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(1) Shalmaneser (III), great king, strong king, [king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all of] the people, (the one) 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 defeated ... and [gone] after [his enemies and victoriously] swept over [rivers and difficult mountains] (leaving them) like ruin hill(s) left by the Deluge;

(5b) the conqueror [from the Sea of the Naʾiri 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 [Arrāmu of the land Urarṭu, (and) the lands Gilzānu] (and) Ḫubuškia. I subdued the land Urarṭu [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.

(11) I marched to [Babylon] (and) made sacrifices [in Babylon], Borsippa, (and) Cutha. [I went down to] Chaldea, conquered their cities, (and) [received] the payment of the kings of Chaldea. Awe of my weapons [overwhelmed them] as far as [the Bitter Sea].

(14b) [Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī)], the king of Damascus, together with twelve kings of [the land] Ḫatti, [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].