(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)
The tomb of Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurian, upon whom Aššur-etel-ilāni, king of Assyria,
had pity, brought from Assyria to Bīt-Dakkūri, his (own) country,
and laid to rest in a tomb inside his home of Dūru-ša-Ladīni (“Fortress of Ladīnu”).
Whoever you are, whether governor or commander or judge or prince,
who is appointed in the land, do not harm this tomb or (its) bone(s)!
(But rather) look after its position (and) extend (your) good protection over it!
(Marduk, the patron god of Babylonia)
For (doing) this, my the god Marduk, the great lord, lengthen your reign,
establish his good protection over you, (and) bless your name,
your descendant(s), and your long life for all time!
(But) if that prince or governor or commandant or judge or viceroy
who appears in the land harms this tomb or (its) bone(s), (or) changes its position,
taking (it) to another place, or (if) another person incites him to plan wicked things
(against this tomb) and he listens (to him), may the god Marduk, the great lord,
make his name, his descendant(s), his offspring, and his progeny
disappear from (mention by) the mouth(s) of the people!
May the god Nabû, who makes opposing forces agree,
(son Nabu, mixed-breed king with dinner, earthling worker, Marduk on his throne, & son Ashur)
cut short the number of his days (lit. “the number of his long days”)!
(May the god Nergal not spare his life from malaria, plague, or slaughter!