Tiglath-pileser I 12

(1') [... Kardu]niaš (Babylonia). I brought [... to my city], Aššur.

(3') [... the city ...]irdi, cities of the land Qum[anî …, which ...] held, which [had withheld] tribute and impost [from (the god) Aššur, my lord, which from ancient times had not] known submission, into the midst of which no king [who came before m]e had marched [...] my chariots and troops I mustered. I conquered the cities [...], Matqiu, Sudru[n, ...], Arruḫundu, Sāqa, [...], Iništi, the other Sāqa, [...t]un, Šuria, and Na[...ḫ]irdi, the cities of the land Ḫab[ḫu, ...], the cities Lūa, Ḫirištu, [...], altogether fourteen cities. [I burned with fire, destroyed, (and) demolished (them)]. I brought their booty, possessions, [and goods to] my [city], Aššur.

(17') [... to the land Lull]umê I marched. I conquered the cities [...], Matqia, Andaria, [... A]ddauš, which is on this side of the Lower Zab. I made [... the] wide [land Lullu]mê and the land Addauš [...] bow down [to] my [f]eet. I imposed upon them [for]ever [the heavy yoke of my lordly majesty].

(24') [At that time, the temple of the goddess Ištar, the lady of Ninev]eh, my lady, which Šamšī-Adad (I), [...] my ancestor, had restored, [became old and] dilapidated (and) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), [my ancestor, restored (it, but it) again] became dilapidated (and) Shalmaneser (I), [my ancestor, restored (it, but it) once again] became dilapidated and its terrace [...] the goddess Ištar, my lady, [... I built] ane[w. ... I made] splendid. I ad[ded]