Ashurbanipal 083

(i' 1) [Teumm]an regularly sent insul[t(s) concerning Ummani]gaš, Ummanappa, Tammarītu, Kudurr[u, (and) Parrû, f]ugitive(s) who had grasped the feet of m[y] royal majesty. [I trusted] in the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of [Nineveh, (i´ 5) Iš]tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal who had encour[aged me]. I did not comply with [the utte]rance(s) of his provocative speech (lit. “mouth”). I did not give him [those] fugi[tives. He] mustered his troops, prepared for bat[tle], (and) was sharpening his weapons in order to march to [Assyria. I mus]tered my battle troops, warriors who [dart about. (i´ 10) I set out on the path a]gainst Teumman, the king of the land Elam, [and t]ook the direct [road].

(i' 12) [B]efore me, Teu[mman, the king of the land Elam], ... [...]