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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;

(3b) the conqueror of the Sea of the Naʾiri land(s), the Sea of the Setting Sun, which is also called (lit. “and”) the Sea of the land Amurru. In my fifteenth regnal year, I crossed the Euphrates River for the twelfth time. I gained dominion over the land Ḫatti to its full extent.

(7b) For a second time, I marched to the Great Sea. For a third time, I ascended Mount Amanus (and) cut down beams of cedar.

(9b) I conquered from the source of the Tigris River to the source of the Euphrates River. For a third time, I marched to the Naʾiri land(s). I overwhelmed like a flood the (territory stretching) from the land Enzi, as far as the lands Daiaeni (and) Suḫnu, as far as the city Arṣaškun, the royal city of (15) Arrāmu of the land Urarṭu, (and) the lands Gilzānu (and) Ḫubuškia.

(17b) Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur, the governor of the city Kalḫu, installed forever this threshold in the palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria, his lord.