Sennacherib 228

(Frgm._A 1) At tha[t t]ime [... I marched] quick[ly] to Babylon [and ...], the king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), who [...]

(Frgm._B 1) [...] captured [...] ... [... h]e, Mar­[duk-ap­la]-iddin[a (II) (Merodach-baladan) ... hea]rd about [the advance of my expeditionary force] and fear and [t]err[or fell upon him ...]

(Frgm._C 1) [...] his city gates [...] Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan) [...] I brought out [... from] that [...] and I counted (them) as booty.

(Frgm._D 1) I brought out [...] precious [stones], utensils of ... [...] attendants, male singers, [...] and [I counted (them) as] booty. [...]

(Frgm._E 1) [...] his [...]s, his chariots [...], the utensils of [his] pal[ace, ...] inside Bab[ylon ...]

(Frgm._F 1) [On my second campaign, the god] Aššur, my lord, [encou]raged m[e and I marched to the land of the Kassites and] the land of the Ya[subigall]i[ans, who since time immemorial had] not [submit]ted [to the kings], my ancestors.

(Frgm._G 1) [I] brought out [from them ...] damdāmu-mules, donkeys, oxen, and [sheep and goats], and I counted (them) as booty. [Moreover], I destroyed, devastated, (and) [turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, which] were without number.

(Frgm._H 1) [I ...] al[l of] his wide [land] and [overwhelmed (it)] like a fog. [I surr]ounded, conquered, [destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire] the cities Marubištu, [Akk]uddu, (and) [Bīt-Bar]rû, which (lie) behind the mountain[s, cities of his] royal house, to[gether with thirty-four small(er)] settlements in [their] environs.

(Frgm._I 1) Until I [...] ... [...] the city Elenzi[aš ...] I took hold of and the wall [...]

(Frgm._J 1) [...] a[r]ro[w ... i]n a pitched battle [...] and they took the direct ro[ad ...]

(Frgm._K 1) [... the exorc]ist, the physician, the auger, [...], the carpenter, the silversmith, the smith, the [...] the work of the weaving craft, the expert [...]