(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….demigod mixed-breeds in teal)
For the god Enlil, king of the gods, lord of the heaven and netherworld, (giant royal alien) prince […],
one who renders decisions, who[se order] cannot be changed,
foremost of the Igīgū (Igigi) gods, hero of the Anunnakū (Anunnaki alien) gods, who ru[les …],
one who holds the lead-rope of every(one), one who makes [opposing forces] agr[ee],
(Enlil, Earth Colony Commander in his E-kur residence – Command Central in Nippur)
lord of the lands, wisest of the gods, one who dwells in Ekur which is inside [Nippur, (the great lord), his lord]:
Ash[ur]b[ani]p[al, great king], mighty [kin]g, king of the wor[ld, king of Assyria,
… king who has no] equal [in all] the lands;
[son of Esarhaddon, great king], mighty [king], king of the world, king [of Assyria;
grandson of Sennacherib], (who was) also great king, mighty king,
king of the world, king of Assyria; king of the land of Sumer and Akkad,
(pilot gods Ashur, Enlil, & Ninurta)
vice-regent for the gods Aššur (Ashur), Enlil and Ninurta,
one who provides for the cult centers, … sanctuaries — (temple / residences of giant alien gods)
In order to ensure his good health, to prolong his days, to make his appearance (lit. “body”) radiant,
to ensure the well-being of his offspring, so that he stand (victoriously) over his enemies,
that his reign endure, that he lead (his people) aright with his staff, that his rule please his [land],
(and) that he guide his people in abundant prosperity,
(With regard to) Egigunû, the ziqqurat of Nippur,
whose foundation is made secure on the breast of the Watery Abyss (apsû),
whose enclosure wall had become old and eroded,
I repaired its dilapidated section(s) with baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln, and completed its structure.
(Ningishzidda placed the foundation pegs to Earth’s great monument wonders)
I had it built anew with the work of the god Kulla (Ningishzidda) and made it shine like daylight.
I raised its top (as high) as a mountain and made [its] appearance resplendent.
On account of this, when the god Enlil, king of the gods (after father Anu), chief (royal prince) god of the gods,
[great] lord, [(his lord)], loo[ks] upon Egigunû, the sign of the lands, with pleasure,
(Enlil & his giant mixed-breed king Ashurbanipal)
may he (Enlil) constantly bless the kingship of Ashurbanipal — king of Assyria,
true shepherd who reveres his [great] divinity — (and) keep his reign safe until [far-off] days!
May he cause [him to] gr[asp] a staff of shepherdship which makes opposing forces agree!
May he make his shepherdship pleasant to his land!
[May he make (him) stand (victoriously)] over [his] enemy!