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Since a holy place, a noble hall, I have thus consecrated for the use of

the great gods, my Lords Anu and Vul, and have laid down an adytum for

their special worship, and have finished it successfully, and have

delighted the hearts of their noble godships, may Anu and Vul preserve me

in power. May they support the men of my Government. May they establish

the authority of my officers. May they bring the rain, the joy of the

year, on the cultivated land and the desert during my time. In war and in

battle may they preserve me victorious. Many foreign countries, turbulent

nations, and hostile Kings I have reduced under my yoke; to my children

and descendants may they keep them in firm allegiance. I will lead my

steps, firm as the mountains, to the last days before Ashur and their

noble godships.

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The list of my victories and the catalogue of my triumphs over foreigners

hostile to Ashur, which Anu and Vul have granted to my arms, I have

inscribed on my tablets and cylinders, and I have placed them to the last

days in the temple of my Lords Anu and Vul, and the tablets of Shamsi-Vul,

my ancestor, I have raised altars and sacrificed victims (before them),

and set them up in their places.

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