Šamši-Adad V 02
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| iiiiii | Lacuna of c. 65-70 lines | |
| iii 1'1' | [x x x x x x x x] x [x x x] | (iii 1') [...] strong [...]. Upon my return march, [(the people of) ...], his royal city, together with [N] (5´) cities in their environs, abandoned [their cities] in the [face of] the awesomeness of the ferocious weapons of (the god) Aššur and my mighty warfare, which, like [...], know no mercy. They entered [...] (10´) their fortified city. I pursued them. I massacred 650 of them (and) (15´) took away from them 30 of their cavalry, 1 chariot, as well as their possessions, property, oxen, (and) sheep. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities. |
| iii 2'2' | [x x x x x x] x ⸢dan⸣-na [x x x] | |
| iii 3'3' | [x x x x]-x-nu-ti ina ta-a-a-[ar-ti-ia] | |
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| iii 9'9' | ú-maš-še-ru-ú-ma a-na URU.[x x x] | |
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| iii 11'11' | ar-te-di 6 ME 50 GAZ.MEŠ-šú-[nu a]-⸢duk⸣ | |
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| iii 17'17' | (iii 17') On my fifth campaign, I marched for a second time to Karduniaš (Babylonia). I crossed the (Lower) Zab, traversed Mount Ebiḫ, (and) (20´) crossed the Turnat River in flood. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Qai...na, Padnu, (and) Makurrete, three of his royal cities, together with 250 cities in their environs. I crossed Mount Ḫašimur. (25´) The splendor of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, the king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), and, taking fright of my mighty warfare, which has no rival, he abandoned the city Gannanāte, his fortified city, during a propitious night. In order to (30´) save his (own) life, he entered the city Nēmetti-šarri (and) I pursued him. I slaughtered his (people) (and) took from him his chariots, cavalry, (and) battle equipment. I pressed the battle right inside his city and carried out a massacre at its city gate. (35´) I cut down his orchards (and then) destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire 245 cities in its environs. | |
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| iii 22'22' | 3 URU.MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ URU MAN-⸢ti⸣-šú a-di 2 ME 50 URU.MEŠ-ni | |
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| iii 37'37' | (iii 37'b) I marched to the city Dēr. The city Dēr, the great city whose foundations are as firm as bedrock, (40´) ..., I surrounded (and) captured that city. [I carried off] the deities Anu-rabû, Nanāya, Šarrat-Dēr, Mār-bīti-ša-pān-bīti, Mār-bīti-ša-birīt-nāri, Burruqu, (45´), Gula, Urk(ay)ītu, Šukānāya, Ner-e-tagmil, (and) Sakkud of the city Bubê, (all of) the gods who dwell in Dēr, together with their property, [...] | |
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| iii 40'40' | a-[x x (x)] ⸢la? um?-ma?-na?⸣-ti-ia | |
| iii 41'41' | ⸢URU?⸣.[x x] x ⸢bu URU šu-a⸣-[tu] al-mi | |
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| iii 44'44' | šá-bi-rit-ÍD dbu-ru-qu | |
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| iv 1'1' | [...] x [...] | (iv 1') [...] Mardu[k-balāṭsu-iqbi ...] rescued him and [...]. (5´) He attacked to wage war [and] strife against my troops. I captured [Marduk-balāssu-iqbi] alive, together with the criminal troops who were with him. I [... them] in Nineveh, a city of mine upon which I rely. I ... [them] alive, (and) stripped off their skin ... |
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| iv 3'3' | [x x x (x) e]-⸢ṭi⸣-ir-šú-ma [x x x x] | |
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| iv 8'8' | URU tuk-⸢la-te⸣-ia ina x-ia lu ⸢ar?⸣-[x-x] | |
| iv 9'9' | bal-ṭu-⸢su-nu⸣ x x [x] x [x] ⸢ú?-bal?⸣-[x] | |
| iv 10'10' | ⸢KUŠ?⸣.MEŠ-šú-⸢nu⸣ a-⸢ku-uṣ⸣ x [x] x ⸢lu⸣ x [x] | |
| iv 11'11' | (iv 11') On my sixth [campaign], I marched to Karduniaš (Babylonia). [I crossed the (Lower) Zab], traversed Mount [Eb]iḫ, (and) [crossed] the Tur[nat] River [in] flood. I confined Baba-aḫa-iddina, [together with the troops who were] with him, (15´) in the city Nibu... I captured that [city] by (means of) tunnels, battering rams, (and) ladders. I captured Baba-aḫa-iddina alive, together with the divine standard that goes before him, his sons, his daughters, his [palace women], (and) his [...]. (As for) his [...] (20´) and palace [...], tin, iron, lead, [...], precious stones of the mountain, [...]-stone, stone saʾaru, [...] strips of bronze, [...] of iron, (25´) elephant hides, elephant tusks, [...]-wood, boxwood, [...], elammakku-wood, tatīdu-wood, a bed made of ivory (and) ebony, a precious sword with silver (and) gold mountings, royal accoutrements, I took (all of these things), together with the excessively abundant booty of his land. | |
| iv 12'12' | lu al-⸢lik⸣ [ÍD.za-ban e-bir] ⸢KUR⸣.[e-bi]-⸢iḫ ab⸣-[bal-kit] | |
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| iv 14'14' | mdba-ba₆-⸢PAP-AŠ⸣ [x]-ni ⸢it-ti?⸣-šú | |
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| iv 18'18' | DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu [MUNUS?.ERIM-É?].⸢GAL⸣.MEŠ-šú x [x].MEŠ-šu | |
| iv 19'19' | bal-ṭu-ti ina [ŠU ú-ṣa]-⸢bit⸣ x [x x]-šu | |
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| iv 21'21' | AN.BAR A.BÁR x [x NA₄].⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| iv 22'22' | ⸢KUR-i⸣ na-as-qu-⸢te NA₄⸣.[x] | |
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| iv 24'24' | ḫu-še-e ZABAR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [x (x)] ⸢DI?⸣ [x x] AN.⸢BAR?⸣ | |
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| iv 29'29' | (iv 29'b) At that time, (text not completed) |
Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) (RIMA 3), Toronto, 1996. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2016) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016) for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/riao/Q004739/.