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[In my eleventh regnal year, (...) Tarḫu-lara of the land Gurgum ...] whose [he]ir [Mu]tallu had cut (him) down with the sword and tak[en away ...] my [...] in ... in order to avenge him (Tarḫu-lara) [... Tarḫu-l]ara, his heir Mut[al]lu, in/with ... of the body before the god Šam[aš ... Because of] his [... that] he had done, I/he burned his hands (and) showed [(...)]. I cou[nted] as boo[ty] his heir Mutallu, together with the (royal) family of the land [Bīt-Paʾalla, as many as] the[re were (of them), (along) with gold, silver, (and)] countless [property from] his [pala]ce. I [reorganized (the administration of)] the people of the land Gurgum to [its] full extent, set [a eunuch of mine as] provincial governor over them, (and) considered th[em] a[s people] of Assyria.
A[z]ūri, king of the city [Ash]dod, [plott]ed ... (so as) to no longer (have to) deliver tribute (to me) and sent (messages) [host]ile to Assyria to the kings in his environs. Thus, be[cau]se of the [ev]il [that he had do]ne, I [did] aw[ay] with his lordship over the people of his land [and] set his favorite brother Aḫī-Mīti [a]s king over them. The Hittites, [who (always) speak] treachery, hated his rule and elevated over them Iadna (Iāmānī), who had no rig[ht to the] throne (and) who, like them, did not know how to respect (any) authority.
[An]grily, with (only) my personal chariot and [my] cava[lry] (10´) who never leave my side (even) in friendly territory, [I] qu[ic]kly [marched] to his royal city Ashdod. I then surro[unded (and) conqu]ered the cities Ashdod, Gath, (and) Ashdo[d-Yam]. I consi[dered] as booty (both) the gods who dwelt in them (and) that (man) (Iāmāni), together with the people of his land, gold, silver, (and) the posses[sions] of [his] palace. I reor[ganized] (the administration of) their cities (and) settled there [peo]ple from the lands that I had conquered. I set a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over [them] and conside[red them] as people [of Assy]ria. They (now) pull my y[ok]e.
In my twelfth regnal year, Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), descendant of Yakīn, king of Chaldea, [who dwelt] on the shore of the sea, who did not f[e]ar the w[or]d[s] of the [great] gods ... [...] put [his trust] in the sea and (its) surging waves. He then broke (lit.: “overturned”) the treaty [sworn by the] great [god]s [and] withheld his audience gift. He turned to Ḫum[baniga]š (Ḫumban-nikaš I), the Elamite, for aid, [made] the Ruʾuʾa (tribe), [the Ḫin]daru (tribe), the land Yadburu, [the Puqudu (tribe), (and) all the Sutians, the people of the steppe, hostile to me, and prepared for battle against me].
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[... They raised their (city) wall higher than before, cut a channel f]rom [the Surap]pu [River, and surrounded its environs with cresting flood (waters)]. I surrounded (and) conquered [that city before] the day had proceeded [half] a double-hour. I carried off as booty [18,430 people, together with their] property, [hor]s[es, mules], donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats.
B[a..., Ḫa]zā-il, Hamdanu, Zabīd[u, Ammai(...), ..., Aḫḫē]-iddina, (and) Aya-Sammu, (a total of) eight sheikh[s of the Gambu]lu (tribe) who dwell (along) the Uqnû River, [heard of the conquest of that city and] (as a result) their [hea]rts [pounded]. From the Uqnû River, [they broug]ht me [oxen, and] sheep and goats as their subs[tantial audience g]ift(s) an[d gra]s[ped hold of] my [feet]. Because ... that land, [I disregarded their] crime(s) [and stopped their] dep[ortation. I s]et [a eunuch of mine as provincial gove]rno[r over them]. I imposed [upon th]em the annual payment [of one] talent thirty [minas of] sil[ver, two thousand <gur> of barley, on]e 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 the]ir [oxen] (and) their sheep and goats f[or the god(s) Bēl (Marduk) (and) Son of Bēl (Nabû)]. I mustered [those soldiers] and (40´) to[ok] on[e] soldier of [th]eirs out of [(every) three soldier]s (for my own army). I resettled (them) in the city [Dūr]-Abi-ḫāra, chan[ged] its (the city’s) name, (and) [(re)na]med it [Dūr]-Nabû. [I incorporated (lit.: “led away”) int]o the territory of Ass[yria] the lands [Ḫub]aqānu, Tarbugāti, [Timassunu], Pašur, [Ḫirūtu, (and) Ḫilmu], (a total of) six districts o[f] the land [Gambulu, together with forty]-four [fort]ified settlements that are in [them].
(When) the [Ru]ʾuʾa, Ḫindaru, Ya[dbu]ru, (and) Puqudu (tribes) [heard of (my) conqu]est of the Gambulu (tribe), they fled [during the course of the nig]ht an[d] took (themselves to) [the Uqnû River, which was difficult (to ford). I dammed up] the Ṭupliya[š Riv]er, [a river] upon which they relied, [with pile(s) of] dirt and reed[s. I erected two] fortress[ses, side] by si[de, and star]ved them out. (45´) [They] then [came o]ut from the Uqnû River an[d] grasped hold [of my feet. Iannuqu], the [sheikh of the city Zāmê, Nabû-uṣalla of the c]ity Abūrê, Paššunu [(and) Ḫaukānu] of the c[ity Nu]ḫānu, (and) Saʾ[īlu of] the city Ibūli, (a total of) five [she]ik[hs] of the Puqudu (tribe); [Abi-ḫa]tâ of the Ruʾuʾa (tribe); (and) [Ḫu]nīnu, Sāmeʾ, Sabḫarru, (and) [Rāpiʾ] of the Ḫin[da]ru (tribe) [brought] horses, oxen, and s[heep and goats] as their sub[stan]tial audience gift(s) to the cit[y Dūr-Abi-ḫāra and] kissed my [fe]et. I [t]ook hostages from them (and) [imposed upon the]m (the same state) service (and) corvée duty as [(was imposed upon) the Gambulu (tribe). I assigned th]em to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the [governor] of the [Gam]bu[lu (tribe)].
(As for) the res[t of those] who had paid [attention] (lit.: “inclined th[eir cheek]”) to Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan) and Šu[tur-N]aḫūndi and had taken (themselves) to the [Uqnû] Ri[ver], I overwhelmed their settlem[ents] like the Deluge. [I] fed my army (the food in) the[ir granari]es (and) chopped down the date palm(s) upon which they relied (and) [the orchards] that were the pride of their district. I se[nt] my warriors to the U[qnû] River, th[eir hi]ding place, [and] they (my warriors) inflicted a defeat on them. [Th]ey (my warriors) [carried off as booty] (those) people, together with [their property].
(The people of) the cities Zāmê, Abū[rê], Yaptiru, Maḫīṣu, [Ḫilipanu, KAL-KAL], Patti[ānu], Ḫa[ya]mā[nu, Gadiyāti], Amate, Nuḫānu, A[mâ, Ḫiuru], (and) Saḫilu (Saʾīlu), (a total of) fourteen fortified cities, (and) fo[ur hundred settlements] in their environs, (located) along [the Euphr]ates [River], who(se people) had taken fright at the onslaught of my weapons and whose district I had [laid waste], came to me from the [Uqnû] River, [a far]away [place], and grasped hold of my [f]eet. [I had] that district [dwell] as in meadowland (in greater security) than previously [and] assig[ned] (them) to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the gove[rnor] of the Gambulu (tribe).
[Like the onslaught of a storm, I overwhelmed] the cit[ies] Samʾūna (and) Bāb-dūr[i, fortress]es that Šutur-[Naḫ]ūndi, [the] Elam[ite, had constructed facing (lit.: “above”) the land Yadburu]
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