49 He has granted me in his august power, a happy existence,
    long life, and I obtained a constantly lucky reign. 
    I have entrusted myself to his favor.

50 The great Lord Bel-El, the Master of the lands, inhabits
    the lofty tracts; the gods and Istarat inhabit Assyria;
    their legions remain there in pargiti, and martakni.

51 With the Chiefs of provinces, the Satraps, wise men,
    Astronomers, Magnates, the Lieutenants and Governors
    of Assyria, I have ruled in my palace, and administered
    justice.

52 I have bid them take gold, silver, gold and silver vessels,
    precious stones, copper, iron, considerable products of
    mountains the mines of which are rich, cloth of berom and
    cotton, blue and purple cloth, amber, skins of sea-calves,
    pearls, sandal-wood, ebony, horses from higher Egypt,[51]
    asses, mules, camels, oxen.  With all these numerous
    tributes I have rejoiced the heart of the gods.

53 May Assur, the father of the gods, bless these palaces, by
    giving to his images a spontaneous splendor.  May he
    watch over the issue even to the remote future.  May the
    sculptured bull, the protector and god who imparts perfection,
    dwell in day and in night-time in his presence, and
    never stir from this threshold!

54 With the help of Assur, may the King who has built these
    palaces, attain an old age, and may his offspring multiply
    greatly!  May these battlements last to the most remote
    future!  May he who dwells there come forth surrounded
    with the greatest splendor; may he rejoice in his corporal
    health, in the satisfaction of his heart accomplish his
    wishes, attain his end, and may he render his magnificence
    seven times more imposing!

[Footnote 1:  Orchoe, the Erech of the Bible, is certainly the Warka of the present day; Sippara, Sofeira; Nipur, Niffar; Larsam, Senkereh.  Ur (the Ur of the Bible) is Mugheir; Kullab and Erikhi are unknown. (See “Exped. en Mesopot.,” i. p. 255 et seq.)]

[Footnote 2:  The old empire Bal-bat-ki.  The syllabaries explain this ideogram by “Assur,” but it is very awkward that in these texts the identification with Assur occurs nowhere.  I therefore transcribe “Sumer,” which was the true name of the people and the language named wrongly Accadian.  The term of “Sumerian” is supported by MM.  Menant, Eneberg, Gelzer, Praetorius, Delitzsch, Olshausen, and other scholars.]

[Footnote 3:  “Itanus,” or Yatnan, in the island of Crete, became afterward the name of the island of Cyprus.]

[Footnote 4:  For the words in italics no satisfactory translation has as yet been found.]

[Footnote 5:  The “Pekod” of the Bible (Jer. i. 21; Ezek. xxiii. 23).]

[Footnote 6:  Which belongs to Elam.]