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[The people of the cities Pāpa (and) Lalluknu, dogs who had been bro]ught up in my palace (and) who [had conspired wi]th the land Kakmê [for the purpose of separating (from Assyria), I had deported them from their (own) places and] (re)settled them [in the city Damas]cus of the land [A]murru.
I[n my] si[xth regnal year, Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, sent his mounted messenger with a mendacious message to Bag-dāti of the land Uišdiš (and) KAR...] of the land Zikirtu, governors of the land Mannea. He ma[de them hostile to (me), Sar]gon, (and) to A[zâ, the son] of their (former) lord, [and made them side with him (Rusâ)]. Th[ey brought about the rou]t of the Manneans [on Mount Uauš, a rugged mountain], and [threw down] the corpse of Azâ, [their lord, (there). I raised my hand(s) (in prayer) to the god Aššur, my lord, in order to avenge the Manneans (and) to make (that area part of) the territory of Assyria. Then, on Mount] Uau[š, the mountain where they had] t[hrown down the c]orpse of Azâ, [I flayed the skin from Bag-dāti and (then) showed (it) to the Manneans].
[(As for) Ullusun]u, whom [they had set on the throne of] Az[â an]d [to whom they had entrusted] all [of the wide land Mannea, the wrath of the god Aššur] was directed [against Ullusunu, the Mannean, (ordaining) the destruction of his land. He (Ullusunu)] then [put his trust in Ursâ (Rusâ), the Ura]rṭi[an, ...]
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[...] I [s]et [a eunuch of mine as] provincial [governor over] his city. I had [the weapon(s) of the (great) gods who] go [before] me made [and I] install[ed (them) ins]i[de it (the city Kišesim)]. I (re)named it (the city Kišesim) Kā[r-Nergal (and) ere]cted a [royal] image [of myself there. I conquered] the lands Bīt-[Sag]bat, Bīt-Ḫi[rmami, (and)] Bīt-U[margi], (and) the cities [Ḫar]ḫubarban, Kilambāti, (and) [Ar]mang[u; and] I a[dded (them)] to [its] p[rovince].
[The people of] the city Ḫa[rḫar dr]ov[e out] Kibaba, their city ruler, [and] ... elevat[ed] Da[lt]â, k[ing of the land] Elli[pi] over [them]selves. I conquered [th]at [city] and [plund]ered it. [I] brou[ght th]ere peo[ple] from the lands that I had conqu[ered] (and) set a e[unuch] of mine as provincial governor ov[er] them. [I conque]red [the up]per [river(land)] of the land A[ranz]ê, the [low]er river(land) of Bīt-Ra[matua], the la[nd] U[riqat]u, the land [S]ikris, the land Ša[p]ar[da, (and) the land] Uriakku, (a total of) six distric[ts], and [added (them)] to th[em (the people of the city Ḫarḫar)]. I installed the weapon of the god [Aššur, my lord], t[her]e. I (re)named [it (the city Ḫarḫar)] K[ār-Šarrukīn]. I made a stele, had [...] ... [...] written upon it [(...), (and) ere]cted (it) there. I received tr[ibute] from [twenty-eig]ht city [ruler]s of the p[owerful Me]des.
In my seventh [regnal ye]ar, Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭ[ian], s[poke deceitfully] with Ullu[su]n[u], the Mannean, and ...ly took away from him twenty-two of his fortresses. He spoke treacher[ous] words, [libels against Ul]lusunu, [to Dayukku, a governor of the land Man]nea, and received [his] son as [a hos]tage. I rai[sed my hand(s) (in supplication)] to the god [Aššur, the king of the gods, and (then) surrounded (and)] conquered [those twenty-two fortresses. I ma]de (them part of) the territory of Assyria. I [deported] Dayukku, togeth[er with his fami]ly, [and brought order to the] dist[urbed land Mannea].
[I rec]ei[ved tribute from] Ianzû, king of the land [N]a[ʾiri, i]n [his] c[ity] Ḫu[b]uš[ki]a. [I conquered] ni[ne] fort[resses (...) (100) ... I carried off as booty the people] of five districts of Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, [together with] their property, ... [... I conquered eight fo]rtresses, together with the settlements in [their] environs, [that belonged to the land Tuāyadi, a dis]trict belonging to Telu[sina of the land And]ia and [...]
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[... I caused there to] be lamentati[on] i]n the wide land [Urarṭu] (and) all the mountains, and I made Ursâ (Rusâ), their king, (use) flint (blades), razors, scalpels, (and) [...] (to slash himself in mourning) for as long as he lived. I made that district (Muṣaṣir) (part of) the territory of Assyria [a]nd assigned it to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the palace herald. The awes[ome] splendor of the god Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed Ursâ (Rusâ), the [Ur]a[r]ṭian, [and (so) with his o]w[n] ir[on] da[gg]er [he] stabbed (himself) in the heart [like a p]ig an[d] p[ut an end to his life].
In my ninth regnal year, I marched t[o] the lands [El]lipi, Media, [and] Karalla. (As for) the peop[le of the land Ka]ra[l]la who had driven out my eu[nuc]hs and elevated Amitaš[ši] of the land Karalla, the brother of Aššur-lēʾi, over them, I struck them down with the sword on Mount Ana, a mountain peak, and (then) received in my (military) c[am]p 2,2[00] of their face-(guards) (as trophies). Amitašši fled together with his allies [and] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...]
[The people of the la]nd Ḫ[abḫu ... heard] [of the harsh deeds that I had done in the land Karalla; their own] fe[ar(s)] then fell upon them (and they sent their messenger to me to do obeisance to me). I assigned them] to the authority of [a] e[unuch of mine, the gove]rnor of the land L[ullumû].
[(As for) Daltâ of the land Ellipi, a submissive subject who bore my yoke], the lands Mi[..., (and) ..., (a total of) five of his districts], revolt[ed] aga[inst] him [... Azu]ktu [...] I conquered [(...)] the city Ḫubaḫna, [their fortified city, together] with twenty-four settle[ments ...] (and) [inflicted] a defe[at upon them ...] ... [...] for[ty/fif[ty tho]usand two hundred sheep, [...], h[orses], mules, d[onkeys ...] ... [...] ... [...] I had [him] surrounded [th]ere [and ...] governor, their [..., them] in bondage [... (215) ... the land] Ellipi be[cause of the seizure of ...] ... [...] with entreaties at the same [time to Azuktu ...] ... [...] he [besought me] and I listened to [his wo]rd(s). [... I ordered (him to continue) to exercise kingship. I (thus) made] Da[ltâ happy and brought order to his] dist[urbed land].
[(With regard to) the land Baʾīt-ili, a district] of the land Media [that is on the bor]der of [the land Ellipi]; the land[s Absaḫutti, Parnuatti, (and) Utirna; the city Diristānu of the land Uriakku; the land Rimanuti, a district of the land Uppuriya; the lands Uyadaue, Bustis, Agazi, Ambanda, (and) Dananu, far-off districts of the territory of the Arabs in the east; and the district(s) of the powerful Medes, who had thrown off] the yoke of the god Aššur [and roamed about the mountain(s) and desert like thieves — I th]rew f[ir]ebrands [into all the]ir [settlements and turned a]ll [their districts into forgotten (ruin) mounds].
[I] re[ceived 4,609 horses, mules], o[xe]n, [(and) sheep and goats, in countless numbers, as tribute from] Ul[lu]s[unu], the Mannean, [D]al[tâ of the land Ellipi, Bēl-aplu-iddina of the land Allabria, (and) from forty-five city lords of] the [powerful] Medes.
(As for) Am[bar]is of the land Tabal, [king of the land Bīt-Purutaš, the fam]ily of [whose father] Ḫullî, [a ruler, a predecessor of mine], had brought to Assyria [together with] bo[oty] from his land, [(when) ... the great gods determined the firm establishment of] my [re]ign, they (Ḫullî and his family) were on [my] m[ind. I had] Ḫullî [sit (again)] on [his royal] throne. I gathered together [the people of the land Bīt-Purutaš] and [assi]gned (them) to [his] a[uthority]. In the time of Ḫullî, [his] father, [I had granted him (Ambaris) ...] ... [...], gave him a dau[gh]ter of mine, (along) with [the city] Ḫilakku, and (thus) expa[nd]ed his land.
However, [that (man) (Ambaris), a Hittite who did not pro]tect [justice, sent to] Ursâ (Rusâ), [ki]ng of [the land U]rarṭu, Mitâ, king of [the land M]usku, [and the kings of the land Tabal about taking aw]ay terr[itory of mine]. I mustered the troops of the god Aššur and [overwhelmed] the land Tabal [to its] full extent [as if with a net. (Then), I bro]ught in bondage [to Assyria Amba]ri[s], king [of the land Bīt-Pur]utaš, toge[ther with] the (other) offspring of his father’s house (and) the nobles of his land, (along) wi[th one hundred of his chariot(s)]. I had the land[s] Bīt-Pur[ut]aš (and) Ḫilakku dw[e]ll (as safely) as in a meadow and [(re)se]ttled (there) people from the lands [that the god Aššur, my lord, had conquered]. I set a eunuch [of mine] as provincial governor over them and impos[ed] the yo[ke] of my lordship [upon them].
[In my tenth regnal year, (as for) Tar]ḫun-azi of the city Me[lid], an evil Hittite who did not fear the words of the [great] g[ods], (and as for) the wi[de] land [Kam]manu, which I had taken [away with the support of the god Aššur, my lord] (and) whose [king] G[unzinā]nu I had driv[en ou]t [and (then) had] h[im (Tarḫun-azi) sit on his (Gunzinānu’s) royal throne ...]
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[I strengthened the garrison(s) (of) the cities Luḫsu, Purṭir, Anmurru, Kiaka, (and) Anduarsalia against the land Urarṭu. I erected the cities Usi, Usian, (and) Uar]gin on the border [of the land Musku and seized (control of) its/their entry points (lit.: “gates”) so that there should be no escape (lit.: “exit”). (Finally), I constructed] the cit[ies Ellibir] (and) Šindarara [against the people of the land Kasku. I gave his (Tarḫun-azi’s) royal city Melid (...)], as well as the city Kummuḫu, [to Mutallu].
[At that time, (everything) that was hi]dde[n in the mountain]s of the land Ḫa[t]ti (Syria) [was revealed (to me). (...) They brou]ght to [me during my reign ... and I he]aped up the proper[ty of the land Ḫat]ti. [(On) Mount ... was produced refined ..., appropriate for a palace; (on) Mounts Larisʾu, Šuruman, (and) ... was produced the creation of the god Nudimmu]d (Ea), [shining] copper; on Mount[s] Tušanira, [...]durini, [(and) Elikudurini was produced iron; (the part of) Mount Lammun that is (located) between Mount U... and Mount ...] pro[duced lead, which whit]ens their dirt[y s]tate; [(the part of) Mount La]mmun [that is (located) facing ... produced pure alabaster; Mount Ammun, a mountain that is (located) facing ... produced] choice [BAR.GÙN].GÙN.NU-(stone), fit for royalty (and) [as white as pale lapis lazuli ...; (and) Mount Baʾil-ṣapūna], a great [mounta]in, produced at the same time copper. (265) [I then mixed mound(s) of ore] from [those] mountains, [deposited th]em [into furnaces ...], and watch[ed] their smelting. I st[or]ed up [inside my city Dūr-Šarrukīn countless possessions that my ancestors had never received]; as a result, [in Assyria] the excha[nge rate for silver is fixed] as if it were for bronze.
[In my eleventh regnal year ... Tarḫu-lara of the land Gurgum ... who]se heir [Mu]tallu [had cut (him) down with the sword and taken away ... my ... in ... in order to avenge him (Tarḫu-lara) ... Tarḫu]-lar[a], his [he]ir M[utallu (270) in/with ... of the body before the god Šamaš ... Because of] his [.... that ...] he had done, [I/he burned his hands (and) showed (...). I counted as booty his heir Mutallu, together with the (royal) family of the land Bīt-Paʾalla, as many as there] we[re (of them), (along) with] gold, silver, [(and) countless property from his palace. I reorganized (the administration of) the people of the land Gurgum to its full extent, set a eu]nuch of [mi]ne as provinc[ial] governor [(...) over them, (and) consi]dered th[em as] people of [Assyria].
[Azūri, king of the city Ashdod, plotted ... (so as) to no longer (have to)] deliver [tribute (to me) and sent (messages)] h[ostile to Assyria to the kings in] his [enviro]ns. [Thus, because of the evil that he had done, I did away with his lordship over] the people of his land [and set his favorite brother Aḫī-Mīti as kin]g over [th]em. [The Hittites, who (always) speak treachery, hated his rule and ... elevated over the]m [Iadna (Iāmānī), ...]
[Angril]y, [... I quickly] march[ed to his royal city Ashdod. I] then [surrounded (and)] conquered the c[iti]es Ash[dod, Gath, (and) Ashdod-Yam. I counted as booty (both)] the god[s who dw]el[t in them (and) that (man) (Iāmāni)], toge[ther with the people of his land, gold, silver, (and) the prop]erty of [his] pal[ace]. (285) I [re]orga[nized (the administration of) those cities (and) settled there people from the lands that] I [had conquered. I se]t [a eunu]ch of mi[ne] as provincial [governor] over [them] and [considered them as people of Assyria; they (now) pull my y]ok[e].
[I]n [my] twelfth re[gnal year, Mar]duk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), [descendant of Yakīn, king of Chaldea, who dwelt on the shore of the s]ea [(and) who did not fear the words of the grea]t [god]s [... had put his tr]ust [in the sea and (its) s]ur[ging waves]. (290) He then broke (lit.: “overturned”) [the tr]ea[ty (sworn) by the] great [god]s and withheld his audience gift. He turned to Ḫumbanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), the Elamite, for aid, made the Ruʾuʾa (tribe), the Ḫindaru (tribe), the Yadburu (tribe), the Puqudu (tribe), (and) all the Sutians, the people of the steppe, hostile to me, and prepared for battle against me. He proceeded (295) to the land of Sumer and Akkad and, against the will of the gods, ruled and governed [B]abylon, the city of the Enlil of the gods (Marduk), for twelve years. (However), the god Marduk, the great lord, saw the evil deeds of the Chaldeans. Then, (the order for) the removal of his royal scepter and throne was set upon his [l]ips. (300) He duly chose me, Sargon, the reverent king, from among all rulers and exalted me. He made my [weapon]s prevail [in order] to bar the e[v]il enemy Chaldeans from the territory of the land of Sumer and Akkad.
A[t the com]mand of the great lord, the god Marduk, [I got] my (chariot) teams ready, prep[ared] my (military) camp, (and) or[de]red the march against the Chaldean, a [danger]ous enemy. However, (when) that (man) Marduk-apla-[iddina] (II) (Merodach-Baladan) heard [of the advance] of my expeditionary force, he strengthened his fortresses (and) assembled his (military) contingents. He ...-ed the city Dūr-Abi-ḫāra [...], brought insi[de it] the Gambu[lu] (tribe) who dwell next to it, and at the appr[oach of] my [expeditionary force] strengthened (its) garrison. He gave th[em] six hundred cavalry (and) four [thousand] soldiers, his allies, [the vang]uard of [his] army, [and] (310) (thereby) [made] them confide[nt]. They raised their (city) wall higher [tha]n bef[ore, c]ut a channel [from] the Surappu River, and surrounded [its environs as if with] cresting [flo]od (waters). I surrounded (and) [con]quered [that] city before the day had proceeded half a double-hour. I carr[ied off as booty] 18,4[30] people, [together with their prop]er[ty], h[orse]s, mules, donkeys, c[am]els, oxen, and [sheep and goats].
Ba[...] ..., Ḫazā-il, Hamd[anu, Z]abīdu, Ammai[(...), ...]iada[(...)], Aḫ[ḫ]ē-iddina, (and) Aya-Sammu, (a total of) eight sh[ei]khs of [the Gambulu (tribe) who dw]el[l] (along) the Uqnû River, hea[rd] of the con[quest] of that city [and (as a result) their] hea[rts] pounded. [Fro]m the U[qnû] River, they brought m[e] oxen, and sheep and goats as their substantial audience gift(s) [and] gr[asped hold of] my feet. Because [...] that land, I disregarded [their] crime(s) and stopped their deportation. I set a eunuch of mine as [provincial governor] over [th]em. (320) I imposed upon them the annual payment of one talent thirty minas of silver, two thousand <gur> of barley, one ox out of (every) twenty oxen (that they had), (and) one [sheep] out of (every) [twenty sheep (that they had)]. I (also) imposed the annual ṣibtu-tax on their oxen (and on) their sheep and goats for the god[s Bēl (Marduk) (and) Son of B]ēl (Nabû). I mustered those soldiers and took one sol[dier of theirs] out of (every) three [soldiers (for my own army)]. I resettled (them) in the city Dūr-Abi-ḫāra, [changed its (the city’s) name, (and) (re)na]med it Dūr-[Nabû]. I incorporated (lit.: “led away”) into the territory of Assyria the lands Ḫu[ba]qānu, Tarb[ugāt]i, Timassunu, [(...), Pa]šur, Ḫirūtu, (and) Ḫilmu, (a total of) six districts [of the land] Gambulu, together with forty-four fortified settlements that are in them.
(When) the Ruʾuʾa, Ḫindaru, Yadburu, (and) [Pu]qudu (tribes) heard of (my) conquest of the Gambulu (tribe), they fled during the course of the night [a]nd took (themselves to) the Uqnû River, which was difficult (to ford). I dammed up the Ṭupliyaš River, a river upon which they relied, wi[th p]ile(s) of dirt and reeds. I erected two forts, side by side, and starved them out. They then came out from the Uqnû [Ri]ver and grasped hold of my feet. Iannuqu, the [s]heikh of the city Zāmê, Nabû-uṣalla of the city Abūrê, Paššunu (and) Ḫaukānu of the city Nuḫānu, (and) Saʾīlu of the city Ibūli, (a total of) five sheikhs of the Puqudu (tribe); Abi-ḫatâ of the Ruʾuʾa (tribe); (and) Ḫunīnu, Sāmeʾ, S[a]bḫarru, (and) Rāpiʾ of the Ḫindaru (tribe) brought horses, oxen, and sheep and goats (330) as their substantial audience gift(s) to the city Dūr-Abi-ḫāra and kissed my feet. I took hostages from them (and) imposed upon them (the same state) service (and) corvée duty as (was imposed upon) the Gambulu (tribe). I assigned them to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the Gambulu (tribe).
(As for) the rest of those who had paid attention (lit.: “inclined their cheek”) to Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan) and Šutur-Naḫūndi and taken (themselves) to the Uqnû River, I overwhelmed their settlements like the Deluge. I (then) fed my army (the food in) their granaries (and) chopped down the date palm(s) upon which they relied (and) the orchards that were were the pride of their district. I sent my warriors t[o] the Uqnû [Ri]ver, their hiding place, and they (my warriors) inflicted a defeat on them. They (my warriors) carried off as booty (those) people, together with their property.
(The people of) the cities Zāmê, Abūrê, Yaptiru, Maḫīṣu, Ḫilipanu, KAL-KAL, Pattiānu, Ḫayamānu, (335) Gadiyāti, [Amate], Nuḫānu, Amâ, Ḫiuru, (and) Saʾīlu, (a total of) fourteen fortified cities, together with the settlements in their environs, (located) along the Uqnû River, who(se people) had taken fright at the onslaught of my mighty weapons and whose district I had laid waste, came to me from the Uqnû River, a faraway place, an[d grasped hold of] my [fe]et. I had that district dwell as in meadowland (in greater safety) than previously and assigned (them) to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the Gambulu (tribe).
[Like the on]slaught of a storm, I overwhelmed the cities Sam[ʾū]na (and) Bāb-dūri, fortresses that Šutur-Naḫūndi, the Elamite, had constructed facing (lit.: “above”) the land Yadburu, and I carried off as booty Sa...nu (and) Singamšibu, the fortress commanders, together with 7,520 Elamites who were with them and 12,062 people (340) of the [G]urumu (tribe), wago[ns, h]orses, mules, donkeys, (and) camels, together with their abund[ant] property. I reorganized (the administration of) the city Samʾūna, changed its name, and gave it the name Enlil-iqīša. Mušēzibu, Natnu, Aya-lūnu, (and) Daiṣṣānu of the land Laḫīru, (and) Aya-rimmu (and) Bēl-āli of the city Sulāya — (a total of) six [sh]eikhs of the land Yadburu — brought horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats into my (military) camp and grasped hold of my feet in order to do obeissance (to me). I considered the city Laḫīru of the land Yadibiri (Yadburu), the cities Sulā[ya], G[ur]muk, Samʾūna, (and) Bāb-dūri, fortified cities of the land Yadburu, the cities Aḫilimmu (Ḫilimmu) (and) Pillatu that are on the border of the land Elam, together with the settlements in their env[ir]ons that are (located) along the Naṭītu River, as (part) of [my] territory.
(The people of) the cities Tīl-Ḫu[m]ba, D[un]ni-Šamaš, Bubê, (and) Ḫamānu, fortified cult centers of the land Rāši, took fright at my mighty battle attack and (thus) entered the city Bīt-Imbî. Moreover, that (man), Šu[tur]-Naḫūndi, the[ir] ruler, sought refuge in far-off mountains, away from my weapons, in order to save his life (lit.: “their lives”).
With the suppo[rt] of the gods Aššur, Nabû, and Marduk, I crossed the Euphrates River with the main force of my army and set out for the city Dūr-Ladinni, which is in the land Bīt-Dakkūri. I had the abandoned city [Dūr-L]adinni rebuilt (and) stationed there fighting men of [mi]ne who were skilled in battle.
In Babylon, Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), king of the land Karduniaš (Babylonia), heard of the victories of the gods Ašš[ur], Nabû, and Marduk that I had repeatedly established over those cities. As a result, in the midst of [his (own)] palace (350) his own fear(s) fell upon him; he then went out (from Babylon) during the night together with his allies (and) his battle troops and set out for the land Yadburu, which is (part) of the land Elam. He gave to Šutur-Naḫūndi, the Elamite, a silver bed, a silver throne, a silver chair, a silver table, a silver washbasin, his royal utensils, (and) his neck ornament as g[if]ts from him in order to get his revenge (on me).
(That) Elamite villain accepted his bribe from him, but took fright at my weapons. [He turned aw]ay and told him (Marduk-apla-iddina) [that he would n]ot [co]me (to help him). (When) he (Marduk-apla-iddina) heard the words of (the one who was to be) [his] avenger, he threw himself [on the ground], ripped his cl[o]ak, wielded (his) razor, and uttered cries of mourning. Together with his allies (and) [his] battle troops, that (man) moved away from [the land Ya]dburu, entered into the city Iqbi-Bēl, and stay[ed] (there) in fear.
The citizens of Babylon (and) Borsippa, the temple personnel, the crafts[men] (355) who know [(their) trade, the lead]ers, (and) administrators of the land, who (up till then) had been his [su]bjects, [brought] be[fore me] in the city Dūr-Ladinni the leftovers of (the sacrifices to) the deities Bē[l, Zar]panītu, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu, [and i]nvit[ed (lit.: “[sa]id [to]”) m]e to enter Ba[bylo]n, (thus) making [my] heart rejoice.
Happily, I entered [Baby]lon, the city of the Enlil of the gods (Marduk). Then, [I pra]y[ed] t[o the gods who dwelt in E]sagil (and) Ezida, (and) offered pure [vo]luntary offerings bef[ore th]em. Inside [his] palace, [his] royal residence, [...] I received substantial [... from ...] ... Arameans, [the land Bīt-A]mukāni, the lan[d Bīt-D]akkūri, [...].
(With regard to) the former [Borsippa] can[al, which king]s [who preceded me had constructed, I d]ug [a new canal int]o Šuan[na (Babylon)] for [the process]sion of the god Nabû, [my lord].
[I then sent eunuchs of mine], provincial governors, against [the Ḫamarānu (tribe), who had fle]d [from my weapons, ente]red Sippar, [and were constantly, repeatedly robbing] caravan(s) of the citizen(s) [of Ba]b[ylon] while they were en route. They [then] surrounded th[e]m [so that (no one), neither young (nor) old, could escape, (and) struck (them) down with the swo]rd.
[(When) the month Nisannu (I)] arrived, [the month] the lord of the gods [goes] out (from his temple), I to[ok] the hands [of the great divine lord, the god Marduk, (and) of the god Nabû, the king of the totality of heaven and earth], and [brought (them) safely along the road to the] a[kī]tu-[house].
I prese[nted a]s g[if]ts [to the deities Bēl (Marduk), Zarpanītu, Nabû, Tašmēt]u, (and) the (other) gods of the cult ce[nters of the land of Sumer] and Akkad 1[54 talents, 26 minas (and) 10 shekels of red gold, 1,604 talents] (and) 20 [minas of pu]re [silver, obsidian, ...], lapis laz[uli, banded agate, blue turquoise, green] turq[uoise, ... of banded agate (and) muššaru-stone in large] quantities, [blue-purple wool], red-purple wool, [garments with multi-colored trim, and] linen garments, [boxwood, cedar, cypress, (and) every kind of aromatic, the products of Mount Am]anus, who[se] sce[nt(s) are pleas]ant, copper, tin, [iron (and) lead in] imme[asurable quan]tities. [I offered] before them prize bull[s in prime condition, ...], shini[ng ..., ...]s, ge[e]se (and) [du]cks. I appealed to them (the gods) [in order to bring about the defeat of Marduk]-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), descendant of Yakī[n, of Chaldean extraction, the (very) image of an] evil [gal]lû-demon; [I prayed] t[o them] w[ith] supplications and en[treaties. After I had carried out] in full the festival of the great lord, the god [Marduk], ... [...] the cult centers of the land Sumer and Ak[kad] ... [...].
[In] my [thirteen re]gnal y[ear], in the month Ayyāru (II), I got my (chariot) [te]ams ready [i]n [Šu]anna (Babylon), prepared [my (military) c]amp [...] ... [...] Before [my (arrival), he (Marduk-apla-iddina) evacuated] the cities Bīt-[Z]abidāya, Iqbi-Bēl, Ḫu[rsaggalla, ...] ..., carried off as booty the people of (the cities) Ur, [...], Kissik, Nēmed-[Laguda, (and) ...], (375) and brought (them) into the city Dūr-Yakīn. He then strengthened its enclosure walls (and), moving back a distance of (one) measuring rope from the front of its main wall, he made a moat two hundred cubits wide; [he] made (the moat) one and a half nindanu deep and reached ground water. He cut a channel from the Euphrates River, (thereby) making (its water) flow (in)to its meadowland. He (thus) filled the city’s flatlands, where battles (are fought), with water and cut the bridges. Together with his allies (and) his battle troops, he pitched his royal tent in a bend of the river (lit.: “between rivers”) like a crane and set up his (military) camp.
At the command of the gods A[š]šur, Šamaš, and Marduk, I had [m]y fighting men fly over its water channels like eagles and they brought about his defeat. I surrounded him together with his royal (military) contingent and slaughtered his warriors like sheep at his feet. I pierced the horses trained to his yoke [wi]th arrows. Then, (as for) him, (390) I pierced (lit.: “loosened”) his hand with the poin[t of an a]rrow and [he (then) entered] the gat[e of] his [city ste]althfully, [like a mongoose. I cut down the Puqudians, his allie(s), (and) the Maršanians, together with the Sutians] who were wi[th him, in front of the gate (of his city) (and) splattered his people with deadly venom. I took away from him his royal tent, his royal gold parasol, gold scepter], gold bed, [gold] ch[air, gold (and) silver objects, ..., his potstands, equipment, (and) battle gear].
(As for) all his people, the inhabitants] of the settlements of all [of his land, whom he had ... from before my weapons and (395) settled in a secret place, together with herds of cattle, camel]s, d[onkey]s, and sheep and go[ats], which [... that (man), the numer]ou[s troops of the god Aššur] (required) thr[ee days] (and) night(s) to carry (them) off as (their) countless booty and [... I received] inside [my] (military) cam[p ... 90,580] people, 2,500 horses, 710 mules, [6,054 camels ... (and)] 40+[x] sheep [that] my troops had carried off as booty. [... oxen], and sheep and goats that had been le[ft] by themselves [... In order to prevent (anyone) going out from (400) his city or leaving (it) ...], I constructed ... around his city and [shut him up inside his city in dire circumstances], like a pig in a pig[sty. I chopped down his orchards (and)] cut down [his date palms. To the] mighty [water]s of the moat of his city [... with a great ... I construct]ed (lit.: “trod down”) [a (siege) ramp against it] and r[aised (the ramp) up] a[gainst its (city) wall].
[Moreover, (as for) h]im (Marduk-apla-iddina II), his own fear(s) fell upon [him and ...] ... [... he f]led and his whereabouts have never been discovered. [...] ... [...] ... [... gol]d, [si]lver, chests (full) of obsidian, [... (405) ...]s, [...]s, [...]-stone, ..., copper, lapis lazuli, jasp[er, ...] ... [a]ll (kinds of) plants, product(s) of [...], gold [...]s, gold ..., equipment, uten[sils ...], silver th[rone]s, silver tables, ut[ensils ... (410) ...] lar[ge ...]s, [...] tables [...] silver [...], u[tensils ...] ... [... in]numerable [... on the ba]nk of the river [...] rout[e ...]s, [...]s, donkeys, camels, ox[en, sheep and goats ... (415) ...] I burned down [his fort]if[ied city Dūr-Ya]kīn [with f]ire. [I destroyed (and) demoli]shed its high enclosure walls. [I tor]e [up its foundation(s) and ma]de [(it) like a (ruin) mou]nd left by the Deluge.
(As for) the citizens of Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, (and) Borsippa [who through no fault of their own had been held capti]ve [t]her[e (Dūr-Yakīn)], I put an end to their imprisonment and let them see the light (of day). (With regard to) their fields, [which long ago, while] the land [was in disorder], the Sutians had taken away and appropriated for their own, [I struck down] (those) Sutians, [the people of the steppe, with the sword]. I restored to their former status the [ter]ritories that had been taken away from them (the citizens). (420) I (re)-established the freedom (from obligations) of (the cities) Ur, [Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kissik, (and) Nēmed]-Lag[uda]. Moreover, [I returned] their gods [that had been carried off as booty to their cult centers and] restored [their regular] offe[rings] that had been interrupted.
I [ruled] all toget[her] the land Bīt-Yakīn, [from one end to the other (lit.: “above and below”)], as far [as] the cities [Samʾūna], Bāb-dūri, Dūr-Telīte, Bubê, (and) Tīl-Ḫumba, [which are on the Ela]mite [border]; I se[ttled there people from the land] Ku[mmuḫu], which is (located) in the land Ḫatti that [I had con]quered with the support of the great gods, [my lords, and] I had (them) occupy its (Bīt-Yakīn’s) abandoned regions. I had Nabû-[damiq-ilāni] construct a fortress on the Elamite border, (425) [at the city Sagbat, in order to b]ar [access to (lit.: “the feet of”)] the enemy Elamite(s). I divided up that [land into equ]al parts and [assigned (them) to the authority of] a eun[uch of mine, the governor of Bab]ylon, [and] a(nother) eunuch of mine, the governor [of the Gam]bu[lu (tribe)].
[Up]ēri, king of Dilmun, [who(se) lai]r is situ[ated at a distance of thirty] le[agues] in the middle of the Eastern Sea, heard of my lordly might and brought me [his] audience gift.
[While I was bringing ab]out [the defea]t of the Chaldeans and [Arameans] and making my weapons prevail over the people of the land Elam, a eunuch of mine, the governor [of the land Que (Cilicia), ...] marched ...ly three times into the district [of Mi]tâ (Midas), king of the land Musku, and (430) took away one thousand of [his (Mitâ’s) combat] troops [...] (and) their war horses. [He conquered] two fortresses upon which his (Mitâ’s) district relied (and) which are (located) on a rugged mountain adjacent to [..., together with] the settlements in [their environs]. He plundered them, (and then) destro[yed, dem]olished, (and) burned (them) down with fire. [His] messenger, who bore the good news, brought [one] thous[and face-(guards)] (taken) from [his (Mita’s) wa]rriors (as trophies) to me [in the city Samaʾū]na, which is (located) on the Elamite border, [a]nd (thus) made [my heart] rejoice.
Moreover, [th]at (man), Mitâ of the land Musku, who [had not submitted] to the kings, my ancestors, (and) had never sent his [mounted messenger] to inquire about their well-being, [heard] about the accomplishment of the victo[ri(es) (and) conquest(s)] that the gods Aššur (and) Marduk [had gr]anted me and of the destruction of Bīt-Yakīn, [the carrying off of] its [people], (and) the subjugation of Upēri, k[in]g of Dilm[un, which is (located) in the middle of the sea. Then, ...] in his [far-o]ff land, deathly quiet o[verwhelmed hi]m (and) [he se]nt [his mes]sen[ger] before m[e] a[t the Eastern Se]a to do [obeisa]nce (to me) and to bring (me) [tribute (and) pr]esents.
(As for) Silṭa [of the city Ty]re [... to] Assyr[ia, seven] k[ing]s [of the lan]d Yāʾ, a district [of the land Adnana (Cyprus)] — who[se abode(s)] are situated [far away], at a distance of seven da[ys] (journey) in the middle of the [West]ern Sea (and) who [fr]om the dis[tant] pa[st] until now ... all together [stopped (the delivery of) their] gift(s) [...] ... [...] they withheld [... However, Silṭ]a brought his substantial tribute to me and, [in or]der to subjugate [...], he a[sked me for (military) aid]. I sent a eunuch of mine who was fe[ar]less in battle, [with a royal] (military) conti[ngent] of mine, to avenge him (Silṭa). [...] they saw [the fo]rces of the god Aššur. Then, they became afraid a[t the (mere) me]ntion of my name and the[ir] arms grew weak. They bro[ught bef]ore me in Babylon gold, sil[ver, (and) utensils of ebony (and) boxwood, product(s) of] the[ir land, an]d (so) I conside[red them] ...
Mutallu [of the lan]d [Kummuḫu — an evil Hittite who did not fe]ar the words [of the gods ... (and)] to [who]m I had entrusted [the c]ity [M]elid, his great city — put his trust in the high mountains, [...] withheld (his) [(...) tri]bute, and [did not se]nd [his] mounted mess[enger] before me in the land Bīt-Yakīn to inquire about my well-being. [However, (when) that (man)] (445) heard of [the advan]ce of my expeditionary force, which was (already) in Assyria, and of the deeds I had been doing among the Chaldeans (and in) the land Elam, [fear] overwhelmed [him]. He conferred (lit.: “confers”) with his advisors day and night (lit.: “night and day”) [in order to ...] and to save his (own) life, and ... to take to the rugged mountains.
I sent against him eunuchs [of mine, provincial governors], wi[th] their extensive troops, (along) with my royal (military) contingent. (When there was still) a distance of six leagues [for my] expeditionary force to go, [...] he abandoned his [wi]fe, his sons, (and) his [daught]ers, fled away by himself, and his whereabouts have never been discovered. They (the Assyrian troops) surrounded that city (Melid) and counted as booty his wife, [his] son[s, (and) his daughters], (along) with the people of [his] land, [horses], mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats. They opened [his treasure house, (450) to]ok [g]old, silver, gar[men]ts with multi-[co]lored trim and linen garments, [blue-purp]le wool, red-purple wool, elephant hide(s), elephant ivory, ebony, (and) boxwood, the treasure [of his palace], and brought (these) befor[e m]e in the city Kalḫu.
I re[or]ganized that city (Melid) (and) settled there the people of the land Bīt-Ya[kīn that I had conquered]. I s[e]t a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. I named him field marshal of the left (wing of the army) (lit.: “field marshal of the house of the left”) and ... [...] I made his throne firm[er than] before. I conscripted [from among them] 150 chariot(s), 1,500 cavalry, 20,000 bowm[en], (and) 10,000 shie[ld and spear] bearers, and entrusted (them) to him. I considered him as (one of) [the] provincial [gov]ernors of my land and ... [...].
[(At that time), the appointed] moment came [for Daltâ, king of the lan]d Ellipi, who/whom during the course of my previous campaign [...] the god Aššur ... [...], and (so) (his) fate carried him off and [(...)] his [...] he wen[t the way of death]. In [order to ascend] his royal [throne, Nibê (and) Ašpa-bara, sons of] his [siste]rs, with [...] ... [... wa]rf[are ...] th[ey were doing battle (with one another). Nibê quickly sent a messe]nger [to Šutur-Na]ḫūnd[i, the Elamite, in or]der to get [revenge. He (Šutur-Naḫūndi) gave him (military) aid (and) ... (460) ... (and) came] to his assista[nce]. Aš[pa-bara] took fright at his [..., and in order] to save [his] li[fe], he besought [me with supplications and entreaties and] asked m[e] for (military) ai[d]. I sent [seven of] my [eun]uchs, provincial governors, to avenge him [(...)]. They inflicted a major [defeat on] Ni[b]ê. As a result, that (man), toge[ther with] four thousand five hundred Elamite bowmen, [fled] in order to save their lives [and (...)] went up [to] the city Marubištu.
To the city Marubištu, a fortress that rises up on the peak of a mass[ive] mountain and [(...) reaches up] among the cloud[s, ...]. They (the Assyrian troops) overwhelmed that fortress as with a bird trap and [they (then) brought] bef[ore me] that (man) (Nibê), together with [his] fighting men, [in m]anacles and handcuffs. (465) [I] reorganized (the administration of) his [city] Marubištu (and) stationed garrison troops ... [...] I [had] deathly silence [de]scend over all [the land E]lam. I allowed the people of the land Ellipi, to its [fu]ll extent, to live in peace. I impo[sed] the yoke of my lordship [upon them] (and) they (now) pull my yoke.
At that time, (using as laborers) en[em]y people whom [I] had ca[ptur]ed (and) [wh]om the gods Aššur, [Nabû], and Marduk had [made bow down] at my feet, (and) [in accordance with] divine will (and) [m]y [heart’s] desire, [I bui]lt a city at the [foot of Mount] Muṣ[ri], a mountain upstream from Nineveh, [and] I [nam]ed it [Dūr]-Šarruk[īn].
The gods Ea, [Sîn], Šamaš, Nabû, Adad, N[inurta], and their [great spo]uses [wh]o were duly born inside [Eḫursaggalkurkurra (“House, the Great Mountain of the Lands”)], the mountain of the netherworld, gladly took up [residence in resplend]ent [san]ctuaries (and) [artfully-built shrines in]side [the city Dūr-Šarrukī]n. I established innumerable [regular offerings] as their shares (of temple income). [I had nešak]ku-[priest]s, [ramku-priests, surmaḫḫu-priests], men [well versed in] the[ir (fields of) knowl]edge (and) [initiated in secret rites], (and) naṭpu-[ecst]atics [serve] them (lit.: “[stand] before them”).
[I built] in[side it (the city) a pa]lace using (lit.: “of”) elep[hant] ivory, [ebony, boxwood, musuk]kan[nu-wood, cedar], cyp[ress, daprānu-juniper, juniper, and] terebinth, (namely) the Egalgabarinutukua (“Palace That Has No Equal”), to be my royal residence [and laid their foundations up]on inscr[ibed object]s [(made) of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, jas]per, par[ūtu-alabaster], copper, tin, lead, and pieces of aromatic wood[s. Then I established their brickwork (and)] roofed them [with larg]e [cedar beam]s. (475) [I bound the] doors of cypress (and) mus[ukkannu-wood with band(s) of shining copper and installed (them in) their entrance(s). I had bu]ilt in front of th[eir gat]es [a po]rt[ico ([bīt] appāti), a replica of a Hittite palace, which is called a bīt ḫilāni in the language of the land Amurru].
[Eight t]win [l]ion (colossi) [of shining copper] that weigh 4,6[10 full (lit.: “tested”) talents (and) that were skill]fully [ca]st [by the craft of the god Nin]ag[al] and filled with radiance — upon (those) lion colossi I installed four [ma]tching cedar columns, [whose diameter(s) are one nindanu ea]ch, [the product of Mo]unt Amanus; and I positioned cross-beams (upon them) as a cornice for their ga[te]s. [I] skill[fully fashioned magnificent mountain] sheep [colossi of] massive [mountain] stone [and (480) in] the four [dir]ections I had (them) hold their (the gates’) respective (lit.: “fitting”) door bolt(s). [I dep]icted [the settle]ments that I [had] con[quered] upon [large] limestone s[la]bs and surrounded their (the palatial halls’) [lower cou]rses (with them). I made (them) an object of wonder. I plac[ed in]si[de] these [pala]tial halls [represe]ntations — (made) by the craft of the sculptor — of the people of every [la]nd that [I] had conquered, from ea[st t]o wes[t, by] the strength of the god Aššur, my lord.
In a favorable [month], (on) an auspicious day, I inv[ited] the god Aššur, the father of the gods, [the great lord], (and) the gods and goddesses who dwell in Assyria [(to come) inside them and] I of[fe]red them (the gods) [gif]ts of red ṣāriru-gold (and) pure si[lv]er, extensive pr[esen]ts as (my) substantial audience gift. [I (thus) (485) made the]ir (the gods’) mo[ods j]oy[ful]. I offered [before them] prize b[u]lls in prime condition, [fa]ttened sheep, [ge]ese, [duc]ks, dormice, [strings of fish and] bird[s, the we]alth [of the Deep (apsû) that] never lessens, ku[runnu-beer (and)] whi[te honey, pr]oducts of the pure mountains, that I had conquered, which the pro[genit]or of the gods, the god Aššur, had added to [my royal] l[ot], (along) with [pur]e [voluntary sacrific]es, splendid [incense offerings], (and) in[nu]merable libations. Reverently, I knelt (and) [prayed before him] that he preser[ve (my)] lif[e, give (me) a] l[ong] life, [and fir]mly est[ablish] my [reign].
After the great mountain, the divine [En]lil (Aššur), [the lord of (all) lands], who dwells in E[ḫurs]agga[lkur]kur[ra, and] the (other) gods [who d]we[ll in] Assyria had returned [to their] c[ity] amid so[ngs of] joy (490) [and hymns of pra]ise, with rul[ers from] every [la]nd, provi[ncial gove]rnors of my land, overseers, commanders, nob[les, eun]uchs, and [elders of Assyria], I sat down [in]side my [pal]ace and h[e]ld a fes[ti]val. [I received as their substantial] tri[bute gol]d, s[ilv]er, ut[ensils] of gold (and) sil[ver, produ]ct(s) of the mountain[(s), every kind of aromatic, fine oil], gar[men]ts with multi-colored trim and linen garments, blue-[pur]ple wool, red-purple wool, [elepha]nt [hide(s)], elep[hant ivory, ebony, boxwood, everything valuable, royal treasure], large [Egy]ptian [horses] that are trai[ne]d to the yoke, [mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats (...)].
[May the god Aššur, the father of the gods, look steadfastly upon (this) city] that has been d[uly selected by me (lit.: “the ch[oice of the steadfastness of my heart]”) and (upon) this palace with his holy, ra]dia[nt] fa[ce and] may he ordain [the]ir [renovation for future days]. May (the following command) c[ome] from (lit.: “be s[et] in”) [his ho]ly [mouth]: May [the guardian spirit (and) the prot]ect[ive god stay continually] in them, d[a]y and nig[ht, and] may [they] never [leave them. At his command, may] the r[uler] who constructed them [li]ve l[ong (and) reach (500) extreme old a]ge. May [th]eir bu[ilder] remain in good health [for]ev[er]. May (this command) iss[ue from his (the god Aššur’s) h]o[ly lips]. May [the one who d]wells inside these palatial hall(s) [rejoi]ce th[er]e [in physical well-being, merriment, and h]appiness, [(and) be fully satisf]ied with (his) good fortune. In [...] ... [May I store up] inside [it (the palace) (...)] extensive prop[erty (taken) from] enemy [land]s, [presents from (every) set]tl[ement], the yield of the (four) quar[ters (of the world), (and) the wealth] of (both) the mountain(s) and the seas.
In day[s to come], may a future ruler [among the king]s, m[y] descendants, renovate [(any) dilapi]da[ted sections of] this [pal]ace. May he (then) discover [my inscribed object, a]noint (it) with oil, [offer] a sac[rif]ice, [(and) return (it)] to its (original) place. The god Aššur [will (then) listen to his] pra[yers].
[(As for) the one who alte]rs my inscri[ption or my name, may] the god Aššur, [my lord, overthrow his kingship. May he (the god Aššur) make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land and may he have no pity on him].