(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)
(gods in blue … mixed-breed demigods in teal)
w[is]e prince, the one who daily through the su[pport of his gods]
(Marduk, his son Nabu, & Babylonian king)
const[antly] seeks re[spect for the god Marduk — the great lord] — and the god Nabû — his t[rue] heir —
the one who se[eks] to copiously supply sattu[kku-offerings (…)] to Esagil and Ezida
(Nabu’s Ezida; Marduk’s Esagil)
(and) to perform daily that [which is pleasing] to the gods Nabû and Marduk, [his] lords,
the one who fulfills [their] comman[d], son of Bēl-šum-iškun —
[wise] prince [(…)] — the perfect young man, the vali[ant] young man, [(…)].
(Nabu, son to Marduk, spouse to Nanaya)
When the god Nabû, the e[xalted] vizier, the one who speaks about [my] good de[eds],
spr[ead] word of my good deeds (and) elevated the head of my royal majesty,
he looked upon me with his gracious face an[d] granted to me a just reign.
At his exalted command, I travel[led] enemy road(s), […] mountain path(s),
[…] lands […] … [… h]ostil[e …] (i 25ˊ) … [… k]i[ng …]