Sennacherib 146

(1) [A] Chaldea[n (Šūzubu), ... a rash fellow, a] chariot fighter, a servant who belonged to the [governor of the city Laḫīru, (...) who in the time of my father fled like a bird on a]ccount of the beating of the ...-official and the tearing out (of his hair) [... and] wandered about in the open country, [who entered Babylon] when there was rebellion and [revolt (...) and] was reckoned as one of them: They (the Babylonians) exalted him over them and [they entrusted him with] the king[ship of the land of Sumer and Akkad].

(6) To Babylon, which was very guilty, [... (wherein) Šūzubu, a Chaldean, son of a nobody], a person of lowly status who has no streng[th, ..., was appointed as ... of Babylon]: The people of Babylon who had rebelled (and) the Chaldeans, [Arameans, (...) fugitives, (and) runaways] who had banded toge[ther] with them in exchange for gifts and bribes [... and they took an oath].

(10) They (the Babylonians) opened the treasury of Esagil and s[ent] my gift(s) — the silver, gold, (and) precio[us stones that] I had given as presents [to the god Bēl (Marduk) and the goddess Zarpanītu], the property (and) possession(s) of the temple of the[ir] gods — [as a bribe to Umman-menanu (Ḫumban-menanu), the king of the land Elam], who does not have sense or insight. [... previously and] they took an oath. [They gave him the order] to muster his army (and) to [...]. He gathered his army, [inspected] (his) chariots (and) wago[ns, ...]

(15) [The lands Parsu]aš, Anzan, Paširu, (and) E[llipi, the people of Yasiʾil, Lakab(e)ra, (and) Ḫarzunu, (and) the cities Dum]muqu, Sulā[ya, ...]

(l.e. 1) (No translation possible)

(r 1') [...] ... [...] for evil against the land [...].

(r 3') (As for) any futu[re] ruler [who ... changes and ...] by some craf[ty] device, [erases ...], may the deities Aššur, Anu, Sîn, [Šamaš, Adad, ...] all of [the gods of Assyria, make] their name, [their] seed, [their offspring, (and) their progeny disappear ...].