Lacuna

(No translation warranted)

ruling

[Moreover, I struck with] the sword [Teušpa, a Cimmeri]an, [a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land Ḫub]ušna.

[The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cili]cia, [mountain dwellers who live in inaccessible mountains in the neighborhood] of the land Tabal, [evil Hittites, who from earliest days had not been] submissive to the yoke — [I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroy]ed, (and) burned with fire [twenty-one of their fortified cities and small cities in] their environs. [(As for) the rest of them, who w]ere [not guilty of (any) sin or crime, I imposed the heavy yoke of my lordship upon them].

Lacuna

Lacuna

[...] my [yok]e.

ruling

[(As for) the city Adumutu, the fortress of the A]rabs, [which Sennacherib, king of Assyria], (my) father, who engendered me, [conquered and whose goods, possessions], (and) gods, [together with Apkallatu, the qu]een of the Arabs, [he plundered and] brought [to Assyri]a — [Hazael, the king of] the Arabs, (ii′ 10′) [came to Nineveh], my capital [city, with his] heavy [audience gift and kissed] my feet. [He implored me to give (back) his gods and] I had [pity on him. I] refurbished [...] ... [...] and [I inscribed the might of the god Aššur], my [lo]rd,

Lacuna

[I added ... fifty] ca[mels, (and) one thousand bags of aromatics] to the tribute [of his father and imposed (it) on him].

ruling

[(As for) the lan]d Bāzu, a dis[trict in a remote place, a] forgotten place of dry land, [saline ground, a place of thirst], one hundred and forty leagues of de[sert, thistles], and ga[zelle]-tooth stones, [where snakes and scorpions fill the plain] like ant[s — I left] (ii′ 30′) Mount Ḫaz[û, the mountain of saggilmud-stone], twenty leagues behind me [and crossed over to that district] to which no [king before me] had gone since [earliest] days. By the command of the god Ašš[ur, my lord], I marched [triumphantly in its midst. I defeated] eight ki[ngs from that district (and) carried off] their gods, [their] goods, [their possessions, (and) their people to Assyria].

Lacuna

Lacuna

[I locked it (the fortress) up] like [a door against the land Elam].

ruling

(As for) the land Pat[ušarri, a district in the area of the salt desert], which is in [the midst of the land of the distant Medes], borders [on Mount Bikni, the lapis lazuli mountain], (iii′ 5′) (and) upon the soil of who[se] land [none] of the ki[ngs, my ancestors, had walked] — I carried off to [Assyria Šidir-parna] (and) E-parna, [mighty] chiefta[ins], who were not submissive to (my) yo[ke, together with their people, their] riding horses, [oxen, sheep and goats], donkeys, (and) Bactrian cam[els, their heavy plunder].

ruling

(As for) Uppis, chiefta[in of the city Partakka], Zanasana, chief[tain of the city Partukka], (and) Ramateia, ch[ieftain of the city Urakazabarna, Me]des whose co[untry is remote (and) who had not crossed the boundary of] Assyria [nor trodden on its soil in the time of the kings, my ancestors] —

Lacuna