Ashurnasirpal II 021

Obverse
Lacuna
1'1'

[...] a du ni x x [...]

(1') [...] … [...] troops [...] … [... I] brought them down [... I inflicted] upon them a major defeat. [(...) I carried off ...] their [possessions (and)] their flocks. [As for] their combat troops, [I cut off] their hands [... (x)] 200 of their fighting men [... I] destroyed [...].

2'2'

[...] ⸢ERIM⸣.MEŠ.ḪI.A.MEŠ x [...] x ⸢ub? an?⸣ [...]

3'3'

[... u]-še-ri-da-šú-nu-⸢te?⸣ [...] GAZ.MEŠ-šú-nu ⸢ḪI.A.MEŠ⸣

4'4'

[...]-šú-nu UDU.ṣe-ni-šú-nu x [... mun]-⸢daḫ-ṣi⸣-[šú]-nu rit-ti-šú-nu

5'5'

[...]-2 ME ERIM.MEŠ ti-du-ki-šú-nu x [...] ⸢ú⸣-[né]-píl

6'6'

[... ma]-⸢da⸣-tu šá MAN.MEŠ-ni KUR.KUR.MEŠ KUR.⸢MEŠ-ni⸣ am-ḫur mir-bi-bu

(6') [...] I received [the pay]ment of the kings of lands (and) mountains. Irbibu [... of the city ...ḫ]āni, which was his fortified city, [...] trusted [in his own strength] and rebelled against me. By the command of (the god) Aš[šur, my lord, I marched against him (and)] besieged him. Around his city he had dug a moat. I surrounded it with six redoubts [...] I plundered the cities on the banks of the River Ḫarmiš River, downstream from it. I carried off their [possessions (and)] their flocks.

7'7'

[...]-⸢ḫa?⸣-a-ni šá URU dan-nu-ti-šú [...]

8'8'

[... it]-⸢ti⸣-kil-ma KI-ia lu ib-bal-kit ina qí-bit aš-⸢šur⸣

9'9'

[...] ⸢e⸣-si-ir-šú URU-šú a-na na-al-ban ḫi-ri-ṣa iḫ-ru-uṣ 6 URU.⸢MEŠ⸣-ni

10'10'

[... ú]-šal-bi URU.MEŠ-ni šá ši-di ÍD.ḫar-miš šá KI.⸢TA⸣-šú a-na ḫu-ub-⸢ta⸣-[a]-⸢ni⸣

11'11'

[...] x-šú-nu UDU.ṣe-ni-šú-nu ú-te₉-ra a-na URU.mal-x-[...]-⸢ḫa?⸣-a-ni URU dan-nu-ti-šú-nu [...]

(11'b) [I marched] to the city Mal[...ḫ]āni, their fortified city, [...]. I thundered [like the god Ad]ad, the devastator, against them (and) inflicted upon them a major defeat. [I carried off] their booty, possessions [and flocks ... I] let him go free. [I captured] alive 174 soldiers. [I] struck down [N with the sword], I flayed twelve of their skins, [I] blinded [N] (and) cut out their tongues, [...], I beheaded (lit. “cut off their necks”) 153, [...] I caused [their blood] to flow, I 20 [...] impaled on stakes, [...].

12'12'

[... ki-ma d]⸢IŠKUR⸣ šá GÌR.BAL* UGU-šú-nu áš-gu-um GAZ.MEŠ-šú-nu [ḪI].⸢A⸣.MEŠ a-duk šal-la-su-nu ⸢NÍG⸣.[ŠU.MEŠ-šú-nu]

13'13'

[... ú]-še-er-šu 1 ME 74 LÚ.ERIM.MEŠ TI.LA.⸢MEŠ ina ŠU?⸣-[ia aṣ-bat x ina GIŠ.TUKUL ú-šam]-⸢qit⸣ 12 a-ku-uṣ KUŠ-MEŠ-šú-nu [(...)]

14'14'

[x IGI.II-šú-nu ú-na-ap]-pil EME.MEŠ-šu-nu ú-bat-tiq x [...] 1 ME 53 GÚ.MEŠ-šú-nu ú-bat-[tiq ...]

15'15'

[...]-ŠID ú-šar-di 20 x [...]-šú a-na zi-qi-pi ú-za-⸢qi⸣-[ip ...]

16'16'

[...] x KUR-e dan-ni 5 ak-[...] URU.bar-za-ni-a URU.di-ku-un [...]

(16') [...], a mighty mountain, five [...] the cities Barzania, Dikun, [... I carried off] their herds [...] I ravaged, destroyed [...].

17'17'

[...] mar-ši-su-nu x [...] ⸢ap⸣-púl a-qur [...]

18'18'

[...] x šid šá NA₄ x [... ú]-kal-lu-[ú-ni? ...]

(18') [...] ... stone [... which] they held [...] … [...] … [...]

19'19'

[...]-tú?-ub a-⸢na?⸣ [...] x [...]

20'20'

[...] x x [...]

Lacuna

Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) (RIMA 2), Toronto, 1991. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2015-16) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016-17) for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/riao/Q004475/.