Ashurbanipal 093

(1') ... [...] two tall obelisks [cast with shiny zaḫalû-metal, whose weight was 2,500 talents (and which) stood at a temple gate, I ripped (them)] from where th[ey] were erected [and took (them) to Assyria].

(4') On my second campaign, [I marched] ag[ainst Baʾalu, the king of the land Tyre who resides in the middle of the sea]. Because he did not honor my royal command(s and) did not obe[y the pronouncement(s) from my lips], I set up outposts against him. By sea (and) dry land, [I took control of (all of) his] r[outes]. I constricted (and) cut short their lives. I made [them (the people of Tyre)] bo[w down] to my yoke.

(8') He brought bef[ore me] (his) daughter, his own offspring, and the daughters of [his] broth[ers to] serve as housekeepers. (10´) [He sent] at the same ti[me his son, who] had n[ever] crossed [the s]ea, [to do obeisance to me. I received from him his daughter and the daughters of] his [brother]s, together wi[th] a [large] m[arriage gift. ...]