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[...] ... [...] his [...] ... on dry land [...] I made (them) lay down [their lives. ...] that city, to[gether with ... in] the midst of the sea I swept over them and anni[hilated (them). (5´) ... As for him, terror of my battle array fe]ll [upon him] and his heart pounded. He put on sackcloth ... [... of] ivory, ebony, inlaid with (precious) stones (and) gold, together with ... [...], ivory, fine oil, all types of aromatics, E[gyptian] horses, [... I est]ablished [... I exercised authority] from the city Kašpūna, which is on the shore of the [Upper] Sea, [as far as ... (and) I placed] (it) under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the city Ṣi[mirra].

[... Like gr]ass, I filled [the plain] with the corpses of their warriors. [... I carried off ..., together with] their belongings, their oxen, their sheep and goats, their asses, [...] inside his palace [...]. I accepted (their plea) [to forgi]ve their rebellion (lit. “sin”) and I s[pared] their land. [...].

[(As for) Ḫan]ūnu of the city Gaza, he became frightened by <my> powerful weapons and [escaped] t[o Egypt. (15´) I conquered the city Gaza, his royal city, (and) I carried off ... talents of] gold, 800 talents of silver, people, together with their possessions, his (Ḫanūnu’s) wife, [his] sons, [his daughters, ..., his property, (and) his gods].

[I fashioned] (a statue bearing) image(s) of the great gods, my lords, <and> my royal image out of gold, [erected (it) in the palace of the city Gaza, (and) reckoned (it) among the gods of their land]; I established [th]eir [sattukku offerings].

Moreover, as for him (Ḫanūnu), [he flew] (back) from Egypt like a bir[d and ... I returned him to his position]. I considered [his ... as an] Assyrian [emporium. I erected] (a stele with) my royal image in the city Brook of Egypt, a river(bed) [that ...].

I removed (from his treasury) [... (and) ... and 100 talents of] silver and [brought] (it) to Assyria.

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[(As for) ..., ... who] had not submitted [to the kings], (my) predecessors, and who had not sent his message (to any of them), [he heard about] the conquest of the land Ḫ[atti (Syria-Palestine). The terrifying radiance of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed him] and he became distressed. [He sent] his envoys [to Kalḫu, before me], to do obeisance, [...].

(As for) Siruatti the Meʾunite, whose [territory is] below Egy[pt, ...], he he[ard the mention of my] exalted [name] (and) my own extensive conquest(s), [and ...].

[As for Samsi, queen of the Arabs], at Mount Saqurri, I de[feated] 9,400 (of her people). (25´) [I took away (from her) ..., thrones of] her [gods], the military equipment (and) staffs of her goddess(es), (and) [her property].

[Moreover, she, in order to save her life, ...] (and) set out [like a female on]ager [to the desert, a place (where one is always) thirsty. I set] the rest [of (her) possessions (and) her tents, her people’s safeguard within her camp, on fire].

[Samsi became startled by my mighty weapons and she brought camel]s, she-camels, with [their young, to Assyria, before me].

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