Ashurbanipal 136

(r 1) My heart became enraged about the[s]e deeds (and) [my temper] turned hot. [I] mustered my troops (and) set ou[t on the road] against Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam. [In] the course of my campaign, [I conquered] the city Bīt-Imbî, a city upon which the land Elam relied. [(As for) the pe]ople living inside it, who had not come out and inquired about the well-being of [my] royal majes[ty, I killed (them)]. I cut off their [he]ads, sliced off [th]eir lip[s], (and) [took (them) to Assyria] to be a spectacle for the people of m[y] land.

(r 6) (As for) Imbappi, the chief archer of the land [Ela]m, who was stationed [as a guard] in the city Bīt-Imbî, I bro[ught] him [out] o[f] (that) city alive. [I then plac]ed (his) hands and feet in [iron] fetters and brought (him) to Assyria.

(r 9) I [brought out] a palace woman (and) the sons of Teu[mman — a (former) king of the land Ela]m who[se head I had cut off] during a previous campaign — together with the rest of the people [livin]g in the city Bīt-Imbî [and I counted (them) as booty].

(r 11) (As for) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the k[ing of the land Elam], h[e heard about] these [deed]s of mine [and] the fear of (the god) Aššur [(and) ..., w]ho [march] before m[e, overwhelmed him, and (then) he abandoned] the city [Madaktu, a roy]a[l city of his, and (then)] fl[ed a]lone [and took to the mountains (lit. “ascended his mountain”)].

(r 14) By the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, and [... insid]e Elam [...]. (As for) the people of the land Elam who had no[t come out and i]nquir[ed about the well-being of my royal majesty, I killed (them)]. The hands among them [... (As for) the re]st, who [...] ... [...]