Ashurbanipal 222

(1) [For the god Marduk, ...] ..., my lord —

(2) [I, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria], king of the four quarters (of the world); [offspring of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria; descendant of Sennac]herib, king of Assyria:

(4) I completed [Eḫursaggalkurkurra, the temple of (the god) Aššur, king of the gods], my [lor]d. [I clad its walls with reddish gold (and) made (them) s]h[i]ne like daylight. [I made (the god) Aššur, (the great lord,) enter into Eḫursaggula (“House, Big Mountain”) (and) made (him) dwell (on his)] eternal [dai]s.

(7) [(At that time), the god Marduk, ..., the king of the gods, required] my priestly services (and) [..., I strove to restore every type of] divine [o]bj[ec]t of his. (10) [I skillfully made a bed of musukkannu-wood, a durable wood, (as) a] pleasure [be]d. [(As for) the canopy, ..., which is stretched out (and) which is re]splendent (as) the sun, [I ... (As for) the chariot, (...), which a king of the past (who had come) be]fore me had made, [it(s) ... had collapsed and] its (precious) stones had fallen out, [I ... its decoration] in its entirety.

(14b) [(...), by the command of (the god) Aššur, ...] my mind [... a]t (its) side