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(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of (the god) Aššur, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, attentive shepherd, favorite of the gods Anu and Enlil, whose name the god Aššur and the great gods faithfully called, the one to whom they gave the four quarters (of the world) to administer and the one to whom they entrusted their dominion, [...] the one who encircled enemy lands [above (and)] below, strong king, [capable in] battle, the one who shepherds the [four] quarters (of the world) at the heels of the god [Šamaš], am I; [son of] Shalmaneser (I), [king…
