Ashurbanipal 091

(i 1') [I constricted (and)] cut sho[rt their lives. I made] them (the people of Tyre) [b]ow down [to my yoke].

(i 3') He (Baʾalu) brought before me [(his) daughter], his [own offspring], and the daughters of his brothers [to serve as housekeepers. (i 5´) He sent at the same time his son, who] had n[ever] crossed the sea, to do obeisance to me. [I received from him his daughter and the daughters of his brothers, tog]ether with a large marriage gift. [I had mercy on him and (then)] I gave (his) son, his offspring, back to him.

(i 9') [(As for) Yakīn-Lû, the king of the city Arw]ad, who resides in the middle of the sea, [Mugallu, the king of] the land Tabal, (and) [Sanda-šarme of the land Ḫi]lakku (Cilicia), [who had not bowed down to the kings, my ancestors], they [b]owed down to my yoke. They brought [(their) daughters, their own offspring, to Nineveh to serve as housekeepers, together with a] substantial [dow]ry, and (i 15´) [they kissed] my f[ee]t. [I imposed upon Mugallu an annual payment of lar]ge [horses].

(ii 1') [I dispatched my messenger] wi[th (a message of) goodwill to him (Uallî). He sent me] (his) dau[ghter, his own offspring], t[o serve as a housekeeper. (As for) his former] paym[ent], (ii 5´) which [they had discontinued] i[n the time of the kings, my ancestors], th[ey] carri[ed (it) before me]. I [added] thirty [horses to his former payment and imposed (it) upon him].

(ii 9') (No translation possible)

(iv 1) The people of the cities Ḫil[mu (and) Pillatu] h[eard about] the assault of my mighty battle array [as I was marching to the land Elam]. The awe-inspiring radiance of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, [my] lo[rds], (and) fear of my royal majesty over[whelmed them]. (iv 5) They, their people, their oxen, (and) [their] sh[eep and goats], arrived in As[syria] to do obeisance to me and they grasped the f[eet of my royal majesty].

(iv 8) In the course of my campaign, [I conquered] the city Bīt-I[mbî, a royal city (and)] residence upon which the land Elam relied. (iv 10) (As for) the people living inside it, who had not [come out and] inquired about the well-being of [my] royal majest[y, I killed (them)]. I cut off their [h]eads, [sliced off their] lips, [(and) took (them) to Assyria t]o be a spectacle for the people of [my] lan[d].

(iv 14) [(As for) Im]bappi, the chief [archer of the land Elam, who was stationed as a guard in the ci]ty [Bīt-Imbî],

(iv 1') I brought o[ut and I counted (them) as booty].

(iv 2') (As for) Ummana[ldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam, he heard about the entry of my troops], who [had entered] inside the land Elam; [he abandoned] the city Madaktu, a ro[yal] city [of his, and] (then) fled and [took to] the mo[untains] (lit. “[ascended his] mo[untain]”).

(iv 6') (As for) Umba-LAGABua, who [sat on] the throne of the land Ela[m] in opp[osition to Ummanaldašu, like him (Ummanaldašu) ...] ... [...]

(v 1) (As for) the entire (area) between the (Ulāya and Idide) river(s), I conquered the city Madak[tu, a royal city, along with i]ts [district. I con]quered the city Ḫaltemaš, a royal city [of his. I conqu]ered the city Susa, a royal city [of his. I conquer]ed the cities Dinšarri (and) Sumunt[unaš, royal cit(ies) of his. (v 5) I conquered] the city Pidilma, a royal city [of his]. I conquered the city Bubilu, a royal city of his. [I conquered] the city [Kabinak, a royal city of his].

(v 7) With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I advanced and marc[hed against Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-haltaš III)], who had not bowed down to my yoke.

(v 8b) In the cou[rse of my campaign, I conquered] the city Dūr-Undāsi, a royal city of [his].

(v 10) I did not wait one day (or) two days, [nor did I wait for] the rea[r guard]. I crossed the river on the (very) day (I reached it).

(v 11b) I conquered, destroyed, de[molished], (and) burned with fire fourteen [ci]ties, [his royal] reside[nce(s)], together with small(er) settlements, which were without number, and [twelve districts] that were in the land Elam, all of it. I [turned (them)] into mounds of ruins (lit. “mound(s) and ruin(s)”). (v 15) I slew his warriors without number. [I struck down] his elite [fi]ghting men with the sword.

(v 16b) Ummanald[ašu (Ḫumban-haltaš III), the king of the land Ela]m, fl<e>d naked and t[ook to the mountain(s)].

(v 18) [I conquered the cities Bašimu (and) Banu]nu together with the dist[rict o]f the city Tasa[rra, all (of it). (v 20) I conquered] twenty villages in the distri[ct of the city Ḫunnir], (which is) on the border of the city [Ḫidalu].

(v 22) (Over) an area of [si]xty leagues, by the command th[at] (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar [had given to me], I marched about tr[iumphantly in]side the land Elam.

(v 24) [On] my return march, (during) which (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar made [me] sta[nd over] my [fo]es, I conquered the city Susa, a great cult center, the residence of [their] gods, [a place of] their [se]cret lore. By the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I entered its [palace]s (and) stayed (inside them) during celebrations. [I opened up] their [tre]asuries, inside which silver, gold, [possessions, (and) property had been s]tored — (v 30) [which the] former [kings of the land] Elam [...] ...

(vi 1) [my battle troops en]tered [inside them, saw their secrets, (and) bu]rned (them) with fire.

(vi 3) [I destroyed (and) de]molished [the tombs of their earlie]r and later [kings, (men) who had not re]ver[ed the goddess Ištar], my lady, (and) who [had distur]bed the kings, [my ancestors]; I exposed (them) to the sun (lit. “the god Šamaš”). I t[ook] their [bon]es [to] Assyria. I prevented [their ghosts] from sleeping (and) deprived them of funerar[y libat]ions.

(vi 8) [On a march of one mont]h (and) twenty-five days, I devastated the districts of the land [Ela]m (and) scat[te]red [salt] (and) cress over them (lit. “it”).

(vi 10) I cut of[f the clamor of] humans, (the sound of) the treading of [ox]en, sheep and goats, (and) [the cr(ie]s) of pleasant work song(s) (and so) ruined his harvest.

(vi 12) [(As for) the goddess Nanāya], who 1,530 ye[ar]s (ago) became angry (and) went [to live i]n the land Elam, [a plac]e not befitting her, [then, at that time (when) she nominated me for ruling over the lands, (vi 15) she entrusted me with the r]eturn of her lordly majesty, [saying: “Ashurbani]pal [will bring me out] of the [evil] land Elam [and make me enter E]anna (again).”

(vi 16b) The word(s) of [her divine] command [...] ...