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Sargon II 065 (Q006546)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006546 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na {d}a-šur a-bu DINGIR.MEŠ EN GAL-e a-šib e₂-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra E₂.KUR-šu₂ GAL-i a-dan-niš a-dan-niš lu šul-mu | To the god Aššīr, father of the gods, great lord, who dwells in Eḫursaggalkurkurra, his great temple, be very [very] well. |
| 2 | a-na DINGIR.MEŠ-ni {d}NAM.MEŠ {d}INANNA.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut e₂-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra E₂.KUR-šu₂-nu GAL-i a-dan-niš a-dan-niš lu šul-mu | May it be well with the gods, the lords, and the goddesses who dwell in Eḫursaggalkurkurra, their great temple. |
| 3 | a-na DINGIR.MEŠ-ni {d}NAM.MEŠ {d}INANNA.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut URU {d}a-šur₄ E₂.KUR-šu₂-nu GAL-i a-dan-niš a-dan-niš lu šul-mu | May it be well with the gods, the destinies, the goddesses who dwell in the city, Aššar, their great temple! |
| 4 | a-na URU u₃ UN.MEŠ-šu₂ lu šul-mu a-na E₂.GAL-lim a-šib lib₃-bi-ša₂ lu šul-mu | May the city and his people be well, may the palace be well. |
| 5 | a-na {m}LUGAL-GI.NA SANGA KU₃ ARAD pa-lih DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti u₃ KARAŠ-šu a-dan-niš a-dan-niš šul-mu | To Sargon (II), pure priest, servant who reveres your great divinity, and his camp: it is very well. |
| 6 | i-na {ITI}ŠU.GAR.NUMUN.NA mu-kin ṭe₃-em ad-na-a-ti ITI gaš-ri IBILA a-ša₂-red-di ša {d}EN.LIL₂ kaš-kaš DINGIR.MEŠ {d}nin-urta | In the month of Duʾuzu (IV), the year in which the decrees of the threshing floors are made, the heir of the exalted vizier of the god Enlil, the cupbearer of all the gods, the goddess Ninurta, |
| 7 | ša a-na pu-uh-hur um-ma-ni šul-lu-um ka-ra-ši i-na ṭup-pi mah-ri iš-ṭu-ru-šu EN ne₂-me-qi {d}nin-ši-ku₃ | Whom the lord of wisdom, Ninšiku, wrote for the protection of the army on a previous tablet. |
| 8 | ul-tu {URU}kal-ha URU LUGAL-ti-ia am-muš-ma {ID₂}za-ban AN.TA-u₂ i-na kiš-ša₂-ti-šu šam-riš e-bir | I watched from Calah, my royal city, and crossed the upper Zaban River in its entirety. |
| 9 | UD.3.KAM aš₂-šu ha-ṭa-am pi-i muš-tar-hi ka-as pu-rid-di qar-dam-mi a-na {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ pal-hiš uš-kin-ma | On the third day, because of the evil of the mouth (and) the utterance of the muštarḫu-demon, I set up a fierce battle against the gods Enlil and Mullissu and |
| 10 | {ID₂}za-ban KI.TA-u₂ ša ne₂-ber-ta-šu₂ pa-aš₂-qa-at um-ma-na-at {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU pal-gi-iš u₂-ša₂-aš₂-hi-iṭ | The lower Zaban River, which is on its narrow side, is open; I surrounded (it) with a wall of the gods Šamaš and Marduk. |
| 11 | i-na ne₂-re-bi ša {KUR}kul-la-ar KUR-i zaq-ri ša {KUR}lu-lu-mi-i ša {KUR}za-mu-a i-qab-bu-šu-ni e-tar-ba | On the road that leads to Mount Kullar, I entered the pass of Mount Lulumî, which is called the land Zamua. |
| 12 | i-na {KUR}su-um-bi na-gi-i pi-qit-ti um-ma-ni-ia aš₂-kun-ma ša ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ u₃ {GIŠ}GIGIR a-mu-ra mi-na-a-šu-un | I placed my army in the land Sumbi, under the authority of my master, and I saw the horses and chariots. What are they? |
| 13 | i-na tu-kul-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti ša AN.ŠAR₂ {d}UTU {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU u₂-šal-liš-ma a-na qe₂-reb hur-ša₂-a-ni as-di-ra ta-lu-ku | With the great support of (the gods) Aššīr, Šamaše, Nabû, (and) Marduk, I brought him down to the midst of the mountains. |
| 14 | a-na {KUR}zi-kir-te u₃ {KUR}an-di-a ša {d}URI₃.GAL {d}IŠKUR u₂-ri₃-gal-li a-li-kut mah-ri-ia u₂-šat-ri-ṣa ni-ir-šu-un | For the land Zikirtu and the land Andia, which the gods Nergal (and) Adad, the great gods, who had come before me, had built, I surrounded (them). |
| 15 | i-na bi-rit {KUR}ni-kip-pa {KUR}u₂-pa-a KUR.MEŠ AN.TA.MEŠ ša gi-mir GIŠ.MEŠ hi-it-lu-pu-ma qer-bi-šun₃ e-ši-tum₃-ma pit-lu-hu ne₂-reb-šu₂-un | In between the lands Nik[ippa] (and) Upâ, the upper lands, which were covered with all kinds of wood, I surrounded (them) with a wall and surrounded their sanctuaries. |
| 16 | ki-ma {GIŠ}TIR ere-IGI UGU ta-mir-ti-šu-nu ṣil-lu tar-ṣu-ma a-lik ur-hi-šu-nu la im-ma-ru ša₂-ru-ur {d}UTU-ši e-tiq-ma | Like a forest of cedar, I crossed over their terraces (lit. “they are covered with a cloud′) and marched against them. I did not see the light of the Sun. |
| 17 | {ID₂}bu-u₂-ia ID₂-tum bi-ri-šu-nu a-di 26.AM₃ e-bir-ma um-ma-ni i-na gi-ip-ši-ša₂ la ig-lud-du A.MEŠ mi-li | The Euphrates River, their intertwined canal, crossed over the river for 26 (times) and the army did not reach its full extent. |
| 18 | {KUR}si-mir-ri-a ŠU.SI KUR-i GAL-tu ša ki-ma še-lu-ut šu-kur-ri zaq-pat-ma UGU hur-ša₂-a-ni šu-bat {d}be-let-DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂-qa-at re-e-ši | (As for) the land Simirria, the great mountain, which was plundered like a mountain, and which is on the mountain, the dwelling of the goddess Bēlet-ilī, the highest of the gods, |
| 19 | ša e-liš re-ša₂-a-ša₂ ša₂-ma-mi en-da-ma šap-la-nu šur-šu-ša₂ šuk-šud-du qe₂-reb a-ra-al-li | (As for) the one whose head is above the heavens, as for the one who is below it, may he be victorious in the midst of the Arali. |
| 20 | u₃ ki-ma EDIN nu-u₂-ni i-di a-na i-di me-te-qa la i-ša₂-at-ma pa-niš u₃ ar-kiš šum-ru-ṣu mu-lu-u₂-ša₂ | And like the open country, he does not know (how) to know (what) to do, and he has no fear and no fear. And after him, the people of his land |
| 21 | i-na a-hi-ša₂ hur-ri na-at-ba-ak KUR.MEŠ-e hu-du-du-u₂-ma a-na i-tap-lu-us ni-ṭil IGI.II šit-pu-rat pu-luh-tu | On the other side of the mountain, we surrounded the lands with hostile habitations and carried off (them) as booty. We saw fear (and) terror. |
| 22 | a-na me-le-e {GIŠ}GIGIR šit-mur ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ la ṭa-bat-ma a-na me-te-eq {LU₂}zu-uk GIR₃.II šup-šu-qu ma-lak-ša₂ | You should not seize a chariot or a horse, and you should not approach a man who is dressed in soiled garments. |
| 23 | i-na pi-it ha-sis-si u₃ ša₂-dal kar-še ša {d}e₂-a u₃ {d}be-let-DINGIR.MEŠ i-ši-mu-ni-ma a-na sa-pan KUR a-a-bi ip-tu-u₂ pu-rid-di | From the opening of the cult daises and the crossing of the river, which Ea and Bēlet-ilī chose and opened to the land of the Arabs, |
| 24 | ak-kul-li e-re-e dan-nu-ti sag-bu-u₂-ia u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ši-ma pu-lu-uk KUR-i zaq-ri pi-la-niš u₂-par-ri-ru-ma u₂-ṭi-ib-bu ger-ru | (As for) the one who removes my mighty yoke, I made (them) stand at the edge of the mountain (lit.: “the mountain’s edge′) and (then) made the road more difficult. |
| 25 | meh-ret um-ma-ni-ia aṣ-bat-ma {GIŠ}GIGIR pet-hal-lum ṣa-ab ta-ha-zi a-li-kut i-di-ia ki-ma TI₈{MUŠEN}.MEŠ qar-du-ti ṣe-ru-uš-ša₂ u₂-šap-riš | I seized the front of my army and (then) I had a chariot, a cavalry, (and) a mules, armed with combat, (which) were on my side, fashioned its wings like a raven. |
| 26 | ṣa-ab hup-ši kal-la-pu EGIR-šu₂-nu u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma ANŠE.A.AB.BA.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ bil-ti ki-ma tu-ra-hi tar-bit KUR-i iš-tah-hi-ṭu zuq-ti-ša₂ | I made the ḫupši (and) kallāpu (horses) run behind them, and they piled up its piles of ho[rses] like mountain tūrāḫu. |
| 27 | um-ma-na-at {d}a-šur gap-ša₂-a-ti me-le-ša₂ pa-aš₂-qu-ti ṭa-biš u₂-še-li-ma el-en KUR-i šu-a-tu ak-ṣu-ra uš-man-ni | I raised up the throne of the great god Aššar, whose brilliance surpasses all (other) gods, and I made (them) rise high above that mountain. |
| 28 | {KUR}si-na-hul-zi {KUR}bi-ru-at-ti KUR.MEŠ be₂-e-ru-te ša ur-qit-su-nu {U₂}kar-šu {ŠIM}GAM.MA i-ri-šu DUG₃.GA | (As for) the lands Sinaḫulzi (and) Biruattu, mighty mountain(s), which had been plundered by them, whose scent was sweet juniper, |
| 29 | {KUR}tu-ur-ta-ni {KUR}si-na-bi-ir {KUR}ah-šu-u₂-ru u₃ {KUR}su-u₂-ia KUR.MEŠ se-bet-ti-šu₂-nu nam-ra-ṣi-iš at-ta-bal-kat₃ | I conquered the lands Turtani, Sinabir, Ḫašuru, and Suia, their seven lands. |
| 30 | {ID₂}rap-pa-a {ID₂}a-rat-ta-a {ID₂}MEŠ ti-ib-ki-šu-nu i-na mi-li-ši-na i-ki-iš e-ti-iq | The rivers Rappâ, Arattā, (and) their embankment(s) crossed the Euphrates River. |
| 31 | a-na {KUR}su-ri-ka-aš₂ na-gi-i ša {KUR}man-na-a-a ša pat-ti {KUR}kar-al-li u₃ {KUR}al-lab-ri-a at-ta-rad | I marched to the land Surikaš, the district of the Mannean(s), which is on the border of the land Karallu and the land Allabriya. |
| 32 | {m}ul-lu-su-nu {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a aš₂-šu a-na tu-ur-ri gi-mil-li-šu ša MU.AN.NA-šam la-pa-rak-ku-u₂ a-lak ger-ri-ia iš-me-ma | (As for) Ullusunu of the land Mannea, because he was ill for a long time, he heard about his plans to go on campaign. |
| 33 | šu-u₂ a-di {LU₂}GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ ši-i-bi ma-li-ki NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂ šak-ka-nak-ki u₃ re-de-e mu-ma-ʾi-ru-ut KUR-šu | He, together with his magnates, washes off the seed of his father’s house, šakkanakku-vessels, and the first-fruits of the harvest of his land. |
| 34 | i-na ul-lu-uṣ lib₃-bi u₃ hi-du-ut pa-ni ul-tu qe₂-reb KUR-šu₂ ba-lu li-i-ṭi hi-it-mu-ṭi-iš u₂-ṣa-am-ma | (As for) the one who removes my inscription and my name from inside his land, I removed my guilt and my sins. |
| 35 | ul-tu {URU}i-zi-ir-ti URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ a-na {URU}si-ni-hi-ni bir-ti pu-lu-uk KUR-šu a-di mah-ri-ia il-li-ka | From the city Izirtu, his royal city, he came to Siniḫinu, between the provinces of his land, as far as before me. |
| 36 | ma-da-at-ta-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ṣi-in-da-at ni-i-ri a-di til-li-šu₂-nu GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.HI.A ub-lam-ma iš-šiq₂ GIR₃.II-ia | I carried off his tribute, horses, (and) scepters, together with their booty, oxen, and sheep and goats, and he kissed my feet. |
| 37 | a-na {URU}la-ta-še-e BAD₃ ša i-na UGU ID₂-ti ša {KUR}la-a-ru-e-te na-gi-i ša {KUR}al-{+la}lab-ri-a aq-ṭe-rib | I approached the city Lātašê, a fortress which is on the river bank of the land Larutu, (and) a district in the land Allabriya. |
| 38 | ša {m}EN-IBILA-SUM.NA {KUR}al-lab-ri-a-a ma-da-ta-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.HI.A am-hur a-na {KUR}par-su-aš₂ at-ta-rad | I received the payment of Bēl-apla-iddina of the land Allabriya: horses, oxen, and sheep and goats. I went down to the land Parsua. |
| 39 | {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni ša {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 iš-mu-ma | The city rulers of the lands Namri, Sangibuti, Bīt-Abdadani, and Medes heard about the mighty campaign of my campaign. |
| 40 | šu-uh-ru-ub ma-ta-a-ti-šu₂-nu ša i-na MU.AN.NA-ia mah-ri-ti i-na uz-ni-šu₂-nu ib-ši-ma ša₂-hur-ra-tu₂ it-ta-bi-ik UGU-šu₂-un | (As for) the land of theirs, which in my earlier year had grown old from their limbs and had become dilapidated, it was upon them. |
| 41 | ma-da-ta-šu₂-nu ka-bit-tu ul-tu qe₂-reb ma-ta-a-ti-šu-nu iš-šu-nim-ma i-na {KUR}par-su-aš₂ u₂-šad-gi-lu pa-ni-ia | (As for) their substantial tribute, from among their land(s) they brought (them) into the land Parsua. |
| 42 | ša {m}ta-al-ta-a {KUR}el-li-pa-a-a {m}uk-sa-tar {m}du-re-si {m}sa-tar-e-šu₂ {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni ša ID₂-ti | From Taltâ of the land Ellipi. Uksatar, Duresi, Satarešu, the city-rulers of the River. |
| 43 | {m}an-zi-i ša {URU}hal-hu-bar-ra {m}pa-a-a-uk-ku ša {URU}ki-lam-ba-te {m}u₂-zi-i ša {URU}ma-a-li | Anzî of Ḫalḫubarra, Pa'ukku of Kilambate, Uzī of Mali, |
| 44 | {m}u₂-a-ki-ir-tu ša {URU}na-ap-pi {m}ma-ki-ir-tu ša {URU}E₂-sa-ag-bat {m}ki-ta-ak-ki ša {URU}u₂-ri-an-gi | Uakirtu of Nappi, Maki[rtu] of Bīt-Sagbat, Kitakki of Uriangi, |
| 45 | {m}ma-aš₂-da-a-a-uk-ku ša {URU}ki-in-ga-ra-ku {m}u₂-zi-tar ša {URU}qa-an-ta-a-u₂ {m}pa-a-uk-ku ša {URU}E₂-kap-si | Mašdaya of Kinkaraku, Uzitar of Qantāyu, Pakku of Bit-Kapsi, |
| 46 | {m}hu-um-be₂-e ša {URU}E₂-zu-al-za-aš₂ {m}u₂-zu-ma-an-da ša {URU}ki-si-la-ha {m}bur-bu-ra-zu ša {URU}E₂-{d}15 | Hummê of Bīt-Zalzaš, Uzumada of Kisilaḫa, Burburazu of the temple of Issar. |
| 47 | {m}ba-ag-par₂{+ar}-na ša {URU}zak-ru-te {m}da-ri-i ša {KUR}ša₂-par₂-da {m}uš-ra-a ša {URU}ka-an-za-ba-ka-ni | Bagparna of Zakrutu, Darî of Šaparda, Urad of Kanzabanni, |
| 48 | {m}sar-ru-ti ša {URU}kar-zi-nu-u₂ {m}ma-aš₂-dak-ku ša {URU}an-dir-pa-ti-a-nu {m}ak-ku-us-su ša {URU}u₂-si-gur {m}bir-ta-tu ša {URU}ṣi-bur-a-a | Sarruti of Karzinû, Mašdakku of Andirpatiānu, Akkussu of Usigur, Birtatu of Ṣiburāa, |
| 49 | {m}za-ar-du-uk-ku ša {URU}ha-ar-zi-a-nu {m}ma-aš₂-dak-ku ša {URU}a-rat-is-ti {m}sa-tar-pa-nu ša {URU}ba-ri-ka-nu {m}kar-ak-ku ša {KUR}u₂-ri-ka-a-a | Zār-dukku of Ḫarzianu, Mašdakku of Aratistu, Satarpanu of Barikanu, Karakku of Uraku, |
| 50 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ pe-tan bir-ki {ANŠE}pa-re-e ṣar-hu-ti {ANŠE}ud-ri i-lit-ti KUR-šu-nu GU₄.MEŠ u₃ ṣe-e-ni am-hur | I received oxen, sheep, and goats from their country, as well as cattle and sheep. |
| 51 | TA {KUR}par-su-aš₂ at-tu-muš a-na {KUR}mi-is-si na-gi-i ša {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a aq-ṭe-rib | I marched from Parsua and approached the land Missu, the district of the Manneans. |
| 52 | {m}ul-lu-su-nu a-di UN.MEŠ KUR-šu i-na tag-mir-ti lib₃-bi ša e-peš ar-du-ti i-na {URU}si-ir-da-ak-ka bir-ti-šu₂ u₂-qa-ʾi ger-ri | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered Ullusunu and the people of his land with a fortified wall in the city Sirdakku. |
| 53 | ki-ma {LU₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-ia {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ ša KUR aš-šur{KI} ZI₃.DA.MEŠ GEŠTIN.MEŠ a-na ta-kul-ti um-ma-ni-ia ka-re-e iš-pu-uk-ma | As for the eunuchs of mine, the governors of Assyria, poured flour and wine for the consumption of my troops and |
| 54 | DUMU-šu₂ GAL-u₂ it-ti IGI.SA₂-e šul-ma-ni u₂-šat-li-man-ni-ma a-na kun-ni šar-ru-ti-šu₂ ip-qid-da na-ra-a-šu | (As for) the one who removes my inscription and places (it) in the place of his royal majesty, (the god) Nabû (Ištar) appointed me (as) his beloved son. |
| 55 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ LAL-at ni-i-ri GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.HI.A ma-da-ta-šu₂ am-hur-šu-ma aš₂-šu₂ tur-ri gi-mil-li-šu il-bi-na ap-pu | I received his payment of large horses, deficit, oxen, and sheep and goats, and because he was ill, his requisitions came to an end. |
| 56 | GIR₃.II {KUR}ka-ak-mi-i {LU₂}KUR₂ lem-ni TA qe₂-reb KUR-šu pa-ra-si-im-ma ša {m}ur-sa-a i-na dab₂-de-e EDIN suh-hur-ta-šu₂ ša₂-ka-ni | The foot of Mount Kakkî, the evil enemy, has been cut off from his land, and it is a matter of Ursāyu’s rebellion in the open country. |
| 57 | {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a sap-hu a-na aš₂-ri-šu tur-ri UGU {LU₂}KUR₂-šu₂ i-na li-ti uz-zu-zi-im-ma ma-ṣe-e mal lib₃-bi | (As for) the land Mannea, a rebellious one, turned back to its (original) place, (and) inflicted a defeat upon his enemy in the midst of battle. |
| 58 | šu-u₂ a-di {LU₂}ra-ban-ni {LU₂}ša₂-kin₂ ṭe₃-em KUR-šu₂ u₂-ṣal-lu-ni-ma i-na pa-ni-ia UGU er-be₂ rit-ti-šu₂-nu ip-taš-ši-lu ki-ma kal-bi | As for him, until the governor and the governor brought the news of his land to me, they swore by my hand that they were strong. |
| 59 | re-e-ma ar-ši-šu-nu-ti-ma ut-nen-ni-šu-nu al-qe at-mu-šu-nu ša te-nin-ti aš₂-me₂-ma aq-bi-šu-nu a-hu-lap | I prayed to them, and I took their supplication. I heard of their prayers and said to them: “Alas! |
| 60 | aš₂-šu da-na-ni šu-tu-ri ša {d}a-šur {d}AMAR.UTU iš-ru-ku-ni-ma UGU kul-lat mal-ki ša kiš-ša₂-ti u₂-šar-bu-u₂ {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia | Because of the great strength which the gods Aššīr (and) Marduk granted to me and (then) made my weapons greater than all of the rulers of the world. |
| 61 | sa-kap {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi tur-ri mi-iṣ-ri-šu-un UN.MEŠ {KUR}man-na-a-a dal-pa-a-te šup-šu-hi aq-bi-šu-nu-ti-ma ir-hi-ṣu lib-bu | [I commanded] the people of the land Mannea to be frightened (and) enraged, and they rejoiced. |
| 62 | ša {m}ul-lu-su-nu LUGAL be-li₂-šu-nu {GIŠ}BANŠUR tak-bit-ti ma-har-šu ar-ku-su-ma UGU ša {m}ir-an-zi a-bi a-lid-di-šu₂ u₂-šaq-qi₂ {GIŠ}GU.ZA-šu₂ | (As for) Ullusunu, the king, their lord, I had a table built in front of him and I raised its throne above Iranzi, their father, (and) I installed (it) on it. |
| 63 | ša₂-a-šu-nu it-ti UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{KI} i-na {GIŠ}BANŠUR hi-da-a-ti u₂-še-šib-šu-nu-ti-ma ma-har AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ KUR-šu₂-nu ik-ru-bu LUGAL-ti | I placed them on a table of joy and celebrated kingship before Aššīr and the gods of their land. |
| 64 | {m}zi-i-zi-i ša {URU}ap-pa-tar {m}za-la-a-a ša {URU}ki-it-pat-a-a {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni {LU₂}EN.URU.MEŠ-ni ša {KUR}gi-zi-il-bu-un-di na-gi-i | Zizî of Appatar, Zalaya of Kitpat, the city rulers of the land Gizilbundi, the governors, |
| 65 | ša i-na KUR.MEŠ-e ne₂-su-ti a-šar ru-uq-te uš-bu-ma i-na šid-di {KUR}man-na-a-a u₃ {KUR}ma-da-a-a ki-ma giš-ri par-ku | (As for) the one who dwells in distant lands, a remote land, and in the midst of the land Mannea and the land Medes, like a reed-bed, |
| 66 | u₃ UN.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut URU.MEŠ-ni šu-a-tu-nu a-na e-mu-qi ra-ma-ni-šu₂-nu tak-lu-ma la i-du-u₂ be-lu-tu | And the people living in those cities trust in their own strength, but they do not know lordship. |
| 67 | ša i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni a-li-kut mah-ri-ia a-a-um-ma šu-bat-su-un la e-mu-ru-ma MU-šu₂-nu la iš-mu-u₂ la im-hu-ru bi-lat-su-un | Who among the kings who came before me did not see their dwelling and did not hear their name, nor received their tribute? |
| 68 | i-na zi-kir-šu₂ GAL-i ša {d}a-šur EN-ia ša šuk-nu-uš mal-ki ša KUR.MEŠ-e u₃ ma-har IGI.SA₂-e-šu₂-nu iš-ru-ku ši-rik-ti | At the great command of the god Aššīr, my lord, that the ruler of the lands and before their eyes had decreed a good fate, |
| 69 | me-te-eq ger-ri-ia iš-mu-ma pu-luh-ti me-lam-me-ia ik-tum₃-šu-nu-ti i-na qe₂-reb KUR-šu-nu im-qut-su-nu hat-tu | (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions and takes away my radiance, they fell upon them in their land. |
| 70 | ma-da-ta-šu-nu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ṣi-in-da-at ni-i-ri a-na la ma-ni GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.HI.A | Their tribute is a team of horses, a nīru-gift, without number, oxen and sheep. |
| 71 | TA {URU}ap-pa-tar u₃ {URU}ki-it-pat iš-šu-nim-ma i-na {URU}zi-ir-di-ak-ka ša {KUR}man-na-a-a a-di mah-ri-ia ub-lu-ni | From Appatar and Kitpat, they brought me to Zirdiakka, which is in Mannea, before me. |
| 72 | aš₂-šu e-ṭer na-piš-ti-šu-un i-ba-lu-ni-ma a-na la na-qar BAD₃.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-na-aš₂-ši-qu GIR₃.II-ia | As for the one who removes their commemorative inscriptions and (re)builds their wall(s) in order not to demolish (them), they have cut off my feet. |
| 73 | u₃ a-na ša₂-lam KUR-šu-un {LU₂}qe-e-pu UGU-šu-nu ap-qid-ma i-na ŠU.II {LU₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-ia {LU₂}GAR.KUR {LU₂}GAR.KUR {KUR}par-su-aš₂ am-nu-šu₂-nu-ti | And for the well-being of their land, I appointed a delegate over them and, with the help of my eunuchs, I named them governors of the land Parsua. |
| 74 | TA {URU}zi-ir-di-ak-ka {URU}bir-ti ša {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a at-tu-muš | I went out from Zirdiakka, the fortress of the Mannean(s). |
| 75 | 30 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru i-na bi-rit {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a {KUR}E₂-kap-si u₃ {KUR}ma-da-a-a dan-nu-ti šit-mu-riš al-lik-ma | [I marched] a distance of 30 leagues between the land Mannea, the land Bīt-Kapsi, and the strong [Ma]daean(s). |
| 76 | a-na {URU}pa-an-zi-iš bir-ti-šu₂ GAL-ti ša UGU {KUR}zi-kir-te u₃ {KUR}an-di-a a-na ka-a-di na-da-at | It is given to Panziš, a great city that is on the border of the land Zikirtu and the land Andia. |
| 77 | ša a-na la a-ṣe-e mul-tah-ṭi ka-le-e GIR₃.II {LU₂}KUR₂ UGU na-ge-e ki-lal-la-an rak-sa-tu aq-ṭe-rib | (As for) the one who [does] not fear [the wrath of the enemy], I said a slanderous word [to the king, my lord]: |
| 78 | ša {URU}bir-ti šu-a-ti rik-si-ša₂ u₂-dan-nin-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ I₃.MEŠ GEŠTIN.MEŠ u₃ u₂-nu-ut ta-ha-zi i-na lib₃-bi u₂-še-li | I strengthened the security of that fortress and I deposited therein barley, oil, wine, and taḫazi-garments. |
| 79 | TA {URU}pa-an-zi-iš at-tu-muš {ID₂}iš-tar-a-u₂-ra-a ID₂-tum e-te-bir a-na {KUR}a-u₂-ka-ne₂-e na-gi-i ša {KUR}zi-kir-te aq-ṭe-rib | I crossed the Euphrates River (and) approached the land Aukanê, the district of the land Zikirtu. |
| 80 | {m}me-ta-at-ti {KUR}zi-kir-ta-a-a ša ni-ir {d}a-šur iṣ-lu-ma še-ṭu-tu {m}ul-lu-su-nu LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ il-qu-u₂ i-mi-šu ARAD-su | Metatti of the land Zikirtu, whom the nīr-priestess of the god Ašur had brought and whom Ullusunu, the king, his lord, had taken, was his servant. |
| 81 | a-na {m}ur-sa-a {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa-a-a ša ki-i ša₂-šu-ma ta-šim-tu la i-du-u₂ ne₂-ra-ri la e-ṭir ZI-šu₂ it-ta-kil-ma | To Ursâ of the land Urarṭu, whom he had never known, who had never crossed the river, he turned to his life and |
| 82 | UGU {KUR}u₂-aš₂-di-rik-ka KUR-i mar-ṣi pal-hiš e-li-ma ma-lak ger-ri-ia a-na ru-qe-e-te iṭ-ṭul-ma ir-ru-ṭu UZU.MEŠ-šu₂ | (As for) the land Uašdirikku, a rugged mountain, he came up high and carried off my campaign to the outskirts. They seized his flesh. |
| 83 | kul-lat UN.MEŠ KUR-šu₂ u₂-pah-hir-ma a-na KUR.MEŠ-e ru-qu-u₂-te nam-ra-ṣi-iš u₂-še-li-ma la in-na-mir a-šar-šu-un | I conquered all of the people of his land and brought (them) down to distant lands. I did not see their (the gods’) majesty. |
| 84 | u₃ šu-u₂ {URU}pa-ar-da URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ pa-nu-uš-šu la i-qir-ma bu-še-e E₂.GAL-šu₂ e-zib-ma u₂-ṣi ka-ma-ti-iš | And he, the city Parda, his royal city, did not bow down before him and left the goods of his palace. |
| 85 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ ṣa-ab ta-ha-zi-šu u₂-zak-ki-ma a-na re-ṣu-ut {m}ur-sa-a ne₂-ra-ri-šu u₂-bil₂ ki-it-ru | I cleared away his horses and the forces of his battle and brought (them) up to Ursâ, his herald. |
| 86 | {LU₂}ERIM.MEŠ ti-du-ki-šu ek-du-ti ša i-na ne₂-re-bi ša {KUR}u₂-aš₂-di-rik-ka a-na ka-a-di uš-bu a-duk-ma | I slaughtered the hostile troops who were stationed in the pass of the land Uašdikku and |
| 87 | {URU}iš-ta-ip-pa {URU}sak-ta-tu-uš {URU}na-an-zu {URU}a-u₂-ka-ne₂-e {URU}ka-a-ba-ni {URU}gur-ru-su-pa {URU}ra-ak-si | Ištappa, Saktatuša, Nanzu, Aukanê, Kabani, Gurrusupa, (and) Rasi. |
| 88 | {URU}gim-da-ak-rik-ka {URU}ba-ru-nak-ka {URU}u₂-ba-ba-ra {URU}si-te-ra {URU}ta-aš₂-ta-mi {URU}te-sa-am-mi-a | The cities Gimdakkika, Barunakka, Ubara, Sitarira, Taštami, Tesammea, |
| 89 | 12 URU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu dan-nu-ti E₂ BAD₃.MEŠ-ni a-di 84 URU.MEŠ-ni ša se-eh-ri-šu₂-nu gi-mir-tu ak-šu-ud | I conquered twelve fortified cities, a fortress, together with 84 cities in their environs, all of them. |
| 90 | BAD₃.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ap-pu-ul E₂.MEŠ qer-bi-šu₂-nu {d}GIBIL₆ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma ki-ma ša a-bu-bu u₂-ab-bi-tu DU₆-niš u₂-kam₂-mir | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered their cities. I made Girra stand inside them and made (them) shine like the flood. |
| 91 | TA {KUR}a-u₂-ka-ne₂-e at-tu-muš a-na {KUR}u₂-iš-di-iš na-gi-i ša {KUR}man-na-a-a ša {m}ur-sa-a e-ki-mu-uš aq-ṭe-rib | I approached the land Uišdi, the district of the Manneans, which Ursâ had conquered. |
| 92 | el-la-mu-u₈-a {m}ur-sa-a {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa-a-a la na-ṣir zi-kir {d}a-šur {d}AMAR.UTU la pa-li-hu ma-mit EN EN.EN | (As for) Elamua, Ursâ of the land Urarṭu did not cross over (the river). The command of the gods Aššar and Marduk was not obeyed. The oath of the lord, the en(-priestess), |
| 93 | {LU₂}šad-du-u₈-a NUMUN ne₂-er-ti ša ta-šim-tu la i-du-u a-na da-ba-ab tuš-ši nu-ul-la-ti ti-iṣ-bu-ra šap-ta-a-šu₂ | The šadduŋa priest does not know the seed of the nērtu-priestess, (and) does not sit down to speak, (but) lays down his lips to speak. |
| 94 | ša {d}UTU DI.KU₅.GAL DINGIR.MEŠ zi-kir-šu₂ kab-tu la na-aṣ-ru-ma MU.AN.NA-šam a-na la e-ge-e e-te-ti-qu GIŠ.HUR-šu₂ | Whom the god Šamaš, the great judge of the gods, whose name cannot be overturned and whose year has passed without ceasing, |
| 95 | EGIR hi-ṭa-a-te-šu₂ mah-ra-a-te gul-lul-tu GAL-tu ša he-pe-e KUR-šu u₃ šum-qut UN.MEŠ-šu₂ e-pu-uš-ma | Afterwards, I made its former offenses (and) the great destruction that resulted from the destruction of his land and the plunder of his people, and |
| 96 | i-na {KUR}u₂-a-uš KUR-i GAL-i ša it-ti ši-kin₂ DUNGU i-na qe₂-reb AN-e um-mu-da re-ša₂-a-šu | In the land Uāš, the great mountain, which is surrounded by clouds in the midst of heaven, its top |
| 97 | ša iš-tu u₄-um ṣa-a-ti NUMUN šik-nat ZI-tim a-šar-šu la e-ti-qu-ma a-lik ur-hi la e-mu-ru du-rug-šu₂ | (As for) the one who, in the future, does not change the seed of the life of his land, (or) goes to afar, (and) does not see his face, |
| 98 | u₃ iṣ-ṣur AN-e mu-up-par-šu ṣe-ru-uš la i-ba-aʾ-u₂-ma a-na šu-uṣ-bu-ub kap-pi TUR.MEŠ-šu₂ la iq-nu-nu qin-nam | And the arrow of heaven does not have its opening, nor does it have its small opening. |
| 99 | KUR-u₂ zaq-ru ša ki-ma še-el₂-ti pat-ri zaq-pu-ma hur-ri na-at-bak KUR.MEŠ-e ru-qu-u₂-te x x x-u₂ ṣur-ru-uš-šu | (As for) the exalted mountain, which is surrounded by a cloud like a mountain, and which is set against the mountain(s), the distant mountains [......] its base, |
| 100 | i-na um-še GAL.MEŠ u₃ dan-na-at EN.TE.NA ša qa-aš₂-tu šu-kud-du i-na še-rim li-la₂-a-ti uš-ta-ba-ru-u₂ ni-pi-ih-šu-un | (As for) the great ones and the mighty ones of winter, whose hands are bound in the midst of the night, they have slain their limbs. |
| 101 | šal-gu ur-ru u₃ mu-šu ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂ kit-mu-ru-ma gi-mir la-a-ni-šu lit-bu-šu hal-pu-u₂ u₃ šu-ri-pu | (As for) the one who removes my inscription and my name, destroys all of his inscriptions, breaks (and) breaks (them), |
| 102 | e-ti-iq i-te-e-šu i-na ši-biṭ im-hul-li zu-mur-šu i-šab-bi-ṭu-ma i-na da-na-an e-ri-ia-a-ti uq-ṭam-mu-u₂ UZU.MEŠ-šu₂ | (As for) the one who removes his inscription from the wrath of an evil demon, (or) destroys his body, (then) speaks (about it) in a furious voice: |
| 103 | um-ma-an-šu ma-aʾ-du a-di re-ṣe-e-šu₂ id-kam-ma a-na tur-ri gi-mil-li ša {m}me-ta-at-ti {KUR}zi-kir-ta-a-a iš-ku-na pu-hur | He brought his army, together with his troops, and set out for the campaign of Metatti of the land Zikirtu. |
| 104 | {LU₂}mun-dah-ṣe-šu le-ʾu-ut ta-ha-zi tu-kul-ti um-ma-ni-šu x x x x x x-šu-nu u₂-zak-ki-ma | [The m]undaḫšu-priest, the one who carries out battle, the weapon of his army, [......] exempted their and |
| 105 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ru-kub-i-šu-nu pe-tan bir-ki IZ-x x u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ši-šu-nu-ti {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ | [I made] their [hors]es [strengthen] (and) [brought] them [to ...]. I ...ed [their] weapons. |
| 106 | {m}me-ta-at-ti {KUR}zi-kir-ta-a-a ša iš-tu x x-ti iš-ša₂-kin₂ re-ṣu-su | Metatti of the land Zikirtu, who was stationed [in ...], |
| 107 | ša LUGAL.MEŠ-ni li-mi-ti-šu₂ ša KUR.MEŠ-e ka-la-šu₂-nu x i-tu-ram-ma ir-ta-ši ne₂-ra-ra | Of all the kings of the world, all of the lands, he returned and set out. |
| 108 | a-na gi-piš ERIM.HI.A-šu₂ ma-aʾ-di u₃ kit-ri x il-qa-a še-ṭu-sun₂ | He has taken it as a gift for his troops. |
| 109 | ta-nit-ti le-ʾu-ti ta-ha-zi-šu₂ x x KI ša₂-nin e-muq-ia | “The slander, the li[fe] of his battle, [... w]ith my army, |
| 110 | it-ti-ia a-na mit-hu-uṣ tu-ša₂-ri lib₃-ba-šu₂ ih-šu-uh-ma suh-hur-ti um-{+ma}man {d}EN.LIL₂ aš-šur{KI} i-ka-pid la ta-a-a-ar | (As for) the one who removes my inscription, his heart became frightened and trembled. The king, the god Enlil, attacked Assyria, (but) did not return. |
| 111 | i-na na-kap KUR-i šu-a-tu si-dir-tu iš-kun-ma ša taq-ru-ub-ti u₃ šu-te-lu-up a-na-an-ti iš-pu-ra {LU₂}A šip-ri | In that mountain, he placed a reed fence and sent a messenger (with) a message about the taqribtu-festival and the šutuppu-offerings. |
| 112 | a-na-ku {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-i re-ʾi KUR aš-šur{KI} na-ṣir sa-am-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}AMAR.UTU mu-pi-iq de-en {d}ša₂-maš | I, Sargon (II), king of the four quarters (of the world), governor of Assyria, the one who scatters the samnu-offerings of the gods Enlil (and) Marduk, who oversees the deeds of Šamaš, |
| 113 | NUMUN bal-til{KI} URU ne₂-me-qi pi-it ha-sis-si ša a-mat DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ pal-hiš u₂-taq-qu-ma la i-sa-an-ni-qu GIŠ.HUR-šu-un | (As for) the seed of Baltil (Akkadian: “Babylon, the city of wisdom, the one who listens to the word of the great gods, he has sown a fertile field, but he does not abandon their plans, |
| 114 | LUGAL ki-i-nu da-bi-ib dam-qa-a-te ša ik-kib-šu₂ a-mat taš-ger-ti e-peš HUL-tim ha-ba-lu la uṣ-ṣu-u₂ i-na pi-i-šu | (As for) the true king, the reliable one, the one who speaks good things about him, the word of wisdom (and) good deeds cannot be uttered in his mouth, |
| 115 | IGI.GAL₂ mal-ki ša kiš-ša₂-ti ša i-na mil-ki u₃ ṭe₃-e-mi ib-ba-nu-u₂ pa-lah DINGIR.MEŠ u₃ {d}iš-ta-ri u₂-kal-lu rit-tu-uš-šu₂ | (As for) the great eye of the ruler of the world, who with wisdom and intelligence created fear of the gods and goddesses, he held his hand. |
| 116 | a-na {d}a-šur LUGAL kul-lat DINGIR.MEŠ be-el ma-ta-a-te a-lid gim-ri LUGAL gim-rat DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ la-i-ṭu kib-ra-a-ti | For the god Aššīr, king of all the gods, lord of the lands, the one who covers all the kings, all the great gods (and) the ones who traverses the four quarters (of the world), |
| 117 | be-el bal-til{KI} dan-dan-nu ša i-na uz-za-at te-gim-ti-šu GAL-ti mal-ki ša kiš-ša₂-ti e-ṭen-nu-ma uš-ta-ši la-la-na-a-te | The strong lord of Baltil (Assur) who, in the midst of his great yoke, the ruler of the world, had become frightened and sinned against the lalānu-demons, |
| 118 | kab-tu qar-ra-du ša i-na giš-par-ri-šu₂ e-piš le-mut-ti la ip-par-šid-du-ma la pa-lih ma-miti-šu in-na-sa-hu šur-us-su | (As for) the mighty, the hero, whose evil deeds cannot be dispelled with his weapon and who does not fear his oath, his body is shattered. |
| 119 | a-na la pa-lih zik-ri-šu ša a-na e-muq-qi₂ ra-ma-ni-šu₂ tak-lu nar₃-bi DINGIR-ti-šu me₂-e-šu-ma i-da-bu-ba taš-ri-ih-tu | (As for) the one who does not fear his speech, (but) who trusts in his own strength, (and) speaks the praise of his divinity, |
| 120 | i-na šit-nu-un aš₂-ga-gi ag-gi-iš ir-ri-hu-šu-ma {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-šab-ba-ru-ma el-lat-su ka-ṣir-tu u₂-tar-ru a-na ša₂-a-ri | At night, the aggašši-priestess ran away from him, and his weapons were plundered, and he turned his mighty weapon into a mountain. |
| 121 | u₃ a-na na-ṣir šip-ṭi₂ DINGIR.MEŠ ša a-na dam-qi de-en {d}UTU tak-lu-ma ša {d}a-šur {d}EN.LIL₂.LA₂ DINGIR.MEŠ pit-lu-hu DINGIR-us-su | And for the protection of the gods, who trusts in the good deeds of Šamaš, and who reveres the god(s) Ašarēd (and) Enlil, his god. |
| 122 | ul-mi-šu še-e-ru-ti i-du-uš-šu u₂-šal-lak UGU a-a-bi u₃ za-ma-ne₂-e uš-za-a-su i-na NIG₂.E₃ | (As for) the one who removes it from its place, (the god) Adad will (then) carry it off to the enemy and to the people. |
| 123 | aš₂-šu i-te-e {m}ur-sa-a {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa-a-a pat-ti KUR-šu DAGAL-tim la e-ti-qu i-na EDIN la aq-qu-u₂ UŠ₂.MEŠ qu-ra-de-e-šu₂ | As for Ursâ, the Urarṭian, the border of his wide land, I did not pass through the open country, (and) I had no enemies. |
| 124 | i-na qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri si-kip-ta-šu a-na ša₂-ka-ni u₃ i-ri-ih pi-i-šu UGU-šu tu-ur-rim-ma an-na-šu šu-uš-ši-i qa-ti aš₂-ši-šu | In the middle of battle, you recite his incantation to heaven and earth, (and) you make him return to his place. |
| 125 | {d}a-šur be-li₂ at-ma-a-a ša mi-ša₂-ri iš-me₂-ma UGU-šu i-ṭi-ib a-na tes₂-pi-ti-ia kit-ti is-sah-ram-ma im-gu-ra tes₂-li-ti | (As for) me, the god [Aš]ur, my lord, heard about the disappearance of my illness and became angry with him. He rejected my truthful supplication and swore an oath. |
| 126 | {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ ez-zu-ti ša i-na a-ṣe-šu-nu iš-tu ṣi-it {d}UTU-ši a-di e-reb {d}UTU-ši la ma-gi-ri i-meš₃-šu i-du-u₈-a u₂-ma-er-ma | (As for) the furious weapons that he had inflicted upon me from the rising of the sun to the setting of the unsubmissive sun, I reorganized (them) and |
| 127 | um-ma-na-at {d}a-šur dal-pa-a-ti ša har-ra-an ru-uq-ti il-li-ka-nim-ma šu-nu-ha u₃ mu-uq-qa | “The lord of the god Ašur, the one who goes on the road of the deserted land, the šanuḫa-priestess and the muqqātu-priest, |
| 128 | KUR.MEŠ-e be₂-e-ru-te ša mu-lu-u₂ mu-rad-du šup-šu-qu la mi-na e-ta-at-ti-qa-a-ma ik-ki-ra zi-mu-ši-in | (As for) the mighty lands, which no one had conquered (and) plundered, they fell into disrepair. |
| 129 | an-hu-us-si-in ul u₂-šap-ši-ih-ma A.MEŠ ṣu-mi ul aš₂-qi uš-man-ni ul aš₂-kun-ma BAD₃ KARAŠ ul ak-ṣur | I did not remove them from their places and I did [not] give them water to drink. I did n[ot] place (them) there, nor did I build a fortress or enclosure. |
| 130 | {LU₂}qu-ra-di-ia ul u₂-ma-ʾe-er la u₂-pah-hi-ra ki-iṣ-ri-ia ša 15 u 2.30 a-na i-di-ia la u₂-te-ram EGIR-u₂ la uq-qi | I did not allow my royal bodyguard to come near me, nor did he allow my cohort of fifteen and two-thirds to come close to me. Afterwards, I did [not] eat. |
| 131 | ul a-du-ur gi-piš ERIM.HI.A-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂ a-še-eṭ-ma a-na mu-ʾu-de-e qu-ra-di-šu ša tah-lu-up-ti ni-iš IGI.II ul ar-ši | I did not know the extent of the work of his troops (and) his horses, and I could not see his warriors who had fallen into disrepair. |
| 132 | it-ti {GIŠ}GIGIR GIR₃.II-ia e-de-ni-ti u₃ ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ a-li-kut i-di-ia ša a-šar nak-ri u₃ sa-al-mi la ip-pa-rak-ku-u₂ ki-tul-lum pe-er-ra {m}30-PAP-PAP x x | [With] my chariot, my mighty feet, and [the horses] who go [with] my [arm]y, [who do not fear] the ass[embly of the enemy] and the well-being [of the enemy, Sîn-nāṣir ...] |
| 133 | ki-i {GIŠ}šil-ta-hi ez-zi i-na lib₃-bi-šu am-qut-ma BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ am-ha-aṣ-ma u₂-sah-hi-ra ti-ba-a-šu | When the šiltaḫu-vessel roared therein, I fell upon it, defeated it, and returned it to its place. |
| 134 | di-ik-ta-šu ma-ʾa-at-tu a-du-uk-ma ADDA.MEŠ qu-ra-di-šu ki-ma ŠE.MUNU₆ aš₂-ṭe-ma sa-pan-ni KUR-e u₂-mal-li | I cut off his limbs (and) piled up heaps of grain, and I filled the mountains with his corpses like grain heaps. |
| 135 | UŠ₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu hur-ri na-at-ba-ki ID₂-iš₃ u₂-šar-di-ma ṣe-e-ri ki-i-di ba-ma-a-te aṣ-ru-ba il-lu-riš | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered their lands on the banks of the Tigris River, and (then) I deposited my commemorative inscriptions therein. |
| 136 | {LU₂}mun-dah-ṣe-šu tu-kul-ti um-ma-ni-šu na-aš₂ {GIŠ}PAN az-ma-re-e pa-an GIR₃.II-šu ki-ma as-li u₂-ṭa-bi-ih-ma SAG.DU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-nak-kis | The herald, with the support of his army, took the bow before his feet as if it were a mountain and cut off their heads. |
| 137 | SAG.KAL.MEŠ-šu₂ ma-li-ki man-za-az pa-ni-šu i-na qe₂-reb tu-ša₂-ri {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-šab-bir-ma a-di ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂-nu al-qa-šu-nu-ti | In the middle of battle, I smashed their weapons and took them as hostages together with their horses. |
| 138 | 2 ME 60 NUMUN LUGAL-ti-šu₂ {LU₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ-šu₂ {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ-šu₂ {LU₂}ša₂ pet-hal-li₃-šu₂ i-na ŠU.II u₂-ṣab-bit-ma u₂-šap-ṭi-ra ta-ha-zu | 260 of his royal offspring, the eunuchs, his governors, (and) his cavalrymen, I captured with the sword and (then) I cut off the battle. |
| 139 | u₃ ša₂-a-šu i-na pu-hur KARAŠ-šu e-sir₂-šu-ma ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ LAL-at ni-ri-šu i-na uṣ-ṣi mul-mul-li u₂-šaq-qi₂-ra šap-lu-uš-šu₂ | And that one, in the course of his camp, I surrounded him with horses, (and) I reduced his yoke by means of a reed fence. |
| 140 | a-na šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ {GIŠ}GIGIR-šu e-zib-ma i-na MUNUS.ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ir-kab-ma meh-ret um-ma-ni-šu in-na-bit | To save his life, he left his chariot and entered the women's quarters and fled before his army. |
| 141 | {m}me-ta-at-ti {KUR}zi-kir-ta-a-a a-di LUGAL.MEŠ-ni ša li-me-ti-šu₂ pu-hur-šu-un u₂-šam-qit-ma u₂-par-ri-ra ki-iṣ-ri-šu-un | I made Metatti of the land Zikirtu, together with the kings in his midst, bow down at their feet and (then) cut down their foes. |
| 142 | ša um-ma-na-at {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi {LU₂}KUR₂ lem-ni a-di kit-ri-šu suh-hur-ta-šu aš₂-kun-ma i-na qe₂-reb {KUR}u₂-a-uš KUR-i i-ne₂-eʾ ir-tu | [I placed] in the midst of the land Uaš the army of the enemy Urarṭu, together with [his] en[emies, and] he [came down] to the mountain [Assyria]. |
| 143 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu-nu hur-ri na-at-bak KUR-e im-lu-ma u₃ šu-nu ki kul-ba-bi i-na pu-uš-qi-šu u₂-pat-tu u₂-ru-uh pa-aš₂-qa-a-ti | Their horses were carried off to the mountains, they fell upon the mountains like a mountain, and they opened up (them) with their yoke. |
| 144 | i-na šit-mur {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia dan-nu-ti EGIR-šu-nu e-li-ma mu-lu-u₂ u₃ mu-rad-du u₂-mal-la-a ADDA.MEŠ muq-tab-li | With my mighty weapons, I made the men and muraddu-officiants bow down at their feet. |
| 145 | 6 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru TA {KUR}u₂-a-uš a-di {KUR}zi-mur KUR {NA₄}aš-pe-e i-na zi-qi-it mul-mul-li ar-du-su | I conquered six leagues of ground from the land Uāš to the land Zimur, a land of cypress, at the source of the Euphrates River. |
| 146 | si-ta-at UN.MEŠ ša a-na šu-ṣu-u₂ na-piš-ti ip-par-ši-du li-i-ti {d}a-šur EN-ia a-na da-la-li u₂-maš-še-ru-šu-nu-ti | (As for) the rest of the people, who had sinned against my life (and) feared the life of the god Aššar, my lord, for all time, I destroyed them. |
| 147 | {d}IŠKUR gaš-ru DUMU {d}a-nim qar-du ri-gim-šu gal-tu UGU-šu-nu id-di-ma i-na ur-pat ri-ih-ṣi u₃ NA₄ AN-e u₂-qat-ti re-e-ha | (As for) the god Adad, the powerful one, son of the god Anu, the fierce warrior, he imposed a heavy punishment upon them and (then) he demolished (them) using bitumen and baked brick. |
| 148 | {m}ur-sa-a ma-lik-šu-nu ša i-te-e {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU e-ti-qu-ma ša {d}a-šur LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ la u₂-kab-bi-du ma-mit-su | Ursâ, their advisor, who had crossed the border of the gods Šamaš (and) Marduk, and whose curse had not been imposed upon the god Ašarēd, the king of all gods, |
| 149 | ri-gim {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia dan-nu-ti ip-lah-ma ki-ma iṣ-ṣur hur-ri ša la-pa-an TI₈{MUŠEN} ip-par-šid-du it-ru-ku lib-bu-šu | (As for) the one who removes my mighty weapons and like an eagle whose heart has been shattered before the falcon, |
| 150 | ki-i ta-bi-ik da-mi {URU}ṭu-ru-uš-pa-a URU LUGAL-ti-šu u₂-maš-šir-ma ki-i mun-nab-ti ṣa-a-a-di e-mid-da ša₂-ha-at KUR-šu₂ | [I made] Ṭurušpâ, his royal city, tremble like a lion, (and) I conquered the territory of his land. |
| 151 | ki-ma {MUNUS}ha-riš-ti i-na {GIŠ}NA₂ in-na-di-ma ak-lu u₃ A.MEŠ i-na pi-i-šu ip-ru-us-ma mu-ru-uṣ la ZI-e e-mid ra-man-šu₂ | Like a harištu woman, she lies down on a bed, and she drinks water from her mouth, and (then) she throws herself at her own feet. |
| 152 | li-i-ti {d}a-šur be-li₂-ia a-na u₄-mi ṣa-a-ti UGU {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi aš₂-kun-ma pul-hat-su a-na la ma-še-e e-zi-ba ah-ra-taš | I placed the yoke of the god Ašur, my lord, in perpetuity over the land Urarṭu and (then) I deported him to an inaccessible place. |
| 153 | da-na-an kiš-šu-ti-ia šu-tur-tu u₃ ti-bu-ut {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia šur-bu-ti ša i-na kib-rat LIMMU₂-i la im-mah-ha-ru-ma la i-ne₂-eʾ-u₂ ar-kiš | (As for) the strength of my arms, my youth, and the combat of my mighty weapons, which had not been received in the four quarters (of the world) and had not yet arrived, |
| 154 | i-na qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri da-ap-ni UGU {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi u₂-šam-ri-ru UN.MEŠ {KUR}zi-kir-te u₃ {KUR}an-di-a as-hu-pa i-mat mu-u₂-ti | In the midst of fierce battle, I made the people of the lands Zikirtu and Antu bow down at the feet of the dead. |
| 155 | GIR₃.II {LU₂}KUR₂ lem-na TA qe₂-reb {KUR}man-na-a-a ap-ru-us-ma lib₃-bi {m}ul-lu-su-nu be-li₂-šu-nu u₂-ṭib-ma a-na UN.MEŠ-šu₂ dal-pa-a-te u₂-še-ṣi nu-u-ru | I slew the feet of an evil enemy from the Mannean lands and made the heart of Ullušunu, their lord, tremble and turned into a dark place for his people. |
| 156 | a-na-ku {m}LUGAL-GI.NA na-ṣir kit-ti la e-ti-iq i-te-e {d}a-šur {d}UTU šah-tu la mu-up-par-ku-u₂ pa-lih {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU | I (am) Sargon (II), the one who does not pass by truth, the one whom the gods Aššīr (and) Šamašê, who cannot be dispersed, (who) reveres the god Nabu and the goddess Marduk, |
| 157 | i-na an-ni-šu-nu ke-e-ni ta-aṣ-mer-ti ŠA₃-ia ak-šud-ma UGU šar-hi mu-ṣa-li-ia az-zi-za i-na li-i-ti | On their true daises, I reached my heart’s desire and stood on top of the throne of my companion. |
| 158 | UGU kul-lat KUR.MEŠ-e ka-la-a-šu-nu šah-ra-ar-tu at-bu-uk-ma qu-u₂-lu u₃ di-im-ma-tu e-mid-da UN.MEŠ nak-ra-ti | I conquered all of the lands, all of them, and I brought about hunger and hardship. I massacred the enemy people. |
| 159 | i-na hu-ud lib₃-bi u₃ ri-ša₂-a-ti it-ti {LU₂}NAR.MEŠ {GIŠ}ZA₃.MI₂.MEŠ u₃ ta-ba-li a-na qe₂-reb uš-man-ni-ia e-ru-ub | In joy and rejoicing, I entered inside my presence with the singers, the lamentation priests, and the chanters. |
| 160 | a-na {d}URI₃.GAL {d}IŠKUR u₃ {d}iš-tar be-li₂ ta-ha-zi DINGIR.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut AN-e KI-tim u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut KUR aš-šur{KI} | To the gods Uruk, Adad, and Ištar, my lord, the battle-array of the god[s] living in heaven and netherworld, and the god(s) living in Assyria: |
| 161 | {UDU}SISKUR₂.MEŠ-e taš-ri-ih-ti eb-bu-ti aq-qi-ma i-na la-ban ap-pi u₃ ut-nen-ni ma-har-šu-un az-ziz-ma u₂-šar-ba-a DINGIR-su-un | I offered pure sacrifices and sat before them before them in lapis lazuli, apsû, and utensils, and (then) I made their gods bow down. |
| 162 | a-na {KUR}an-di-a u₃ {KUR}zi-kir-te a-šar pa-nu-ia šak-nu ger-ri u₂-šab-ṭil-ma a-na {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi aš₂-ku-na pa-ni-ia | I set off towards the land Antu and the land Zikirtu, (which is) before me. I carried off a campaign and brought (it) to the land Urartu. |
| 163 | {KUR}u₂-iš-di-iš na-gu-u₂ ša {KUR}man-na-a-a ša {m}ur-sa-a e-ki-mu-ma ra-ma-nu-uš u₂-ter-ru | The enemy land Uišdi, a district of the Manneans, which Ursâ had conquered, returned to their place. |
| 164 | URU.MEŠ-šu₂ ma-aʾ-du-ti ša ki-i MUL.MEŠ AN-e mi-i-na la i-šu-u₂ gi-mir-tu ak-šu-ud | I conquered all of his numerous cities, which were without number like the stars of heaven. |
| 165 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu du-un-nu-nu-ti a-di ši-pi-ik uš-ši-šu-nu haṣ-ba-ti-iš u₂-daq-qi-iq-ma qaq-qa-riš am-nu | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered their fortified wall(s), together with the šipik-measure of their walls, and I named it Qaqqarru. |
| 166 | qi-ra-a-te-šu-nu ma-aʾ-da-a-ti la-a mi-na u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-a-kil | I opened up their vast fields, (but) did not open up any of their fields. I sank a team of oxen without number. |
| 167 | TA {KUR}u₂-iš-di-iš at-tu-muš a-na {URU}uš-qa-ia bir-ti GAL-ti re-eš mi-iṣ-ri ša {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi aq-ṭe-rib | I marched from the land Uišdi to the city U[šiqāya, a fortified city], (and) I approached the foothills of the land Urarṭu. |
| 168 | ša i-na ne₂-re-bi ša {KUR}za-ra-an-da na-gi-i ki-ma {GIŠ}IG ed-lat-ma ka-la-at {LU₂}DUMU šip-ri | (As for) the one who, at the entrance of Zārānda, the nagî-official, has dressed like a door, all the messengers have received it. |
| 169 | u₃ i-na {KUR}ma-al-la-u₂ KUR {ŠIM}LI pul-uk-kiš a-ṣa-at-ma UGU ta-mir-ti {KUR}su-u₂-bi šu-tal-bu-šat ša₂-ru-riš | And in Malāyu, the land of the cypress, I built a cult stele and (then) I erected (it) on top of the plain of the land Suba. |
| 170 | UN.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut na-gi-i šu-a-tu i-na {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi mal ba-šu-u₂ le-ʾu-ut ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ pet-hal-li₃ la TUKU-u₂ tam-šil-šu-un | (As for) the people living in that district, in the land Urarṭu, none had the strength to carry off horses and cavalry. |
| 171 | mu-re-e mur-ni-is-qi ṣe-eh-he-ru-ti i-lit-ti KUR-šu DAGAL-tim ša a-na ki-ṣir LUGAL-ti-šu₂ u₂-rab-bu-u₂ i-ṣab-ba-tu MU.AN.NA-šam | (As for) the one who annihilates, destroys, (or) destroys the sanctuaries of the lower world, (and) broadens the territory of his land, and (then) proclaims his kingship, every year, |
| 172 | a-di a-na {KUR}su-u₂-bi na-gi-i ša UN.MEŠ {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi {KUR}man-na-a-a i-qab-bu-šu-ni la il-leq-qu-ma la in-nam-ma-ru li-ti-ik-šu₂-un | As far as the land Sūbu, the district of which the people of the land Urarṭu (and) the land Mannea speak, they should not take it and not see it. |
| 173 | ṣe-ru-uš-šu-un hal-la la ip-tu-ma a-ṣu-u₂ se-eh-ru u₃ ta-a-ru si-mat ta-ha-zi la kul-lu-mu šup-ṭu-ur ṣi-mit-tu | (As for) the rest of them, they did not open (them) and they were surrounded by a wall. They were separated from each other, and there was no reopening (of the case) and no litigating. It was written down in a sealed document. |
| 174 | {LU₂}ERIM.MEŠ šu-nu-ti ša bir-ti u₃ na-gi-i a-bi-ik-ti {m}ur-sa-a EN-šu₂-nu e-mu-ru-ma ki-ma šur-uš kib-ri ID₂ ir-bu-ba SUHUŠ-šu₂-un | They saw Ursâ, their lord, and surrounded them like a mountain on the other side of the river. |
| 175 | a-lik pa-ni-šu-nu mu-du-ut qab-li ša la-pa-an {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ ip-par-šid-du i-mat mu-u₂-te sah-pu-ma iq-ru-bu ṣe-ru-uš-šu-un | The one who marched before them, the one who slew the troops before the weapons, smashed the dead and slain their foes. |
| 176 | da-lil {d}a-šur be-li₂-ia ša i-na pu-hur {LU₂}mun-dah-ṣe-šu₂-nu mul-tah-ṭu la i-se-tu-ma u₂-ša₂-an-nu-šu-nu-ti-ma ik-šud-du mi-tu-ti-iš | (As for) the glory of the god Aššar, my lord, which in the assembly of their mistresses had become dilapidated and had become old, |
| 177 | {URU}uš-qa-ia tu-kul-ti KUR-šu a-di se-her URU.MEŠ-ni-ša₂ har-be₂-eš u₂-še-mu-u₂ bu-še-e-šu₂-nu e-zi-bu-ma iṣ-bu-tu₂ a-rah la ta-a-ri | [I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered] the city U[šqaya, the support of his land, together with] its settlements. They left their possessions, (then) they set out on an expedition without ceasing. |
| 178 | i-na ti-bu-ut {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia dan-nu-ti a-na bir-ti šu-a-ti e-li-ma bu-še-e-ša₂ šad-lu-ti aš₂-lu-lam-ma a-na qe₂-reb uš-man-ni-ia u₂-še-rib | With my mighty weapons, I went up to that side of the river and carried off its heavy cargoes and brought (them) inside my camp. |
| 179 | BAD₃-ša₂ dan-nu ša tem-men₅-šu UGU ki-ṣir KUR-i šur-šu-du-ma u₃ 8 ina 1.KUŠ₃ ma-ši-ih ku-bur-šu | (As for) its strong wall, whose foundation(s) are strong on the mountain range, its base is thick and its base 8 cubits thick. |
| 180 | ul-tu gaba-dib-bi-šu aṣ-bat-am-ma a-di uš-šu zaq-ru-te ak-šud-du iš-te-niš ap-pu-ul-ma qaq-qa-riš u₂-šam-hi-ir | I seized him from his limbs and conquered (them) as far as the horizon. Moreover, I performed (the rituals) again and (then) made the ground tremble. |
| 181 | E₂.MEŠ qer-be₂-e-ša₂ {d}GIBIL₆ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ-ši-na ši-hu-ti di-tal-li-iš u₂-še-mi | I had the temples in its environs adorned with the god Girra and I had their beams of reddish wood fashioned. |
| 182 | 1 ME 15 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-ša₂ ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-šu-un ki-ma a-šam-ša₂-ti pa-an AN-e u₂-šak-tim | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 115 cities in its environs, like a mountain, and (then) I made their walls as thick as heaven. |
| 183 | ki-ma ša a-bu-bu u₂-ab-bi-tu qer-bi-sa u₂-še-piš-ma ki-ma kam-ri aš₂-pu-ka URU.MEŠ-ni-ša₂ aš₂-bu-ti | I had it built inside it as if it had been surrounded by floods, and I had its cities built like a mountain. |
| 184 | {URU}a-ni-aš₂-ta-ni-a E₂ su-gul-la-te-šu i-na mi-ṣir {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-te bi-rit {URU}uš-qa-ia u₃ {URU}tar-ma-ki-sa ep-šu-u | The city Aništānia, its ruin mounds, were destroyed in the midst of the land Sangibute, between the cities Ušāia and Tarmakisa. |
| 185 | a-di 17 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu₂ ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-riš am-nu GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ ta-aṣ-lil-ti-šu-nu še-hu-ti i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire 17 cities in its environs. |
| 186 | BURU₁₄.MEŠ-šu-nu {U₂}pu-e-šu-nu aš₂-ru-up qi-ra-te na-kam-a-te u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-a-kil | I opened up their harvests (and) their plants. I opened the quays of the sanctuaries and (then) I carried off the corn taxes without number. |
| 187 | ki-ma e-ri-bi di-ku-ti bu-ul KARAŠ-ia i-na u₂-šal-li-šu₂ ad-di-ma U₂.HI.A tuk-la-ti-šu₂ is-su-hu-ma u₂-šah-ri-bu A.GAR₃-šu₂ | In order to save the life of my land, I built a fortress to perfection and (then) I planted its meadows. |
| 188 | TA {URU}uš-qa-ia at-tu-muš a-na mad-ba-ri tu-kul-ti bu-li-šu ša {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-tu i-qab-bu-šu-ni aq-ṭe-rib | I went out from U[šqāya] and told him to go to the desert. I received the payment of the land Sangibutu. |
| 189 | {URU}tar-u₂-i {URU}tar-ma-ki-sa E₂ BAD₃.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti ša i-na {KUR}da-la-a-a ta-mir-ti E₂ ŠE.PAD.MEŠ-šu₂ ma-at-ti ep-šu | The cities Tarû (and) Tarmakisa, the fortified fortresses that were built in the land Dalaya, are well preserved. |
| 190 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu dun-nu-nu-ma šal-hu-šu-nu kaṣ₃-ru hi-ri-iṣ-ṣa-ni-šu-nu šup-pu-lu-ma šu-tas-hu-ru li-mi-is-sun₂ | Their walls are clad in gold, their tiaras are decorated with gold, they are adorned with awe-inspiring splendor. |
| 191 | ša i-na qer-bi-šu-nu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ na-kam-ti ki-ṣir LUGAL-ti-šu₂ i-na u₂-re-e šu-zu-zu-u₂-ma u₂-šam-ru-u₂ MU.AN.NA-šam | (As for) the horse(s) that are inside them (and) the nakkamtu-vessels of his royal majesty, they will make (them) shine like the sun in the distant future. |
| 192 | UN.MEŠ a-ši-bu-tu na-gi-i šu-a-tu ep-šet be-lu-ti-ia ša i-na URU.MEŠ-ni li-me-ti-šu-nu e-tep-pu-šu e-mu-ru-ma ir-šu-u₂ gi-lit-tu₂ | (As for) the people living in that district, I performed the deeds of my lordly majesty that I had done in their environs, (and) they saw (them) and became happy. |
| 193 | URU.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu u₂-maš-še-ru-ma i-na na-ba-li a-šar ṣu-ma-mi mad-ba-re-eš in-nab-tu-ma nap-ša₂-ta i-še-eʾ-u₂ | (As for) their cities, I destroyed (them) and (then) they fell into ruin mounds (lit. “houses of ruin heaped up by the flood) (and) took away their lives. |
| 194 | na-gu-u₂ šu-a-tu hu-ha-riš as-hu-up-ma i-na bi-rit URU.MEŠ-šu-nu dan-nu-ti u₂-šak-di-ra a-nu-un-tu | (As for) that nagû, I struck it with a hammer and deposited (it) between their fortified cities. |
| 195 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu dan-nu-ti ul-tu gaba-dib-bi-šu-nu aṣ-bat a-di tem-men₅-ni-šu-nu ak-šu-ud ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-riš u₂-šam-hi-ir | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered their fortified walls from their foundations to their parapets. |
| 196 | E₂.MEŠ qer-bi-šu-nu {d}GIBIL₆ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ-ši-na še-hu-u₂-ti di-tal-li-iš u₂-še-mi | I surrounded the interiors of the temples with the god Girītu and (then) I made their beams of reddish wood. |
| 197 | BURU₁₄-šu-nu ma-aʾ-du aš₂-ru-up qi-ra-te na-kam-a-te u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-a-kil | I opened the quays of their harvest, opened the gates of the sanctuaries, and (then) I carried out the rites without number into the army. |
| 198 | 30 URU.MEŠ-ni li-mi-ti-šu-nu ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-šu-un ki-ma a-šam-ša₂-ti pa-an AN-e u₂-šak-tim | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 30 of their settlements like a mountain, and (then) I raised their towers like mountain ranges before heaven. |
| 199 | TA {URU}tar-ma-ki-sa at-tu-muš x aq-ṭe-rib | I came from Tarmakisa and spoke ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 200 | {URU}ul-hu URU dan-nu-ti ša i-na GIR₃.II {KUR}kiš-pal x x SI x | The city Ulḫu, a fortified city at the foot of Mount Kišpal |
| 201 | u₃ UN.MEŠ-šu₂ ki-ma nu-u₂-ni a-na ṣu-um-me-šu-nu A.MEŠ x i-šat-tu-u₂ la i-šab-bu-u₂ | And their people, as if they were watered, will not be able to drink water. |
| 202 | {m}ur-sa-a LUGAL ma-lik-šu-nu i-na bi-ib-lat lib₃-bi-šu x mu-ṣe-e ma-a-mi u₂-šak-lim | [(As for) Ursâ, the king who begat them], I made [the ... of] my land dwell [in] his womb. |
| 203 | pal-gu ba-bil₂ A.MEŠ šur-du-ti ih-re-ma x A.MEŠ HE₂.NUN ki-ma pu-rat-ti u₂-šar-di | [I poured out a libation vessel of pure water and] I surrounded (it) [with ...] water like a marsh. |
| 204 | a-tap-pi la mi-i-na ṣur-ru-uš-ša₂ u₂-še-ṣa-am-ma x-lu-u₂ u₂-šam-ki-ra qar-ba-a-te | (As for) the canal, I made its drainage ditches unsuitable, and I ...ed (them) with ... (and) surrounded the quays. |
| 205 | A.GAR₃-šu₂ ar-bu ša ul-tu u₄-um ul-lu-ti x x-du-ma GURUN u₃ GEŠTIN ki-ma zu-un-ni u₂-ša₂-az-nin | (As for) its arable land, which since distant days [had become dilapidated], I made (it) as fertile as a bed. |
| 206 | {GIŠ}dul-bu {GIŠ}šu-rat-hu bal-ti E₂.GAL-li₃-šu₂ x x ki-ma {GIŠ}TIR UGU ta-mir-ti-šu₂ ta-ra-nu u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ši | [I ...ed] the throne (and) the šuraḫu-vessel, the life of his palace, [like] a forest on its border. |
| 207 | u₃ i-na qer-bi-ti-šu na-di-ti a-ra-ah-hi x x x ri-gim {d}a-la-la DUG₃.GA u₂-šal-sa-a UN.MEŠ-šu | And in his midst, he brought forth a stag, a good alala-demon, (and) he made his people rejoice. |
| 208 | 3 ME ANŠE ŠE.NUMUN.MEŠ ku-pat {d}nisaba i-na AB.SIN₂.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-šah-ni-ib-ma ŠE.AM i-na pa-šer₃-te uṣ-ṣa-bu te-li-tu | I had 300 homers of seed (measured) by the kupat-measure of the goddess Nisaba in its furrows, and (then) they deposited the grain in the open country. |
| 209 | A.ŠA₃ A.GAR₃-šu₂ ar-bu-ti sah-hi-iš u₂-še-mi x x x x-ma di-iš pa-an šat-ti šam-mu u₃ ri-i-tu la ip-pa-rak-ku-u₂ ku-ṣu har-pu | [I ...ed] the field, his meadow, (and) a shady [field], and they did not make a claim [against me] in the face of [this] day, (or) the king, my lord, or any relative of his. |
| 210 | a-na tar-ba-aṣ ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ u₃ su-gul-li u₂-ter-šu-ma ANŠE.A.AB.BA gi-mir KUR-šu kut-tum-te u₂-šal-mid-ma i-šap-pa-ku er-re-tu | I brought back to the fortresses of horses and herdsmen, and I surrounded all of his land with mountain hors[es, and] I carried off corpses. |
| 211 | E₂.GAL šu-bat LUGAL-ti a-na mul-ta-ʾu-ti-šu₂ i-na a-hi ID₂-ti ib-ni GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {ŠIM}LI u₂-ṣal-lil-ši-ma i-ri-sa u₂-ṭib | [I built a palace, a royal abode, as his royal residence on the bank of the Tigris River. I adorned it with beams of] juniper and made (it) resplendent. |
| 212 | {URU}sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da bir-tu a-na ka-a-di-šu₂ i-na {KUR}kiš-te-er DU₃-ma x {KUR}x-ti-na-a-a tu-kul-ti KUR-šu i-na lib₃-bi u₂-še-rib | I built a fortress to its full extent in the land Kišter and [I brought into it ... of the ...]tinaeans, the support of his land. |
| 213 | UN.MEŠ na-gi-i šu-a-ti a-mat ma-ru-uš-ti ša i-na pa-an {m}ur-sa-a LUGAL-šu₂-nu u₂-šap-ri-ku iš-mu-ma u₈-a iq-bu-u₂ im-ha-ṣu ša₂-par₂-šu-un | The people of that district — a matter of old, which they sent to Ursâ, their king, said: "Woe!", and they struck their hearts. |
| 214 | {URU}ul-hu URU dan-nu-ti-šu-nu a-di {URU}sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da bir-ti tuk-la-ti-šu₂-nu u₂-maš-še-ru-ma a-na ša₂-hat KUR-e pa-aš₂-qa-te ip-par-šid-du mu-ši-tiš₂ | (As for) the city Ulḫu, their fortified city, together with the city Sardurihurda, I demolished their fortresses and (then) I reorganized (them) in order to reach the highest mountain. |
| 215 | i-na šu-hu-uṭ lib₃-bi-ia li-mi-it na-gi-i šu-a-ti ki-ma im-ba-ri as-hu-up-šu-ma šid-du u₃ pu-u₂-tu ak-ṣu-ra šu-ri-piš | In my wrath, in the midst of that district, I struck him like a brick and (then) I imposed upon him punishment and punishment. |
| 216 | a-na {URU}ul-hi URU tar-ma-a-te-šu₂ ša {m}ur-sa-a e-tel-liš e-ru-ub-ma a-na qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-lim šu-bat LUGAL-ti-šu₂ šal-ṭiš at-tal-lak | I entered the city Ulḫu, a fortified city of Ursâ, and went down to the palace, his royal residence. |
| 217 | BAD₃-šu₂ dan-nu ša i-na NA₄ KUR-i zaq-ri ep-šu i-na qul-mi-i AN.BAR u mar-ri AN.BAR haṣ-ba-ti-iš u₂-daq-qi-iq-ma qaq-qa-riš am-nu | (As for) its strong wall, which had been erected using mountain stone, I made it shine like the sun with bitumen and baked brick, and I named it Qaqqaru. |
| 218 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {ŠIM}LI še-hu-ti ta-aṣ-lil-ti E₂.GAL-li₃-šu₂ as-suh i-na ka-la-pi u₂-mah-hi-iṣ-ma a-na KUR aš-šur{KI} al-qa-a | I removed the old beams of burāšu-juniper (and) the taṣliltu-offerings of his palace. I gathered (them) all over the mountains and took [them] to Assyria. |
| 219 | qi-ra-a-te-šu₂ na-kam-a-te u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ-su ma-at-tu la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-kil | I opened its gates, opened the gates, and (then) I plated its cornel, a land without number, as a fortress. |
| 220 | E₂ GEŠTIN.MEŠ-šu₂ ša ni-ṣir-te e-ru-ub-ma um-ma-nat {d}a-šur DAGAL.MEŠ ki-ma A.MEŠ ID₂ i-na {KUŠ}na-a-de {KUŠ}maš-le-e ih-bu-u₂ GEŠTIN DUG₃.GA | He entered the house of his wine, which is in the district, and the wide army of the god Aššar, like the water of the river, filled it with wine like a nāde-garment. |
| 221 | {ID₂}hi-ri-tu ID₂ tuk-la-te-šu a-ru-ur-ša₂ as-kir₁₇-ma A.MEŠ du-uš-šu-ti a-na ru-šum-di u₂-ter | I reorganized the river Ḫirītu, its narrow canal, and returned (it) to its (original) condition. |
| 222 | a-da-ap-pi ha-li-li si-lit-te ṣur-ri-ša₂ u₂-ha-ṭi-im-ma ša₂ x x x-šu iš-qi-la-si-na u₂-kal-lim {d}UTU-šu | (As for) the adap̄p’pi, the ḫalili-plant (and) the silittu-plant of its roof, he destroyed (it) and (then) he (the god) Šamaš (I) presented (it to him). |
| 223 | a-na {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂ as-ma-a-ti bu-un-na-ne₂-e URU-šu₂ ša GURUN u₃ GEŠTIN.MEŠ za-aʾ-na-a-ma ki-ma ti-ik AN-e i-na-tu₂-ka | To his assyrian orchards, to the cult centers of his city, which are filled with abundance and wine, he named you like the crown of heaven. |
| 224 | {LU₂}qu-ra-di-ia ek-du-ti u₂-še-ri-ib-ma x ki-ma {d}IŠKUR u₂-ša₂-aš₂-gi-mu ri-gim ka-la-bi AN.BAR | (As for) the one who removes my precious inscriptions, I made (them) shine like the god Adad, (and) I made all of the iron reeds shine like daylight. |
| 225 | GURUN-šu₂ ma-aʾ-du ša mi-ni-tu la i-šu-u₂ iq-ṭu-pu-ma a-na an-hu-ti lib₃-bi la e-zi-bu da-re-eš šat-ti ṣu-uh-hu | (As for) the one who does not have a talent, he said: "It should not be abandoned for anḫūtu-disease, (or) that it will be destroyed." |
| 226 | GIŠ.MEŠ-šu GAL.MEŠ si-mat E₂.GAL-li₃-šu₂ ki-ma ŠE.MUNU₆ aš₂-ṭe-ma URU ta-nit-ti-šu u₂-ma-si-ik-ma u₂-šaṭ-pi-la na-gu-šu | I fashioned its great beams, the emblem of its palace, like a šunû-tree, and I surrounded the city of its tānittu-priestess and (then) decorated its throne. |
| 227 | {GIŠ}gu-up-ni šu-a-tu-nu iṣ-ṣa mal ak-šiṭ-ṭu u₂-pah-hir-ma a-na gu-ru-un-ni aq-ru-un-ma i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | That throne, I removed everything that I had carried off and turned it into a mound. I burned it with fire. |
| 228 | BURU₁₄-šu-nu ma-aʾ-du ša ki GI a-pi ni-i-ba la i-šu-u₂ šur-šiš as-suh-ma a-na muš-še₂₀-e te-ṣe-ti la e-zi-ba šu-bul-tu₂ | (As for) the one who does not have reed (and) straw, I removed their harvest and did not leave (it) for the gods of old. |
| 229 | A.GAR₃-šu as-mu ša ki-i za-gin₃-du-re-e ṣer-pa šak-nu-ma i-na di-še u₃ hab-bu-ri šu-ru-šat ta-mir-tu | (As for) its meadow, I planted (it) anew like shining lapis lazuli and, in battle and battle, I surrounded it with a magnificent mountain. |
| 230 | i-na {GIŠ}GIGIR pet-hal-li₃ me-te-eq ki-mar-ri-ia ki-ma {d}IŠKUR ar-hi-iṣ-ma sah-hu tu-kul-ti ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂ ki-šub-ba-niš um-mi | In the chariot of the cavalry, the perfect fit for my yoke, like the Storm-god, I was frightened (and) overwhelmed with fearsomeness, his horses, and his camp. |
| 231 | {URU}sar-du-ri-hu-ur-da dan-na-su-nu GAL-tu a-di 57 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-ša₂ ša {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-tu na-gi-i | The city Sarduriḫurda, their fortified city, together with 57 cities in its environs, which are on the border of the land Sangibutu, |
| 232 | se-her-šu-nu ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-riš am-nu GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ ta-aṣ-lil-ti-šu-nu i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu-ma di-tal-li-iš u₂-še-mi | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered (them) in their environs. I burned with fire the beams of their protection, (then) I heard their prayers. |
| 233 | TA {URU}ul-hi at-tu-muš a-na a-tur un-na-te re-eš URU.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti ša {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-te na-gi-i aq-ṭe-rib | I came back from the city Ulḫu (and) told (them) to go back to the fortified cities of the land Sangibutu. |
| 234 | na-gu-u₂ aš₂-bu ṣi-bit KUR-šu ša ul-tu ul-la-a a-na ru-up-pu-uš KUR-šu-nu is-ki-lu LUGAL pa-ni a-li-kut mah-re-e-šu | (As for) the nagû-priestess, the governor of his land, who since time immemorial had fallen into disrepair, a previous king who had come before him |
| 235 | {URU}hu-ur-nu-ku {URU}ha-ar-da-ni-a {URU}gi-zu-ar-zu {URU}ša₂-aš₂-zi-is-sa {URU}hu-un-du-ur-na AN.TA-u₂ | The cities Hurnuku, Ḫardānia, Gizurzu, Šašzissa, (and) Hundurna are above. |
| 236 | {URU}x x x SI {URU}u₂-at-zu-un-za {URU}a-ra-zu URU-ša-{m}ṣi-ni-a {URU}hu-un-du-ur-na KI.TA-u₂ | [The cities ...], Utzunza, Arazu, Ša-Ṣiniya, (and) Ḫundurna are below. |
| 237 | {URU}el-x {URU}x-x-nak {URU}ṣi-it-tu-ar-zu {URU}zi-ir-ma {URU}sur-zi-i {URU}e-li-ia-di-ni-a | [The cities El..., ...nak, Ṣittuarzu, Z]irma, Surzî, (and) Eliyadinia. |
| 238 | {URU}da-ag-x {URU}x {URU}ṣur-zi-al-di-u₂ {URU}ar-mu-na {URU}ki-in-aš₂-ta-ni-a | Dag..., Ṣurzialdiu, Armuna, Kinaštania, |
| 239 | 21 URU.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti x ša ki-ma {GIŠ}gap-ni tar-bit KUR-i UGU ŠU.SI.MEŠ {KUR}ar-za-bi-a a-ṣu-ni | 21 fortified cities, [x] which I surrounded like a chariot from the mountains on the horns of the land Arzabu. |
| 240 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni dun-nu-nu-ti x ša x x 2 UŠ.TA.AM₃ ti-ib-ki gaba-dib-u₂ la-ni-šu-nu la-mu-ma | [The ...] of the fortified walls are two lengths each. The dividing line of their walls is old. |
| 241 | a-na man-za-az mun-dah-ṣe-šu-nu x x-ri šu-ṣu-u₂ a-na e-peš ta-ha-zi šu-tal-bu-šu pul-ha-a-ti | To the position of their ..., they are ...; to do battle, to pacify the hearth, |
| 242 | hi-ri-iṣ-ṣi šup-pu-lu-te a-na tu-kul-ti x ne₂-reb KA₂.GAL.MEŠ-šu-nu ru-uk-ku-sa di-ma-a-ti | (As for) the narrow streets, for the access to [the ... of] their gates, (and) for the protection of the dying, |
| 243 | ID₂.MEŠ ba-bi-lat A.MEŠ mi-li i-na x x x i-na ta-mir-ti-šu-nu la i-šu-u₂ ba-ṭil-tu | They have no water to drink in the rivers, they do not have water [to drink] in their environs. |
| 244 | UN.MEŠ-šu-nu i-na ṭuh-di u₃ meš-re-e x-re-di mal ba-šu-u₂ rit-pu-šu si-kil-tu | Their people, with wailing and trembling, who are ..., who have no mercy, |
| 245 | E₂.GAL.MEŠ rab-ba-a-te šin-na-at x x {GIŠ}ne₂-me-du šu-ut-ru-ṣu si-mat LUGAL-ti | The great palaces are clad in awe-inspiring scepter, which is fitting for kingship. |
| 246 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {ŠIM}LI e-ri-šu DUG₃.GA TA x x-ha-x-ma ša e-ri-bi-ši-na ki-ma ha-šur-ri i-za-qa lib₃-bu-uš | The wood of the juniper is good. From the ... which they erected, like a ḫašurru-vessel he libates. |
| 247 | UN.MEŠ {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-te na-gi-i a-ši-bu-ut KUR u₃ a-ši-bu-ut URU.MEŠ-ni šu-a-tu-nu gi-mir-tu | The people of the land Sangibūtu, the district, the dwellers of the country, and the dweller(s) of those cities, all of them, |
| 248 | a-ka-ma ger-ri-ia ša a-na 1 KASKAL.GID₂.AM₃ x x x-tu UGU {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi a-na paṭ gim-ri-šu₂ šit-ku-na-at e-ši-tu | Herewith, my campaign which for one league ... is set against the land Urarṭu in order to complete all of it. |
| 249 | ša ma-ad-gi-li-šu-nu ša na-gu-u₂ a-na na-ak-ri UGU ŠU.SI.MEŠ KUR-e di-ma-a-te ru-uk-ku-sa-ma šu-zu-uz-za a-x x x x x | (As for) the one who destroys their steles, (or) places (them) on the enemy’s throne, (and) makes the mountains tremble, |
| 250 | qi-da-at ab-ri ša GIR₃.II nak-ri ul-lu-x x-ti-ma di-par še-rim li-la₂-a-te e-mu-ru-ma u₂-ad-du-u₂ x x x x | (As for) the ‘hand-of-a-goat’ of the foot of the enemy, I ...ed ... and they saw a flood of fl[ood and ...]. |
| 251 | ti-ib a-nun-ti-ia šam-ru ša la iš-ša₂-na-nu iš-hu-tu-ma šu-har-ra-tu it-ta-bi-ik-šu-nu-ti-ma IG-x-x x-ZI | (As for) the one who removes my bright radiance that cannot be seen, (and) breaks the šuḫarratu-vessel, ... ... |
| 252 | a-na bu-ši-i-šu-nu ma-aʾ-di pa-na la iš-šu-u₂ BAD₃.MEŠ-šu-nu dan-nu-ti u₂-maš-ši-ru-ma e-mid-du ša₂-ha-tu | For the sake of their well-being, they made their fortified walls tremble without number and brought about the collapse of the city. |
| 253 | ki-ma ur-pat li-la₂-a-te ša₂-pi-ti na-gu-u₂ šu-a-tu ak-tum₃-ma gi-mir URU.MEŠ-šu₂ dan-nu-ti ki-ma ILLU mit-hur-ti as-hu-up | [I brought] all of his fortified cities [like a flood] afflicted by floods. |
| 254 | i-na bi-rit {KUR}ar-za-bi-a {KUR}ir-ti-a KUR.MEŠ-e ša₂-qu-ti 12 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru ma-la-ku aš₂-kun-ma u₂-ka-ṣi-ra uš-man-ni | In between the lands Arzābia (and) Irtia, I placed twelve leagues of ground in the middle of the mountains and (then) made (them) reach me. |
| 255 | i-na ša₂-ha-te nar₃-qit lib₃-bi-šu-nu qu-ra-di-ia ek-du-te ki-ma bi-ib-bi uš-bi-iʾ-ma a-na še-me-e ur-ti-šu₂-nu la e-zi-bu ha-a-a-ṭu | In the midst of the wailing of their heart(s), my fierce warriors, like a lion, he sat down and did not depart from their midst. |
| 256 | um-ma-na-at {d}a-šur rap-ša₂-a-te gi-mir URU.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu e-ri-biš u₂-šak-tim-ma ša₂-lil-ia er-hu-ti u₂-še-ri-ba ur-ši-šu-un | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered all of their cities, and I brought about their defeat. |
| 257 | bu-šu-u₂ ma-ak-ku-ru ni-ṣir-te LUGAL-ti x ub-lu-nim-ma i-šit-ta-šu-nu kit-mur-tu ik-šud-du qa-ta-a-a | [The king, my lord], brought [the ...] of the kingship [and] he (the god Marduk) made a peace [between them] (and) my hands. |
| 258 | ṣa-ab hup-ši kal-la-pu na-aš₂ {GIŠ}PAN az-ma-re-e a-na BAD₃.MEŠ-šu-nu u₂-še-li-ma it-ti pa-aš₂-qi u₃ a-ṣi-te na-qi-ri u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit₂ | I made the throne, the scepter, (and) the archers bow down at their walls and (then) I made (them) stand with the yoke and the bolt. |
| 259 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {ŠIM}LI ta-aṣ-lil-ti E₂.GAL.MEŠ u₂-na-si-ih-ma UN.MEŠ {KUR}man-na-a-a {KUR}na-ʾi-ri li-x x A x x x u₂-šal-x x x x | I removed the beams of juniper from the walls of the palaces and let the people of Mannea (and) Naʾiri [......]. |
| 260 | ker-he-šu-nu e-lu-ti ša ki-ma KUR.MEŠ-e šur-šud-du a-di tem-men₅-ni-šu-nu ba-ṣi-iš u₂-x x x x | (As for) the exalted kerḫešu-priestess who was raised up as high as mountain(s), together with their foundation(s) ... |
| 261 | i-na E₂.MEŠ-šu-nu nak-la-a-te {d}GIBIL₆ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma qu-tur-šu-nu u₂-šat-bi-ma pa-an AN-e ki-ma im-ba-ri u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit | In their sanctuaries, I had the goddess Gilgameš dwell in their shrines and I had their quadrupeds erected and I made (them) as bright as the heavens. |
| 262 | tab-ka-a-ni GAL.MEŠ ša ŠE.PAD.MEŠ ŠE.GIG.MEŠ ša i-na u₄-me ma-aʾ-du-ti a-na ba-laṭ KUR u₃ UN.MEŠ iš-pu-ku qi-ra-a-te | The chiefs of the ploughs and the sickles, who in many days poured out rations for the land and people, |
| 263 | nap-har um-ma-ni-ia i-na ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ {ANŠE}pa-re-e ANŠE.A.AB.BA ANŠE.MEŠ u₂-ša₂-az-bil₂-ma i-na qe₂-reb uš-man-ni-ia ki-ma DU₆.MEŠ u₂-šap-pik | I carried off all of my troops with horses, mules, (and) seahs and, inside my army, I made (them) as thick as a mountain. |
| 264 | a-kal ṭuh-di u₃ neš-be₂-e UN.MEŠ-ia u₂-ša₂-kil-ma ṣu-ud-de-e tak-bit-ti ša ta-a-a-ar-ti KUR aš-šur{KI} e-pu-šu i-na hi-du-ti | I made the food offerings and the luxuriance of my people plentiful and (then) I built (them) anew in joy. |
| 265 | {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu la-la-a-na-ti ak-šiṭ-ma GEŠTIN-šu a-na mu-ʾu-de-e ak-šiṭ-ma u₂-šab-ṭi-la mal-ti-su | I planted its orchards with fruit and I poured out its wine for drinking and brought its water. |
| 266 | {GIŠ}TIR.MEŠ-šu rab-ba-a-ti ša ki-ma a-pi ed-lu-ti hi-it-lu-pu iṣ-ṣu-ši-in ak-kis-ma u₂-nam-ma-a ta-mir-tu-uš | (As for) his great forests, which had become dilapidated like a flood, I cut them down and rebuilt (them). |
| 267 | kul-lat {GIŠ}gup-ni-šu nak-su-ti ki-ma hi-im-ma-at a-šam-šu-ti u₂-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I gathered all of his scepter(s) like a pile of bricks and burned (them) with fire. |
| 268 | 1 ME 46 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu-nu ki-ma ab-ri a-qu-ud-ma qu-tur-šu-un ki-ma a-šam-ša₂-ti pa-an AN-e u₂-šak-tim | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 146 of the cities in their environs, like a mountain, and (then) I made their settlements as bright as heaven. |
| 269 | TA URU.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti ša {KUR}sa-an-gi-bu-te at-tu-muš a-na {KUR}ar-ma-ri-ia-li-i na-gi-i aq-ṭe-rib | I marched from the fortified cities of the land Sangibute and approached the city Armariyali. |
| 270 | {URU}bu-bu-zi bir-tu {URU}hu-un-du-ur ša 2 BAD₃.MEŠ-ni la-mu-u₂ pi-i di-im-ti tu-bal-e ma-hi-ri ru-uk-ku-su | (As for) the city Bubuzi, between the city Ḫundur (and) two fortresses, which had become dilapidated and had become too small, I erected a new wall. |
| 271 | {URU}a-a-le-e {URU}ṣi-ni-iš-pa-la-a {URU}ṣi-ni-u₂-nak {URU}ar-na {URU}šar-ni-i | The cities Alê, Ṣinišpala, Siniunak, Arna, (and) Šarni. |
| 272 | 7 URU.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti a-di 30 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu-nu ša i-na GIR₃.II {KUR}u₂-bi-an-da KUR-e na-du-u₂ | 7 fortified cities, together with 30 cities in their environs, which are located at the foot of Mount Ubianda, |
| 273 | se-her-šu-nu ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-riš am-nu GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ ta-aṣ-lil-ti-šu-nu i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu-ma di-tal-li-iš u₂-še-mi | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered (them) in their environs. I burned with fire the beams of their protection, (then) I heard their prayers. |
| 274 | qi-ra-a-te-šu-nu na-kam-a-ti u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ-su-nu ma-ʾa-at-tu ša la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-a-kil | [I opened up] their quays (lit. “houses of the mountains’) and [I carried off] their corn-heaps (and) grain heaps without number from the army. |
| 275 | BURU₁₄ tuk-lat UN.MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ {U₂}pu-e nap-šat bu-li-šu ab-ri-iš a-qu-ud-ma ar-bu-ti-iš u₂-ša₂-li-ka ta-mir-tu-uš | I cut off the harvest, the possessions of his people, and the plants for the cultivation of his crops. I raised (them) as high as mountain(s). |
| 276 | {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-kis-ma {GIŠ}TIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ak-šiṭ nap-har {GIŠ}gup-ni-šu-nu a-na gu-ru-un-ni aq-ru-un-ma i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I cut down their orchards and planted their forests. I raised up all of their groves as a fortress and burned (them) with fire. |
| 277 | i-na me-taq-ti-ia a-na {URU}ar-bu URU E₂ AD-šu ša {m}ur-sa-a u₃ {URU}ri-ia-ar URU-šu₂ ša {m}{d}15-BAD₃ a-lik | On my return march, I marched to the city Arbu, the town of the father's house of Ursâ and the city Riyar, the city of Ištar-dūrī. |
| 278 | 7 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu-nu ša ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ NUMUN LUGAL-ti-šu₂ i-na lib₃-bi-šu-nu šu-šu-bu-ma dun-nu-nu ma-ṣar-tu | 7 cities in their environs, with their brothers and the seed of their kingship, are situated therein, and they are well. |
| 279 | URU.MEŠ-ni šu-a-tu-nu ap-pul qaq-qa-riš am-nu E₂ {d}hal-di-a DINGIR-šu ab-re-eš a-qu-ud-ma u₂-šal-pi-ta sa-a-gi-šu | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire those cities. I demolished the temple of the god Ḫaldi, his god, and (then) restored its dilapidated section(s). |
| 280 | TA {KUR}ar-ma-ri-ia-li-i at-tu-muš {KUR}u₂-i-zu-ku KUR {ŠIM}LI ša ši-pik-šu {NA₄}DUR₂.MI.NA at-ta-bal-kat₃ a-na {KUR}a-ia-di aq-ṭe-rib | I marched from the land Armariyalî (and) conquered the land Uizuku, the land of the cypress, whose scent is scented with sulphur. I approached the land Aiadu. |
| 281 | {URU}an-za-li-a {URU}ku-a-ii-in {URU}qa-al-la-ni-a {URU}bi-it-a-a {URU}a-lu-ar-za {URU}qi-u₂-na {URU}al-li-i | The cities Anzalia, Kuyin, Qallania, Bitaya, Aluarza, Qina, Allî, |
| 282 | {URU}ar-zu-gu {URU}šik₂-ka-nu {URU}ar-di-u₂-nak {URU}da-ia-zu-na {URU}ge-e-ta {URU}ba-a-ni-u₂ | Arzugu, Šikkanu, Ardiunak, Dayazuna, Gēta, Baniu, |
| 283 | {URU}bir-hi-lu-za {URU}de-e-zi-zu {URU}di-li-zi-a {URU}a-ba-in-di {URU}du-a-in {URU}ha-as-ra-na | The cities Birḫiluza, Dezizu, Dilizia, Abaindi, Dua, Hasrana, |
| 284 | {URU}pa-ar-ra {URU}a-ia-ṣu-un {URU}a-ni-aš₂-ta-ni-a {URU}bal-du-ar-za {URU}šar-u₂-ar-di-i | Pāra, Ayaṣun, Aništānia, Allarza, Šaruardi, |
| 285 | {URU}šu-ma-at-tar {URU}ša₂-al-zi-i {URU}al-bu-u₂-ri {URU}ṣi-qar-ra {URU}u₂-a-ii-is la-bi-ru | The old cities Šumattar, Salzî, Alburi, Ṣiqarra, (and) Uais. |
| 286 | 30 URU.MEŠ-šu₂ dan-nu-ti ša i-na a-hi A.AB.BA gal-la-ti ti-bi-ik KUR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ sa-ad-ru-ma šu-uṣ-bu-tu₂ ki-ma us-si | 30 fortified cities, which were plundered on the shore of the Great Sea, surrounded by great mountains, like a river. |
| 287 | {URU}ar-giš-ti-u₂-na {URU}qa-al-la-ni-a bi-ra-ti-šu dan-na-a-te ru-uk-ku-sa bi-ru-uš-šu-un | The fortresses of Argištiuna (and) Qallania, whose fortified cult centers are encircled, |
| 288 | el-en {KUR}ar-ṣi-du u₃ {KUR}mah-un-ni-a kak-ka-biš a-ṣa-ma a-na 4 UŠ.TA.AM₃ in-na-aṭ-ṭa-lu SUH-šin | I counted the land Arṣidu and the land Maḫunnia as booty, and I summed them up by four lengths each. |
| 289 | {LU₂}qu-ra-di-šu a-ša-re-tu₂ um-ma-ni-šu le-ʾu-tu ta-ha-zi na-aš₂ ka-ba-bi az-ma-ri-i tu-kul-ti KUR-šu₂ šu-lu-u₂ qe₂-reb-šin | His royal bodyguard, his army, armed forces, battle, (and) awe-inspiring radiance, the strength of his land, were inseminated inside it. |
| 290 | ki-šit-ti {KUR}ar-ma-ri-ia-li-i na-ge-e i-te-e-šu-nu e-mu-ru-ma it-ru-ra iš-da-a-šu-un | On the border of the land Armariyali, the district, they saw them, and they returned with them. |
| 291 | URU.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu it-ti mar-ši-ti-šu-nu u₂-maš-še-ru-ma a-na qe₂-reb bi-ra-a-ti šu-a-ti-na ki-ma iṣ-ṣu-ri ip-par-šu | They destroyed their cities together with their fortresses and (then) they opened up their gates in those places like a flood. |
| 292 | um-ma-ni ma-ʾa-at-ta-tu a-na URU.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu u₂-še-li-ma NIG₂.ŠU-šu₂-nu a-na mu-ʾu-de-e iš-lu-lu NIG₂.GA-šu-un | (As for) the king, my lord, I brought the sacrifices to their cities and carried off their possessions as gifts. |
| 293 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu dan-nu-ti a-di 87 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu-nu ap-pul-ma qaq-qa-riš u₂-šak-ši-id | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their fortified walls, together with 87 cities in their environs. |
| 294 | i-na E₂.MEŠ qer-bi-šu-nu {d}GIBIL₆ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ma GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ ta-aṣ-lil-ti-šu-nu di-tal-li-iš u₂-še-mi | In the temples inside them, I had the goddess Girra enthrone (them) and I had their beams of tašlītu-wood stretched out in full. |
| 295 | qi-ra-te-šu-nu na-kam-a-te u₂-pat-ti-ma ŠE.PAD.MEŠ la ni-i-bi um-ma-ni u₂-ša₂-a-kil | I opened up their narrow quays and (then) I carried out the rites without number. |
| 296 | {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu-nu ak-kis-ma {GIŠ}TIR.MEŠ-šu-nu ak-šiṭ kul-lat {GIŠ}gup-ni-šu-nu u₂-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I cut down their orchards and planted their forests. I gathered all of their groves and burned (them) with fire. |
| 297 | TA {KUR}a-ia-di at-tu-muš {ID₂}al-lu-ri-a {ID₂}qa-al-la-ni-a {ID₂}in-na-a-a {ID₂}MEŠ e-te-bir | I crossed the Euphrates River, the River Qallānia, and the River Inna. |
| 298 | a-na {URU}u₂-a-ii-is na-gi-i tuk-la-te-šu še-pit mi-iṣ-ri ša {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi ša pat-ti {KUR}na-ʾi-ri aq-ṭe-rib | I approached the city Uāis, his fortified city, (and) I received the payment of the land Urarṭu from the land Naʾiri. |
| 299 | {URU}u₂-a-ii-is URU dan-nu-ti-šu bir-tu-šu GAL-tu ša UGU kul-lat bi-ra-a-te-šu dun-nu-na-at-ma nu-uk-ku-lat ep-še-es-sa | (As for) Uais, his fortified city, the great bond between him, which is firmly founded on all of his cult daises and whose work is marvellous, |
| 300 | {LU₂}ERIM.MEŠ ti-du-ki-šu ek-du-ti {LU₂}da-a-a-li mu-še-ri-bu ṭe₃-em KUR.KUR.MEŠ li-mi-ti-šu₂ šu-šu-bu qer-bu-uš-šu | (As for) the savage troops, the deportees, the ones who bring news of the lands of his lordly majesty, they are inside it. |
| 301 | {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ-šu {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ-šu a-di ki-iṣ-ri-šu-nu i-na lib₃-bi u₂-še-li-ma it-ti BAD₃-šu dan-ni mun-dah-ṣi u₂-šal-mi | I had his governors, together with their families, come out of it and (then) I brought about the defeat of his fortified wall. |
| 302 | ša {URU}bir-ti šu-a-ti ku-tal-la-ša₂ ak-šu-ud {LU₂}qu-ra-di-šu i-na IGI KA₂.GAL-šu₂ ki-ma as-li u₂-nap-pi-iṣ | I conquered that fortress behind it, (and) I decorated its royal bodyguard in front of its gate as if (it were) a mountain. |
| 303 | {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂ ak-šiṭ-ma {GIŠ}TIR.MEŠ-šu₂ ak-kis kul-lat {GIŠ}gup-ni-šu nak-su-ti u₂-pah-hir-ma i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I planted its orchards and planted its forests. I removed all of its reedbeds and (then) burned (them) with fire. |
| 304 | {URU}bar-zu-ri-a-ni {URU}u₂-al-ṭu-qu-ia {URU}qu-ut-ta {URU}qi-ip-pa {URU}a-sa-pa-a | Barzurianni, Ualtuquya, Qutta, Qippa, Asapâ, |
| 305 | 5 E₂ BAD₃.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti a-di 40 URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-mi-ti-šu-nu i-na {d}GIBIL₆ aq-mu | I burned with fire five fortified walled houses together with forty cities in their environs. |
| 306 | ul-tu {URU}u₂-a-ii-is at-tu-muš a-na na-gi-i ša {m}ia-an-zu-u₂ LUGAL {KUR}na-ʾi-i-ri aq-ṭe-rib | I came out of Uais and approached the district of Yanzû, king of the land Naʾiri. |
| 307 | {m}ia-an-zu-u₂ LUGAL {KUR}na-ʾi-i-ri 4 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru TA {URU}hu-bu-uš-ki-a URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ a-na GABA-ia il-li-kam-ma iš-šiq₂ GIR₃.II-ia | Yanzû, king of the land Naʾiri, came to me from the city Hubuškia, his royal city, four leagues long, and kissed my feet. |
| 308 | ma-da-ta-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ LAL-at ni-i-ri GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.HI.A i-na qe₂-reb {URU}hu-bu-uš-ki-a URU-šu₂ am-hur-šu | I received his payment: horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats in his city Hubuškia. |
| 309 | i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {m}ur-za-na {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir-a-a e-piš an-ni u₃ gil-la-ti e-ti-iq ma-mit DINGIR.MEŠ la ka-ni-šu be-lu-ti | On my return march, Urzana of Muṣaṣirāya carried out this work, and he took away the oath of the gods, without equal, my lordship. |
| 310 | ek-ṣu {LU₂}šad-da-a-u₈-u₂ ša i-na a-de-e {d}a-šur {d}UTU {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU ih-ṭu-ma ib-bal-ki-tu it-ti-ia | The šaddû-official, who had rebelled against me by the treaty of the gods Ašūr (II), Šarru(m)tu, Nabûir, (and) Marduk and revolted against me. |
| 311 | a-lak mah-ri-ia ša ta-a-a-ar-ti ger-ri u₂-šab-ṭil-ma it-ti ta-mar-ti-šu ka-bit-te la iš-ši-qa GIR₃.II-ia | (As for) the one who [does not bow down] at [my] ap[pointees], (who) [has carried out] the extispicy [on a ri]ver [and has not touched my feet] with [his] grea[t] eye, |
| 312 | bil₂-tu ma-da-at-tu ta-mar-ta-šu ik-la-ma a-na ša₂-ʾa-al šul-mi-ia e-de-nu-u₂ la iš-pu-ra {LU₂}rak-ba-šu | The debt, the payment of his observation, he weighed out and for the preservation of my well-being he did not write to me. The rakbāšu |
| 313 | i-na šu-hu-uṭ lib₃-bi-ia kul-lat {GIŠ}GIGIR.MEŠ-ia ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-ti gi-mir KARAŠ-ia har-ra-an KUR aš-šur{KI} u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit | [With my heart’s desire], I had [all of my chariots, horses, (and) all of] my [campaigns] carried off [on the road to Assyria]. |
| 314 | i-na tu-kul-ti-šu GAL-ti ša {d}a-šur a-bu DINGIR.MEŠ be-el ma-ta-a-ti LUGAL kiš-šat AN-e KI-tim a-lid gim-ri EN EN.EN | With his great support, (as for) the god Aštar, father of the gods, lord of the land(s), king of the totality of heaven (and) netherworld, the one who surpasses all the en-priestess(s): |
| 315 | ša ul-tu u₄-um ṣa-a-ti DINGIR.MEŠ KUR u₃ KUR-i ša kib-rat LIMMU₂-i a-na šu-tuq-qu-ri-šu la na-par-šu-di ma-na-ma | (As for) the one who, since distant days, does not abandon the gods of the land and the land of the four quarters (of the world), |
| 316 | it-ti i-šit-ti-šu-nu kit-mur-ti a-na šu-ru-ub e₂-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra iš-ru-ku-uš {d}EN.LIL₂.LA₂ DINGIR.MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU | [With] their oath, they prayed to Eḫursaggalkurkurra: “Enlil of the gods, Marduk, |
| 317 | i-na qi₂-bi-ti ṣir-te ša {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU ša i-na man-za-az MUL.MEŠ ša šu-ut-be₂-e {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia iṣ-ba-tu ta-lu-ku | By the command of the two gods Nabû (and) Marduk, who sat on the throne of the stars of the setting of my weapons, |
| 318 | u₃ i-da-at dum-qi₂ ša le-qe-e kiš-šu-ti {d}MA₂.GUR₈ EN a-ge-e a-na šul-pu-ut {KUR}gu-ti{KI} u₂-ša₂-ni-ha EN.NUN | The god Marduk, the lord of habitations, made the watch over the land Guti to prosper, and he made the people of the land of Assyria rejoice. |
| 319 | i-na an-ni šu-qu-ri ša {d}UTU qu-ra-di ša UZU.MEŠ ti-kil-ti ša a-lak i-di-ia u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭi-ra a-mu-ti | On this very day, (as for) the warrior Šamaš, I have written down the fates of the captives who went with me. |
| 320 | it-ti 1-et {GIŠ}GIGIR GIR₃.II-ia e-de-ni-ti u₃ 1 LIM pet-hal-li₃-ia šit-mur-ti ṣa-ab {GIŠ}PAN ka-ba-bi az-ma-ri-i | With one chariot of my feet, a shield, and one thousand of my cavalrymen, the scepter of the bow, I set it up. |
| 321 | {LU₂}qu-ra-di-ia ek-du-ti mu-du-ut ta-ha-zi u₂-zak-ki-ma har-ra-an {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir ur-uh mar-ṣa-ti aṣ-bat-ma | (As for) the one who removes my protective deeds (and) the wisdom of battle, I occupied the road to Muṣaṣir, a rugged mountain. |
| 322 | {KUR}ar-si-u₂ KUR-u₂ dan-nu ša mu-lu-šu ki-i me₂-le-e sim-mil-ti mu-la-a la i-šu-u₂ um-ma-ni u₂-še-li | (As for) the land Arsiu, a mighty mountain, whose man had no rival, he raised up the army. |
| 323 | {ID₂}za-ban AN.TA-u₂ ša UN.MEŠ {KUR}na-ʾi-ri u₃ {KUR}hab-hi {ID₂}e-la-mu-ni-a i-qab-bu-šu-ni e-te-bir | The upper Zaban River, which the people of the land Naʾiri and the land Ḫabḫu call, has crossed the Elamūnia River. |
| 324 | i-na bi-rit {KUR}še-ia-ak {KUR}ar-di-ik-ši {KUR}u₂-la-a-ia-u₂ {KUR}al-lu-ri-u₂ KUR.MEŠ-e e-lu-ti | In between the lands Šeyak, Ardikši, Ulayāyu, (and) Alluriu, holy lands, |
| 325 | hur-ša₂-a-ni ša₂-qu-ti sim-mil-at KUR.MEŠ-e pa-aš₂-qa-te ša ni-ba ed-ku-ma i-na bi-ri-šu₂-nu a-na me-te-eq zu-uk GIR₃.II la TUKU-u₂ da-rag-gu | (As for) the remote mountains, the resplendent mountain ranges, which I had conquered and in their midst I was able to traverse (them) without difficulty, |
| 326 | na-at-ba-kat₃ A.MEŠ dan-nu-ti i-na lib₃-bi-šu-nu šu-ut-tu-qa-a-ma ši-si-it ti-ib-ki-šu₂-nu a-na 1 KASKAL.GID₂.AM₃ i-šag-gu-mu ki-ma {d}ad-di | They have poured heavy water into them, and they have recited their incantation for one league. Like the god Addu, |
| 327 | kul-lat GIŠ.MEŠ hi-ših-ti GURUN u₃ GEŠTIN.MEŠ a-pi-iš hi-it-lu-pu-ma a-na sa-naq ne₂-re-bi-šu-nu ma-lu-u₂ pul-ha-a-te | All of the wood, fruit, and wine have been poured out, and for the purification of their entrances they have been filled with abundance. |
| 328 | ša LUGAL a-a-um-ma a-šar-šu-un la e-ti-qu-ma u₃ NUN-u₂ a-lik pa-ni-ia la e-mu-ru du-rug-šu-un | (As for) the one whom the king did not abandon their country and whom the ruler who came before me did not see, their burden is upon them. |
| 329 | {GIŠ}gup-ni-šu-nu GAL.MEŠ u₂-kap-pi-ir-ma pa-aš₂-qa-a-te sim-mil-a-te-šu₂-nu i-na ak-kul-li ZABAR lu ah-si | I covered their large doors with a covering of bronze and (then) I hung their emblems on the doors. |
| 330 | ger-ra qa-at-na me-te-qa su-u₂-qa ša zu-uk GIR₃.II ṣe-la-niš e-ti-qu-ma a-na me-te-eq um-ma-ni-ia i-na bi-ri-šu-nu u₂-ṭib | (As for) the raging lion, the mighty one, (and) the fierce one, who had cut off the feet of the king, passed between them (lit. “between them’) for the sake of my army, I made (it) pass between them. |
| 331 | {GIŠ}GIGIR GIR₃.II-ia i-na ti-ka-a-ti e-mid-ma u₃ a-na-ku i-na tar-kub-ti ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ meh-ret um-ma-ni-ia aṣ-bat-ma | [I threw] my [chariot] at your feet, and I sat down in the midst of my army [horse]s. |
| 332 | {LU₂}qu-ra-di-ia a-di ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ a-li-kut i-di-ia il-ten₂-nu-u₂ u₂-qa-tin-ma i-na pu-uš-qi-šu-nu u₂-še-tiq | The royal bodyguard, together with the horses who were with me, approached and took to the road. |
| 333 | aš₂-šu la na-par-šu-di-šu {LU₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-ia {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ {LU₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ a-di ki-iṣ-ri-šu-nu ur-tu u₂-ma-er-ma hi-it-mu-ṭi-iš aš₂-pur | [Because of] his insubmissiveness, I removed my eunuchs (and) governors, together with their corpses, [and wr]ote about his misdeeds. |
| 334 | x a-ka-ma ger-ri-ia e-mur-ma x x x PI UB x x x | Here, I saw my campaign ... |
| 335 | x x x na-bu-šu₂-ma UN.MEŠ x x u₂-dan-ni-nu x | [......] he and the people strengthen us(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 336 | x {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi-ma a-na URU x x x LUGAL-ti-šu šu-bat {d}hal-di-a DINGIR-šu x | the land Urarṭu to the city of his royal , the abode of the god Ḫaldi, his god . |
| 337 | x {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi a-na paṭ gim-ri-šu ša el ša₂-a-šu₂ i-na ša₂-ma-mi u qaq-qa-ri la i-du-u₂ x x x | [The ... of] Urarṭu has not been known in the land or in the ground for all of its entirety. |
| 338 | x x x x x šum-šu x x ša ul-la-nu-uš-šu {GIŠ}GIDRU u₃ a-gu-u₂ la in-na-aš₂-šu-u₂ si-mat re-e₂-u₂-ti | [......] he is [... who]se scepter and throne cannot be changed, the first-born son |
| 339 | x x x mal-ku SIPA UN.MEŠ {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi x x ub-ba-lu-šu-ma a-a-um-ma i-na lib₃-bi DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ṣa-bi-tu {GIŠ}GU.ZA-šu₂ | [......] the malku-official, the shepherd of the people of Urarṭu, brought him, and who among his eldest sons, his throne? |
| 340 | a-di KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR mim-ma aq-ru ni-ṣir-te E₂.GAL-li₃-šu₂ i-na {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir ma-har {d}hal-di-a u₂-še-ri-bu-ma i-qi-šu qi-ša₂-as-su | I brought into Muṣaṣir, before the god Ḫaldi, gold and silver, (and) anything valuable, his palace requisitions, and gave (them) to him. |
| 341 | GU₄.MEŠ kab-ru-ti UDU.MEŠ ma-ru-ti a-na la ma-ni ma-har-šu₂ i-naq-qu-u₂ a-na gi-mir URU-šu i-šak-ka-nu ta-kul-tu | They slaughter large oxen and small sheep without number before him, and they place (them) in all of his city. |
| 342 | IGI {d}hal-di-a DINGIR-šu AGA be-lu-ti ip-pi-ru-šu-ma u₂-ša₂-aš₂-šu-šu {GIŠ}GIDRU LUGAL-ti {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi u₃ UN.MEŠ-šu₂ i-x-u₂ NUMUN-šu | Before the god Ḫaldi, his god, he fashioned a crown of lordship for him and made him a royal scepter. The land Urarṭu and his people ... his seed. |
| 343 | UGU URU šu-a-ti ri-gim um-ma-ni-ia gal-tu ki-ma {d}IŠKUR u₂-ša₂-aš₂-gi-im-ma a-ši-bu-ut lib₃-bi-ša₂ x x BE HA x x MI | (As for) that city, I made it as bright as a rainbow, and its interior ... |
| 344 | UN.MEŠ-šu₂ {LU₂}ši-i-bu {MUNUS}ši-ib-tu UGU UR₃.MEŠ E₂.MEŠ-šu-nu e-lu-ma ṣar-piš i-ba-ku-u₂ x x | His people, the šību-official, (and) the sick women are going up to their houses and they are making a profit. |
| 345 | aš₂-šu e-ṭer na-piš-ti-šu-nu UGU er-bi rit-ti-šu-nu ip-taš-ši-lu-ma qa-ti-šu-nu x x x x U₂ x x x x x | As for the one who removes [their] life, he has grasped the top of their hands and their hands [......] |
| 346 | aš₂-šu ša {m}ur-za-na LUGAL ma-lik-šu-nu a-na zi-kir {d}a-šur la iš-hu-tu-ma ni-ir be-lu-ti-ia is-lu-ma i-mi-šu ar-du-ti | As for Urzana, the king who preceded them, he did not fear the command of the god Aššīr, but he revered my lordly majesty and looked at him with pleasure. |
| 347 | ša UN.MEŠ URU šu-a-ti ša₂-lal-šu-nu ak-pid-ma ša {d}hal-di-a tu-kul-ti {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi aq-ta-bi šu-ṣa-a-šu | I cut off the habitations of those people and (then) I said to him: “Ḫaldi, the weapon of the land Urarṭu, is yours. |
| 348 | meh-ret KA₂.GAL-šu šal-ṭiš u₂-še-ši-ib-ma DAM-su DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ UN.MEŠ-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ AD-šu aš₂-lu-la | [I made] his wife, his sons, his daughters, his people, (and) the seed of his father’s house flourish before the gates. |
| 349 | it-ti 6 LIM 1 ME 10 UN.MEŠ 12 {ANŠE}ku-dini 3 ME 80 ANŠE.MEŠ 5 ME 25 GU₄.MEŠ 1 LIM 2 ME 35 UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ am-nu-ma a-na BAD₃ KARAŠ-ia u₂-še-rib | I counted 6110 people, 12 mules, 380 donkeys, 525 oxen, (and) 135 sheep and brought (them) to my camp. |
| 350 | a-na {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir šu-bat {d}hal-di-a šal-ṭiš e-ru-ub-ma i-na E₂.GAL mu-šab {m}ur-za-na e-tel-liš u₂-ši-ib | I entered the city Muṣaṣir, the seat of the god Ḫaldi, and settled him in the palace, the residence of Urzana. |
| 351 | x nak-mu-ti ša i-šit-tu kit-mur-tu du-uš-šu-u₂ ki-in-gi ni-ṣir-te-šu-nu u₂-pat-ti-ma | [I open]ed [the ... of the nak]mūtu-priestess(s) who had re[moved] the fa[te] of the truth (and) [opened] their [sea]ls. |
| 352 | 34 GUN 18 MA.NA KU₃.GI 1 ME 67 GUN 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR URUDU.HI.A BABBAR-u₂ AN.NA {NA₄}GUG {NA₄}ZA.GIN₃ {NA₄}BABBAR.DILI ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ a-na mu-ʾu-de-e | 34 talents, 18 minas of gold, 167 talents, 2 1/2 mina(s) of silver, white copper, tin, carnelian, lapis lazuli, (and) ebony, precious stones, for making bricks. |
| 353 | x {GIŠ}ŠIBIR.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ a-di {GIŠ}NA₅.MEŠ ša ih-zu-ši-na šu-pu-šu KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR | [x] sceptres of elephant ivory, ebony, (and) linen, together with the bed(s) that are in their possession, (made) of gold and silver. |
| 354 | x {GIŠ}BANŠUR.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ GAL.MEŠ si-mat LUGAL-ti ša ih-zu-ši-na šu-pu-šu KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR | [x table]s with elephant ivory, ebony, (and) large linen cloths, fitting for the kingship, which are decorated with gold and silver; |
| 355 | 8 {GIŠ}mah-ri-ṣi dan-nu-ti u₃ {GIŠ}sa-al-li U₂ ur-qi ZU₂ AM.SI {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ ša ih-zu-šu-nu KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR | 8 large scepter(s), and a sālālu-vessel, urqī-plant, wild bull's teeth, ebony, (and) linen garments, which are made of gold and silver. |
| 356 | 6 {GIŠ}kan-ni {GIŠ}kan-kan-ni {GIŠ}tah₂-KAL {GIŠ}GU.ZA.MEŠ {GIŠ}GAN BI.LUL ZU₂ AM.SI {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ ša ih-zu-šu-nu KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR | 6 kankannu-vessels, taḫ-kal-wood, thrones, chariot, ..., elephant ivory, ebony, (and) linen cloth, whose weight is gold and silver. |
| 357 | 6 GIR₂.MEŠ KU₃.GI te-rin-nat KU₃.GI GIR₂.TUR KU₃.GI ša NIM KU₃.GI {NA₄}pur-si-it {NA₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL tam-lit NA₄.MEŠ KU₃.GI | 6 golden swords, a gold tinnû-stone (and) a golden arrow, of the east, gold, pursītu-stone, alabaster, and a pair of gold stones. |
| 358 | 11 kap-pi KU₃.BABBAR {m}ur-sa-a a-di nak-ta-mi-šu kap-pi ša {KUR}ta-ba-li GEŠTU.II.MEŠ KU₃.GI qur-pi-si KU₃.BABBAR šil-ta-hi KU₃.BABBAR ne₂-eh-su KU₃.GI | 11 (shekels of) silver: Ursâ, together with his naktamīšu-garment, the kappi of Tabal, the ears, the gold qurpisi-vessel, the silver sviltaḫu-bead, (and) the gold nēḫsu-beam; |
| 359 | 34 kap-pi KU₃.BABBAR ŠU.SI.MEŠ dan-na-a-te qa-al-la-a-te qa-ta-na-a-te luṭ-ṭi u₃ su-sa-ni KU₃.BABBAR | 34 (items): silver bowls, heavy fingers, qallatu-bowls, reed bundles, and silver susānu-vessels; |
| 360 | 54 kap-pi KU₃.BABBAR ṣu-pu-ti a-di nak-te-mi-šu-nu GU₂.ZI.MEŠ ṣip-ra-a-te U₄.SAKAR.MEŠ HAR.MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR | 54 silver kappu-bowls, including their naktēmu-vessels, cups, bowls, sakar-offerings, and silver ring(s), |
| 361 | 5 a-za-na-at KU₃.BABBAR qa-bu-a-te mu-kar-ri-si nab-li NIG₂.NA.MEŠ {KUR}ta-ba-li u₃ mu-qa-te-rat KU₃.BABBAR | 5 (items): azānat-silver, qabû-offerings, mukarrisi-bread, nablu-beer, censers of Tabal, and muqatīru-bread of silver; |
| 362 | 13 ki-u₂-ri URUDU tap-ha-a-ni URUDU nar₃-ma-ka-a-te URUDU a-sa-al-la-te URUDU UTUL₂.MEŠ URUDU qu-li-a-te URUDU | 13 copper kiuri-vessels, copper tapḫannu-bowls (and) copper ṣābûtu-beakers, copper asallu-containers, [copper] jugs, and copper qulliu-concerns. |
| 363 | 24 kan-ni URUDU ki-u₂-ri URUDU hu-ru-pa-a-te URUDU kur-ku-ri URUDU qu-ul-li URUDU na-as-ri URUDU E₂ bu-ṣi-ni URUDU | 24 kannu-bowls of copper, kīru-wood, copper ḫurupāte-wood (and) copper kurkuru-vessels, copper qulli-wood and copper nasru-wood for the storehouse of copper. |
| 364 | 1 ME 20 u₂-de-e URUDU dan-nu-ti qa-lu-ti e-piš-ti KUR-šu₂-nu ša ni-bit MU-šu₂-nu a-na ša₂-ṭa-a-ri la ṭa-a-bu | 120 large copper utensils, the work of their land, which was not written in their name, |
| 365 | x ka-nu-nu AN.BAR ne₂-se-pi₂ AN.BAR na-as-ri AN.BAR a-ru-ut-hi AN.BAR E₂ bu-ṣi-ni AN.BAR | [x] kanunu-vessels of iron, nēsepi-iron, iron nasru-stone, iron arūḫu-bead, iron house, (and) iron ... |
| 366 | 1 ME 30 lu-bul-ti bir-me GADA ta-kil-tu u₃ SIG₂.MEŠ lu-bul-ti ta-bar-ri ša {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi u₃ {KUR}hab-hi | 130 (items): textiles, multi-coloured, linen, takiltu-garments, and wool, textiles (and) tabrītu, belonging to the lands Urarṭu and Ḫabḫu; |
| 367 | a-di bu-še₂₀-e E₂.GAL-li₃-šu₂ aš₂-lu-lam-ma ak-mu-ra NIG₂.GA-šu₂ {LU₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-ia {LU₂}re-di-ia a-na E₂ {d}hal-di-a aš₂-pur-ma | I carried off his property together with the goods of his palace, and I sent my eunuchs (and) my herdsmen to the temple of the god Ḫaldi. |
| 368 | {d}hal-di-a DINGIR-šu u₃ {d}ba-ag-bar-tu {d}15-šu a-di NIG₂.GA E₂.KUR-šu₂ ma-ʾa-at-ti mal ba-šu-u₂ | The god Ḫaldi, his god, and the goddess Bagbartu, his goddess, together with the property of his temple, all the possessions that exist, |
| 369 | x+4 GUN 3 MA.NA KU₃.GI 1 ME 62 GUN 20 MA.NA 6-su LAL KU₃.BABBAR 3 LIM 6 ME GUN ZABAR ši-bir-tu | [x]+4 talents 3 minas of gold, 162 talents 20 mina(s), the decrease of 1/6 (shekel) of silver, 3600 talents of bronze, the šibirtu-measure; |
| 370 | 6 a-ri-at KU₃.GI ša i-na at-ma-ni-šu₂ im-nu u₃ šu-me-lu et-ʾu-la-a-ma ih-tal-la-a ša₂-ru-riš | 6 golden steles, which were placed on his left and right, and which he carried away, |
| 371 | u₃ SAG.DU lab-bi na-ad-ru-te ṣur-ru-ši-in a-ṣu-nim-ma 5 GUN 12 MA.NA sa-a-mu ru-uš-šu-u₂ ti-iṣ-bu-tu KI.LA₂ | I weighed the capital (and) the nadrūtu-measures of the šurru-vessels and it was 5 talents and 12 minas of sāru-wool, the weight of tiṣbutu-flour. |
| 372 | 1 x x x x qar-ni še-la-la-te aš₂-kut-ti KA₂.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ 2 GUN KU₃.GI sa-ge-ru i-na šu-qu-ul-ti šap-ku | [If ...] is surrounded by red horns: [his] gates [will be surrounded] by two talents of red gold [in a dark place]. |
| 373 | 1 SAG.KUL KU₃.GI rit-te a-me-lu-ti ri-kis mu-ter-te ša a-bu-bu mu-up-par-šu šur-bu-ṣu ṣe-ru-uš-šu | One golden spear, the hand of mankind, the knot of the fugitive, whose horns are smashed (and) whose base are twisted. |
| 374 | 1 sik-kat₃ KU₃.GI ka-la-at sik-ku-ri mu-dan-ni-na-at ri-kis E₂.KUR na-ṣi-rat bu-še-e nak-mi u₃ ma-ak-ku-ri | One golden cloak, all of it, the one who secures the bond of the Ekur, [the one who carries off] the goods of enemy and enemy. |
| 375 | 2 nam-za-qi KU₃.GI {d}LAMMA-at a-ge-e na-šat {GIŠ}miṭ-ṭi u₃ kip-pa-te ša ši-HAR GIR₃.II-ši-na šuk-bu-sa lab-bi na-ad-ru-te | Two golden namzāqi-vessels for the goddess Lamaštu of Apsu, for the opening of the miṭtu-tree and the openings of the šiḫaru-bowl, (and) for the sealing of their feet. |
| 376 | er-bet-ta-šu-nu mar-kas ba-a-bi u₂-su-um pa-pa-hi ša 2 GUN 12 MA.NA KU₃.GI šu-qul-tu ṣab-tu-ma mu-kil-lu {GIŠ}IG | Their four corners are covered with a cloth: a cella of two talents and twelve minas of refined gold, clad in gold; and a door-beam. |
| 377 | 1 GIR₂ KU₃.GI GAL-u₂ nam-ṣa-ar i-di-šu ša 26 MA.NA 3-su KU₃.GI šit-ku-nu KI.LA₂ | One large gold sword, the price of its silver, of 26 1/3 minas of gold, weight. |
| 378 | 96 šu-kur-ri KU₃.BABBAR qur-pi-si KU₃.BABBAR {GIŠ}PAN KU₃.BABBAR šil-ta-hi KU₃.BABBAR ša ne₂-eh-si₂ u₃ ih-zi KU₃.GI | 96 šukurru-vessels of silver, kurpisu-beer, silver bow, silver sviltāḫu-bowls, silver with horns and iḫzi-gold; |
| 379 | 12 a-ri-at KU₃.BABBAR dan-na-a-te ša SAG.DU a-bu-bi UR.MAH u₃ AM bu-un-nu-u₂ ni-ip-hi-ši-in | 12 heavy silver axes with the heads of the lion, lion and wild bull, ... |
| 380 | 67 ki-u₂-ri KU₃.BABBAR kan-ni KU₃.BABBAR ka-nu-ni KU₃.BABBAR sa-al-li ur-qi KU₃.BABBAR ša ih-zi u₃ ne₂-eh-si KU₃.GI | 67 (items): silver knūnu-bowls, silver kanunu-vessels, [silver] sālu-containers, (and) silver urqi-constants and gold nēḫû-constables; |
| 381 | 62 mu-ṣa-ri-ir-te KU₃.BABBAR lu-rin-te KU₃.BABBAR u₂-de-e KU₃.BABBAR la mit-ha-ru-ti ša ne₂-eh-si u₃ ih-zi KU₃.GI | 62 (items): silver muṣārirtu-bowls, lurītu (and) silver utensils, non-canonical (silver), of the nēḫû-stone and iḫzi-gold; |
| 382 | 33 {GIŠ}GIGIR.MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR {GIŠ}PAN KU₃.BABBAR iš-pat KU₃.BABBAR miṭ-ṭi KU₃.BABBAR {GIŠ}GIDRU KU₃.BABBAR ma-an-zi-a-še KU₃.BABBAR a-ri-at KU₃.BABBAR ṣip-rat KU₃.BABBAR pur-ṭi-i KU₃.BABBAR šu-ri-ni KU₃.BABBAR | 33 silver chariots, a bow of silver, an arrow of silver; a scepter of silver: manziaše-tools of silver. Silver arid, silver ṣipat, silver purtīnu-tool(s), silver kurinu-instrument(s). |
| 383 | 3 ME 93 kap-pi KU₃.BABBAR dan-nu-ti qa-al-lu-ti ne₂-peš-ti KUR aš-šur{KI} {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi u₃ {KUR}hab-hi | 393 (shekels of) silver, heavy (and) light, the ritual procedures of Assyria, Urarṭu, and Ḫabḫu, |
| 384 | 2 qar-na-at AM GAL.MEŠ ša ih-zu-ši-na u₃ nik-ka-su-ši-na KU₃.BABBAR u₃ kam-mat KU₃.GI šu-tas-hu-ra ih-zi-ši-in | Two large horns of wild bulls, whose ears and necks are made of silver and gold, have been cut off. |
| 385 | 1 tim-bu-ut-te KU₃.GI ša a-na šul-lu-um par-ṣi ša {d}ba-ag-bar-ti al-ti {d}hal-di-a šu-tam-lu-u₂ ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ | One gold timbūtu-vessel, which was fashioned for the protection of the rites of the goddess Bagbartu, the mother of the god Ḫaldi, with precious stones. |
| 386 | 9 lu-ba-re-e ta-al-bul-ti DINGIR-ti-šu ša ni-ip-hi KU₃.GI ia-ar KU₃.GI ši-pit-su-nu i-na mu-ur-de-e ṣu-ub-bu-tu | 9 libāru-vessels, the ta[lbulti] of his (personal) god, whose weight is a gold nipḫu-bowl, a golden yar-bead, (and) whose shape is inscribed with the urdû-stone. |
| 387 | 7-šu₂ {KUŠ}DA.E.SIR ša MUL.MEŠ KU₃.GI mul-lu-ma it-ti iš-tuh-hi KU₃.BABBAR ša kip-lu u₃ ih-zi KU₃.GI | Seven times, the golden sandals of the stars are twisted and with the silver ring of the circle and the gold ring. |
| 388 | 1 {GIŠ}NA₂ ZU₂ ma-a-a-al-ti KU₃.BABBAR tap-šu-uh-ti DINGIR-ti-ma tam-lit NA₄.MEŠ KU₃.GI | 1 linen bed of emmer, (made) of silver, for the prayer of the god, with a tiara of gold, |
| 389 | 1 ME 39 {GIŠ}ŠIBIR.MEŠ ZU₂ {GIŠ}BANŠUR.MEŠ ZU₂ sa-al-li ur-qi ZU₂ GIR₂ ZU₂ GIR₂.TUR.MEŠ ZU₂ {GIŠ}ESI ša ih-zu-ši-na KU₃.GI | 139 sticks of dates, tables of dates of sālu-gold, urqītu-stone, dates of the feet of the teeth of the small teeth of ebony, which are adorned with gold. |
| 390 | 10 {GIŠ}BANŠUR.MEŠ {GIŠ}TUG₂ mah-ri-ṣi {GIŠ}TUG₂ ne₂-me-di {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ ša ih-zu-šu-nu KU₃.GI u₃ KU₃.BABBAR | 10 tables of old, a scepter of ivory, ebony, (and) a bed of gold and silver, |
| 391 | 2 GI.DU₈ 14 NA₄.MEŠ sa-ma-hu-te ti-iq-ni DINGIR-ti šu-ka-ni {d}hal-di-a u₃ {d}ba-ag-bar-ti DAM-šu₂ | 2 offering tables, 14 sāḫūtu-stones, the offerings of the gods, are in the possession of Ḫaldi and Bagbartu, his wife. |
| 392 | 25 LIM 2 ME 12 a-ri-at URUDU dan-na-a-te qa-al-la-a-te ṣip-rat URUDU qur-pi-si URUDU u₃ gul-gul-lat URUDU | 25,212 (items): heavy (and) light copper crucibles, bronze shield(s), bronze cauldron(s) and bronze gullatu-bowls; |
| 393 | 1 LIM 5 ME 14 šu-kur-ri URUDU dan-nu-ti qa-al-lu-te še-la-at šu-kur-ri URUDU dan-na-a-te pur-ṭi-i URUDU ku-ta-hi URUDU a-di KI.TA.MEŠ-šu₂-nu URUDU | 15514 heavy copper blocks, heavy copper slabs, heavy bronze blocks, copper purtī-bowls, copper kutāḫu-vessels, together with their lower parts of copper. |
| 394 | 3 ME 5 LIM 4 ME 12 GIR₂.MEŠ URUDU dan-nu-ti qa-al-lu-te {GIŠ}PAN.MEŠ URUDU a-za-na-te URUDU u₃ šil-ta-hi URUDU | 305,412 (items): heavy (and) light copper swords, bronze bows, copper arrows, and bronze šiltāḫu-axes; |
| 395 | 6 ME 7 ki-u₂-ri URUDU dan-nu-ti qa-al-lu-te nar₃-ma-ka-a-ti URUDU a-sa-la-a-te URUDU UTUL₂.MEŠ URUDU qu-li-a-te URUDU | 607 (items): heavy (and) light copper kilns, bronze bowls, copper asallu-bowls, silver casseroles, and copper qulli-vessels; |
| 396 | 3 ki-u₂-ri URUDU dan-nu-ti ša 50-A.A i-na min₃-da-at A.MEŠ lib₃-ba-šu₂-nu ṣab-tu a-di kan-ni-šu-nu dan-nu-ti URUDU | 3 large copper kilns, (measured) by the half-height of their water, as much as their strong copper pins. |
| 397 | 1 ha-ru-u₂ URUDU GAL-tu ša 80 i-na min₃-da-at A.MEŠ lib₃-ba-ša₂ ṣab-tu a-di kan-ni-ša₂ GAL-i URUDU | One large copper ḫarû-vessel of 80 (measures of) water in the middle of it, together with its large copper pins. |
| 398 | ša LUGAL.MEŠ-ni ša {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi a-na e-peš UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ ma-har {d}hal-di-a u₂-mal-lu-u₂ GEŠTIN.MEŠ ma-qi-te | of the kings of Urarṭu, for performing sacrifices before the god Ḫaldi, libated wine. |
| 399 | 4 {d}ṣa-lam URUDU I₃.DU₈.GAL-li ma-ṣar KA₂.MEŠ-šu ša 4 KUŠ₃ mu-la-a-šu₂-nu a-di KI.TUŠ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu URUDU.HI.A šap-ku | 4 copper statues of Ṣalam, the gatekeepers, whose gates are 4 cubits long, together with their seats, are covered with copper. |
| 400 | 1 ṣa-lam ut-nen-ni man-za-az LUGAL-ti ša {m}{d}15-BAD₃ DUMU {m}iš-pu-e-ni LUGAL {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi KI.TUŠ-šu₂ ZABAR ši-ip-ku | One bronze statue of the throne of kingship, which Issar-duri, son of Išpueni, king of the land Urarṭu, decorated with bronze. |
| 401 | 1 GU₄ 1 GU₄.AB₂ a-di GU₄.AMAR-ša₂ ša {m}{d}15-BAD₃ DUMU {m}iš-pu-e-ni URUDU.HI.A E₂ {d}hal-di-a a-na e-qi u₂-ter-ru-ma iš-ṭur ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂-un | One ox, one cow, together with its calf, belonging to Issar-duri, son of Išpueni, the coppersmiths of the temple of the god Ḫaldi, I returned to service and deposited their deposit. |
| 402 | 1 ṣa-lam {m}ar-giš-ti LUGAL {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi ša AGA MUL-ti DINGIR-ti ap-ru-ma ŠU.II 15-šu₂ ka-ri-bat a-di E₂-šu₂ 60 GUN URUDU.HI.A KI.LA₂ | One statue of Argišti, king of Urarṭu, with a crown of the stars of the gods, and its right hand is a karibat-object, together with its house, (and) sixty talents of copper are its weight. |
| 403 | 1 ṣa-lam {m}ur-sa-a it-ti 2 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ pet₂-hal-li₃-šu₂ {LU₂}{GIŠ}GIGIR-šu₂ a-di KI.TUŠ-šu₂-nu URUDU.HI.A šap-ku | One statue of Ursâ, together with two horses, his cavalry, his charioteer, as far as their seats, (and) copper vessels. |
| 404 | ša taš-ri-ih-ti ra-ma-ni-šu₂ ma-a i-na 2 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-ia u₃ 1-en {LU₂}{GIŠ}GIGIR-ia LUGAL-ut {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi ik-šu-du qa-ti ba-rim EDIN-šu₂-un | (As for) the one who swore an oath by himself, saying: "With my two horses and one chariot, I conquered the kingship of the land Urarṭu (and) surrounded their plains." |
| 405 | a-di NIG₂.GA-šu₂ ma-at-ti ša ni-i-ba la i-šu-u₂ aš₂-lu-la | As for his property, I carried off a land that had no regard for it. |
| 406 | e-zib u₂-de-e KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR AN.NA ZABAR AN.BAR ZU₂ {GIŠ}ESI {GIŠ}TUG₂ u₃ gi-mir GIŠ.HI.A ka-la-a-ma | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, the silver, the tin], bronze, iron, ebony, [wood, or anything unclean]. |
| 407 | ša ul-tu₂ URU E₂.GAL-lim u₃ E₂ DINGIR um-ma-na-at {d}a-šur {d}AMAR.UTU a-na la ma-ni iš-lu-lu-ni | which from the city, the palace, and the temple of the gods, the heirs of the deities Ašur and Marduk, were carried away without number. |
| 408 | NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ E₂.GAL-li₃ {m}ur-za-na u₃ {d}hal-di-a a-di NIG₂.GA-šu₂ ma-aʾ-di ša TA qe₂-reb {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir aš₂-lu-la | I carried off from Muṣaṣir the possessions of Urzana and Ḫaldi, together with his many possessions. |
| 409 | um-ma-na-te-ia rap-ša₂-a-te i-na gi-ip-ši-ši-na e-mid-ma a-na qe₂-reb KUR aš-šur{KI} u₂-šal-di-id | I surrounded my broad army with arrows and brought (it) into Assyria. |
| 410 | UN.MEŠ na-gi-i ša {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir it-ti UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{KI} am-nu-ma il-ku tup-šik-ku ki-i ša aš₂-šu-ri e-mid-su-nu-te | I counted the people of the district of Muṣaṣir together with the citizens of Assyria and imposed upon them the ilku-service (and) tupšikku-offerings as (they had done in) Ašsūru. |
| 411 | iš-me₂-ma {m}ur-sa-a qaq-qa-riš ip-pal-si-ih na-ah-lap-a-te-šu₂ u₂-šar-riṭ-ma uš-še-ra i-de-e-šu | [When] Ursâ saw the ground, he extinguished his enemies, and he made his way straight. |
| 412 | iš-hu-uṭ ku-bu-us-su pe-rat-su ih-si-ip-ma u₂-rep-pi-is lib₃-ba-šu i-na ki-lal-li-šu₂ bu-up-pa-niš is-sa-hi-ip | (As for) the one who removes his limbs, his face trembled, and his heart became frightened by his wailing. |
| 413 | iz-ziz-ma ṣur-ru-šu ih-mu-ṭa ka-bat-tuš i-na pi-i-šu it-taš-ku-nu qu-ub-be₂-e mar-ṣu-u₂-te | He stood up, he sat down, and he placed his intestines in his mouth. The sick people |
| 414 | i-na {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi a-na paṭ gim-ri-šu₂ si-pit-tu u₂-ša₂-aṣ-rih-ma ger-ra-nu ša du-ur u₄-me i-na {KUR}na-ʾi-ri u₂-ša₂-aš₂-kin₂ | In the land Urarṭu, I surrounded (it) with a wall in its entirety and I established a campaign of long days in the land Naʾiri. |
| 415 | i-na e-mu-qi ṣi-ra-a-te ša {d}a-šur EN-ia i-na li-i-te da-na-ni ša {d}EN {d}AG DINGIR.MEŠ tik-le-ia | [With] the mighty [weapons of the god Aššīr, my lord, (and) with the strength of the deities Bēlet (Bēlu), Nabû, (the gods) who support me], |
| 416 | i-na an-ni ke-e-ni ša {d}UTU DI.KU₅.GAL DINGIR.MEŠ ša ṭu-u₂-di ip-tu-ma ṣu-lu-lu iš-ku-nu UGU um-ma-ni-ia | On this just day, when the god Šamaš, the great judge of the gods, opened his mouth to speak to my mother, |
| 417 | i-na nar₃-bi ša {d}U.GUR dan-dan DINGIR.MEŠ a-lik i-di-ia na-ṣir KARAŠ-ia | At the greatness of the god Nergal, the mighty one among the gods who came before me, the one who traversed my camp, |
| 418 | TA {KUR}su-um-bi na-gi-i i-na bi-rit {KUR}ni-kip-pa {KUR}u₂-pa-a KUR.MEŠ-e mar-ṣu-ti a-na {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa e-tar-ba | I entered the land Urarṭu from the land Sumbi, a district between the lands Niklippa (and) Upâ, rugged mountains. |
| 419 | i-na {KUR}ur-ar-ṭi {KUR}zi-kir-ti {KUR}ma-an-na-a-a {KUR}na-ʾi-i-ri u₃ {KUR}mu-ṣa-ṣi-ri | In the lands Urarṭu, Zikirtu, Mannea, Naaliri, and Muṣaṣir, |
| 420 | ki-ma lab-bi na-ad-ri ša pu-luh-tu ra-mu-u₂ e-tel-liš at-tal-lak-ma la a-mu-ra mu-ne₂-eh-hu | (Sum) I went like a wild bull with a fearsome stag (Akk) Like a lion with fearsomeness, I went alone and did not see a ghost |
| 421 | ša {m}ur-sa-a {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa-a-a {m}me-ta-at-ti {KUR}zi-kir-ta-a-a i-na da-ab-de-e ṣe-e-ri ERIM.HI.A-šu₂-nu ma-at-tu u₂-šam-qit | [I cut off] the troops of Ursâ of the land Urarṭu (and) Metattu from the land Zikirtu [by a fierce battle]. |
| 422 | 4 ME 30 URU.MEŠ-ni ša 7 na-ge-e ša {m}ur-sa-a {KUR}ur-ar-ṭa-a-a gi-mir-tu ak-šud-ma u₂-šah-rib KUR-su | I conquered all of the 430 cities of the seven districts of Ursâ (and) the land Urarṭu and reorganized his land. |
| 423 | ša {m}ur-za-na {URU}mu-ṣa-ṣir-a-a {d}hal-di-a DINGIR-šu {d}ba-ag-bar-tu {d}iš-tar-šu₂ a-di bu-še-e E₂.KUR-šu₂ ma-aʾ-di | From Urzana of Muṣaṣir. The god Ḫaldi, his god, the god Bagbartu, (and) his goddess, together with the furnishings of his temple, are present. |
| 424 | it-ti 6 LIM 1 ME 10 UN.MEŠ 12 {ANŠE}ku-dini 3 ME 80 ANŠE.MEŠ 5 ME 25 GU₄.MEŠ 1 LIM 2 ME 85 UDU.MEŠ DAM-su DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ aš₂-lu-la | Together with 6110 people, 12 mules, 380 donkeys, 525 oxen, 185 sheep, his wife, his sons (and) his daughters, I carried off. |
| 425 | i-na ne₂-re-bi ša {KUR}an-da-ru-ut-ta KUR-i mar-ṣi SAG {URU}hi-ip-tu₂-na at-tu-ṣi-a šal-miš a-na KUR-ia a-tu-ra | On the way to the land Antarutta, I reached the highest mountain of the city Hiptuna, (and) returned safely to my land. |
| 426 | 1-en {LU₂}EN {GIŠ}GIGIR 2 {LU₂}ša pet-hal-li₃ 3 {LU₂}kal-la-ba-a-ni de-e-ku | One charioteer, two cavalrymen, three kallabānu-officials eat. |
| 427 | {LU₂}EME.SAG.MEŠ {LU₂}EME.SAG.MEŠ {m}DUG₃.GA-IM-{d}a-šur {LU₂}AGRIG GAL-u₂ i-na UGU {d}a-šur be-li₂-ia ul-te-bi-la | I have sent the eunuchs Ṭab-šār-[Assur], the chief steward, [to Ašs]ur, my lord. |
| 428 | ṭup-pi {m}{d}AG-šal-lim-šu-nu {LU₂}DUB.SAR šar-ri GAL-u₂ {LU₂}GAL.GI.BUR₃ {LU₂}GAL.GI.BUR₃ {LU₂}um-ma-an {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{KI} | Tablet of Nabû-vallimšunu, chief scribe, chief goldsmith, son of Sargon (II), king of Assyria. |
| 429 | bu-uk-ru {m}har-ma-ak-ki {LU₂}DUB.SAR LUGAL BAL.TIL{KI}-u₂ | Bukki, scribe of the king of Baltil |
| 430 | i-na li-i-mi {m}{d}INANNA-BAD₃ {LU₂}GAR.KUR {LU₂}GAR.KUR {URU}LIMMU₂-ha na-ṣu | In the eponymy of Ištar-dūrī, the governor of Arbela, they brought it. |
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