Sennacherib, the great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of the four regions of the world, favorite of the great gods.
Aššur and Ištar have given me an invincible weapon and have opened my hand for the destruction of the enemies of Assyria.
Trusting in their great might, I led my armies from one end of the earth to the other and brought in submission at my feet all princes, dwelling in palaces, of the four quarters of the world, and they assumed my yoke.
All that time I enlarged the site of Nineveh, my royal city.
I made its market-streets wide enough
