1 To Ninip[1] most powerful hero, great, chief
of the gods,
warrior, powerful Lord,
whose onset in battle has not been
opposed, eldest son,
2 crusher of opponents, first-born son of Nukimmut,[2]
supporter
of the seven,[3]
noble ruler, King of
the gods the producers, governor, he who
rolls along the mass
3 of heaven and earth, opener of canals, treader
of the wide earth,
the god who in
his divinity nourishes
heaven and earth, the beneficent,
4 the exalted, the powerful, who has not lessened
the glory of his
face,[4] head of
nations, bestower of
sceptres, glorious, over all cities a
ruler,[5]
5 valiant, the renown of whose sceptre is not approached,
chief of
widespread influence,
great among the gods, shading from the
southern sun, Lord of
Lords, whose hand the vault of heaven
6 (and) earth has controlled, a King in battle
mighty[6] who has
vanquished opposition,
victorious, powerful, Lord of
water-courses and seas,[7]
7 strong, not yielding, whose onset brings down
the green corn,
smiting the land of
the enemy, like the cutting of reeds, the
deity who changes not
his purposes,
8 the light of heaven and earth, a bold leader
on the waters,
destroyer of them that
hate (him), a spoiler (and) Lord
of the disobedient,
dividing enemies, whose name in the
speech of the gods
9 no god has ever disregarded, the gatherer of
life, the god(?)
whose prayers are good,
whose abode is in the city of Calah,
a great Lord, my Lord—(who
am) Assur-nasir-pal, the
mighty King,
10 King of multitudes, a Prince unequalled, Lord
of all the
four countries, powerful
over hosts of men, the possession
of Bel and Ninip the
exalted and Anu
11 and of Dakan,[8] a servant of the great gods
in the lofty shrine
for great (O Ninip)
is thy heart; a worshipper of Bel whose
might upon
12 thy great deity is founded, and thou makest righteous
his
life, valiant, warrior,
who in the service of Assur his Lord
hath proceeded, and
among the Kings
13 of the four regions who has not his fellow, a
Prince for
admiration, not sparing
opponents, mighty leader, who an
equal
14 has not, a Prince reducing to order his disobedient
ones,
who has subdued whole
multitudes of men, a strong worker,
treading down
15 the heads of his enemies, trampling on all foes,
crushing
assemblages of rebels,
who in the service of the great gods
his Lords
16 marched vigorously and the lands of all of them
his hand
captured, caused the
forests of all of them to fall,[9] and
received their tribute,
taking
17 securities, establishing laws over all lands,
when Assur the
Lord who proclaims my
name and augments my Royalty