Exalt and glorify the Lady of Nineveh, magnify and praise the Lady of Arbela, who have no equal among the great gods!

Their names are most precious among the goddesses! Their cult centres have no equal among all the shrines!

A word from their lips is blazing fire! Their utterances are valid for ever!

I am Assurbanipal, their favourite, most valued seed of Assur, offspring of Nineveh, product of Emašmaš and Egašankalamma, whose kingship they made great even in the House of Succession. In their pure mouths is [voic]ed the endurance of my throne.

I knew no father or mother, I grew up in the lap of my goddesses. As a child the great gods guided me, going with me on the right and the left.

They established at my side a good genie and a good angel, assigned my life to guardians of well-being and health.

They glorified my stature and fortified my strength; they spread my fame over all rulers.

[All enem]ies heard (of me), [all] the recalcitrant lands, which did not submit to the kings, my fathers, and did not bring [tribute and] gifts before them, trembled with fear.

[I am] Assurbanipal, the creation of the hands of the great gods.

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Not [with] my [own strength], not with the strength of my bow, but with the power [... and] strength of my goddesses, I made the lands disobedient to me submit to the yoke of Aššur.

Unceasingly, yearly they bring me [sumptuous] presents and protect daily the gate of Aššur and Mullissu.

They seek peace with me in prayer and in supplication; with observance and prayers, they kiss my feet.

As for me, Assurbanipal, scion of kingship, who slays the recalcitrant and calms the heart of the gods, the great gods gave me confidence, and blessed my weapons.

The Lady of Nineveh, the mother who bore me, endowed me with unparalleled kingship; the Lady of Arbela, my creator, ordered everlasting life (for me).

They decreed as my fate to exercise dominion over all inhabited regions, and made their kings bow down at my feet.

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May the Lady of Nineveh, the lady of (this) song, magnify (my) kingship for ever!