(i 1) [Es]arhaddon, [ki]ng of the world, king of Assyria, pious [pr]ince, [be]loved of the god Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, upon whom you placed your protection and whom you safeguarded for kingship, all of whose enemies you killed and (i 10) whose wish you caused (him) to attain, upon whose father’s throne you placed in greatness, and whom [yo]u entrusted with the lordship of the lands; son of Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world (and) king of Assyria —

(i 19) The former temple of the god Aššur that Shalmaneser (I), son of Adad-nārārī (I), king of Assyria, a ruler who came before me, had built, [became] dilapidated: [Five] hundred and eighty-six years passed and (ii 1) (then) it became dilapidated.

(ii 2) I did not change the location of that temple and I laid its foundations on gold, silver, precious stones, aromatics, (and) ḫašūru-resin, and I secured i[ts] brickwork. (ii 10) I built (and) completed (it), (and) greatly made (it) an object of wonder for the people.

(ii 13) I built (it) for my life, the prolongation of my days, the securing of my reign, the well-being of my seed, the safeguarding of the throne [of] my priestly office, the overthrowing of my enemies, the prospering of the harvest of Assyria, (and) the well-being of As[syria].