Aššur-bel-kala 05

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(2') [In my accession year (and in my first regnal year) after I sat on the thron]e of (my) ro[yal majesty in a grandiose manner, with the exalted strength of (the god) Aššur, my lord, who goes before me, with the ...] of the god Ninu[rta, who goes at my right hand, with the martial spirit of the god Adad, who goes at] my left hand, [I mustered my] chariots [and troops. Difficult roads ... which for the] passage of my chariots and troops [were not suitable, routes which were impassable, whose barriers even the] winged birds of the sky [could not pass, the barriers through which no king or ruler who] came before me had marched, [... I took that road ...], their rugged paths [and difficult passes, the terraces of their mountains — with] bronze picks, I [hacked out a good way for the passage of my chariotry]. I [marched] right through those [mountains. I crossed over the ...ubda (and) Samanuna Rivers. I entered] the land Urarṭu (Uruaṭri). [The lands ...] BARgun, Meld[i, ... I brought about] their extensive defeat [... like] a cloud upon them [...] I reorganized. In order to [... on] stakes over their cities [I hung them ...].

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