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35. The paths along the quay 



36. with bitumen and brick 



37. the father my begetter had worked at ; 



38. its buttresses (?) with brick 



39. along the river of Sippara I bound together, 



40. and I fully completed its banks. 



41. As for me his eldest son {i.e., eldest son of Nabopolassar) 



42. the beloved of his heart, 



43. the paths along the quay 



44. with bitumen and brick, 



45. in addition to the quay which my father had made, I 



renewed. 



46. In the temple of SAG-ILI the kissra I set. 



47. The palace of heaven and earth, the seat of tranquillity, 



48. E-KU-A the shrine of Bel, the temple of the gods and 



of Marduk, 



49. the gate of Hilisud the seat of the goddess Zirpanitum, 



50. and the temple of ZI-DA the dwelling-place of the divine 



king of heaven and earth 



51. I caused them to be covered with shining gold and 



52. I made them brilliant as the day, 



53. The temple, the foundation of heaven and earth, the 



tower of Babel 



54. I built anew 



55. The temple of ZIDA, the eternal, the (temple) beloved 



of Nebo 



56. I built anew within Borsippa, and 



Column II. 



1. with gold and sculptured stones 



2. I made [it] like the brilliance of heaven. 



3. I caused it to be covered over with durable cedar and 



gold 



4. up to the ceiling of the great temple of Life. The shrine 



of Nebo 



5. I caused to be erected before those three 



6. The great temple, the temple of the '' lady of the head- 



land " within Babylon, 



7. the temple (called) " he gives the sceptre of the world,'^ 



the temple of Nebo of Harie, 



8. the temple of Namgan, the temple of the wind within 



Kumari, 



9. the temple of the dwelling, before the lady of heaven 



near the fortress. 



