1-9 Nibruta-lu, the son of the merchant Lugal-šuba, has had this tin ax made for Nergal. Its wooden part is of arganum tree of the mountains, a wood which is superior even to the alal stone; its stone part is of antasura, a stone which has no equal. The arm of the man who strikes with it will never get tired.
10-11 Should it break, I will repair it for Nergal. Should it disappear, I will replace it for him.
12-16 May Nergal look after me during my life, and may he provide me with clean water in the Underworld after my death.