(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)
Nabopolassa[r], strong king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad,
the one who makes the foundations of the land firm, pious prince,
(Marduk, son Nabu, & semi-divine mixed-breed king)
protégé of the gods Nabû and Marduk, favorite of the god Šaššu (Šamaš) (Utu), beloved of the goddess Aya,
the warrior of war[riors] whom the aweso[me] god Erra (Nergal) allowed to attain his desire,
the humble (and) respectful one who is assiduous towards the rites of the great gods,
the king whose deeds surpass those of the kings, his ancestors, I:
(Ninsun, semi-divine king, & Samas / Utu having disloyal earthling killed)
When the god Šaššu (Šamaš), the great lord, came to my side and [I] killed [the Subarean (Assyrian)
and turned the land of] my [ene]my into a mound [of] ruins (lit. “a mound [and] ruins”),
at that time, I built anew Eʾedinna, the temple where she (lit. “he”) can relax,
for the Divine Lady (Aya) of Sippar — the exalted princess, my lady — and made (it) as bright as day.
(Aya, spouse Utu, & father-in-law Nannar)
On account of this, O Divine Lady of Sippar (Utu’s spouse Aya), supreme [la]dy,
whenever I complete this temple and you take up residence inside it, for me —
Nabopolassar, the king who provides for you — prolong (my) kingship until the distant future
like the bricks of Sippar and Babylon, which are firmly in place for eternity.