eCUT A 10-05 (CTU A 10-05)

(o 2’) towards the city Ardini [...] .. [...]

(o 3’) [ . . . ] sacrifice ... this cult dais (or: shrine) [...]

(o 4’) [...] ... this city Arziqil

(o 5’) I?, Rusa, servant of the god Ḫaldi . .

(o 6’) [ . . . . ] . [ . . ] . [ . ] . . . . . . .

(o 7’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rusa [ . . . . ]

(o 8’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . men(?) . .

(o 9’) . . . place(?) towards the city Ardini to plunder(?) it

(o 10’) Indeed I [carried? away?] the aformentioned [gi]ft? in one [. . .]

(o 11’) [I went?] towards the city Ardini

(o 12’b) Rusa says: Urzana [closed] the shrine in front of me, and fled towards the land of Aššur. The god Ḫaldi

(o 14’) [ . . . . . . ] . . . I went and I fulfilled the sacrifices, says:

(o 15’) I went towards the land of Aššur. The troops that

(o 16’) [Urz]ana brought with/against me in battle.

(o 17’) By the command of [ the god Ḫaldi] I went

(o 18’) [ . . . . . . . . ] I defeated Urzana.

(o 19’) The king of Ardini I took with (my) hand,

(o 20’) I subjugated [a tribute(?)], (and) I put it on the place

(o 21’) [of the father]. I stayed 14 o 15 days in the city Ardini. Says:

(o 22’) [I sac]rificed x? to the city Ardini I gave

(o 23’) [ . . . ] all the days the inhabitants(?) . . .to the (ašdubi)

(o 24’) [we]nt(?). I am Rusa, of the god Ḫaldi

(o 25’) [the serv]ant, the true shepherd of peoples. Through the command of the god Ḫal[di] ordine, when (there was) battle, I did not fear the battle; the god Ḫaldi gave me leonine strenght and joy in my days

(o 29’) I exalted the land of Biainili and I humiliated the enemy land. The gods gave me joyful days, innumerable favourable days of joy.

(o 32’) From here on the left(?) side (the text) is pla[ced].

(r 3’) [ . . the god] Ḫald[i ...]

(r 5’) [ . ] that [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(r 6’) [ . . . . ] the protector of consecration

(r 7’) [ . ] the kings my forefathers (and) predecessors who [ . .]

(r 8’) had not car[ried] these [gifts( ?)] to the city Muṣaṣir

(r 9’) I carried in (only) one campaign,

(r 10’) [more than(?)] all the kings I carried them to the city Muṣaṣir.

(r 11’) Urzana cl[osed] the gate of the house of the gods

(r 12’) [and?] he fled towards the land of Aššur. The god Ḫaldi, the Lord, reo[pened] its shutters

(r 13’) [ . ] there, inside (the temple) I fulfilled (my) rites. Against Urzana I [ . . ],

(r 14’) Urzana lined up [his troops] in battle against di me.

(r 15’) By the command of the god Ḫaldi I, Rusa,

(r 16’) went to Mount Andarutu

(r 17’) and I imposee a defeat; I captured Urzana with my hand

(r 18’) [and I subjugated him]. I put him then in his (former) position for (the exercise of) regality.

(r 19’) [14 o 15] giorni I stayed in the city Muṣaṣir

(r 20’) e all the scarifical animals . . I sacrificed for the city Muṣaṣir.

(r 21’) For the hinabitants of the city Muṣaṣir . . [ . . ]

(r 22’) [ . . ] everyday I entered for the feast. I am Rusa,

(r 23’) the servant of the god Ḫaldi, the true shepherd of peoples,

(r 24’) (I am) the one who approached tha house of the god Ḫaldi, (I am) the one who fears not in the fight. Ḫaldi gave me might and strenght [and joy]. In my years I enlar[ged] the land of Urarṭu [and] humiliated the enemy land. The gods gave me days of joy, [many] favourable days of joy”.