Sennacherib 032

(i' 1') [...] ... [I took ... as ... and a fortress for] th[at] district, then I chan[ged] its former name [and (i´ 5´) ca]lled it Kār-Sennache[rib]. I [settled] therein the people of [the lands that] I [had co]nquered. I pla[ced (it) under the authori]ty of a eu[nuch of mine], the gover[nor of] the city Ḫarḫar, [and (thus) en]larged [my] la[nd].

(i' 9') On my return march, I received a substantial [payment] from the distant Medes, of whose land [no]ne [of] the kings, my ancestors, had heard mention.

(ii' 1') [I fou]ght [with them] and [defeated them]. I[n the thick of battle, I captured] alive [the Egyptian cha]rioteers and [princes (lit. “the sons of the king”), tog]ether with the charioteer[s of the king of the land Meluḫḫa].

(ii' 5') [I surrounded, conquered], (and) plundered the cities Eltekeh (and) Ta[mnâ]. I approached [the city Ekron and I killed] the [governors (and) nobles] who had [committed] crime(s) [and hung their corpses] on towers arou[nd the city]; ... [...]