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(gods in blue mixed-breed demigods in teal)

                         (Marduk;                                          Marduk & his giant mixed-breed Babylonian king, etc.)         For the star of the god Marduk, mighty … exalted, [br]ight, the god Šiḫṭu, (unidentified)         lord of catchwater, spring … (and) wide seas, who produces (both) rain and flood,             (Nergal, Lord over deceased earthlings;  Nergal, Lord of Netherworld)         the god Imdudu (Nergal), who roams through heaven and netherworld,         lord of the wind blast … and storm, who establishes the inundation,            (Nabu statue, actual size of the giant god)         the god Nabû, the bright one who holds the lead-rope of earth and netherworld,         star of East and West …, at whose appearance the Igīgū gods and the Anunnakū gods hap[pily] …            (Ezida with Borsippa way down below the mud-brick mountain)         who dwells in Ezida, which is inside Borsippa, [(…) his lord]:                 Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, viceroy of Babylon […] had (this) … made and a boat … it was brought with difficulty …         procession … for the conveyance of his great lordship, (for his) going and returning […,         the god Šidd]ukišarra (unidentified), who administers all of heaven and netherworld …         for his descent where water, the life of the land, the well-being of the house …[…]            (Marduk upon Mushhushu, Inanna & mixed-breed Babylonian king)         … august, splendid, son of the god Asari (Marduk), who has bro[ad understanding …],         the god Mudugasâ (Ningishzidda), supreme, ruler … lord of ingenious things, martial,                     (semi-divine king Gudea, Ningishzidda, & Dumuzi                   Ningishzidda places the monuments foundation pegs, & Ninsun)         who in counsel […] expert of all the temp[les] …[…] the one who makes opposing forces agree,         who administers everything […], who has broad understanding,           (Nabu the scribe on door of US Congress)  (Esagila over Babylon)         scribe of Esagila, who wa[tches ov]er the Igīgū gods and [the Anunnakū gods],         who bears the tablet of the fates of the great gods, who supervises every[thing], capable, wise,            (Nabu’s Ezida looking over Borsippa)         god who[se] rule is pre-eminent, lord of Borsippa, who dwells in Ezida, the great lord [his] l[ord],          Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, viceroy [of Babylon], king of the land of Sumer and Akk[ad]         had (this object) of 18 1/2 cubits made […].         [In order] to ensure his good health, to prolong his days […] may he determine as his fate!            (brother mixed-breeds Ashurbanipal & Samas-suma-ukin)         […] … […] … […] … Ashurbanipal [… Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, kin[g …]