The god Aššur, the great lord, king of a[ll the] Igīgū gods [and Anunnakū gods ...] ... [...; the god Mardu]k, lord of all, who provides [all] people with food (and) revives the dying [...; the god Nabû], perfect heir, ... lands [...; (5) the god S]în, lord of heaven and netherworld [...; the god Šamaš], great judge of heaven and netherworld [...]; the goddess [Iš]tar, who makes (men) ready for battle [...]; the Sebetti, who go before the gods, [stand] at the side of the king, [their favorite], in the place of battle, and bring about (his) victory;

Great gods, managers of heaven and [nether­wo]rld, whose attack means [con]flict and [st]rife, who appoint (rulers) (lit.: “raise the eyes”) (and) name king(s), (and) [by who]se holy command they pla[ce] (one) land [(...)] over (another) land [and] make (its ruler) greater [(than other rulers)]:

Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land [of Sumer and Ak]kad, favorite of the great gods, perfect hero, ... man, pious [prince], admirable man, ... shepherd ...

The gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, the gods, [(my)] helpers, granted [me] a reign [without] equal and exalted my good reputation to the heights.

I co[ntinually ac]ted [as pro]vi[der] for (the cities) Sippar, Ni[ppur], (and) Babylon, (and) I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people [of privileged status], as many as there were (of them); I re[sto]red the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Bal[til (Aššur) that had been l]apsed. (With regard to) the city Ḫarrān, for future days ... I set up a kidinnu-symbol (indicating their privileged status) in the gat[e of the pe]ople.

I dispersed the forces of Ḫumbanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), the Elamite. I destroyed the land K[aral]la, the land Šurda, the city Ki[šes]im, the city Ḫarḫar, [the land Me]dia, (and) the land Ellipi. I laid waste to the land Urarṭu, plundered the city [Muṣaṣi]r (and) the land Mannea, slaughtered the lands Andia [(and) Zikirtu, (and)] allowed [(...) a]ll [th]eir settlements to dwell .... I struck down the rulers of the land Hamath, the city Carche[mish, the city Kummu]ḫu, (and) the land Kammanu; over their lands [...] I se[t] officials.

I plundered the city Ashdod. Iāmānī, its king, took fright at my [weapon]s and abandoned his city. He fled to the border of the land Meluḫḫa and lived (there) stealthfully (lit.: “like a thief”). Šapatakuʾ (Shebitko), king of the land Meluḫḫa, heard of the mig[ht] of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk that I had esta[blished] over all lands, ... He put (Iāmānī) in handcuffs and manacles ... [...] he had him [brou]ght in bondage [in]to my presence.

[I deported (the people of)] all the lands Tabal, Kasku, (and) Ḫilakku; I took away settlements belonging to Mitâ (Midas), king of the land Musku, and reduced (the size of) his land. At the city Raphia I defeated the vanguard of the army of Egypt and counted as booty the king of the city Gaza who had not submitted to my [yo]ke. I subjugated seven kings of the land Yāʾ, a region of the l[and] Yadnana (Cyprus) — whose abode is situated at a distance of ... [in the mid]dle of the Western Sea.

Moreover, My great hand defeated Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), king of Chaldea, who dwelt on the shore of the sea (and) who ex[erc]ised kingship over Babylon against the wil[l of the gods]. Moreover, all the land Bīt-Yakīn ... [...] ...

Aḫundāra (Ḫundāru), king of Dilmun, who(se) lair [is situated] at a distance of ... leagues [in the middle] of the sea like that of a fish, heard of my [lord]ly mig[ht] and brought me [his] aud[ience gift].

With the power and might (granted me) by the great gods, my lords, [who mobilized up my weapons, I cut] down al[l my fo]es. I ruled all together from the land Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the middle of the [Western] Sea, [as far as the border(s) of Egyp]t [(and) the land M]usk[u, the wide land Amurru], the land Ḫ[atti (Syria) (in its entirety)], (30) all of the land Gutium, the distant Medes [(who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the land El]lipi, (and) the land Rāši on the border [of the land Elam], those who (live) beside the Tigris River — the Ituʾu, Ru[buʾu, Ḫaṭal]lu, Labdudu, Ḫamrānu, Ubulu, [Ruʾ]uʾa, (and) Li[ʾtaʾu] (tribes) — those who (live) beside the Surappu (and) the Uqnû Rivers — the Gam[bulu], Ḫindaru, (and) Puqudu (tribes) — the Sutians, people of the steppe of the land Yadburu, as many as [there are], from the city Samʾūna as far as the cities Bubê (and) Tīl-Ḫumba, ... which are on the border of Elam, Karduniaš (Babylonia) from one end to the other (lit.: “above and below”), the lands Bīt-Amukāni, Bīt-Dakkūri, (...) Bīt-Šilāni, (and) Bīt-Saʾalli, (35) all of Chaldea, as much as there is (of it), (and) the land Bīt-Ya[k]īn, which is on the shore of the sea as far as the border of Dilmun. I s[e]t eunuchs of mine as provincial governors over them and I imposed the yoke of my lordship upon them.

At that time the people of the land Karalla ... who had [not] submitted to pull (any ruler’s) chariot [pole] and did not know how to respect (any) authority, put their trust in the high mountains and (...) rose up against (...) a eunuch of mine, the governor [...] all the land NARbitu ... they established and prepared for battle. ... they became enraged like lions and cut down the people of their land. (40) Horses, mules, donkeys, (and) oxen ... their presence they appropriated for themselves and ... They made the paths through his land desolate and ... they were constantly, repeatedly robbing caravans while they were en route. They blocked the pathways. I sen[t] my soldiers, who were fearless in battle, against them. [Th]ey (the enemy) abandoned ... and ... to the clefts of rugged mountains like eagles, (...) their ... they established ... They (the Assyrian soldiers) filled the mountains with the corpse(s) of their warriors as (with) [...] ... The remainder of them ... mountain ... [...] and they (the Assyrians) counted (them) as booty.

I had a commemorative monument made and engraved upon it image(s) of the great gods, [my lords]. I had an image of myself as king stand before them [pr]aying to their great divine majesties. The victories of the god Aššur, father of the gods, lord [...] lord [...] all [... I had] inscribed upon it.

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... [... of] the gods I erected and left for future kings, my descendants.

... [...] ... place where one does not go ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [... who] sees [...], may he anoint (it) with oil. ... [...]