19 Like its original[6] written and translated.
20 Palace of Assur-bani-pal, King of Assyria;
21 Son of Esar-haddon, King of multitudes, King of Assyria,
high-priest of Babylon,
22 King of Sumer and Accad, King of the Kings of Cush and
Egypt,
23 King of the four zones; Son of Sennacherib,
24 King of multitudes, King of Assyria;
25 who to Assur and Beltis, Nebo and Tasmit trusts.
26 Thy kingdom, O light of the gods.
[Footnote 1: The Assyrian mistranslates, "I hurl into the deep."]
[Footnote 2: The Assyrian mistranslates "I" for "thou."]
[Footnote 3: "Sadi" in Assyrian, literally "mountain" or "rock," and
apparently connected with the Hebrew "Shaddai," as in the phrase "El
Shad-dai," "God Almighty."]
[Footnote 4: Possibly the four rivers of Paradise.]
[Footnote 5: Also called the "Mountain of the East," Mount Elwand on which
the ark rested.]
[Footnote 6: That is the text from which the Assyrian copy was made for
the library of Assurbanipal.]