Ashurbanipal 096

(r i' 1') [I carried off to Assyria those gods (and) goddesses] together with [their] j[ewelry, their property, (and) their equipment], along with šang[û-priests (and) buḫlalû-priests].

(r i' 3') Thirty-two statues [of kings fashioned from gold, silver, copper, (and) alabaster] from inside [the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) Ḫurādi], (rev. i´ 5´) along with a statue of U[mmanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), son of Umbadarâ], a statue of Ištar-N[anḫūndi (Šutur-Naḫūndi II), a statue of Hallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I)], and a statue of the [later] T[ammarītu], who [did obeisance to me] by the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess [Ištar — I took (them) to Assyria].

(r i' 9') I removed šēdu(s and) lam[assus, as many protectors of the temple as there were]. I ripped out the [raging] wild bull[s that adorned gateways. I had] the sanctuaries of the land El[am utterly destroyed (and) I counted] its gods (and) [its] goddesses [as ghosts]. (As for) their s[ecret grove]s,

(r ii' 1') [In the future, may one of the kings, my descendants, who]m [(the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar nominate for ruling over the land and people, renovate its dilapidated section(s) when this House of Succession becomes old and dil]apidated. [May] he find [an inscribed object bearing m]y [name], (the name of) my father, [(and the name of) my grandfather — the eternal seed of kingship] — and (then) (rev. ii´ 5´) [anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) place (it) wit]h an inscribed [object bearing his name. May the great gods, as many as are recorded on this] inscribed object, [gra]nt him [mighty victories, just like me].

(r ii' 8'b) [(As for) the one who destroys an inscribed object bearing] my [name],