the king] — her favorite — who resc[ues] the ruler who re[veres] her from tro[ub]le (and) difficulty, the one who resides in [Nineveh — the] holy [ci]ty, the dwelling of the ... of the great gods — the great lady, my lady:

(13b) [I], Ashurbanipal, [king of] the world, king of [Assyria], the one to whom [your] hands [are stretc]hed out, the p[io]us governor, the one who pulls your yoke, ... [...] ... [... who] made [...] resplendent and made appeals to your lordly majesty, [who]se mind [thought] to [...] ... [...], with erbu-offerings, gifts, voluntary offerings, petiti[ons ...] at your [fe]et [...]; son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria; descen[dant of Sar]gon (II), king of the world, [king of As]syria, [governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and] Akkad;

(18) whom no father has raised (nor) taught to spread [(his) wing(s), ...] ... [... w]ing [...] you protected me [...] ... [... pe]ace, you had [your] beneficent [protection] spread out over [me, ...] y[ou had me] firmly [placed on the throne of the fat]her who had engendered me. [May] a good, protective šēdu (and) a ju[s]t lamassu that prese[rves lif]e [walk] at my side, [...].

(21b) [With yo]ur great [support], I follow after you (and) you marc[h] at my side. I constantly over[come ...] my [en]emies. You [allowed me to stand over] my foes in victory, strength, (and) triumph. [... Through your ..., which] cannot be changed, you commanded my exercising the kingship for everlasting days. [...] shrines [... (The god) Aššur and the goddess Mull]issu looked upon me with their benevolent glance and commanded [... At] your exalted [comman]d, I set [...] to complete sanctuaries, pro[v]ide for cult-centers, (and) put in order [...] cultic rites (and) kidudû-rites:

(27) (As for) Eḫ[ursa]ggalkurkurra, the temple of (the god) Aššur, my lord, whose construction Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who had enge[ndered me, had not fin]ished, I finished its construction by the command of (the god) Aššur, the great lord, my lord, and cl[ad] its walls [with g]old (and) silver. I fastened band(s) of silver on tall [columns of ce]dar (and) erected (them) at the Gate of the Abundance of the Lands. [I made] (the god) Aššur [en]ter into Ešarra, (which is) a replica of the temple of the Enlil of the heavens, and [made (him) reside on] (his) eternal [da]is.

(30) (As for) Emašmaš, the temple of the goddess Mullissu, [m]y lady, the inner sanctum, the dwelling place of her lordly majesty, I [in]laid its gates, door jambs, (and) d[oo]r bolts with [silver (and) gold].

(31) (As for) the akītu-house, the dwelling place of her lordly majesty, where on the twenty-first day of Ṭebētu (X) (her) great divinity goes out and properly carries out [...], whose [ri]tes had been forgotten [since the days of the king]s, my ancestors, and which had not been constructed according to its original specifications, like the previous one — I now built (and) co[mp]leted (it) in its entirety [with baked bricks inlai]d with obsidian (and) lapis lazuli. I filled (it) with splendor. Through the craft of the deity Ninzadim, I depi[ct]ed on it (images of) the settlements of enemies that I had co[nq]uered (and) representations of en[e]mies who(se defeat) I had regularly brought about by the command of her exalted d[ivini]ty, as well as (those of) kings who had not bowed d[own] to me.

(35b) (As for) Ekibikuga, the ziggurrat of Nine[ve]h, [...]. (As for) Matumma[l], the boat of the goddess Mullissu, I built (it) with cedar and inlaid (it) with silver. (As for) the outer gate that ... [...] the cross-shap[e]d, the place of pelludû-rites, the ... of the king, I built (and) completed (it) in its entirety.

(37b) Aft[e]r I had d[o]ne every type of work on the temple of [..., m]y [lady], (and) decor[ated] (it) with silver (and) gold, I inlaid the inner sanctum of the god Nabû, my lord, that is in Nineveh, with silver (and) gold.

(38b) (As for) the temple of the deities Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, (and) [Ay]a that is [insid]e Nineveh, I built (and) completed (it) in its entirety. I made the deities Sîn, Ningal, [Nusku, Šamaš, (and)] A[ya, the gods who s]uppor[t me, ...] enter inside it and made (them) dwell (on their) eternal dais(es).

(40b) (As for) Egašankalam[a, ...], I [cla]d its walls with gol[d (... and) ma]de [...].

(41) I renovated Babylon, completed Esagil, (and) [...] its daises, replica(s) of the heaven[s. ...] the deities Bēl (Marduk), [Bēltīya (Zarpanītu)], the Lady of Babylon, Ea, (and) Mandānu. [...] mood [...] sheep [... comma]nded the going on a peaceful road [...] the king [...] ... [... the cit]y of As[allu]ḫi, Babylon, [...].

(45) (As for) the th[rone-dai]s, the seat of [his (Marduk’s) exalted] divinity, [I cast fifty talents of shi]ny [z]aḫalû-[silver] into b[ricks and (thereby) enlarged it].

(46) [I had a canopy ... made from] musukkannu-wood, a dur[able] wood. [I clad its perimeter with thirty-four] talents (and) [twenty minas of] redd[ish g]old [... I] stretched o[ut ...].

(47) [(As for) the exalt]ed [chariot], the ve[hic]le of his lordly majesty, [I completed its feature(s)] with [gold, silver, (and) precious stones. I gave (it)] as a gif[t to the god Marduk, the king of the totality of heaven] and netherworld, [the one who overwhelms] my [en]emi[e]s.

(48b) [I skillfully made a bed of musukkannu-wood, a] durable [woo]d, [that is clad with pašallu-gold (and) studded with precious stones, as a] pleasure [bed] for the god Bēl (Marduk) (and) the goddess Bēltīya (Zarpanītu) [to carry out the wedding (and) to make l]o[ve. I placed (it) in Kaḫilisu, the bed ch]amber of the goddess Zarpanītu, which [is laden with] sex[ual charm].

(51b) I presented [the god] Marduk, the ki[ng of] the gods, the one who loves my reign, with [a bed of ebony, a] du[rable wo]od, [which] is cl[ad with] reddish [gol]d.

(52) I had [utensils of silver, gold], pre[cio]us [sto]nes, bronze, (and) iron made for every type of [t]emple [service], and had (them) deposited in [Es]agil, the palace of the gods.

(53) I built (and) completed [Esaba]d, the temple of the goddess G[ula that] is inside Babyl[on, from its foundation(s) t]o its crenellations.

(54) I sta[tioned six fierce wild bulls of silver, protectors of my] royal [pat]h, [in the Lugud]uene [Gate], the Gate of the Rising Sun, [and the Lamma-RA.BI Gate, in Ezida, which is inside Borsippa].

(56) [I ... a threshold of re]ddish [gold], whose weight is fifty minas, t[o ascend to a hi]gh place [...].

(57b) [I cast Kizalaga, the sea]t 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 expertly] fashioned.

(59) I[n (the gates) Kamaḫ and Kanamt]ila, for the pr[ocessional way of his e]xalted [rulership], I heaped up like [mou]ntain(s) [two sh]iny [silver pirkus], whose weight is six talents each.

(60) [...] whose [con]struction had been fo[rgotten] since distant days, [...] I fashioned and [...] its [...].

(61b) (As for) Emeslam, the temple of the god Nergal of Cutha, [which had become dilapidat]ed and [ol]d, I renovated its collapsed section(s and) [removed the portion(s) of it that had collapsed]. I built (and) completed (it) [from] its [found]ation(s) to its crenellations.

(62b) I roof[ed it] with [long] b[eams of cedar] (and) fixed doors of white cedar, [whos]e [fragrance] is sweet, in its gateways. I adorned the temple with musukkan[nu-wood, KA-wood], ebony, boxwood, [ḫilēpu-wood, and] UMBIN-wood.

(64) [(As for) Eḫulḫ]ul, the temple of the god Sîn, which is in the city Ḫarrān (and) which [the god Sîn ...] in [distant] days entrusted (its renovation) to me, I built (and) co[mpleted (it) from] its foundation(s) to its crenellations. I clad [...]. Insi[de it], I bui[lt] Emelamana, the temple of <the god> Nusku, the exalted vizier.

(66b) [In the inner sanctum of] the god Sîn, my lord, I stationed [two wild bulls of silver, which gore my foes (to death). In a gateway of] Eḫulḫul, I (also) stationed two long-haired heroes of ešmarû-metal, which gra[sp divine emblems, (keep safe my royal path, and) bring in the yield of mountain and sea].

(67b) I built (and) completed the akītu-house, the residen[ce of his lordly majesty. I ...] with silver (and) go[ld ...].

(68b) [...] musukkannu-[wood], a durable woo[d], I decorated (it) with shiny za[ḫa]l[û]-metal, [... (and) re]ddish [gold. ... I] set up [...] the god Sîn, m[y] lord, [...].

(69b) (As for) the inner sanctum of the go[d Nusku, the] exalted [vi]zier, [the one who intercedes on] my [be]half, the one who reminds [(...)] the god Sîn, my lord, I inla[id (it)] with silver.

(70b) [(As for ...)] ..., which to cause lightning to strike [...], I erected fierce [lion-headed eagles in the ... of] Emelamana, the temple of the god Nusku, the exalted vizier, on the right and lef[t. ...].

(72b) [I too]k [the gods Sîn (and) Nusku by the hand], made (them) enter into (their respective temples), (and) made (them) sit on (their) e[te]rnal dais(es).

(73) [In] its entirety, I built (and) [completed] Edimgalkalama, the temple of Great [A]nu of D[ēr]. I made the deities Great [Anu], Šarrat-Dēr, (and) Mār-bīti enter into it and [made (them) sit on (their) eterna]l [dais(es)]. F[o]r the dwelling place of his lordly majesty, I [clad] a seat of mu[suk]kannu-wood, a durable wood, with [shi]ny sil[ver. ... (of) si]lver, that is clad with reddish gold, in [its] e[ntirety, ...] ...