the
Pyramid at Nimroud (Calach).

ANNALS OF ASSUR-NASIR-PAL

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