Šamaš-šuma-ukin 1

(1) Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, mighty king, king of the Amnānu, king of Babylon, capable (and) judicious, shepherd, favorite of the gods Enlil, Šamaš, and Marduk, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, I ––

(6) In the womb of (my) mother who bore me (lit. ‟in the place of creating of the mother who bore me”), the queen of the gods, the goddess Erua, gladly appointed me to be lord of the people.

(9) The great gods looked with pleasure upon me to gather the scattered people of Akkad and they joyfully appointed me to carry out the forgotten rites and rituals.

(14) The king of the gods, the god Asari, came happily with me from Baltil (Aššur) unto ‟the Seat of Life.”

(16) The great lord (and) hero, the god Marduk, gladly took up his holy residence in Esagil, the palace of heaven and netherworld.

(19) I restored the precious rites (and) choice cult practices of the great gods who sit upon dais(es) in the whole of Ekur.

(23) At that time, I (re-)erected the dilapidated parts of Badullisâ (‟Wall Named in Ancient Times”), the (city) wall of Sippar, which had become weak and buckled because of enemy disturbances. I strengthened its weak sections (and) with earth raised its top (as high) as a mountain.

(30) On account of this, O god Šamaš, the manly hero, and goddess Aya, (his) bride, look upon my good deeds with pleasure and speak well of me –– Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, the humble one who reveres you!