Cols. i–v completely missing

they struck down his [warri]ors with the sword. They carried off [in]to Assyria [peopl]e, oxen, (and) sheep and goats, his substantial [boo]ty.

They [captu]red alive [Akkud]āya, their herald, (and) brought (him) before me. I forcibly removed [the people li]ving in those cities, [took (them) and] settled (them) in Egypt. I made [the people, whom] my bow [plundered] in another land, live [in the city Q]irbit and its villages.

ruling

[...] I [...] ... [...] sun [...] they [kiss]ed my feet [...] ...

Lacuna

[...] his [mes]senger [...] to inquire about my well-being a[pp]roached the border of my land. The people of my land saw him and said to him: “Who are you, stranger? A mounted messenger of yours has never taken the road to our territory.” They brought him to Nineveh, my capital city, [...], before me. (Among all) the languages (from) sunrise (to) sunset, (vi 10´) which (the god) Aššur had placed at my disposal, there was not a master of his language. [H]is language was different and his speech could not be understood.

He brought [a ...] with him from the border of his land, and [... he reported] his spe[e]ch to me, [..., he sai]d [the following]: “The servant who rev[e]res you, [...] laid down and saw [...] ... [... was es]tablished and [...] ... [...] rose and [... li]ght appeared. [...] its king [...] bright [...] inside it [... (The god) Aššur], the lord of the lands, my god, [...] stood and [...] he said to me: [...]

Lacuna

Lacuna

Upon [...] its (the House of Succession’s) emplacement [...]. I [made] its structure [larger] than the one in the da[ys of the past]. In a favorable month, [(on) an auspicious day], I (re)laid its foundation(s) and (thereby) [secured its brickwork]. I built (and) [completed] (it) from its foundation(s) t[o its crenellations].

In the future, [may] one of the k[ings, my descendants], whom the god Aššur and [the goddess Ištar] nomi[nate] for ruling over the land and [people, renovate] it[s] dilapidated section(s) when [this] House of Succe[ssion] becomes old an[d dilapidated].

Just as I [placed an inscribed object] bearing the name of a kin[g of the past] with [an inscribed object] bearing my name, you should be just like m[e, find] an inscribed object bearing [my name and] (then) anoint (it) with oil, [make] an of[fering] (and) pla[ce] (it) with [an inscribed object bearing your name. The god Aššur and the goddess Ištar will (then) hear your] pr[ayers].

ruling

[..., ... day], i[n the eponymy of ...], the [... of the city/land ...].