hou who on the axis of heaven dawnest, in the dwellings of the
earth her name revolves; my begetter.
2 (As) Queen of heaven above and below may she be invoked; my
begetter.
3 The mountains fiercely she hurls-into-the-deep;[1] my begetter.
4 As to the mountains, their goodly stronghold (art) thou, their
mighty lock (art) thou;[2] my begetter.
5 May thy heart rest; may thy liver be magnified.
6 O Lord Anu, the mighty, may thy heart rest.
7 O Lord, the mighty Prince[3] Bel, may thy liver be magnified.
8 O Istar, the Lady of heaven, may thy heart rest.
9 O Lady, Queen of heaven, may thy liver (be magnified).
10 O Lady, Queen of the House of heaven, may thy heart
(rest).
11 O Lady, Queen of the land of Erech, may thy liver (be
magnified).
12 O Lady, Queen of the land of the four rivers of Erech,[4] may
thy heart (rest).
13 O Lady, Queen of the Mountain of the World,[5] may thy
liver (be magnified).
14 O Lady, Queen of the Temple of the Resting-place of the
world, may thy heart (rest).
15 O Lady, Queen of Babylon, may thy liver (be magnified).
16 O Lady, Queen of the Memorial of Nan'a, may thy heart
(rest).
17 O Queen of the Temple, Queen of the gods, may thy liver
(be magnified).

18 Prayer of the heart to Istar.

19 Like its original[6] written and translated.
20 Palace of Assur-bani-pal, King of Assyria;
21 Son of Esar-haddon, King of multitudes, King of Assyria,
high-priest of Babylon,
22 King of Sumer and Accad, King of the Kings of Cush and
Egypt,
23 King of the four zones; Son of Sennacherib,
24 King of multitudes, King of Assyria;
25 who to Assur and Beltis, Nebo and Tasmit trusts.
26 Thy kingdom, O light of the gods.

[Footnote 1: The Assyrian mistranslates, "I hurl into the deep."]

[Footnote 2: The Assyrian mistranslates "I" for "thou."]

[Footnote 3: "Sadi" in Assyrian, literally "mountain" or "rock," and
apparently connected with the Hebrew "Shaddai," as in the phrase "El
Shad-dai," "God Almighty."]

[Footnote 4: Possibly the four rivers of Paradise.]

[Footnote 5: Also called the "Mountain of the East," Mount Elwand on which
the ark rested.]

[Footnote 6: That is the text from which the Assyrian copy was made for
the library of Assurbanipal.]

ANNALS OF ASSUR-NASIR-PAL (SOMETIMES CALLED SARDANAPALUS)

TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES, BY REV. J.M. RODWELL, M.A.

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