46 I built in the town some palaces covered with the skin of the sea-calf,[45] and of sandal wood, ebony, the wood of mastic tree, cedar, cypress, wild pistachio nut tree, a palace of incomparable splendor, as the seat of my royalty. I placed their _dunu_ upon tablets of gold, silver, alabaster, _tilpe_ stones, _parut_ stones, copper, lead, iron, tin, and _khibisti_ made of earth. I wrote thereupon the glory of the gods. Above I built a platform of cedar beams. I bordered the doors of pine and mastic wood with bronze garnitures, and I calculated their distance. I made a spiral staircase similar to the one in the great temple of Syria, that is called in the Phoenician language, _Bethilanni_. Between the doors I placed 8 double lions whose weight is 1 _ner_ 6 _soss_, 50 talents[46] of first-rate copper, made in honor of Mylitta ...[47] and their four _kubur_ in materials from Mount Amanus; I placed them on _nirgalli_.[8] Over them I sculptured artistically a crown of beast of the fields, a bird in stone of the mountains. Toward the four celestial regions, I turned their front. The lintels and the uprights I made in large gypsum stone that I had taken away with my own hand, I placed them above. I walled them in and I drew upon me the admiration of the people of the countries. 47 From the beginning to the end, I walked worshipping the god Assur, and following the custom of wise men, I built palaces, I amassed treasures. 48 In the month of blessing, on the happy day, I invoked, in the midst of them, Assur, the father of the gods, the greatest sovereign of the gods and the _Istarât_[49] who inhabit Assyria. I presented vessels of glass, things in chased silver, ivory, valuable jewels and immense presents, in great quantities, and I rejoiced their heart. I exhibited sculptured idols, double and winged, some ...[50] winged, some ...[50] winged, serpents, fishes, and birds, from unknown regions and abysses, the ...[50] in high mountains, summits of the lands that I have conquered with my own hand, for the glory of my royalty. As a worshipper of the gods and the god Assur, I sacrificed in their presence, with the sacrifice of white lambs, holy holocausts of expiation, in order to withdraw the gifts that had not been agreeable to the gods. 49 He has granted me in his august power, a happy existence, long life, and I obtained a constantly lucky reign. I have entrusted myself to his favor. 50 The great Lord Bel-El, the Master of the lands, inhabits the lofty tracts; the gods and _Istarât_ inhabit Assyria; their legions remain there in _pargiti_, and _martakni_. 51 With the Chiefs of provinces, the Satraps, wise men, Astronomers, Magnates, the Lieutenants and Governors of Assyria, I have ruled in my palace, and administered justice.