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10. I rebuilt within Babylon^ and 



11. I reared up their summits 



12. the which never had any king my predecessor done. 



13. Four thousand cubits square^ the citadel with walls 



14. towering and inaccessible 



15. the everlasting fortress of Babylon at the ford of the 



rising sun 



16. I caused to surround. 



17. I dug out the moat, I emptied away the water that had 



gathered there, 



18. I made its bed of bitumen and brick, and I excavated 



19. the quay which my father had worked at. 



20. the lofty fortress with bitumen and brick 



21. I built up Hke a mountain upon its side. 



22. The height of the fortress of Borsippa thoroughly 



23. I rebuilt. 



24. The quay and the moat [lined and built] with bitumen 



and brick 



25. I made to surround the citadel for a protection. 



26. For the god Turkit, the lord, the breaker of the weapons 



of my enemies 



27. I rebuilt his temple within Borsippa. 



28. The temple of the Sun, the temple of the sun-god of 



Sippara, 



29. the temple the established seat, the temple of the 



god ... . 



30. of the city Batz, 



31. the temple of the eyes of Anum, the temple of the god 



Dar 



32. of the city of the planet Venus, 



33. the temple of heaven, the temple of Istar of Erech, 



34. the temple of the sun, the temple of the sun-god of 



Larsa, 



35. the temple of Kis-kur-gal, the temple of the moon-god 



ofUr, 



36. these temples of the great gods 



37. I rebuilt ; and 



38. I caused their beautiful adornments to be completed. 



39. The restoration (or furniture) of the temples of SAG-ILI 



and ZIDA 



40. the new places of Babylon 



41. which more than before 



42. I have made more extensive 



43. and I have established them even to their summits. 



44. An account of all my magnificent works, 



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