1Cf. text no. 34 line 27, which has ar-ka KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI.MEŠ šá it-ti ^mdAMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM.NA ú-ṣu-ú in-nab-tu e-lam-taš, “afterwards, the Babylonians, who had gone forth with Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan) (and) had fled to (the land) Elam.” At the end of line 3´ and the beginning of line 4´ there is room for about seven signs between LÚ.KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI.MEŠ (“Babylonians”) and šá it-ti (“who along with”). E. Frahm (Sanherib p. 133) suggests that one could tentatively restore GAL₅.LÁ.MEŠ lem-nu-ti (“evil gallû-demons”) on the basis of text no. 22 v 18; but, as he notes, this is not the only possibility. At the beginning of line 7´, one could tentatively restore the name of the Elamite king (Kudur-Naḫundu).

2⸢il-du⸣-du-nim-[ma] “they brought [and]”: See the on-page note to text no. 34 line 28.

3GIŠ.PAN^? “bow”: See the on-page note to text no. 34 line 29.

4⸢ERIM⸣.ḪI.A-šú “his troops”: Cf. text no. 34 line 30, which has ERIM.ḪI.A “troops.”

5⸢^dUTU⸣ ... qer-bi-šú “the god Šamaš ... inside it”: Text no. 34 lines 31–33 have ^dUTU ša ARARMA.KI ^dGAŠAN-ša-re^?-e-ši ^dGAŠAN-ša-UNUG.KI ^dna-na-a ^dú-ṣur-a-mat-sa ^dbe-let-TI.LA ^dkurun-nam ^dkaš-ši-tu ^dIGI.DU DINGIR.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut UNUG.KI “the deities Šamaš of Larsa, the Lady of the Rēš-Temple, the Lady of Uruk, Nanāya, Uṣur-amāssa, Bēlet-balāṭi, Kurunam, Kaššītu, (and) Palil, the gods who live in Uruk.” Because neither exemplar is sufficiently preserved at this point, it is not possible to determine which deities are listed in this inscription. [^dGAŠAN-ša]-⸢UNUG.KI DINGIR^?⸣.[MEŠ] “[the goddess the Lady of] Uruk, the go[ds]”: Or possibly [^dGAŠAN-ša]-⸢UNUG.KI ^d⸣[na-na-a DINGIR.MEŠ] “[the goddess the Lady of] Uruk, the goddess [Nanāya, the gods]”; see Frahm, Sanherib p. 130.

6iṣ-ba-tu-nim-ma “they took and”: Text no. 34 lines 34–35 have ik-šu-da ŠU.II-šú-un “their hands captured.” That inscription also adds e-ri-in-nu bi-re-tu id-du-šu-ma “they threw him into a neck-stock (and) fetters and.”

7See the on-page note to text no. 34 line 36.

8Cf. text no. 34 line 40, which has šu-ú “he” before URU.ma-dak-tu “the city Madaktu.”

9After ikšudamma “it (bitter cold) set in and,” text no. 34 line 43 has šá-mu-tum la-zi-iz-tum il-lik-ma šal-gu na-ḫal-lum na-at-bak KUR-i a-du-ra ú-ter-ma “continuous rain fell, and I was afraid of the snow in the gorges, the outflows of the mountains, (so) I turned around and.”

10These lines are not included in text no. 34. Unlike that text, this inscription records further details about the seventh campaign, namely what happened in Elam and Babylonia after Sennacherib departed Elam, and the eighth campaign, in particular how the Babylonians bribed the king of Elam so that he would support their cause. For lines 25´–27´, cf. the Baltimore Inscription lines 41–43 (Grayson, AfO 20 [1963] p. 90).

11E. Frahm (Sanherib p. 131) restores ul-tu^? dan-na-a-ti^? “from (his) fortresses” between ip-par-ši-du “who had fled” and [ú-še]-⸢ri⸣-dam-ma “[he bro]ught down and.”

12x-ú: E. Frahm (Sanherib p. 131) tentatively suggests [iš^?]-⸢mu^?⸣-ú “[when they hea]rd about.” Cf. the Baltimore Inscription lines 11b–12a (Grayson, AfO 20 [1963] p. 88), which has DUMU.MEŠ KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI ša a-lak ger-ri-⸢ia⸣ iš-mu-ma im-qu-⸢ut⸣-[su]-⸢nu⸣-ti gi-lit-tu ù ḫa-⸢at⸣-tu “(as for) the Babylonians who heard about the approach of my expeditionary force, terror and fear fell upon [th]em.”

13ú-še-bi-lu-uš ṭa-aʾ-tú “they sent it as a bribe”: The restoration is based on text no. 22 v 34. Or possibly restore ú-še-bi-lu “they sent,” which is based on the Baltimore Inscription line 14 (Grayson, AfO 20 [1963] p. 88).

14ḫi-šam-ma “hurry and”: The restoration is based on text no. 22 v 36. Or possibly restore al-ka-am-ma “come here and,” which is based on the Baltimore Inscription line 14 (Grayson, AfO 20 [1963] p. 88).

15[ak-šu-du]-ma “[I had captured] and”: Or possibly [ak-šu-dam]-ma.

16Cf. text no. 34 line 46, which omits DUMU.MEŠ KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI bár-sipa.KI “the citizens of Babylon (and) Borsippa.” 89-4-26,150 i 5´–6´ (Frahm, Sanherib p. 204) also includes “the citizens of Babylon (and) Borsippa” after LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI “the king of Babylon.”

17⸢a-na⸣ GABA-ia “towards me (lit. “to my chest”)”: Text no. 34 line 47 has i-na GABA-ia.

18as-ma-a^*-ti “...”: Text has as-ma-MIN-ti.

19[ru]-uk-ku^*-sa “[fa]stened”: Text has [ru]-uk-LU-sa.

20The name is tentatively restored from an inscription of Ashurbanipal written on three clay tablets: K 3087 // K 3405 // Rm 2,558 line 12 (Borger, BIWA p. 70). Teʾelḫunu is referred to as ^fku-mir-ta-šá maḫ-ri-tu “its (Arabia’s) former kumirtu-priestess” in that text. This event is also recorded in inscriptions of Esarhaddon (for example, Leichty, RINAP 4 p. 19 Esarhaddon 1 iv 1–5), but the name of the queen of the Arabs in those texts is Apkallatu. As R. Borger (Orientalia NS 26 [1957] pp. 9–10) has already pointed out, Apkallatu is not a proper name, but rather a title which Esarhaddon’s scribes mistook as a personal name, and thus Apkallatu is the same woman as Teʾelḫunu, who is mentioned here and in the aforementioned inscription of Ashurbanipal.

21E. Frahm (Sanherib p. 135) tentatively suggests that one could restore [a-na URU.ka-pa-a-nu] ⸢ù⸣ “[to the city Kapānu] and” at the beginning of the line.

22There are probably two cities mentioned in this line, as suggested by the plural suffix on šubtu (šu-bat-⸢sún⸣ “their location”).

23i-nu-šú^? “at that time”: The restoration is based on text no. 34 line 55. E. Frahm (Sanherib pp. 135–136) proposes restoring É.GAL ku-tal-li (“Rear Palace”), É.GAL ma-šar-ti (“Review Palace”), or É.GAL ṣi-ir-tu (“magnificent palace”) after inūšu; those restorations are based on text no. 34 lines 55, 85, and 65 respectively. Based on line 14´´, as well as the date of the text (ca. 690–689), the building report probably records work on the armory.

24The restoration is based on text no. 34 lines 66–67.