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(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of all of the people, ruler, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of [the god Enlil] (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) [also] appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of [ (the god) Aššur],

(4b) [the conqueror] of the Sea of the Naʾiri land(s) (and) the [Sea] of the Setting Sun [which is also called (lit. “and”)] the Sea of the land Amurru. I gained dominion over the land Ḫatti to its full extent. I deported Aḫūnu of (Bīt-)Adini (lit. “son of Adinu”), together with his troops, (10) his gods, (and) the possessions of his palace, (and) counted them as people of my land.

(12b) At that time, Irḫulena of the Hamath (and) Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī) of Damascus, together with twelve kings (15) along the seashore and the banks of the Euphrates River, trusting in their combined forces, attacked me to wage war and strife. By the command of [(the god) Aššur], my [lord], I fought with them for a third time (and) defeated them.

(21) [For a second time], I marched to the Great Sea. [For a third time], I ascended [Mount] Amanus (and) cut down [beams of] cedar. (Then) I marched to [Mount] Lallar, where (25) the stele of Anum-ḫirbe stands, (and) erected my stele beside his stele.

(27) I conquered from the source of the Tigris River to the source of the Euphrates River. I received the payment of the man of the land Melid, (30) at the Euphrates River, before his city. For a third time, I marched to the Naʾiri land(s). Asia, the king of the land Daiaeni, grasped my feet. I erected my royal image inside his city.

(34b) I overwhelmed like a flood the land Enzi, as far as the lands Daiaeni (and) (35) Suḫnu, as far as the city Arṣaškun, the [royal] city of Arrāmu of the land Urarṭu, (and) the land Gilzānu, as far as the land [Ḫubuškia].

(39b) I made (the territory stretching) from the Sea of the interior of [the land Zamua] to the Sea of [Chaldea], which [is called] the Bitter Sea, bow down at my feet.

(42b) I marched [to the land Karduniaš (Babylonia)]. I marched about justly in the wide land Karduniaš (Babylonia). I marched to Babylon, Borsippa, (45) and Cutha (and) made sacrifices to the gods. I went down to Chaldea (and) gained dominion over Chaldea to its full extent. In Babylon, I received the payment of the kings of Chaldea.