Shalmaneser III 040

(i 1) Shalmaneser (III), great king, strong king, king of all four quarters (of the world), the fierce (and) capable one, the rival of the great rulers of the world (and) kings; son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria; the conqueror of the lands Enzi, Gilzānu, Ḫubuškia, (and) U...: I brought about [their] destruction and swept over them like fire.

(i 10b) I uprooted Aḫūnu of (Bīt-)Adini (lit. “son of Adinu”), together with his gods, his troops, his horses, (and) his palace property (and) counted them (the troops) as people of my land.

(i 14) I defeated Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī) of Damascus, together with the twelve rulers who were his allies. I laid low 29,000 of his brave warriors like sheep (and) threw the remnant of his troops into the Orontes River. In order to save their (own) lives, they fled.

(i 25) Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī) passed away (and) Hazael, son of a nobody, took the throne. He mustered his numerous troops (and) moved against me to wage war and battle. I fought with him (and) defeated him. I took away his walled camp from him. In order to save his (own) life, he fled (and) I pursued (him) as far as Damascus, his royal city. (ii 1) [I cut down his] gardens. [...]. The gods Anu and A[dad ...] peace [...] I received tax [...].

(iii 1) I marched to the land Namri for a second time. I carried off Ianzû, the king of the land Namri, together with his gods, booty from his land, (and) his palace property to my city, Aššur.

(iii 2b) I went up to Mount Tunni, the silver mountain, (and) Mount Mulî, the alabaster mountain, (and) erected my mighty steles on them. I carried away alabaster in quantities so large it could not be reckoned.

(iii 5b) I marched to the lands Que (and) Tabal. I conquered those lands (and) turned (them) into a mound of ruins (lit. “a mound and ruins”). I confined Katî, the perverse enemy, to the city Paḫri, his royal city. The brilliance of my lordly majesty overwhelmed him. I carried off his daughter with her dowry to the city Kalḫu (and thus) he grasped my feet.

(iii 9) At that time, I built the walls of my city, Aššur, from their foundations to their crenellations. I made my royal statue (and) erected (it) at the Tabira Gate. The name of the great (inner) wall is “Whose Brilliance Covers the Land.” The name of its outer wall is “Who Convulses the Regions.”