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RINAP 2, Sargon II 065 ex. 001 (P285665)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 2, Sargon II 065 ex. 001 |
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| ID | P285665 |
| Museum no. | AO 05372 + VAT 08634 + VAT 08698,a + VAT 08698,b + VAT 08698,c + VAT 08749 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
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| 1 | a-na {d}a-szur a-bu _dingir-mesz en gal_-e a-szib e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra _e2-kur_-szu2 _gal_-i a-dan-nisz a-dan-nisz lu szul-mu | To the god Assur, father of the gods, great lord, who dwells in Eḫursaggalkurkurra, his great temple, be very very well. |
| 2 | a-na _dingir-mesz_-ni _dingir-nam-mesz {d}inanna-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra _e2-kur_-szu2-nu _gal_-i a-dan-nisz a-dan-nisz lu szul-mu | To the gods, the governors (and) goddesses who dwell in Eḫursaggalkurkurra, their great mountain, be very very well. |
| 3 | a-na _dingir-mesz_-ni _dingir-nam-mesz {d}inanna-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _iri_ {d}a-szur4 _e2-kur_-szu2-nu _gal_-i a-dan-nisz a-dan-nisz lu szul-mu | To the gods, the governors, (and) the goddesses who dwell in the city Assur, their great temple, may they be very well. |
| 4 | a-na _iri_ u3 _ug3-mesz_-szu2 lu szul-mu a-na _e2-gal_-li3 a-szib lib3-bi-sza2 lu szul-mu | to the city and his people may it be well. To the palace who dwells in it may it (the god) be well |
| 5 | a-na {disz}lugal-gi-na _sanga ku3 ir3_ pa-lih _dingir_-ti-ka _gal_-ti u3 _karasz_-szu a-dan-nisz a-dan-nisz szul-mu | To Sargon (II), the holy priest who reveres your great divinity, and his camp, as soon as possible, be well. |
| 6 | i-na _{iti}szu-gar-numun-na_ mu-kin t,e3-em ad-na-a-ti _iti_ gasz-ri _ibila_ a-sza2-red-di sza {d}en-lil2 kasz-kasz _dingir-mesz_ {d}nin-urta | In the month Šugarnumunna, the year in which the report of the threshing-floors, the month of the great gods, foremost heir of the god Enlil, the mighty one among the gods; the god Ninurta, |
| 7 | sza a-na pu-uh-hur um-ma-ni szul-lu-um ka-ra-szi i-na t,up-pi mah-ri isz-t,u-ru-szu _en_ ne2-qi {d}nin-szi-ku3 | who, in accordance with the instruction of the king, a šallû-offering of the grain, on a previous tablet they had written, the lord of the wisdom of the goddess Ninshiku |
| 8 | ul-tu _iri_ kal-ha _iri lugal_-ti-ia am-musz-ma _i7_ za-ban _an-ta_-u2 i-na kisz-sza2-ti-szu szam-risz e-bir | From the city Kalḫu, my royal city, I became afraid and crossed the Upper Zab in its entirety. |
| 9 | _u4 3(disz)-kam_ asz2-szu ha-t,a-am pi-i musz-tar-hi ka-as pu-rid-di qar-dam-mi a-na {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 pal-hisz usz-kin-ma | On the 3rd day, because of the oath of the mouth (and) the utterance(s) of the gods, I firmly established for Enlil and Ninlil a firm positive answer. |
| 10 | 1(u) _i7_ za-ban _ki-ta_-u2 sza ne2-ber-ta-szu2 pa-asz2-qa-at um-ma-na-at {d}utu {d}marduk pal-gi-isz u2-sza2-asz2-hi-it, | The lower Zaban-river, which is adjacent to its exit, is surrounded by a wall of the gods Šamaš (and) Marduk; I made it wide. |
| 11 | i-na ne2-re-bi sza _kur_ kul-la-ar _kur_-i zaq-ri sza _kur_ lu-lu-mi-i sza _kur_ za-mu-a i-qab-bu-szu-ni e-tar-ba | On the path of the land Kullar, the lands Zaqru, of Lullumu and of Zamua, they have entered. |
| 12 | i-na _kur_ su-um-bi na-gi-i pi-qit-ti um-ma-ni-ia asz2-kun-ma sza _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ u3 _{gesz}gigir_ a-mu-ra mi-na-a-szu-un | In the land Sūmu of the Nigî district, I placed the responsibility of my army and saw the horses and chariots. What are they? |
| 13 | i-na tu-kul-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti sza _an-szar_ {d}utu {d}ag {d}marduk u2-szal-lisz-ma a-na qe2-reb hur-sza2-a-ni as-di-ra ta-lu-ku | With the great support of (the gods) Aššar, Šamask, Nabû, (and) Marduk, I carried off and went down to the mountains. |
| 14 | a-na _kur_ zi-kir-te u3 _kur_ an-di-a sza {d}uri3-gal {d}iszkur u2-ri3-gal-li a-li-kut mah-ri-ia u2-szat-ri-s,a ni-ir-szu-un | To the land Zikirtu and the land Andia, which the gods Urgal and Adad (and) Urigal, who had come before me, had entrusted to me, |
| 15 | i-na bi-rit _kur_ ni-kip-pa _kur_ u2-pa-a _kur-mesz an-ta-mesz_ sza gi-mir _gesz-mesz_ hi-it-lu-pu-ma qer-bi-szun3 e-szi-tum3-ma pit-lu-hu ne2-reb-szu2-un | In between the lands Niklippa, Upâ, (and) Upper Apsu, all of which had been built with all kinds of wood, I surrounded and conquered them. |
| 16 | ki-ma _{gesz}tir_ ere-_igi ugu_ ta-mir-ti-nu s,il-lu tar-s,u-ma a-lik ur-hi-szu-nu la im-ma-ru sza2-ru-ur {d}utu-szi e-tiq-ma | Like a forest of a cedar tree on their terraces, a fierce battle was fought and a march against them did not succeed. The lightning of the god Šamaš passed by and |
| 17 | _i7_ bu-u2-ia _i7_-tu4 bi-ri-szu-nu a-di _2(u) 6(disz)-am3_ e-bir-ma um-ma-ni i-na gi-ip-szi-sza2 la ig-lud-du _a-mesz_ mi-li | the canal Būya (and) the Tigris between them, 26 times, crossed over, and the army at its foot did not be able to carry water. |
| 18 | _kur_ si-mir-ri-a _szu-si kur_-i _gal_-tu sza ki-ma sze-lu-ut szu-kur-ri zaq-pat-ma _ugu_ hur-sza2-a-ni szu-bat {d}be-let-dingir-mesz sza2-qa-at re-e-szi | The land Simmirria, the great mountain, which was surrounded like a mountain range and which was high above the mountains, the dwelling of the goddess Bēlet-ilī, the highest of the head, |
| 19 | sza e-lisz re-sza2-a-sza2 sza2-ma-mi en-da-ma szap-la-nu szur-szu-sza3 szuk-szud-du qe2-reb a-ra-al-li | (Sum) As for the one who surpasses her (Akk) The one whose head is surpassing in the heavens, as long as she is supremely supreme in the midst of the Arali |
| 20 | 1(u) u3 ki-ma _edin_ nu-u2-ni i-di me-te-qa la i-sza2-at-ma pa-nisz u3 ar-kisz szum-ru-s,u mu-lu-u2-sza2 | and like a desert he did not know a treacherous path, and before and after her man |
| 21 | i-na a-hi-sza2 hur-ri na-at-ba-ak _kur-mesz_-e hu-du-du-u2-ma a-na i-tap-lu-us ni-t,il _igi-2(disz)_ szit-pu-rat pu-luh-tu | On the other side of the mountain, the pass of the mountains was treacherous and to carry off the life of the šitpurat-priestess, fearsomeness, |
| 22 | a-na me-le-e _{gesz}gigir_ szit-mur _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ la t,a-bat-ma a-na me-te-eq _lu2_ zu-uk _giri3-min_ szup-szu-qu ma-lak-sza2 | to the light of a chariot a rider of horses is not good, and to the right of the man to the left of the feet of her journey |
| 23 | i-na pi-it ha-sis-si u3 sza2-dal kar-sze sza {d}e2-a u3 {d}be-let-dingir-mesz i-szi-mu-ni-ma a-na sa-pan _kur_ a-a-bi ip-tu-u2 pu-rid-di | From the mouth of the haruspex and the tail of the carp, which Ea and Bēlet-ilī decreed, they opened a canal to widen the land of the Arabs. |
| 24 | ak-kul-li e-re-e dan-nu-ti sag-bu-u2-ia u2-sza2-asz2-szi-ma pu-lu-uk _kur_-i zaq-ri pi-la-nisz u2-par-ri-ru-ma u2-t,i-ib-bu gir-ru | (As for) the one who removes my mighty omens, I made them carry off the yoke of the mountain in their entirety, and they cut off the road. |
| 25 | mih-rit um-ma-ni-ia as,-bat-ma _{gesz}gigir_ pit-hal-lu4 s,a-ab ta-ha-zi a-li-kut i-di-ia ki-ma _te8{muszen}-mesz_ qar-du-ti s,e!(AD)-ru-usz-sza2 u2-szap-risz | I seized the flanks of my army and, like a raven, I had a cavalry, a chariot, (and) a mules, armed with combat, march at my side. |
| 26 | s,a-ab hup-szi kal-la-bu _egir_-szu2-nu u2-sza2-as,-bit-ma _ansze-a-ab-ba-mesz ansze-mesz_ bil-ti ki-ma tu-ra-hi tar-bit _kur_-i isz-tah-hi-t,u zuq-ti-sza2 | I imposed upon them a heavy burden of pigs and goats, donkeys, (and) billy goats like a mountain goat. They cut off her hair. |
| 27 | um-ma-na-at {d}a-szur gap-sza-ti me-li-sza2 pa-asz2-qu-ti t,a-bisz u2-sze-li-ma el-en _kur_-i szu-a-tu ak-s,u-ra usz-man-ni | I raised up the great army of the god Aššar, whose radiance is sweet, and I surrounded, conquered, (and) put to the sword that mountain. |
| 28 | _kur_ si-na-hul-zi _kur_ bi-ru-at-ti _kur-mesz_ be2-e-ru-te sza ur-qit-su-nu _u2_ kar-szu | the land Sinaḫulzi, the land of the intertwined lands, the distant lands whose settlements have been plundered, |
| 29 | _kur_ tu-ur-ta-ni _kur_ si-na-bi-ir _kur_ ah-szu-u2-ru u3 _kur_ su-u2-ia _kur-mesz_ si-bit-ti-szu2-nu nam-ra-s,i-isz at-ta-bal-kat3 | I conquered the lands Turtani, Sinabir, Ahšūru, and Sūya, their adjacent lands. |
| 30 | 1(u) _i7_ rap-pa-a _i7_ a-rat-ta-a _i7-mesz_ ti-ib-ki-szu-nu i-na mi-li-szi-na i-ki-isz e-ti-iq | The wide canal, the Arattâ canal, and the canals that they had irrigated in their entirety he cut off. |
| 31 | a-na _kur_ su-ri-ka-asz2 na-gi-i sza _kur_ man-na-a-a sza pat-ti _kur_ kar-al-li u3 _kur_ al-lab-ri-a at-ta-rad | I marched to the land Surikaš, district of the land Mannea, which is on the border with the land Karallu and the land Allabriya. |
| 32 | {disz}ul-lu-su-nu _kur_ ma-an-na-a-a asz2-szu a-na tu-ur-ri gi-mil-li-szu sza _mu-an-na_-szam la-pa-rak-ku-u2 a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-me-ma | Ullusunu, a man of the land Mannea, heard about the remission of his debts for a number of years (and) the beginning of my campaign. |
| 33 | szu-u2 a-di _lu2 gal-mesz_ szi-i-bi ma-li-ki _numun e2 ad_-szu2 szak-ka-nak-ki u3 re-de-e mu-ma-'i-ru-ut _kur_-szu | he, together with the great men who reside in your palace, the seed of his father's house, the šakkanakku-offering, and the first-fruits of his land, |
| 34 | i-na ul-lu-us, lib3-bi u3 hi-du-ut pa-ni ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ba-lu li-i-t,i hi-it-mu-t,i-isz u3-s,a-am-ma | From the midst of his land, without a fault he went out and |
| 35 | ul-tu _iri_ i-zi-ir-ti _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 a-na _iri_ si-ni-hi-ni bir-ti pu-lu-uk _kur_-szu a-di mah-ri-ia il-li-ka | from the city Izirtu, his royal city, to the city Siniḫinu, between the settlements of his land, before me, came. |
| 36 | ma-da-at-ta-szu _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ s,i-in-da-at ni-i-ri a-di til-li-szu2-nu _gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu-hi-a_ ub-lam-ma isz-sziq2 _giri3-min_-ia | his payment, horses, ṣindat nīri, together with their tillati, oxen and sheep, brought and cut off my feet. |
| 37 | a-na _iri_ la-ta-sze-e _bad3_ sza i-na _ugu i7_-ti sza _kur_ la-a-ru-e-te na-gi-i sza _kur_ al-la-lab-ri-a aq-t,e-rib | I approached the city Latašê, the fort which is on the Laruete canal, the district of the land Allabria. |
| 38 | sza {disz}en-ibila-sum-na _kur_ al-lab-ri-a-a ma-da-ta-szu _ansze-kur-ra-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu-hi-a_ am-hur a-na _kur_ par-su-asz2 at-ta-rad | of Ewri-apla-iddina of the land Allabriya. I received his payment: horses, oxen, and sheep and goats. I returned to the land Parsuaš. |
| 39 | _lu2 en-iri-mesz_-ni sza _kur_ nam-ri _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-ti _kur_ e2-ab-da-da-ni u3 _kur_ ma-da-a-a dan-nu-ti a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-mu-ma | The governors of the lands Namri, Sangibūtu, Eabdadani, and the mighty Medes heard about the advance of my campaign and |
| 40 | 1(u) szu-uh-ru-ub ma-ta-a-ti-szu2-nu sza i-na _mu-an-na_-ia mah-ri-ti i-na uz-ni-szu2-nu ib-szi-ma sza2-hur-ra-tu2 it-ta-bi-ik _ugu_-szu2-un | The capture of their countries, which in my earlier years had arisen from their limbs and had become hostile to them |
| 41 | ma-da-ta-szu-nu ka-bit-tu ul-tu qe2-reb ma-ta-a-ti-szu-nu isz-szu-nim-ma i-na _kur_ par-su-asz2 u2-szad-gi-lu pa-ni-ia | their substantial tribute from their countries they took and in the land Parsuaš they made my face shine. |
| 42 | sza {disz}ta-al-ta-a _kur_ el-li-pa-a-a {disz}uk-sa-tar {disz}du-ri-si {disz}sa-tar-e-szu2 _lu2 en-iri-mesz_-ni sza _i7_-ti | of Taltâ of the land Ellipi, Uk-satar, Durisi, (and) Satar-ēšu, the governors of the Tigris River. |
| 43 | {disz}an-zi-i sza _iri_ hal-hu-bar-ra {disz}pa-a-a-uk-ku sza _iri_ ki-lam-ba-te {disz}u2-zi-i sza _iri_ ma-a-li | Anzî of the city Ḫalḫubarra, Pāya-ukku of the town Kilambate, Uzi’i of the ci[ty] Mali, |
| 44 | {disz}u2-a-ki-ir-tu sza _iri_ na-ap-pi {disz}ma-ki-ir-tu sza _iri_ e2-sa-ag-bat {disz}ki-ta-ak-ki sza _iri_ u2-ri-an-gi | Uakirtu of the city Nappu, Makirtu from the city Esagbat, Kitakku from the town Uriangi, |
| 45 | {disz}ma-asz2-da-a-a uk-ku sza _iri_ ki-in-ga-ra-ku {disz}u2-zi-tar sza _iri_ qa-an-ta-a-u2 {disz}pa-a-uk-ku sza _iri e2_-kab-szi | Mašdaya, ukku-official of Kingaraku; Uzitar of Qantāyu; Pakku-officer of Ekabši; |
| 46 | {disz}hu-um-be2-e sza _iri_ e2-zu-al-za-asz2 {disz}u2-zu-ma-an-da _iri_ ki-si-lah-ha {disz}bur-bu-ra-zu sza _iri_ e2-{d}1(u)-5(disz) | Humbê of the city Ezulzaš, Uzumanda of the town Kisilaḫa, Burburazu (of the city) E-Issār-iqbi, |
| 47 | {disz}ba-ag-par2-ar-na sza _iri_ zak-ru-te {disz}da-ri-i sza _kur_ sza2-par2-da {disz}usz-ra-a sza _iri_ ka-an-za-ba-ka-ni | Bagparna of the city Zakrutu, Darî of the land Šaparda, Ušrā of the town Kanzabanni, |
| 48 | {disz}szar-ru-ti sza _iri_ kar-zi-nu-u2 {disz}ma-asz2-dak-ku sza _iri_ an-dir-pa-ti-a-ni {disz}ak-ku-us-su sza _iri_ u2-si-gur {disz}bir-ta-tu sza _iri_ s,i-bur-a-a | Šarruti of Karzinû, Mašdakku of Andirpatiānu, Akkussu of the city I turned back, Birtatu of Sippar |
| 49 | {disz}za-ar-du-uk-ku sza _iri_ ha-ar-zi-a-nu {disz}ma-asz2-dak-ka sza _iri_ a-rat-is-ti {disz}sa-tar-pa-nu sza _iri_ ba-ri-ka-nu {disz}kar-ak-ku sza _kur_ u2-ri-ka-a-a | Zār-dukku of the city Ḫarzianu, Mašdakku from the city Aratistu, Satarpanu from the town Barikanu, Karakku from (the land) Uriku, |
| 50 | 1(u) _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ pe-tan bir-ki _ansze_ pa-re-e s,ar-hu-ti _ansze_ ud-ri i-lit-ti _kur_-szu-nu _gu4-mesz_ u2 s,e-e-ni am-hur | I received from them 10 hors[es] of the open country, donkeys of the ṣarḫūtu type, (and) oxen, sheep and goats. |
| 51 | _ta kur_ par-su-asz2 at-tu-musz a-na _kur_ mi-is-si na-gi-i sza _kur_ ma-an-na-a-a aq-t,e-rib | I went out from the land Parsuaš and approached the land Missu, the district of the land Mannea. |
| 52 | {disz}ul-lu-su-nu a-di _ug3-mesz kur_-szu i-na tag-mir-ti lib3-bi sza e-pesz ar-du-ti i-na _iri_ si-ir-da-ak-ka bir-ti-szu2 u2-qa-'i ger-ri | Ullušunu together with the people of his land, by means of a triumphant victory, in the city Sirdakku, between him, I raised a campaign. |
| 53 | ki-ma _lu2_ szu-ut-_sag-mesz_-ia _lu2 en-nam-mesz_-sza _kur_ asz-szur{ki} _zi3-da-mesz gesztin-mesz_ a-na ta-kul-ti um-ma-ni-ia ka-re-e isz-pu-uk-ma | like a man of my eunuchs, the governors of Assyria, flour and wine for the consumption of my troops he heaped up and |
| 54 | _dumu_-szu2 _gal_-u2 it-ti _igi-sa2_-e szul-ma-ni u2-szat-li-man-ni-ma a-na kun-ni szar-ru-ti-szu2 ip-qid-da na-ra-a-szu | his eldest son with the help of a šulmānu-priest he made me happy and for the establishment of his royal majesty he appointed him his beloved. |
| 55 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz gal-mesz la2_-at ni-i-ri _gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu-hi-a_ ma-da-ta-szu2 am-hur-szu-ma asz2-szu2 tur-ri gi-mil-li-szu il-bi-na ap-pu | I received from him large horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats, his tribute, and because of the small (and) old ones, his requisitions, he brought (them). |
| 56 | _giri3-min kur_ ka-ak-mi-I _lu2 kur2_ lem-ni _ta_ qe2-reb _kur_-szu pa-ra-si-im-ma sza {disz}ur-sa-a i-na dab2-de-e _edin_ suh-hur-ta-szu2 sza2-ka-ni | The feet of the land Kakkī-na’id, a hostile man, were cut off from his land and that of Ursâ were placed on the border of his desert. |
| 57 | _kur_ ma-an-na-a-a sap-hu a-na asz2-ri-szu tur-ri _ugu lu2 kur2_-szu2 i-na li-ti uz-zu-zi-im-ma ma-s,e-e mal lib3-bi | the land of Manāya rebelled against its place, a rebellion against his enemy in the middle of battle, and all of the people |
| 58 | szu-u2 a-di _lu2_ ra-ban-ni _lu2_ sza2-kin2 t,e3-em _kur_-szu2 u2-s,al-lu-ni-ma i-na pa-ni-ia _ugu_ er-be2 rit-ti-szu2-nu ip-tasz-szi-lu ki-ma kal-bi | as long as he was alive, until a rābanni-official (and) a prefect gave me orders concerning his land, and in my presence they imposed upon me their limbs as a burden. |
| 59 | re-e-ma ar-<szi>-szu-nu-ti-ma ut-nen-ni-szu-nu al-qe at-mu-szu-nu sza te-nin-ti asz2-me2-ma aq-bi-szu-nu a-hu-lap | I listened to their prayers and took their obeisances. I heard their pleadings, heard their prayers, (and) said to them: “Alas! |
| 60 | 1(u) asz2-szu da-na-ni szu-tu-ri sza {d}a-szur {d}marduk isz-ru-ku-ni-ma _ugu_ kul-lat mal-ki sza kisz-sza2-ti u2-szar-bu-u2 _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia | Because of the great strength which the gods Aššīr (and) Marduk granted to me and who made my weapons greater than all of the rulers of the world, |
| 61 | sa-kap _kur_ ur-ar-t,i tur-ri mi-is,-ri-szu-un _ug3-mesz kur_ man-na-a-a dal-pa-a-te szup-szu-hi aq-bi-szu-nu-ti-ma ir-hi-s,u lib-bu | I ordered the destruction of the land Urarṭu, the small settlements, their cult centers, and the people of Manāyu to be plundered. I commanded them and they rejoiced. |
| 62 | sza {disz}ul-lu-su-nu _lugal_ be-li2-szu-nu _{gesz}banszur_ tak-bit-ti ma-har-szu ar-ku-su-ma _ugu_ sza {disz}ir-an-zi a-bi a-lid-di-szu2 u2-szaq-qi2 _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 | of Ullušunu, the king, their lord, a mighty table before him I cut down and upon which Iranzu, the father who had engendered him, I raised his throne |
| 63 | sza2-a-szu-nu it-ti _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} i-na _{gesz}banszur_ hi-da-a-ti u2-sze-szib-szu-nu-ti-ma ma-har _an-szar_ u3 _dingir-mesz kur_-szu2-nu ik-ru-bu _lugal_-ti | with the people of Assyria I settled them on a table of joy and before the god Ashur and the gods of their land they celebrated kingship. |
| 64 | {disz}zi-i-zi-i sza _iri_ ap-pa-tar {disz}za-la-a-a sza _iri_ ki-it-pat-a-a _lu2 en iri-mesz_-ni sza _kur_ gi-zi-il-bu-un-di na-gi-i | Zizî of the city Aptar, Zalaya of the town Kippat, the lord of the cities of the land Gizilbundi, the district |
| 65 | sza i-na _kur-mesz_-e ni-su-ti a-szar ru-uq-te usz-bu-ma i-na szid-<di> _kur_ man-na-a-a u3 _kur_ ma-da-a-a ki-ma {gesz}ri par-ku | who dwelled in distant lands, in remote places, and on the border of the land Mannea and the land of the Medes like a spear |
| 66 | u3 _ug3-mesz_ a-<szi>-bu-ut _iri-mesz_-ni szu-a-tu-nu a-na e-mu-qi ra-ma-ni-szu2-nu tak-lu-ma la i-du-u2 be-lu-tu | and the people living in those cities to their own forces trusted, but did not know lordship |
| 67 | sza i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri-ia a-a-um-ma szu-bat-su-un la e-mu-ru-ma _mu_-szu2-nu la isz-mu-u2 la im-hu-ru bi-lat-su-un | Whoever among the kings who came before me did not see their residence and their name did not hear, nor received their tribute |
| 68 | [i-na] zi#-kir-szu2 _gal_-i sza {d}a-szur _en_-ia sza szuk-nu-usz mal-ki sza _kur-mesz_-e u3 ma-har _igi-sa2_-e-szu2-nu isz-ru-ku szi-rik-ti | By the great command of the god Ashur, my lord, which was established by the sovereignty of the rulers of the lands and in front of their eyes they bestowed a life |
| 69 | [me-te]-eq# ger#-ri-ia isz-mu-ma pu-luh-ti me-lam-me-ia ik-tum3-szu-nu-ti i-na qe2-reb _kur_-szu-nu im-qut-su-nu hat-tu | He heard about the passing of my campaign and he imposed fear on them. He fell upon them in their land, and they died. |
| 70 | [1(u)] ma#-da-ta-szu-nu _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ s,i-in-da-<at> ni-i-ri a-na la ma-ni _gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu-hi-a_ | 10 of their tribute, horses, nīru-gifts, without number, oxen and sheep, |
| 71 | _ta# iri_ ap-pa-tar u3 _iri_ ki-it-pat isz-szu-nim-ma i-na _iri_ zi-ir-di-ak-ka sza _kur_ man-na-a-a a-di mah-<ri>-ia ub-lu-ni | From the city Aptar and the city Kitpat they took and in the city Zirdiakku of the land Mannea, before me, brought. |
| 72 | asz2#-szu e-t,er na-pisz-ti-szu-un i-ba-lu-ni-ma a-na la na-qar _bad3-mesz_-szu2-nu u2-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-ia | Because of the loss of their life they brought me and to not destroy their walls they made my feet tremble. |
| 73 | u3 a-na sza2-lam _kur_-szu-un _lu2_ qe-e-pu _ugu_-szu-nu ap-qid-ma i-na _szu-2(disz) lu2_ szu-ut-_sag-mesz_-ia _lu2 nig2-kur kur_ par-su-asz2 am-nu-szu2-nu-ti | and for the well-being of their land a representative over them I appointed and under the authority of a eunuch of mine, a citizen of the land of Parsuash I counted them. |
| 74 | _ta iri_ zi-ir-di-ak-ka _iri_ bir-ti sza _kur_ ma-an-na-a-a at-tu-musz | I went out from the city Zirdiakka, a fortified city of the land Mannea. |
| 75 | 3(u) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru i-na bi-rit _kur_ ma-an-na-a-a _kur_ e2-kab-si u3 _kur_ ma-da-a dan-nu-ti szit-mu-risz! al-lik-ma | In between the lands Mannea, E-kabsi, and the mighty lands Madāya I marched and |
| 76 | a#-na _iri_ pa-an-zi-isz bir-ti-szu2 _gal_-ti sza _ugu# kur#_ zi-kir-te u3 _kur_ an-di-a a-na ka-a-di na-da-at | to the city before him, the great boundary which is over the land Zikirtu and the land Andia to the border is given. |
| 77 | sza# a-na la a-s,e-e mul-tah-t,i ka-le-e _giri3-min lu2# kur2# ugu_ na-ge-e# ki#-lal#-la#-an rak-sa-tu aq-t,e-rib | I approached a man who, in order not to go out, had twisted the feet of a foreigner over a city, a reed fence, and a rope. |
| 78 | sza# _iri_ bir-ti szu-a-ti rik-si-sza2 u2-dan-nin-ma _sze-pad-mesz i3#?-[mesz gesztin?]-mesz#_ u3#-[nu-ut ta]-ha-zi i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-li | I strengthened the bond between that city and I deposited therein barley, oil, and wine. |
| 79 | _ta iri_ pa-an-zi-isz at-tu-musz _i7_ isz-tar-a-u2-ra-a _i7#?_-tu4#? e-te-bir a-na _kur_ a-u2-ka-ne2-e na#-gi-i# sza# _kur#_ zi-kir-te aq-t,e-rib | I marched out of the city. I crossed the Ištar-ārārī River (and) the Tigris River. I approached the land Akkad, the district of the land Zikirtu. |
| 80 | 1(u) {disz}me-ta-at-<<ta>>-ti _kur_ zi-kir-ta-a-a sza ni-ir <{d}a-szur> is,-lu-ma# sze-t,u-tu {disz#}ul#-lu-su-nu _lugal_ be-li2-szu2 il-qu-u2 i-mi-szu _ARAD2_-su | Metattāti, a Zikirtean, who had fled to the yoke of the god Aššar and died; Ullusunu, the king, his lord, took them. He himself was his servant. |
| 81 | a-na {disz}ur-sa-a _kur_ ur-ar-t,a-a-a sza ki-i sza2-szu-ma ta-szim-tu la i-du-u2 ne2-ra-ri la e-t,ir _zi_-szu2 it-ta-kil-ma | To Ursâ of the land Urarṭu, who, like him, had not known the rites, had sinned against his life, he turned and |
| 82 | _ugu kur_ u2-asz2-di-rik-ka _kur_-i mar-s,i pal-hisz e-li-ma ma-lak ger-ri-ia a-na ru-qe-e-te it,-t,ul2-ma ir-ru-t,u _uzu-mesz_-szu2 | I imposed upon the land. The distant mountain was frightened, and the road to my campaign was blocked in treachery, and its flesh was cut off. |
| 83 | kul-lat _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2 u2-pah-hir-ma a-na _kur-mesz_-e ru-qu-u2-te nam-ra-s,i-isz u2-sze-li-ma la in-na-mir a-szar-szu-un | I plundered all of his land’s people and entrusted them to distant lands. I did not see their places. |
| 84 | u3 szu-u2 _iri_ pa-ar-da _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 pa-nu-usz-szu la i-qer-ma bu-sze-e _e2-gal_-szu2 e-zib-ma u2-s,i ka-ma-ti-isz | And he, the city Parda, his royal city, did not approach him, and the goods of his palace he left, and he went out. |
| 85 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-szu2 u3 s,a-ab ta-ha-zi#-szu u2-zak-ki-ma a-na re-s,u-ut {disz}ur-sa-a ne2-ra-ri-szu u2-bil2 ki-it-ru | I cleared away his horses and the troops of his battle and brought (them) to Ursâ, his herald. |
| 86 | _lu2 erin2-mesz_ ti-du-ki-szu ek-du-ti sza i-na ne2-re-bi sza _kur_ u2-asz2-di-rik-ka a-na ka-a-di usz-bu a-duk-ma | I killed a man of the troops, his tidukku-offering, who in the pass of the land had made you march to the border, and |
| 87 | _iri_ isz#-ta-ip-pa _iri_ sak-ta-tu-usz _iri_ na-an-zu _iri_ a-u2-ka-ne2-e _iri_ ka-a-ba-ni _iri_ gur-ru-su-pa _iri_ ra-ak-si | the city Ishtappa, the city Saktatush, the town Nanzu, city Aukannê, city Kabani, city Gurrusupa, city Rasu |
| 88 | _iri_ gim-da-ak-rik-ka _iri_ ba-ru-nak-ka _iri_ u2-ba-ba-ra _iri_ si-te-ra _iri_ ta-asz2-ta-mi _iri_ te-sa-am-mi-a | the city Gimdakkika, the city Barunakku, the town Ubara, the village Sitarira, (and) the city Taštamu, (the) city Tesammea |
| 89 | 1(u) 2(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu dan-nu-ti _e2-bad3-mesz_-ni a-di 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni sza se-eh-ri-szu2-nu gi-mir-tu ak-szu-ud | I conquered all of their fortified cities, fortresses, together with 104 cities in their environs. |
| 90 | 1(u) _bad3-mesz_-szu2-nu ap-pu-ul _e2-mesz_ qer-bi-szu2-nu {d}bil-gi u2-sza2-as,-bit-ma ki-ma sza a-bu-bu u2-ab-bi-tu _dul_-nisz u2-kam2-mir | I surrounded, conquered, (and) burned with fire their walls, the houses in their environs. I decorated (them) as if (they were) floods. |
| 91 | _ta kur_ a-u2-ka-ne2-e at-tu-mus <a-na> _kur_ u2-isz-di-isz na-gi-i-sza _kur_ man-na-a-a sza {disz}ur-sa-a e-ki-mu-usz aq-t,e-rib | I departed from the land of the Aukaneans. I went down to the land. I conquered the district of the land Mannea of Ursâ. |
| 92 | el-la-mu-u'3-a {disz}ur-sa-a _kur_ ur-ar-t,a-a-a la na-s,ir zi-kir {d}a-szur {d}marduk la pa-li-hu ma-mit _en en-en_ | Elamuʾa (and) Ursâ, the Urarṭians, were not guarded by the command of the gods Aššīr and Marduk, who did not fear the oath of the lord, the en priest. |
| 93 | _lu2_ szad-du-u'3-a _numun_ ne2-er-ti sza ta-szim-tu la i-du-u <a-na> da-ba-ab tusz-szi nu-ul-la-ti ti-is,-bu-ra szap-ta-a-szu2 | <If> a man, a noble one, the seed of the nīnû-priestess, who does not know the tašimtu-demon, sits down to speak, and the slanderer has slain his lips, |
| 94 | sza {d}utu _di-ku5 gal dingir-mesz_ zi-kir-szu2 kab-tu la na-as,-ru-ma _mu-an-na_-szam a-na la e-ge-e e-te-ti-<qu> _gesz-hur_-szu2 | the one of Šamaš, the great judge of the gods, whose name cannot be overturned and whose year without ceasing his design |
| 95 | _egir_ hi-t,a-a-te-szu2 mah-ra-a-te gul-lul-tu _gal_-tu sza he-pe-e _kur_-szu u3 szum-qut# _ug3-mesz_-szu2 e-pu-usz-ma | After his previous sins, I performed a great rebellion against the destruction of his land and the plunder of his people. |
| 96 | i-na _kur_ u2-a-usz _kur_-I _gal_-i sza it-ti szi-kin2 _im-dir_ i-na qe2-reb _an_-e um#-mu-da# re-sza2-a-szu | In the land Uash, the Great Mountain, which with the setting of the sun was seen in the middle of heaven, |
| 97 | sza isz-tu _u4_-um s,a-a-ti _numun_ szik-nat _zi_-tim a-szar-szu la e-ti-qu-ma# a-lik ur#-hi# la# e-mu-ru du-rug-szu2 | Whoever from a distant day does not pass his place of birth and goes on a journey that does not see its significance, |
| 98 | u3 is,-s,ur _an_-e mu-up-par-szu s,e-ru-usz la i-ba-a'-u2-ma a-na szu-us,-bu-ub kap-pi _tur-mesz_-szu2#? [la iq]-nu#?-nu# qin-nam | and the guardian of the heavens, his guardians, did not agree with him and did not give a firm positive answer to his small offerings. |
| 99 | _kur_-u2 zaq-ru sza ki-ma sze-el2-ti pat-ri zaq-pu-ma hur-ri na-at-bak _kur-mesz_-e ru-qu-[u2-te ...] _u2#_ s,ur#-ru#-usz#-szu# | A remote mountain, which is surrounded like a mountain range and surrounded by mountains, distant lands, ... its vegetation. |
| 100 | 1(u) i-na um-sze _gal-mesz_ u3 dan-na-at _en-te-na_ sza qa-asz2-tu szu-kud-du <i-na> sze-rim li-la2-a-ti usz#?-[ta?-ba?-ru?]-u2 ni-pi-ih-szu-un | In the great and mighty battles, which were in the hands of the king, they fought with them in the morning and evening. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(u) | 10 (gur) |
| 11 | 1(u) | 10 (gur) |
| 21 | 1(u) | 10 (gur) |
| 31 | 1(u) | 10 (gur) |
| 41 | 1(u) | 10 (gur) |
| 42 | ki-ma _munus_ ha-risz-ti i-na _{gesz}nu2_ in-na-di-ma ak-lu u2 _a-mesz_ i-na pi-i-szu ip-ru-us-ma mu-ru-us, la _zi_-e e-mid ra-man-szu2 | like a pregnant woman in a bed he washed, and he ate, and water from his mouth he cut off, and an uninitiated man he struck his nose. |
| 43 | li-i-ti {d}a-szur be-li2-ia a-na _u4_-mi s,a-a-ti _ugu kur_ ur-ar-t,i asz2-kun-ma pul-hat-su a-na la ma-sze-e e-zi-ba ah-ra-tasz | The life of the god Assur, my lord, I established for a long time over the land Urarṭu and its destruction I abandoned in order not to be forgotten. |
| 44 | da-na-an kisz-szu-ti-ia szu-tur-tu u3 ti-bu-ut _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia szur-bu-ti sza <i-na> kib-rat 4(disz)-i la im-mah-ha-ru-ma la i-ne2-e'-u2 ar-kisz# | My supreme strength, strength, and the mighty battle-array of my four armed forces, which in the four quarters (of the world) had not received and had not yet arrived, |
| 45 | i-na qe2-reb tam-ha-ri da-ap-ni _ugu kur_ ur-ar-t,i u2-szam-ri-ru _ug3-mesz kur_ zi-kir-te u3 _kur_ an-di-a as-hu-pa i-mat mu-u2-ti | In the midst of fierce battle, I brought about the defeat of the land Urarṭu. I struck down the people of the lands of Zikirtu and Andia, (and) imposed upon them death. |
| 46 | _giri3-min lu2 kur2_ lem-na _ta_ qe2-reb _kur_ man-na-a-a ap-ru-us-ma lib3-bi {disz}ul-lu-su-nu be-li2-szu-nu u2-t,ib-ma a-na _ug3-mesz_-szu2 dal-pa-a-te u2-sze-s,i nu-u-ru# | I cut off the feet of an evil enemy from the land Mannea and I made the heart of Ullušunu, their lord, happy and to his scattered people I brought forth light. |
| 47 | a-na-ku {disz}lugal-gi-na na-s,ir kit-ti la e-ti-iq i-te-e {d}a-szur {d}utu szah-tu mu-up-par-ku-u2 pa-lih {d}ag {d}marduk | I, Sargon (II), the guardian of truth, did not pass by the side of the gods Aššīr (and) Šamaše, the exalted one, the one who reveres the god Nabû and the god Marduk. |
| 48 | i-na an-ni-szu-nu ke-e-ni ta-as,-mir-ti _sza3_-ia ak-szud-ma _ugu_ szar-hi mu-s,a-li-ia az-zi-za i-na li-it-ti | By their just omen I achieved my heart’s desire and stood upon my throne. |
| 49 | _ugu_ kul-lat _kur-mesz_-e ka-la-a-szu-<nu> szah-ra-ar-tu at-bu-uk-ma qu-u2-lu u3 di-im-ma-tu e-mid-da _ug3-mesz_ nak-ra-ti | I conquered all of the lands, all of them, and I imposed upon them hunger and hardship. I massacred the enemy people. |
| 50 | i-na hu-ud lib3-bi u3 ri-sza2-a-ti it-ti _lu2 nar-mesz {gesz}za3-mi2-mesz_ u3 ta-ba-li a-na qe2-reb usz-man-ni-ia e-ru-ub | In joy and rejoicing, I entered into my assembly with musicians, singers, musicians, and scholars. |
| 51 | 1(u) a-na {d}uri3-gal {d}iszkur u3 {d}isz-tar be-li2 ta-ha-zi _dingir-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _an_-e _ki_-tim u3 _dingir-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | 10 to Urgal, Adad, and Ištar, my lord, battle-array of the gods who dwell in heaven and netherworld, and (the gods) who reside in Assyria |
| 52 | _udu siskur2-mesz_-e tasz-ri-ih-ti eb-bu-ti aq-qi-ma i-na la-ban ap-pi u3 ut-nen-ni ma-har-szu-un az-ziz-ma u2-szar-ba-a _dingir_-su-un | I offered pure sheep offerings and stood before them before them in lapis lazuli, apsû, and utnennu, and I made their gods bow down. |
| 53 | a-na _kur_ an-di-a u3 _kur_ zi-kir-te a-szar pa-nu-ia szak-nu ger-ri u2-szab-t,il-ma a-na _kur_ ur-ar-t,i asz2-ku-na pa-ni-ia | to the land Adia and the land Zikirtu, where my presence was established, I imposed a campaign and I set my face towards the land Urarṭu. |
| 54 | _kur_ u2-isz-di-isz na-gu-u2 sza _kur_ man-na-a-a sza {disz}ur-sa-a e-ki-mu-ma ra-ma-nu-usz u2-ter-ru | the land he conquered. The district of the land Mannea, which Ursâ cut down and whose love he returned. |
| 55 | _iri-mesz_-szu2 ma-a'-du-ti sza ki-i _mul-mesz an_-e mi-i-na i-szu-u2 gi-mir-tu ak-szu-ud | I conquered all of his numerous cities which were like stars of heaven. |
| 56 | _bad3-mesz_-ni-szu-nu du-un-nu-nu-ti a-di szi-pi-ik usz-szi-szu-nu has,-ba-ti-isz u2-daq-qi-iq-ma qaq-qa-risz am-nu | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered their fortified walls, together with their construction. |
| 57 | qi-ra-a-te-szu-nu ma-a'-da-a-ti la-a mi-na u2-pat-ti-ma _sze-PAD-mesz_ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u2-sza2-a-kil | I opened their vast granaries, but I did not open them, and I rationed barley without number to the army. |
| 58 | _ta kur_ u2-isz-di-isz at-tu-musz a-na _iri_ usz-qa-ia bir-ti _gal_-ti re-esz mi-is,-ri sza _kur_ ur-ar-t,i aq-t,e-rib | I went out from the land and approached the city Ušqāya. I approached the great border of the land Urarṭu. |
| 59 | sza i-na ne2-re-bi sza _kur_ za-ra-an-da na-gi-i ki-ma _{gesz}ig_ ed-lat-ma ka-la-at _lu2 dumu_ szip-ri | who at the entrance of the land Zārānda, the district, like a door, and all the messengers |
| 60 | u3 i-na _kur_ ma-al-la-u2 _kur {szim}li_ pul-uk-kisz a-s,a-at-ma _ugu_ ta-mir-ti _kur_ su-u2-bi szu-tal#-bu-szat sza2-ru-risz | And in the land Malâ, the land of juniper, I took hold of it and imposed it upon the plain of the land Sūbu, the highest mountain. |
| 61 | 1(u) _ug3-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut na-gi-i szu-a-tu i-na _kur_ ur-ar-t,i mal ba-szu-u2 le-'u-ut | 10 people who dwell in that district in the land Urarṭu, who are able, |
| 62 | mu-re-e mur ni-is-qi s,i-ih-hi-ru-ti i-lit-ti _kur_-szu _dagal_-tim sza a-na ki-s,ir _lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-rab-bu-u2 i-s,ab-ba-tu _mu-an-na_-szam | the one who decrees the fates of the exalted lords, the life of his wide land, who expands his royal dynasty and seizes his reign for a long time, |
| 63 | a-di a-na _kur_ su-u2-bi na-gi-i sza _ug3-mesz kur_ ur-ar-t,i _kur_ ma-na-a-a i-qab-bu-szu-ni la il-leq-qu-ma la in-nam-ma-ru li-ti-ik-szu2-un | until to the land Sūbu, the district of the people of the land Urartu and the land Manâ, they say: “they should not take it and they should not see it. Let them stay in their place. |
| 64 | s,e-ru-usz-szu-un hal-la la ip-tu-ma a-s,u-u2 se-eh-ru u3 ta-a-ru si-mat ta-ha-zi la kul-lu-mu szup-t,u-ur# s,i-mit-tu | Their limbs were split apart, and the aṣû, sēḫuru, and tārāru-disease, the sign of battle, did not cease; write down the sign. |
| 65 | _lu2 eren2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti sza bir-ti u3 na-gi-i a-bi-ik-ti {disz}ur-sa-a _en_-szu2-nu e-mu-ru-ma ki-ma szur-usz kib-ri _i7_ ir-bu-ba _suhusz_-szu2-un# | These men, who had been captured between the city and the district of Ursâ, their lords, saw and like a mountain on the other side of the river, their foundations |
| 66 | a-lik pa-ni-szu-nu mu-du-ut qab-li sza la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ ip-par-szid-du i-mat mu-u2-te sah-pu-ma iq-ru-bu s,e-ru-usz-szu-un | “Go before them, the one who knows the battlefield, who has been smitten by the weapons, whose eyes have become darkened, and whose feet have become swollen, |
| 67 | da-lil {d}a-szur be-li2-ia sza i-na pu-hur _lu2_ mun-dah-s,i-szu-nu mul-tah-t,u la i-szi-tu-ma u2-sza2-an-nu-szu-nu-ti-ma ik-szud-du mi-tu-ti-isz# | The glory of the god Aššīr, my lord, which in the assembly of the men who had sinned against them had no rival, I made them bow down and defeated them. |
| 68 | _iri_ usz-qa-ia tu-kul-ti _kur_-szu a-di si-hir _iri-mesz_-ni-sza2 har-be2-esz u2-sze-mu-u2 bu-sze-e-szu2-nu e-zi-bu-ma is,-bu-tu2 a-rah la ta-a-ri | the city Ušqāya, the support of his land, together with the environs of its cities, they heard rumors; their cattle fled and took to the desert, not to return. |
| 69 | i-na ti-bu-ut _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia dan-nu-ti a-na bir-ti szu-a-ti e-li-ma bu-sze-e-sza2 szad-lu-ti asz2-lu-lam-ma a-na qe2-reb usz-man-ni-ia u2-sze-rib | With the support of my mighty weapons, I went up to that side and carried off her heavy goods and brought (them) into my assembly. |
| 70 | _bad3_-sza2 dan-nu sza tem-min3-szu _ugu_ ki-s,ir _kur_-i szur-szu-du-ma u3 8(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3_ ma-szi-ih ku-bur-szu | its fortified wall, whose foundations are strong on the border of the mountain, and 8 cubits in height, its base, |
| 71 | 1(u) ul-tu gaba-dib-bi-szu as,-bat-am-ma a-di usz-szu zaq-ru-te ak-szud-du isz-te-nisz ap-pu-ul-ma qaq-qa-risz u2-szam-hi-ir | I seized (them) [fr]om [its] crenellations [and] I conquered [t]o its base. I built (and) completed (it) [anew]. |
| 72 | _e2-mesz_ qer-be2-e-sza2 {d}bil-gi u2-sza2-as,-bit-ma _{gesz}ur3-mesz_-szi-na szi-hu-ti di-tal-li-isz u2-sze-mi | I had the houses in its environs, Gilgameš, encircle, and (then) I had their beams of reddish wood recited repeatedly. |
| 73 | 1(disz) me 1(u) 5(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-sza2 ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-szu-un ki-ma a-szam-sza2-ti pa-an _an_-e u2-szak-tim | I conquered 115 cities in its environs like a mountain, and I made their settlements as bright as the heavens. |
| 74 | ki-ma sza a-bu-bu u2-ab-bi-tu qer-bi-sa u2-sze-pisz-ma ki-ma kam-ri asz2-pu-ka _iri-mesz_-ni-sza2 asz2-bu-ti | I had her built inside it like that of a flood and like a mountain I sent to you. I settled her cities. |
| 75 | _iri_ a-ni-asz2-ta-ni-a _e2_ su-gul-la-te-szu i-na mi-s,ir _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-te bi-rit _iri_ usz-qa-ia u3 _iri_ tar-ma-ki-sa ep-szu-u | the city Aništānia, the house of his defeasants, in the middle of the land Sangibute, between the city Uszqaya and the city Tarmakisa they built. |
| 76 | a-di 1(u) 7(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-szu2 ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-risz am-nu _{gesz}ur3-mesz_ ta-as,-lil-ti-szu-nu sze-hu-ti i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities in its environs, together with 17 others. |
| 77 | _buru14-mesz_-szu-nu _u2_ pu-e-szu-nu asz2-ru-up qi-ra-te na-kam-a-te u2-pat-ti-ma _sze-PAD-mesz_ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u2-sza2-a-kil | I opened up their harvests and their pastures. I opened the quays and barley rations without number I rationed. |
| 78 | ki-ma e-ri-bi di-ku-ti bu-ul _karasz_-ia i-na u2-szal-li-szu2 ad-di-ma _u2-hi-a_ tuk-la-ti-szu2 is-su-hu-ma u2-szah-ri-bu _a-gar3_-szu2 | When I entered, I slew the cattle of my quay with his yoke, and they stripped off the parts of his trust and they destroyed its field. |
| 79 | _ta iri_ usz-qa-ia at-tu-musz a-na _kur_ ba-ri tu-kul-ti bu-li-szu sza _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-tu i-qab-bu-szu-ni aq-te-rib | I marched out of the city Ushqâ and approached the land Baru. I received the payment of the cattle of the land Sangibutu. |
| 80 | _iri_ tar-u2-i _iri_ tar-ma-ki-sa _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti sza i-na _kur_ da-la-a-a ta-mir-ti _e2 sze-PAD-mesz_-szu2 ma-at-ti ep-szu | the cities Tarû and Tarmakisa, the houses and fortified walled districts that are located in the land Dalāya, his barley-heaps and land were cultivated. |
| 81 | 1(u) _bad3-mesz_-ni-szu-nu dun-nu-nu-ma szal-hu-szu-nu kas,3-ru hi-ri-is,-s,a-ni-szu-nu szup-pu-lu-ma szu-tas-hu-ru li-mi-is-sun2 | their walls were built, and their foundation pits were sealed, their mooring posts were truncated, and they were repaired. |
| 82 | sza i-na qer-bi-szu-nu _ansze kur-ra-mesz_ na-kam-ti ki-s,ir _lugal_-ti-szu2 i-na u2-re-e szu-zu-zu-u2-ma u2-szam-ru-u2 _mu-an-na_-szam | who, in their midst, horses, the emblem of his royal majesty, in whose hands they were named and whose years |
| 83 | _ug3-mesz_ a-szi-bu-tu na-gi-i szu-a-tu ep-szet be-lu-ti-ia sza i-na _iri-mesz_-ni li-me-ti-szu-nu e-tep-pu-szu e-mu-ru-ma ir-szu-u2 gi-lit-tu2 | The people living in that district, the deeds of my lordly majesty, which I had done in their environs, saw (them), and they became frightened. |
| 84 | _iri-mesz_-ni-szu-nu u2-masz-sze-ru-ma i-na na-ba-li a-szar s,u-ma-mi mad-ba-re-esz in-nab-tu-ma nap-sza2-ta i-sze-e'-u2 | their cities they abandoned, and in the quay, where the wild bulls dwell, they took up residence. |
| 85 | na-gu-u2# szu#-a-tu# hu-ha-risz as-hu-up-ma i#-na# bi#-rit _iri-mesz_-szu-nu dan-nu-ti u2-szak-di-ra a-nu-un-tu | I reorganized that district and in the middle of their fortified cities I made (it) greater. |
| 86 | _bad3-mesz_-ni-szu-nu# [dan]-nu#-ti# ul#-tu# [gaba-dib-bi-szu-nu as,-bat a]-di# tem-min3-ni-szu-nu ak-szu-ud ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-risz u2-szam-hi-ir | I took the fortified walls of them from their foundation pits to their base(s). I destroyed, devastated, and burned with fire their ruins. |
| 87 | _e2-mesz_ qer-bi-szu#-nu {d}bil-gi# [u2-sza-as,-bit-ma _{gesz}ur3]-mesz#_-szi-na sze-hu-u2-ti di-tal-li-isz u2-sze-mi | I had the god Gilgameš take hold of the houses in their environs and I had their scepter(s) raised up as high as a mountain. |
| 88 | _buru14_-szu-nu ma-a'-du asz2-ru-up# [qi-ra-te na-kam-a-te u2]-pat#-ti#-ma# _sze#-PAD#-mesz#_ la# ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u2-sza2-a-kil | I opened the quays of the shrines and stored the barley without number in the army. |
| 89 | 3(u) _iri-mesz_-ni li-mi-ti-szu-nu [ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-szu-un ki-ma a-szam-sza2-ti] pa#-an _an_-e u2-szak-tim | I surrounded, conquered, and plundered 30 cities in their environs like a mountain, and their settlements were as bright as the heavens. |
| 90 | _ta iri_ tar-ma-ki-sa at-tu-musz# [...] aq#-t,e-rib | I went out from the city of Tarmakisa. ... I approached. |
| 91 | 1(u) _iri_ ul-hu _iri_ dan-nu-ti sza i-na _giri3-min# [kur_ kisz?-pal?] [...] x-si#?-[x?] | 10 fortified cities, which at the foot of Mount Kišpal? ... |
| 92 | u3 _ug3-mesz_-szu2 ki-ma nu-u2-ni a-na [s,u-um-me-szu-nu _a-mesz_ ...] i#-szat-tu-u2 la i-szab-bu-u2# | and his people as if they were water to drink, they will not be able to drink water. |
| 93 | {disz}ur-sa-a _lugal_ ma-lik-szu-nu i-na bi-ib-lat# [lib3-bi-szu ... mu]-s,e#-e ma-a-mi u2-szak-lim | Ursâ, the king who entrusted them, with his heart’s desire, ... I made enter the land. |
| 94 | pa-gu ba-bil2 _a-mesz_ szu-du-ti ih-[ri-ma ... _a-mesz] he2#-nun_ ki-ma pu-rat-ti u2-szar-di | I poured out a libation vessel of pure water and ... water of abundance like a bowl. |
| 95 | a-tap-pi la mi-i-na s,ur-ru-usz-sza2 u2-sze-s,a-am#-[ma ...] lu-u2 u2-szam-ki-ra qar-ba-a-te | I brought out a canal with no exit, and ... I made the battles more difficult. |
| 96 | _a-gar3_-szu2 ar-bu sza ul-tu _u4_-um ul-lu-ti# [...] x-du-ma _girin_ u3 _gesztin_ ki-ma zu-un-ni u2-sza2-az-nin | his arable land, which from distant days ... ... and I made the foot and wine as firm as a dough. |
| 97 | _gesz_ dul-bu _gesz_ szu-rat-hu ba-ti _e2-gal_-li3-[szu2 ...] x ki-ma _gesz-tir ugu_ ta-mir-ti-szu2 ta-ra-nu u2-sza2-asz2-szi | ... a tree, a šurāḫu tree, the foundation of his palace, ... like a forest on top of his terrace he raised up. |
| 98 | u3 i-na qer-bi-ti-szu na-di-ti a-ra-ah#-[hi ...] x ... ri#-gim {d}a-la-la _du10-ga_ u2-szal-sa-a _ug3-mesz_-szu | and in his midst, the scepter of battle, ... ... the sweet radiance of Alala I made his people rejoice. |
| 99 | 3(disz) me _ansze sze-numun3?-mesz_ ku-pat {d}nisaba i-na _ab#-[sin2-mesz_-szu2] u2#-szah-[ni]-ib-ma sze-am i-na pa-szir3-te us,-s,a-bu te-li-tu | 3 hundred homers of seed, kupat-grain of Nisaba, from his furrows, and barley from the threshing-floor he took away. Excerption |
| 100 | _a-sza3 a-gar3_-szu2 ar-bu-ti sah-hi-isz u2-sze-mi# x-[x-x] x-ma di-isz pa-an szat-ti# szam#-mu u3 ri-i-tu la ip-pa-rak-ku-u2 ku-s,u har-pu | He heard that the field and its meadows had become dilapidated ... and that they should not be deprived of oil and water. |
| 101 | 1(u) a-na tar-ba-as, _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ u3 su-gul#-li u2-ter-szu-ma _ansze-a-ab#-[ba_] gi#-mir _kur_-szu kut-tum-te u2-szal-mid-ma i-szap-pa-ku er-re-tu | I returned 10 to the tarbaṣ of horses and herdsmen, and I made the scouts of all of his land complete, and they wrote down the extispicies. |
| 102 | _e2-gal_ szu-bat# _lugal_-ti a-na mul-ta-'u-ti-szu2 i-na a-hi _i7_-ti ib#-[ni] _gesz-ur3-mesz szim-li_ u2-s,al-lil-szi-ma i-ri-sa u2-t,ib | The palace, the abode of kingship, in its entirety, along the banks of the Tigris River, I built. I installed cedar beams over it and made its foundations firm. |
| 103 | _iri_ sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da bir-tu a-na ka-a-di-szu2 i-na _kur_ kisz-te-er [_du3_-ma ... _kur_ ...]-ti#-na-a-a tu-kul-ti _kur_-szu i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-rib | I conquered the city Sardurihurda, a fortress in its environs, and I brought into it the territory of the land ..., the land of the ...tinaeans, the support of his land. |
| 104 | _ug3-mesz_ na-gi-i szu-a-ti a-mat ma-ru-usz-ti sza i-na pa-an {disz}ur-sa-[a _lugal_-szu2-nu] u2#-szap-ri-ku isz-mu-ma u'3-a iq-bu-u2 im-ha-s,u sza2-par2-szu-un | The people of that district heard a bitter word which they had sent to Ursâ, their king, and they said: “I have broken their bond. |
| 105 | _iri_ ul-hu _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu-nu a-di _iri_ sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da bir-ti tuk-[la-ti-szu2-nu u2]-masz-sze-ru-ma a-na sza2-hat _kur_-e pa-asz2-qa-te ip-par-szid-du mu-szi-tasz | the city Ulhu, their fortified city, together with the city Sarduriḫurda, between their rivals, they abandoned and fled to the plains. |
| 106 | i-na szu-hu-ut, lib3-bi-ia li-mi-it na-gi-i szu-a-ti ki-ma im-ba-ri# [as-hu-up]-szu#?-ma szid-du u3 pu-u2-tu ak-s,u-ra szu-ri-pisz | In my rejoicing, in the eponymy of that district, I smashed it like a brick and (then) I secured its foundations. |
| 107 | a-na _iri_ ul-hi _iri_ tar-ma-a-te-szu2 sza {disz}ur-sa-a e-tel-le-lisz e-ru-ub#-[ma a-na qe2-reb] _e2#-gal_-li3 szu-bat _lugal_-ti-szu2 szal-t,isz at-tal-lak | to the city Ulḫu, the fortified city of Ursâ, I entered and went safely into the palace, his royal residence. |
| 108 | _bad3_-szu dan-nu sza i-na _na4 kur_-i zaq-ri ep-szu i-na qul-mi-i _an-[bar_ u mar]-ri# _an-bar_ has-ba-ti-isz u2-daq-qi-iq-ma qaq-qa-risz am-nu | I built its fortified wall, which was clad with mountain stone, using bitumen, bronze and tin, and I named it Qaqqarish. |
| 109 | _gesz-ur3-mesz szim-li_ sze-hu-ti ta-as,-lil-ti _e2-gal_-li3-szu2 as-suh# [i-na ka]-la#-pi | I removed the beams of fragrant aromatics, the taṣliltu-offerings of his palace, and in all |
| 110 | qi-ra-a-te-szu2 na-kam-a-te u2-pat-ti-ma _sze-PAD-mesz_-su ma-at-tu la# [ni-i]-bi# um-ma-ni u2-sza2-kil | I opened its gates, opened the gates, and I rationed its barley, a land without number, to the people. |
| 111 | 1(u) _e2 gesztin-mesz_-szu2 sza ni-s,ir-te e-ru-ub-ma um-ma-nat {d}a-szur _dagal-mesz#_ [ki-ma _a]-mesz i7_ i-na _kusz_ na-a-de _kusz_ masz-le-e ih-bu-u2 _gesztin du10-ga_ | the house of his wine, which is a treasure, entered, and the broad assembly of the god Assur, like the water of the river, with a nadītu-garment, a gazelle-horse, (and) good wine |
| 112 | _i7_ hi-ri-tu _i7_ tuk-la-te-szu a-ru-ur-sza2 as-kir6!-ma _a-mesz_ du-[usz]-szu#-ti a-na ru-szum-di u2-ter | I dug a canal of the Hiritu River (and) its tuklatītu-watercourse and I returned the water to its source. |
| 113 | a-da-ap-pi ha-li-li si-lit-te s,ur-ri-sza2 u2-ha-t,i-im-ma sza2 x-[x-x]-szu# isz-qi-la-si-na u2-ka-lim {d}utu-szu | (As for) the adap̄pu-plant, the ḫalili-plant (and) the silittu-plant of her hair, he cut off their ... and made his god Šamaš glorify him. |
| 114 | a-na _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_-szu2 as-ma-a-ti bu-un-na-ne2-e _iri_-szu2 sza _girin_ u3# _gesztin#-mesz_ za-a'-na-a-ma ki-ma ti-ik _an_-e i-na-tu2#-ka | to his orchards, asmû-offerings of his city, whose foot and wine are plentiful, and like the yoke of the heavens your eyes |
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| 1 | _lu2_ qu-ra-di-ia ek-du-ti u2-sze-ri-ib-ma x ki-ma {d}iszkur u2-sza2-asz2-gi-mu ri-gim ka-la-bi _an-bar_ | (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions and ... like Iškur, I made (them) shine like the light of all of iron. |
| 2 | _girin_-szu2 ma-a'-du sza mi-ni-tu la i-szu-u2# iq-t,u-pu-ma a-na an-hu-ti lib3-bi la e-zi-bu da-re-esz szat-ti s,u-uh-hu | His feet were very heavy, which had no weight, and he said to the demons: “Because of this, I have not been able to escape the distress of that day. |
| 3 | _gesz-mesz_-szu _gal-mesz_ si-mat _e2-gal_-li3-szu2 ki-ma _munu5_ asz2-t,i-ma _iri_ ta-nit-ti-szu u2-ma-si-ik-ma u2-szat,-pi-la na-gu-szu | his large trees, suitable for his palace, I wrote like a libation vessel and the city of his tribute I demolished and I had written upon its foundations. |
| 4 | _gesz#_ gu#-up#-ni szu-a-tu-<nu> is,-s,a mal ak-szit,-t,u u2-pah-hir-ma a-na gu-ru-un-ni ag-ru-un-ma i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | Those bolts he took out, as many as he had broken, and I turned them into bolts, and with the help of the god Gilgameš I burned. |
| 5 | _buru14_-szu-nu ma-a'-du sza ki _gi#_ a-pi ni-i#-ba la i-szu-u2 szur-szisz as-suh-ma a-na musz-szi-e te-s,i-ti la e-zi-ba szu-bul#-tu2 | Their harvest was much, and they had no harvest. I removed it in its entirety and did not leave it to the wild animals. |
| 6 | _a-gar3_-szu as-mu sza ki-i za-gin3-du-re-e s,er#-pa szak-nu-ma i-na di-sze u3 hab-bu-ri szu-ru-szat ta-mir-tu | his meadow, which like a lapis lazuli thicket was set up, and in battle and battle, the highest rank |
| 7 | 1(u) i-na _{gesz}gigir_ pit-hal-li3 me-te-eq ki-mar-ri#-ia ki-ma {d}iszkur ar-hi-is-ma sah-hu tu-kul-ti _ansze-kur-<ra>-mesz_-szu2 ki#-szub-ba-nisz um-mi | 10 times with a chariot, a cavalry, suited to my yoke, like the god Adad, he was frightened, and his horses fell into ruin heaps. |
| 8 | _iri_ sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da dan-na-su-nu _gal_-tu a-di 5(u) 7(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-sza2 sza _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-tu na-gi-i | the city Sarduriḫurda, their great fortress, together with 47 cities in its environs, of the land Sangibutu, the district |
| 9 | si-hir-szu-nu ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-risz am-nu _gesz-ur3-mesz_ ta-as,-lil-ti-szu-nu i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu-ma di-tal-li-isz u2-sze-mi | I annihilated their foundations and buried (them) on the ground. I burned with fire the beams of their tāṣliltu-vessels, and I heard (thus) a lot. |
| 10 | _ta iri_ ul-hi at-tu-musz a-na a-tur# un-na-te re-esz _iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti sza _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-te na-gi-i aq-t,e-rib | I went out from the city Ulhu and approached the outskirts of the fortified cities of the land Sangibutu. |
| 11 | na-gu-u2 asz2-bu s,i-bit _kur_-szu sza ul#-tu ul-la-a a-na ru-up-pu-usz _kur_-szu-nu is-ki-lu _lugal_ pa-ni a-li-kut mah-re-e-szu | The governor who resides in his land, who since time immemorial had fallen into disrepair, the king who had come before him |
| 12 | _iri#_ hu#-ur-nu-ku _iri_ ha-ar-da-ni-a _iri_ gi-zu-ar-zu _iri_ sza2-asz2-zi-is-sa _iri_ hu-un-du-ur-na _an-ta_-u2 | the city Ḫurnuku, the city Hardania, the town Gizurzu, the village Šašissa, and the city Hundurna, above |
| 13 | _iri#_ x-[x]-x-si# _iri#_ u3#-at-zu#-un-za _iri_ a-ra-zu _iri_ sza-{disz}s,i-ni-a _iri_ hu-un-du-ur-na _ki-ta_-u2 | the city ...si, the city Utzunza, the town Arazu Ša-Ṣiniya, the lower city Ḫundurna |
| 14 | _iri_ el-[... _iri_ ...]-x-nak _iri_ s,i-it-tu-ar-zu _iri_ zi-ir-ma _iri_ sur-zi-i _iri_ e-li-ia-di-ni-a | The cities El..., ...nak, Shiittuarzu, Zirma, Surzî, and Eliyadinia. |
| 15 | _iri_ da-ag#-[... _iri_ ...] _iri#_ s,ur#-zi-al-di-u2 _iri_ ar-mu-na _iri_ ki-in-asz2-ta-ni-a | the cities Dag..., ..., Ṣurzialdiu, Amuna, Kinashtania, |
| 16 | 2(u) 1(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni dan#-nu#-[ti ... sza ki-ma] _gesz#_ gap-ni tar-bit _kur_-i _ugu szu-si-mesz kur_ ar-za-bi-a a-s,u-ni | 21 fortified cities ..., which I surrounded like a swamp on the mountain, on the outskirts of the land Arzabu. |
| 17 | _bad3-mesz_-ni dun-nu-nu-[ti ... sza ...] x 2(disz) _usz-ta-am3_ ti-ib-ki gaba-dib-u2 la-ni-szu-nu la-mu-ma | our strong walls of ... 2 hundred (shekels) each, the tibku-walls, their walls, I built, and |
| 18 | a-na man-za-az mun-dah-s,i#-[szu-nu ...] x-ri-szu-s,u-u2 a-na e-pesz ta-ha-zi szu-tal! bu-szu pul-ha-a-ti | For the position of their smiting, ... ... for the exercise of battle, the rearing of the foes, |
| 19 | hi-ri-is,-s,i szup-pu-lu-te a-na tu#-[kul-ti ...] ne2#-reb _abul-mesz_-szu-nu ru-uk-ku-sa di-ma-a-ti | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the city walls with awe-inspiring radiance. |
| 20 | _i7-mesz_ ba-bi-lat _a-mesz_ mi-li i-na x [...] x i-na ta-mir-ti-szu-nu la i-szu-u2 ba-t,il-tu | the canals, the reservoirs of the water, in ..., in their environs, they did not have; they were deprived of life. |
| 21 | _ug3-mesz_-szu-nu i-na t,uh-di u3 mesz-re#-[e ...]-re#-di mal ba-szu-u2 rit-pu-szu si-kil-tu | Their people, with plenty and abundance, ..., who has no rival, whose hands are pure, |
| 22 | _e2-gal-mesz_ rab-ba-a-te szin-na-at x-[...] _gesz_ ne2-me-du szu-ut-ru-s,u si-mat _lugal_-ti | the great palaces, the ... of the wisdom, the resplendent one, the emblem of kingship, |
| 23 | _gesz-ur3-mesz szim-li_ e-ri-szu _du10-ga ta#_ [...] x ha#-x-ma sza e-ri#-bi#-szi#-na#-ki#-ma ha-szur-ri i-za-qa lib3-bu-usz | ... the cypress and juniper of his sweet scent ... ... and ... that of their sweet scent and the hushuri-plant he libates. |
| 24 | _ug3-mesz kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-te na-gi-i a-szi#-[bu-ut kur] u3# a-szi-bu-ut _iri-mesz_-ni szu-a-tu-nu gi-mir-tu | The people of the land Sangibû, the district, who dwell in the land and dwell in these cities, all of them, |
| 25 | a-ka-ma ger-ri-ia sza a-na 1(disz) _danna-[ta-am3_ x]-x-tu _ugu kur_ ur-ar-t,i a-na pat, gim-ri-szu2 szit-ku-na#-at# e#-szi#-tu | Now, my campaign, which for one Nanna-ta-am ... over the land Urartu, is set against all of it. |
| 26 | sza ma-ad-gi-li-szu-nu sza# na-gu-u2 a-na na-ak#-[ri] _ugu# szu-si-mesz kur_-e di-ma-a-te ru-uk-ku-sa-ma szu-zu-uz-za a-x-[...] | of their troops, who were entrusted to the enemy, on the mountain tops, awe-inspiring, and ... |
| 27 | qi-da-at ab-ri sza _giri3-min_ nak-ri ul-lu-[x-x]-ti-ma di-par sze-rim li-la2-a-te e-mu-ru-ma u2-ad-du-u2# [...] | The “hand-of-a-god’ of the scepter, which is on the feet of the enemy, ..., and they saw the destruction of the brickwork of the mountain ranges and added ... |
| 28 | ti-ib a-nun-ti-ia szam-ru sza la isz-sza2-na#-[nu] isz#-hu-tu-ma szu-har-ra-tu it-ta-bi-ik-szu-nu-ti-ma ig-[...]-zi | (As for) the one who violates my sanctuaries, the bright light that cannot be seen, fell upon them and he ... to them. |
| 29 | a-na bu-szi-i-szu-nu ma-a'-di pa-na la isz-szu-[u2] _bad3-mesz_-szu-nu dan-nu-ti u2-masz-szi-ru-ma e-mid-du sza2-[ha]-tu | for their extensive business, they had no opponent. They destroyed their fortified walled cities and brought about the defeat of them. |
| 30 | ki-ma ur-pat li-la2-a-te sza-pi-ti na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu#-ak#-tum3-ma gi-mir _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti ki-ma a-kal mit-hur-ti as#-hu-up | Like a pile of reed bundles, I surrounded and conquered all of his fortified cities like a heap of grain. |
| 31 | i-na bi-rit kur ar-za-bi-a kur ir-ti-a _kur-mesz_-e sza2-[qu]-ti 1(u) 2(disz) danna qaq-qa-ru ma-la-ku asz2-kun-ma u2-ka-s,i-ra#-usz#-man-ni | In between the lands Arzabû and Irtia, distant lands, 12 mighty mountain ranges I surrounded and conquered. |
| 32 | i-na sza2-ha-te nar3-qit lib3-bi szu-nu qu-ra-di-ia ek#-du-te ki-ma bi-ib-bi usz-bi-i'-ma a-na sze-me-e ur-ti-szu2-nu la [e]-zi#-bu ha-a-t,u | In the ša-ḫāte of the narqû-offerings of my fierce warriors, like a lion, he smote them and did not stay awake to hear their prayers. |
| 33 | um-ma-na-at {d}a-szur rap-sza2-a-te gi-mir _iri-mesz_-[ni]-szu-nu e-re-bisz u2-szak-tim-ma sza2-lil-ia er-hu#-ti# u2-sze-ri-ba ur-szi-szu-un | I made the wide rulership of the god Aššar surpass all of their cities (and) brought them into their midst. |
| 34 | bu-su-u2 ma-ak-ku-ru# ni#-s,ir#-te _lugal#_-ti#-[...] ub#-lu-nim-ma i-szit-ta-szu-nu kit-mur-tu ik#-szud#-du qa-ta-a-a | They brought the scepter of kingship ... to me, and they achieved their wish with awe-inspiring beauty. |
| 35 | s,a-ab hub-szi kal-la-bu na#-[asz2 _{gesz}pan_ as-ma-re-e a-na] _bad3-mesz_-szu-nu u2 sze-li-ma it-ti pa-asz2-qi [u3] a-s,i-te na-qi-ri u2-sza2-as,-bit2# | I imposed upon them (the following) oath: “Be present in the assembly of the gods, be present in their fortifications, and raise (them) up with a spear and a scepter of supplication. |
| 36 | _{gesz}ur3-mesz sim-li_ ta-[as,]-lil-ti _e2-gal_-mesz u2-[na]-si-ih-ma [_ug3]-mesz kur_ ma#-na#-[a-a] _kur#_ na#?-'i#?-ri#? li#?-[x-x] a#? x x _u2#_ rag? x x [...] | I surrounded the palaces with red cypress (and) taṣilli-wood and the people of the land Mana, the land Naʾiri, ... |
| 37 | kir#-hi-szu-nu e-lu-ti-sza ki-ma _kur-mesz_-e szur-szud-bu-du a-di tem-mim-ni-szu-nu ba-s,i-isz# u2#-x-[...] x x | Their supreme limbs, like mountain ranges, as far as their foundations, were raised ... ... |
| 38 | i-na _e2-mesz_-szu-nu nak-la-a-te {d}bil-gi u2-sza2-as,-bit-ma qu-tur-szu-nu u2-szat-bi-ma pa-an _an_-e ki-ma im-ba-ri u2-sza2#-as,-bit | In their old houses, I had the goddess Gilgamesh take hold of them and I made their walls rise and I had them take hold before the heavens like a mountain. |
| 39 | tab-ka-a-ni _gal-mesz_ sza _sze-PAD-mesz sze-gig-mesz_ sza i-na _u4_-me ma-a'-du-ti a-na ba-lat, _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ isz-pu-ku qi-ra-a-te | large grain heaps of barley and wheat, which in many days for the life of the land and people they heaped up, |
| 40 | nap-har um-ma-ni-ia i-na _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ansze_ pa-re-e _ansze-a-ab-ba ansze-mesz_ u2-sza2-az-bil2-ma i-na qe2-reb usz-man-ni-ia ki-ma _dul-mesz_ u2-szap2-pik | I carried off all of my troops with hors[es, donkeys, ploughs, and camels and, in my assembly, I decorated them as if they were statues of myself]. |
| 41 | a-kul t,uh-di u3 nisz-be2-e _ug3-mesz_-ia u2 sza2-kil-ma s,u-ud-de-e tak-bit sza ta-a-a-ar-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pu-szu i-na hi-du-ti | I eat, drink, and the libations of my people, and I am well-equipped to perform (the rituals) for the protection of the territory of Assyria. With pleasure |
| 42 | _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_-szu la-la-a-na-ti ak-szit,-ma u2-szab-t,i-la mal-ti-su | I cut down its orchards (and) reed-beds and made its inhabitants dwell there. |
| 43 | _{gesz}tir-mesz_-szu rab-ba-a-ti sza ki-ma a-pi ed-lu-ti hi-it-lu-pu is,-s,u-szi-in ak-kisz-ma u2-nam-ma-a ta-mir-tu-usz | (As for) his great forests, which had become dilapidated like old watercourses, I cut (and) rebuilt (them) and (then) I made them larger. |
| 44 | kul-lat _gesz_ gup-ni-szu nak-su-ti ki-ma hi-im-ma-at a-szam-szu-ti u2-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I removed all of his protective limbs like a pile of bricks and burned them with fire. |
| 45 | 1(disz) me 4(u)# 6(disz)#? _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-szu-nu ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-szu-un ki-ma a-szam-sza2-ti pa-an _an_-e u2-szak-tim | I conquered 106(?) cities in their environs like a mountain and I made their settlements as bright as the heavens. |
| 46 | _ta iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti sza _kur_ sa-an-gi-bu-te at-tu-musz a-na _kur_ ar-ma-ri-li-i na-gi-i aq-t,e-rib | I marched from the fortified cities of the land Sangibutu and approached the land Armarilî. |
| 47 | _iri_ bu-bu-ti bir-tu _iri_ hu-un-du-ur sza 2(disz) _bad3-mesz_-ni la-mu-u2 pi-i di-im-ti tu-bal-e ma-hi-ri ru-uk-ku-su | the city Bubuti, between the city Ḫundur, whose two walls are old, the mouth of a lawsuit, the crossroads, and the ruukkusu |
| 48 | _iri_ a-a-le-e _iri_ s,i-ni-isz pa-la-a _iri_ s,i-ni-u2-nak _iri_ ar-na _iri_ szar-ni-i | the city Ayalê, the city Ṣiniš, the cult center of the city Shiniunak, the town Arna, the royal city |
| 49 | 7(disz)# _iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti a-di 3(u) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-szu-nu sza i-na _giri3-min kur_ u2-bi-an-da _kur_-e na-du-u2 | 7 fortified cities together with 30 cities in their environs, which by the foot of the mountain he had conquered, |
| 50 | si-hir-szu-nu ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-risz am-nu _{gesz}ur3-mesz_ ta-as,-lil-ti-szu-nu i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu-ma di-tal-li-isz u2-sze-mi | I annihilated their foundations and (then) I erected (them) on the ground. I burned with fire the cypresses of their tāṣilli-trees, and I heard them shrillly. |
| 51 | qi-ra-a-te-szu-nu na-kam-a-ti u2-pat-ti-ma _sze-PAD-mesz_-su-nu ma-'a-at-tu sza la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u2-sza-a-kil | I opened their narrow quays and I rationed their many barley rations, without number, among the army. |
| 52 | _buru14_ tuk-lat _ug3-mesz_-szu2 u3 _u2_ pu-e nap-szat bu-li-szu ab-ri-isz a-qu-ud-ma ar-bu-ti-isz u2-sza2-li-ka ta-mir-tu-usz | I plundered the harvest of the support of his people and the food that he had brought, the life of his corpses I cut off, and quickly I made you dwell in peace. |
| 53 | _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_-szu2-nu a-kis-ma _{gesz}tir-mesz_-szu2-nu ak-szit, nap-har _gesz_ gup-ni-szu-nu a-na gu-ru-un-ni ag-ru-un-ma i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I cut down their orchards and destroyed their forests. I plundered all of their groves to ruin hill(s) and burned them with fire. |
| 54 | i-na me-taq-[ti]-ia a-na _iri_ ar-bu _iri_ e2-ad-szu sza {disz}ur-sa-a u3 _iri_ ri-ia-ar _iri_-szu sza {disz}{d}1(u)-5(disz)-bad3 a-lik | In my passing I marched to the city Arbu, the city Eadšu of Ursâ and the city Riyar, his city of Issar-duri. |
| 55 | 7(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-szu-nu sza _szesz-mesz_-szu2 _numun lugal_-ti-szu2 i-na lib3-bi-szu-nu szu-szu-bu-ma# dun-nu-nu ma-s,ar-tu | 7 cities in their environs, whose brothers (and) the seed of his royal line were placed among them, and whose guards were kept well, |
| 56 | _iri-mesz_-ni szu-a-tu#-nu ap-pul qaq-qa-risz am-nu _e2_ {d}hal-di-a _dingir_-szu ab-re-esz a-qu-ud-ma u2-szal-pi-ta sa-a-gi-szu | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire those cities. I demolished the temple of the god Ḫaldi, his god, and (then) destroyed its dilapidated section(s). |
| 57 | _ta kur_ ar-ma-ri-ia#-li-i at-tu-musz _kur_ u2-i-zu-ku _kur szim-li_ sza szi-pik-szu | I went out from the land Amariyalî. I conquered the land Uizuku, the land of the aromatics of his craft. |
| 58 | _iri_ an-za-li-a _iri_ ku#-a-ia-in# _iri_ qa-al-la-ni-a _iri_ bi-it-a-a _iri_ a-lu-ar-za _iri_ qi-u2-na _iri_ al-li#-i | the city Anzalia, the city Kuyain, the town Qallania, (the) city Biitâ, the ci[ty] Aluarza, the cit[y Qiuna], the city Alli |
| 59 | _iri_ ar-zu-gu _iri_ szik2#-ka-nu _iri_ ar-di-u2-nak _iri_ da-ia-zu-na _iri_ ge-e-ta _iri_ ba-a-ni-u2 | the city Arzugu, the city of Šikkanu, the town Ardiunak, the “city of Daiazuna,… the city Gēta, the [city] Baniu, |
| 60 | _iri_ bir-hi-lu-za _iri_ de#-e-zi-zu _iri_ di-li-zi-a _iri_ a-ba-in-di _iri_ du-a-in _iri_ ha-as,-ra-na | The cities Birhiluza, Ezizu, Dilizia, Abaindi, Duain, Hashrana, |
| 61 | _iri_ pa-ar-ra _iri_ a-ia-s,u-un _iri_ a-ni-asz2-ta-ni-a _iri_ bal-du-ar-za _iri_ sar-u2-ar-di-i | the city Pāra, the city Ayaṣun, the town Aništaniya, the village Baldūrza, (and) the city Saruardî |
| 62 | _iri_ szu-ma-at-tar _iri_ sza2-al-zi-i _iri_ al-bu-u2-ri _iri_ s,i-qar-ra _iri_ u2-a-ia-is la-bi-ru | the city Šumattar, the city Salzî, the town Albūru, (the town) Ṣiqarra, (and the town) Uayais, old. |
| 63 | 3(u) _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti sza i-na a-hi a-ab-ba gal-la-ti ti-bi-ik _kur-mesz gal-mesz_ sa-ad-ru-ma szu-us,-bu-tu2 ki-ma us-si | 30 of his fortified cities, which on the banks of the Great Sea were surrounded by large mountains, were plundered like a swamp, |
| 64 | _iri_ ar-gisz-ti-u2-na _iri_ qa-al-la-ni-a bi-ra-ti-szu dan-na-a-te ru-uk-ku-sa bi-ru-usz-szu#-un | the city Argištuna, the city Qallania, its fortified quarters were encircled by a ruukku-demon. |
| 65 | el-en _iri_ ar-s,i-du u3 _iri_ mah-un-ni-a kak-ka-bisz a-s,a-ma a-na 4(disz) _usz-ta-am3_ in-na-at,-t,a-lu szur-us#-sin# | above the city Arsidu and the city of Ḫaunnia, I went out and for 4 lengths they weighed out. |
| 66 | _lu2_ qu-ra-di-szu a-sza-ri-tu2 um-ma-ni-szu le-'u-tu ta-ha-zi na-asz2 ka-ba-bi as-ma-ri-i tu-kul-ti kut-szu2 szu-lu-u2 qe2-reb-szin# | a man whose warriors are assassins, whose commanders are able to fight, the one who carries all of the asmāru-disease, (and) whose limbs are lifted, among them |
| 67 | ki-szit-ti _iri_ ar-ma-ri-ia-li-i na-ge-e i-te-e-szu-nu e-mu-ru-ma it-ru-ra isz-da-a-szu-un | the territory of the city Armariyali, a district, they saw them and conquered. |
| 68 | _iri-mesz_-ni-szu-nu it-ti mar-szi-ti-szu-nu u2-masz-sze-ru-ma a-na qe2-reb bi-ra-a-ti szu-a#-ti#-na# ki-ma is,-s,u-ri ip#-par#-szu | their cities with their possessions they abandoned, and in those quarters they escaped like a trap. |
| 69 | um-ma-ni ma-'a-at-ta-tu a-na _iri-mesz_-ni-szu-nu u2-sze-li-ma _nig2-szu_-szu2-nu a-na mu-u'-de-e isz-lu-lu _nig2-gur11_-szu-un | a large army to their cities I brought up and their possessions to the people they carried off their property. |
| 70 | _bad3-mesz_-ni-szu-nu dan-nu-ti a-di 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) | their fortified walls, together with 77 (shekels) |
| 71 | i-na _e2-mesz_ qer-bi-szu-nu {d}bil-gi u2-sza2-as,-bit-ma _{gesz}ur3-mesz_ ta-as,-lil-ti-szu-nu di-tal-li-isz u2-sze-mi | In the houses inside them, I had the god Gilgameš enthrone (them) and (then) I made their tassels grow wide. |
| 72 | qi-ra-te-szu-nu na-kam-a-te u2-pat-ti-ma _sze-PAD-mesz_ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u2-sza2-a-kil | I opened their narrow quays and (then) I made the ummānu-official drink barley without number. |
| 73 | _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_-szu-nu ak-kis-ma _{gesz}tir-mesz_-szu-nu ak-szit, kul-lat _gesz_ gup-ni-szu-nu u2-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I cut down their orchards and destroyed their forests. I removed all of their logs and burned them with fire. |
| 74 | _ta kur_ a-ia-di at-tu-musz _i7_ qa-al-la-ni-a _i7_ in-na-a-a _i7-mesz_ e-te-bir | from the land Ayad I crossed. The river Qallanīya, the river Innâ, the rivers crossed over. |
| 75 | a-na _iri_ u2-a-ia-is na-gi-i tuk-la-te-szu sze-pit mi-is,-ri sza _kur_ ur-ar-t,i sza pat-ti _kur_ na-'i-ri aq-t,e-rib | I approached the city Uayas, his fortified city. I received the payment of the land Urarṭu, which is on the border with the land Naʾiri. |
| 76 | _iri_ u2-a-ia-is _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu bir-tu-szu _gal_-tu sza _ugu_ kul-lat bi-ra-a-te-szu dun-nu-na-at-ma nu-uk-ku-lat ep-sze-es-sa | the city Uaias, his fortified city, a great boundary between which all of his settlements are situated and whose work |
| 77 | _lu2 erin2-mesz_ ti-du-ki-szu ek-du-ti _lu2_ da-a-a-li mu-sze-ri-bu t,e3-em _kur-kur-mesz_ li-mi-ti-szu2 szu-szu-bu qer-bu-usz-szu | a man of the troops who had defeated him, a hostile man, who had brought news of the lands of his lands, who was seated inside him, |
| 78 | _lu2 en-nam-mesz_-szu a-di ki-is,-ri-szu-nu i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-li-ma it-ti _bad3_-szu dan-ni mun-dah-s,i u2-szal-mi | I made his governors, together with their chariots, rise up and with his strong fortified wall I completed (them). |
| 79 | sza _iri_ bir-ti szu-a ti ku-tal-la-sza2 ak-szu-ud _lu2_ qu-ra-di-szu i-na _igi abul_-szu2 ki-ma as-li u2-nap-pi-is, | I conquered the territory of that city behind it. The man of his warriors in front of his city like a mountain I cut down. |
| 80 | _{gesz#}kiri6-mesz_-szu2 ak-szit,-ma _{gesz}tir-mesz_-szu2 ak-kis kul-lat _gesz_ gup-ni-szu nak-su-ti u2-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I razed its orchards and cut down its meadows. I removed all of its old beams and (then) burned (them) with fire. |
| 81 | _iri_ bar-zu-ri-a-ni _iri_ u2-al-t,u-qu-ia _iri_ qu-ut-ta _iri_ qi-ip-pa _iri_ a-sa-pa-a | the city Barzurianni, the city Ualtuqiya, the cities Qutta, Qippa, and Asapa |
| 82 | 5(disz) _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti a-di 4(u) _iri-mesz_-ni sza li-mi-ti-szu-nu8 i-na {d}bil-gi aq-mu | I burned with fire 5 fortified walled houses together with 40 cities in their environs. |
| 83 | ul-tu _iri_ u2-a-ia-is at-tu-musz a-na na-gi-I sza {disz}ia-an-zu-u2 _lugal kur_ na-'i-ri aq-t,e-rib | From the city Uayas I approached the district of Yanzû, king of the land of the Naʾiri. |
| 84 | {disz}ia-an-zu-u2 _lugal kur_ na-'i-ri 4(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru _ta iri_ hu-bu-usz-ki-a _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 a-na _gaba_-ia il-li-kam-ma isz-sziq2 _giri3-min_-ia | Iaanzû, king of the land of the Naʾiri, came from the city Hubuškia, his royal city, to me and cut off my feet. |
| 85 | ma-da-ta-szu _ansze-kur-ra-mesz la2_-at ni-i-ri _gu4-mez_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ i-na qe2-reb _iri_ hu-bu-usz-ki-a _iri_-szu2 am-hur-szu | I received his payment: horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats in the city Hubuškia, his city. |
| 86 | i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {disz}ur-za-na _iri_ mu-s,a-s,ir-a-a e-pisz an-ni u3 gil-la-ti e-ti-iq ma-mit _dingir-mesz_ la ka-ni-szu be-lu-ti | On my return march, Urzana of the city Muṣaṣirāya, performed this and the extispicy. The curse of the gods, without equal, my lordly majesty |
| 87 | ek-s,u _lu2_ szad-da-a 'u3-u2 sza i-na a-de-e {d}a-szur {d}utu {d}ag {d}marduk ih-t,u-ma ib-bal-ki-tu it-ti-ia | (As for) the wicked man, the one who violated the treaty of the gods Aššīr, Šamas&cus, Nabû, and Marduk and rebelled against me, |
| 88 | a-lak mah-ri-ia sza ta-a-a-ar-ti gir-ri u2-szab-t,il-ma it-ti ta-mar-ti-szu ka-bit-te la isz-szi-qa _giri3-min_-ia | (As for) the one who [does] not obey my oath, (but) does not obey [my] fe[et], |
| 89 | bil2-tu ma-da-at-tu ta-mar-ta-szu ik-la-ma a-na sza2-'a-al szul-mi-ia e-de-nu-u2 la isz-pu-ra _lu2_ rak-ba-szu | The debt, the payment of his observation, he imposed upon him and to inquire about my well-being he did not write; a man his consignment |
| 90 | i-na szu-hu-ut, lib3-bi-ia kul-lat _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-ia _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ ma-a'-du-ti gi-mir _karasz_-ia har-ra-an _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-sza3-as,-bit | With my enchantment, I carried off the road to Assyria all of my chariots (and) many horses, as many as I had carried off. |
| 91 | i-na tu-kul-ti-szu _gal_-ti sza {d}a-szur a-bu _dingir-mesz_ be-el ma-ta-ti _lugal_ kisz-szat _an_-e _ki_-tim a-lid <gim-ri> _en en-en_ | With his great support, which the god Ashur, father of the gods, lord of the land, king of the world, heaven and netherworld, the one who surpasses all the en priests, |
| 92 | sza ul-tu u4-um s,a-a-t,i _dingir-mesz kur_ u3 _kur_-i sza kib-rat _limmu2_-i a-na szu-tuq-qu-ri-szu la na-par-szu-di ma-na-ma | which since distant days the gods of the land and the lands of the four quarters had not been able to reach its full extent, |
| 93 | it-ti i-szit-ti-szu-nu kit-mur-ti a-na szu-ru-ub e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra isz-ru-ku-usz {d}en-lil2-la2 _dingir-mesz {d}marduk_ | Together with their oath, they granted truth to Eḫursaggalkurkurra. The god Enlil, the god Marduk, |
| 94 | i-na qi2-bi-ti s,ir-te sza {d}ag {d}marduk sza i-na man-za-az _mul-mesz_ sza szu-ut-be2-e _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia is,-ba-tu ta-lu-ku | By the exalted command of the gods Nabû (and) Marduk, who took hold of my weapons in the positions of the star-gods, |
| 95 | u3 i-da-at dum-qi2 sza le-qe-e kisz-szu-ti {d}ma2-gur8 _en_ a-ge-e a-na szul-pu-ut _kur_ gu-ti{ki} u2-sza2-ni-ha _en-nun_ | and the good advice concerning the acquisition of the world, the god Magurru, the lord of the lands, for the destruction of the land Guti he appointed guard. |
| 96 | i-na an-ni szu-qu-ri sza {d}utu qu-ra-di sza _uzu-mesz_ ti-kil-ti sza a-lak i-di-ia u2-sza2-asz2-t,i-ra a-mu-ti | In this šuquru of the god Šamaše, the warrior, I wrote down the names of the sacrifices and sacrifices that I made. |
| 97 | it-ti 1(disz)-et _{gesz}gigir giri3-min_-ia e-de-ni-ti u3 1(disz) _lim_ pit-hal-li3-ia szit-mur-ti s,a-ab _gesz-pan_ ka-ba-bi as-ma-ri-i | together with one chariot of my feet I slew, and one thousand of my cavalrymen I captured. I saw the bow. |
| 98 | _lu2_ qu-ra-di-ia ek-du-ti mu-du-ut ta-ha-zi u2-zak-ki-ma har-ra-an _iri_ mu-s,a-s,ir ur-hu mar-s,a-ti as,-bat-ma | (As for) the man of my warriors, the one who knows the battle, I expelled him and took the road to the city. I seized the ones who were sick with fever and |
| 99 | _kur_ ar-si-u2 _kur_-u2 dan-nu sza mu-lu-szu ki-i me2-le-e sim-mil-ti mu-la-a la i-szu-u2 um-ma-ni u2-sze-li | The Arsî, the mighty mountain, which his man had like a flood of splendor without equal, he raised up the army. |
| 100 | _id2_ za-ban _an-ta_-u3 sza _ug3-mesz kur_ na-'i-ri u3 _kur_ hab-hi _id2_ e-la-mu-ni-a i-qab-bu-szu-ni e-te-bir | the upper Zaban river of the people of the land Naʾiri and the land Habhu, the river Elamūnia, they say to him crossed. |
| 101 | i-na bi-rit _kur_ sze-i-ak _kur_ ar-di-ik-szi _kur_ u2-la-a-ia-u2 _kur_ al-lu-ri-u2 _kur-mesz_-e e-lu-ti | between the lands Šēk and Ardikši, Ulāyu, Alluriu, high mountains |
| 102 | hur-sza2-a-ni sza2-qu-ti sim-mil-at _kur-mesz_-e pa-asz2-qa-te sza ni-ba-ed-ku-ma i-na bi-ri-szu2-nu a-na me-te-eq zu-uk _giri3-min_ la _tuku_-u2 da-rag-gu | The exalted mountains, the splendor of distant mountains, which we had conquered and between them, in order to be able to traverse the treacherous paths, |
| 103 | na-at-ba-kat3 _a-mesz_ dan-nu-ti i-na lib3-bi-szu-nu szu-ut-tu-qa-a-ma szi-it ti-ib-ki-szu2-nu a-na 1(disz) _danna-a-an_ i-szag-gu-mu ki-ma {d}ad-di | “They have poured strong water into them, and the water of their tibkītu-vessel for one danna-measure they shall raise, like the god Enlil, |
| 104 | kul-lat _gesz-mesz_ hi-szih-ti _gurun!(DUG)_ u3 _gesztin-mesz_ a-pi-isz hi-it-lu-pu-ma a-na sa-naq ne2-re-bi-szu-nu ma-lu-u2 pul-ha-a-te | all of the woods, ḫašihtu-trees, fruit and wine I cut down, and for the saŋaqqu-offerings of their entrances, numerous offerings, |
| 105 | sza _lugal_ a-a-um-ma a-szar-szu-nu la e-ti-qu-ma u3 _nun_-u2 a-lik pa-ni-ia la e-mu-ru du-rug-szu-un | No king has ever crossed over the border of their place and no prince who came before me has seen their damage. |
| 106 | _gisz_ gup-ni-szu-nu _gal-mesz_ u2-kap-pi-ir-ma pa-asz2-qa-a-te sim-mil-a-te-szu2-nu i-na ak-kul-li _zabar_ lu ah-si | I trimmed their large doors with a bit of bronze and I surrounded their openings with arrows. |
| 107 | gir-ra qa-at-na me-te-qa su-u2-qa sza zu-uk _giri3-min_ s,e-la-nisz e-ti-qu-ma a-na me-te-eq um-ma-ni-ia i-na bi-ri-szu-nu u2-t,ib# | I crossed the threshold of the door, the door bolt, and the bolt of the opening of the doors. I passed through them together and I was able to pass through them. |
| 108 | _{gesz}gigir giri3-min_-ia i-na ti-ka-a-ti e-mid-ma u3 a-na-ku i-na tar-kub-ti _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ mih-rit um-ma-ni-ia as,-bat-ma | a chariot of my feet I struck with a sword, and I, in the midst of battle, took the horses of my army before me and |
| 109 | _lu2_ qu-ra-di-ia a-di _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ a-li-kut i-di-ia il-ten2-nu-u2 u2-qa-tin-ma i-na pu-usz-qi-szu-nu u2-sze-tiq | The warriors of my army together with the horses who were with me — I slaughtered, and on their own initiative I made pass by. |
| 110 | asz2-szu la na-par-szu-di-szu _lu2#_ szu-ut _sag-mesz_-ia _lu2-en-nam-mesz_ a-di kis-is,-ri-szu-nu ur-tu u2-ma-ir-ma hi-it-mu-t,i-isz asz2-pur | Because of his insubmissiveness, I removed the men of my eunuchs, governors, together with their seals, and I convicted them of crimes. |
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| 1 | [... a]-ka-ma gir-ri-ia e-mur#-ma# [x x x] pi#? ub x x [...] | ... he saw my foot and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | [...] x x na-bu-szu2-ma#? _un#-mesz#_ [x x] u2#-dan-ni-nu [...] | ... ... and the people ... strengthened ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | [... _kur_ ur]-ar-t,i-ma a-na _iri_ [x x] x lugal-ti-szu szu-bat {d}hal-di#-[a _dingir?_-szu x] | ... he conquered the land and to the city ..., his royal city, the residence of the god Ḫaldi, his god ... |
| 4 | [... _kur_] ur-ar-t,i a-na pat, gim-ri-szu sza el sza2-a-szu2 i-na sza2-ma-mi u qaq-aq-ri la i-du-u2 (x) [x x] | ... the land Urartu, to its full extent, which they did not know in the heavens and on the earth ... |
| 5 | [...] szum#?-szu#? [...] x sza# ul-la-nu-usz-szu _{gesz}gidru_ u3 a-gu-u2 la in-na-asz2-szu-u2 si-mat re-e2#-u2#?-[ti?] | ... his name(?) ... whose scepter and throne cannot be changed, suitable for the shepherdship |
| 6 | [x] x x ma#-ku _sipa ug3-mesz kur_ ur#-ar#?-[t,i ...] x ub-ba-lu-szu-ma a-a-um-ma i-na lib3-bi _dumu-mesz_-szu2 s,a-bi-tu _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 | ... I, the shepherd of the people of the land Urarṭu, brought him and no one from among his sons captured his throne |
| 7 | [a]-di# _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_-li-szu2 i-na _iri_ mu-s,a-s,ir ma-har {d}hal-di-a u2-sze-ri-bu-ma i-qi-szu qi-sza2-as-su | together with gold and his silver in the city of the guard before Ḫaldi brought in and gave to him, his gift |
| 8 | [_gu4]-mesz#_ kab-ru-ti _udu.mesz_ ma-ru#-ti a-na la ma-ni ma-har-szu2 i-naq#-qu#-u2# a-na gi-mir _iri_-szu i-szak-ka-nu ta-kul#-tu | They slaughter large oxen and small sheep without number before him and place them in all of his city. |
| 9 | [igi] {d}hal-di-a _dingir_-szu _aga_ be-lu-ti ip-piru-szu-ma u2-sza2-asz2-szu-szu _{gesz}gidru lugal#_-ti _kur_ ur#-ar#-t,i u3 _ug3-mesz_-szu2 i-x-u2# _numun_-szu | before Ḫaldi, his god, a crown of lordship he imposed upon him and imposed on him a royal scepter of the land Urarṭu and his people ... his seed |
| 10 | _ugu# iri_ szu-a-ti ri-gim um-ma-ni-ia gal-tu ki-ma {d}iszkur u2-asz2-gi-im-ma a-szi-bu-ut# lib3#?-[bi-sza? ...] x _be ha [...] x mi_ | Concerning that city, the rage of my army was like that of Adad, and its inhabitants ... ... |
| 11 | _ug3-mesz_-szu2 _lu2_ szi-i-bu _munus_ szi-ib-tu _ugu ur3-mesz e2-mesz_-szu-nu e-lu-ma s,ar-pisz i-ba-ku-[u2 ...] x | his people, a man a fugitive a woman a captive over the roofs of their houses up and inflicted a severe defeat ... |
| 12 | asz2-szu e-t,er na-pisz-ti-szu-nu _ugu_ er-bi rit-ti-szu-nu ip-tasz-szi-lu-ma qa-ti-szu-nu x [...] _u2_ x x x [(x)] | Because of the loss of their life, they grasped their hands on the ground and their hands ... ... |
| 13 | asz2-szu sza {disz}ur-za-na _lugal_ ma-lik-szu-nu a-na zi-kir {d}a-szur la isz-hu-tu-ma ni-ir be-lu-ti-ia# is-lu-ma i-mi-szu ar-du-ti | As to Urzana, the king who preceded them, they did not fear the command of the god Aššīr and took away my lordly majesty and looked at him with awe. |
| 14 | sza _ug3-mesz iri_ szu-a-ti sza2-lal-szu-nu ak-pid-ma sza {d}hal-di-a tu-kul-ti _kur_ ur-ar-t,i aq-ta-bi szu-s,a-a-szu | I conquered the cities of those people and (then) I told them of the support of the god Ḫaldi, the land Urarṭu. |
| 15 | mih-rit _ka2-gal_-szu szal-t,isz u2-sze-szi-ib-ma _dam_-su _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-munus-mesz_-szu2 _ug3-mesz_-szu2 _numun e2# ad_-szu asz2-lu-la | I settled him in a peaceful manner before his gate and his wife, his sons, his daughters, his people, the seed of the house of his father I carried off. |
| 16 | it#-ti 6(disz) _lim_ 1(disz) _me_ 1(u) _ug3-mesz_ 1(u) 2(disz) _ansze_ ku-dini 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) _ansze-mesz_ 5(disz) _me_ 2(u) 5(disz) _gu4-mesz_ 1(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me_ 3(u) 5(disz) _udu-nita2-mesz_ am#-nu-ma a-na _bad3 karasz_-ia u2-sze-x | together with 6 thousand 1 hundred 10 people, 12 donkey-loads of mules, 3 hundred 120 donkeys, 525 oxen, 1 thousand 235 rams I said and to the wall of my quay ... |
| 17 | [ana _iri_] mu#-s,a-s,ir szu-bat {d}hal-di-a szal-t,isz e-ru-ub-ma i-na _e2-gal_ mu-szab {disz}ur-za-na e-tel-lisz u2-szi-ib | I entered the city, the residence of the god Ḫaldi, in a splendid fashion, and in the palace, the dwelling of Urzana, I luxuriantly settled. |
| 18 | [...] nak#-mu-ti sza i-szit-tu kit-mur-tu du-usz-szu-u2 ki-in-gi ni-s,ir-te-szu-nu u2-pat-ti-ma | ... I opened up their secrets, which had been sealed with a sealed document, and |
| 19 | [3(u) 4(disz) _gun_ 1(u) 8(disz)] _ma#-na ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 7(disz) _gun_ 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar uruda hi-a babbar_-u2 _an-na {na4}gug {na4}za-gin3 {na4}babbar-dili_ ni-siq-ti _na4-mesz_ a-na mu-u'-de-e | 34 talents 18 minas of gold, 107 talents 2 1/2 mina of silver, white copper, tin, carnelian, lapis lazuli, ṣumlalû-stone, precious stone(s) for measuring |
| 20 | [x _{gesz}szibir-mesz] zu am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}taskarin_ a-di _{gesz}na5-mesz_ sza ih-zu-szi-na szu-pu-szu _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ | ... šibir-wood, amsi, ēsi (and) boxwood, together with the stone slabs that they had cut, gold and silver |
| 21 | [x _{gesz}]banszur#?-mesz zu2 am-zi {gesz}esi {gesz}taskarin gal-mesz_ si-mat _lugal_-ti sza ih-zu-szi-na szu-pu-szu _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ | I set down ... tables, large ebony and cypress, emblems of kingship, which had become old, with gold and silver |
| 22 | 8(disz) _gesz_ mah#-ri#-s,i# dan-nu-ti u3 _gesz_ sa-al-li _u2_ ur-qi _zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}taskarin_ sza ih-zu-<<szi>>-szu-nu _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ | 8 strong beams and a beam of sallu-wood, urqi-plant, amsu-tree, ebony and boxwood, which he had brought to them, gold and silver |
| 23 | 6(disz) _gesz_ kan-ni _gesz_ kan#-kan#-ni _gesz_ tah2-KAL _{gesz}gu-za-mesz {gesz}gan bi-lul zu2 am-si# {gesz#}esi {gesz}taskarin_ sza ih-zu-szu#-nu <<szu>> _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ | 6 kannu-trees, 2 kankanni-thorned trees, taḫ-KAL-wood, thrones, a date palm, an amsu-flour, ebony, (and) boxwood, which had become old, with gold and silver |
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