I constructed inside Babylon on the eastern side of the river a fortification such as no king had ever made before me, viz., a long rampart, 4000 ammas square, as an extra defence.

I excavated the ditch: with brick and mortar I bound its bed; a long rampart at its head ( ?) I strongly built.
I adorned its gates.

The folding doors and the pillars I plated with copper.

Against presumptuous enemies, who were hostile to the men of Babylon, great waters, like the waters of the ocean, I made use of abundantly.

Their depths were like the depths of the vast ocean.