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[... I prayed] to the god Marduk, lord ... [... Marduk], my lord, listened to my supplications; the Tēša [(and) the Tuʾu(mu)na (tribes) ... I deported ...] their people, together with their property [and (...) I (re)settled (them) in the land Ḫatti (Syria)].

[In] my [second] regnal year, Iaū-biʾdī (Ilu-biʾdī) [of the land Hamath, who had no right to the throne, who was not worthy to (live in) a palace, (and) who] had not been fated [to shepherd] the people, [...] came down [...] and with common soldiers, [..., shi]eld (and) spe[a]r [bearers], he abandoned [(...)] and [... i]n the city Qarqar, whi[ch] (is) on the bank [of the Orontes River, ... he assembl]ed [the troops of the wide land Amurru] and [transgressed against] the oath (sworn) by the great gods [... He incited the (wide) land Amurru, from] its upper end to its lower end, [to rebel] against me, [made them act in unison, and prepared for battle (...)].

[He (Iaū-biʾdī) sought] evil, [(things that were) not good (...), f]or Assyria (and) its people, [and] held (them) in contempt. [He (assembled)] the cities Ar[pad, (...), Ṣimirra, ...]tu, Damascus, (and) Samaria, [(and) made (them) side with him] (...). He killed [the citi]zens of Assyria who were present in [the land Hamath ...] altogether and [left no one alive (...)].

[(...) I raised my hands (in supplication)] to the god Sîn, king of the gods (and) lord of the lands, [... who vanquishes] (my) enemies (and) destroys (my) foes, my lord, [and] I prayed (to him) [in order to be able to conquer] the land Hamath, overthrow [Iaū-biʾdī, (and) ... the] wide [land] Amurru. [...] Because of his people

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