Šamši-Adad V 02

(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 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.

(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, [...]

(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 ...

(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 29'b) At that time, (text not completed)