"I returned to these sacred cities on the other side of the Tigris, the sanctuaries of which have been in ruins for a long time, the images which used to live therein and established for them permanent…"

"I did not allow anyone to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad."

"My empire shall stretch from sunrise to sunset."

"I entered Babylon as a friend, and I left it more glorious than before."

"Let justice be done to all, for a just ruler is a strong ruler."