Šamaš-reša-uṣur 2

(o 1) [I, Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, am the son of Iqīša-Marduk, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); Iqīš]a-Marduk was the son of Uayyāmu; Uayyāmu

(o 2) [was the son of ..., (ditto [governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari]); ... was the son of Adad-nādin-zēr]i, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); Adad-nādin-zēri was the son of Kudurru, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); one of an enduring lineage;

(o 3) [distant descendant of Tunamissaḫ, son of Ḫamm]u-rāpi, king of Babylon. My ancestors are numerous; [(...)] I have not written down [their name(s) from ... to Kudurru].

(o 4b) I, Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land [of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, ...] built a town and named it Āl-gabbāri-<bānî>.

(o 6) [...] its [to]wer, which with bitumen and baked bricks

(o 7) [...] I made greater [than] my forefathers.

(o 8) [...] the gods Madānu (and) Rammānu, the great gods,

(o 9) [(...) I settled them in] a pleasant abode [inside my town Āl-gabbār]i-bānî. [... Ā]l-gabbāri-bānî at the same time ...

(o 11) [...] ... facing

(o 12) [...] I named it [Nār/Kār/Dūr-Šamaš-rē]ša-uṣur. ...

(o 13) [...] ... near ... Šamaš-rēša-uṣur

(o 14) [...] ...

(o 15) [...] I named it [Dū]r-Šamaš-rēša-uṣur.

(o 16) [...] my hands

(o 17) [...] I named it [Nār/Kār/Dūr-Šamaš-rē]ša-uṣur.

(o 18) [...] I established there

(o 19) [... which] exists

(o 20) [...] the land of Sūḫu

(o 21) [...] Dūr-Šamaš-rēša-uṣur

(o 22) [...] ... the land Uqāya

(o 23) [...] ...

(o 24) [...] my [...] I surrounded and

(o 25) [...] ... I est[abli]sh

(o 26) [...] ...

(r 1') [...] ...

(r 2') [...] Anyone in the future [who comes forward ...] they should read [this inscription] out loud to him [ ... that (man), (if)] no [one] can read (this inscription) out loud to him

(r 5') [(...)] should ask [(...) the eld]ers of his land: “[Is it] true [that Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of] Mari, [accomplished these] tasks?”