Shalmaneser III 023

(1) Shal[maneser] (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all of the people; the great <king> who has always acted mightily with the support of the gods Šamaš (and) Adad, the gods who support him, and they have put under [his control] the mighty mountains from sunrise to sunset; the fierce (and) merciless king who has gone after [his] enemies and victoriously swept over rivers and difficult mountains (leaving them) like ruin hill(s) left by the Deluge;

(13b) son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria; the conqueror from the Sea of the [Na]ʾiri land(s) to the Great sea of the Setting Sun, the land Ḫatti to its full extent, the lands [Melid], Daiaeni, Suḫnu, the city Arṣaškun, (which is) a royal city of Arrā[mu] of the land Urarṭu, (and) the lands Gilzānu (and) Ḫubuškia. I subdued (the territory stretching) from the source of the Tigris River to the source of the Euphrates River, from the Sea of the interior of the land Zamua to the Sea of Chaldea.

(19b) I marched to [Babylon] (and) made sacrifices. I went down to Chaldea, conquered their cities, (and) received their payment.

(21) Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī) of Damascus (and) Irḫulena of the land Hamath, together with fifteen cities on the shore of the [sea], attacked [me] (and) I fought with them for a fourth time. I defeated them. [I] destroyed [their chariotry (and) cavalry (and) took away] their military equipment. [In order to save their (own) lives], they [ran away].