(1') [... the god Šamaš, the judge of heaven] and netherworld, the commander [of all]; the god Nergal, the perfect one, the king of battle; [the god Nusku], the bearer of the holy scepter, the circumspect god; (and) the goddess Mullissu, the spouse of the god Enlil, [the mother of] the great [gods]; the great gods, who [decree destinies] (and) who aggrandize my kingship.

(7'b) [Shalmaneser (III)], king of all of the people, ruler, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [strong king, king of all] four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of [all of the people, ruler of] all of the lands; son of Ashur[nasirpal (II), exalted priest, whose priesthood] was pleasing to the gods [and] (who) subdued [all lands at his feet, pure] offspring [of Tukultī-Ninurta (II)], who [slew] all of his enemies.

(13'b) [At the beginning of] my reign, after I sat [the throne of my royal majesty], I mustered [my chariots (and) troops. I entered] the pass of [the land Simesi (and)] captured the city Aridu, [the fortified city of Ninni].

(18'b) In [my] first regnal year, [I crossed the Euphrates River (and) marched] to [the Sea of the Setting Sun].

(r 1') [... I slew ten perfect specimens of strong, horned, wild bulls (and)] two calves [by the city Zuqarri], which is on the opposite bank [of the Euphrates River].

(r 3') In my twentieth regnal year, [I crossed the Euphrates River for the twentieth time (and) mustered with my (forces)] all of [the kings] of the land Ḫatti. I crossed Mount Amanus (and) went down [to the cities of Katî] of the land Que (Qau). I captured the cities [Lusanda], Abarnāni, (and) [Kisuatni], fortified [cities] together with [innumerable] cities from the nearest of his cities to the [farthest of his cities]. I massacred (and) plundered them. I fashioned two statues of my royal majesty, inscribed thereon my mighty [praises] (and) erected [one in the nearest of] his cities (and) the second in the farthest of [his cities on a cape (jutting) into] the sea. (Thus) I prevailed over the land Que (Qau) with might and main.

(r 16'b) At that time, the ancient wall [of my city, Aššur], which [had been built previously by] Kikkia, Puzur-[Aššur (I)], Ikūnum, son of Erišum (I), N[arām-Sîn], son of Puzur-Aššur (II),

(l.e. ii 1) I recruited 2,001 chariots (and) 5,242 [cavalry] for the armed forces of my land.

(l.e. ii 2b) [The name of the great (inner) wall is] “Whose Brilliance Covers the Land.” [Its summit] protrudes ten bricks and it is twenty bricks wide.