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(1) [Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king], strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria; the valiant man who acts with the support of (the god) Aššur, his lord, and was has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), marvelous shepherd, fearless in battle, mighty flood-tide which has no opponent, the king who subdued (the territory stretching) from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, the land Lāqê in its entirety, (and) the land Sūḫu, including the land Rapiqu; he conquered from the source of the Subnat River to the interior of the land Nirbu.

(5b) I brought within the boundaries of my land (the territory stretching) from the passes of the land Ḫabruri to the land Gilzānu, from the opposite bank of the Lower Zab to the city Tīl-bāri, which is upstream from the land Zabban, from the city Tīl-ša-Abtāni to the city Tīl-ša-Zabdāni, (and) the cities Ḫirimmu (and) Ḫarutu, (which are) fortresses of Karduniaš (Babylonia). Moreover, I gained dominion over the wide Naʾiri lands, to their (text: its) full extent.

(8) I reorganized the city Kalḫu (and) founded the palace of my lordly majesty inside it. I built that palace for the eternal admiration of kings and rulers (and) splendidly decorated it. I made white limestone and parūtu-alabaster (statues of) all kinds of (lit. “all of them”) beasts of mountains and seas, using white limestone and parūtu-alabaster (and) I stationed (them) in its gates.