Tiglath-pileser I 11

(r 1') its inner [...], as far as ... [...] ... [... I bui]lt that [p]alace from it[s] foundations [to its crenellations. I splendidly [decorated (it)] more than before. I surrounded (it) [with knobbed nails of] bronze. [I made magnificent] doors of f[ir], made (them) fast [with bronz]e [bands, (and) installed (them)] in its gate.

(r 9') [...] which with the support of the gods Aššur, Anu, Enlil, [... the great gods] who support me, the lands of/which [...] I made replicas in parūtu-alabaster [and basalt of a nāḫiru, which is called a sea-horse (and) which by the command of the gods Ninurta and Nergal, the great gods], my [lords, I had killed with a harpoon of] my own [making in the Great Sea of the land Amurru, (and) of a live] burḫiš, [which was brought] from the land [Lumaš ... on the other side of the land Ḫabḫu. I stationed (them) on the right and left of the entranc]e (gate) of [my] royal majest[y. ...] I inscribed my commemorative inscriptions (and) joyfully [deposited (them) in ... I called (it) Egallugalublimmub]a, “The Palace of the King of the Four Quarters (of the World).”

(r 19') [In the future, in] days to come, [may a future ruler], when [that palace becomes old and] dilapidated, [restore its dilapidated section(s)], either with cedar, [or ...], or tamarisk [...] ... May [he see] my commemorative inscriptions, [identify (them), anoint (them) with oil], make offerings, (and) [return (them)] to [their places. (The god) Aššur, the great lord, and] the goddess Ištar, the lady of [Nineveh, will (then) listen to his prayers].