Inscription of Assurnasirpal II
Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
"(Property of) the palace of Assurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of Assur, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the gods Anu and Dagan, king of the universe, king of Assyria, valiant man who acts with the support of Assur, his lord, and has no rival among the princes of the four quarters, marvelous shepherd, he who breaks up the forces of the rebellious, the king who acts with the support of the great gods, his lords, and has conquered all lands, When Assur, the lord who called me by name (and) made my sovereignty supreme, placed his merciless weapon in my lordly arms, the extensive troops of the Lullumu. I felled in battle. With the help of the Šamaš and Adad, the gods my supporters, the troops of the lands Nairi, the land Ḫabḫu, the land Šubaru, and the land Nibur, like Adad, the devastator, I thundered over them. Assurnasirpal (II), worshipper of the great gods, the king whose command disintegrates mountains and seas. A palace of cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, boxwood, meskannu-wood, terebinth, and tamarisk, as my royal residence (and) for my lordly leisure for eternity, I founded (it) therein."
