The Context of Scripture, Volume Two: Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World (Biblia.com)

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Volume 2: Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Designed as a thorough and durable reference work for all engaged in the study of the bible and the ancient Near East, and involving many of the world's outstanding scholars...

(lines 3–8) An incompetent person was installed to exercise lordship over his country. […] he imposed upon them.1 An imitation of Esagila2 he ma[de?], for Ur and the rest of the sacred centers, improper rituals [ ] daily he recited. Irreverently, he put an end to the regular offerings; he [ ], he established in the sacred centers. By his own plan, he did away with3 the worship of Marduk, the king of the gods; he continually did evil against his (Marduk’s) city. Daily, [without interruption

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