Ashurbanipal 175

(i 1') [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess] Ištar, [I] c[aptured the ḫiʾālu-troops of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that he had sent to plunder the steppe].

(i 2') [With the support of (the god) Aššur] and the goddess Ištar, I captured [the citizens of Borsippa] who had perpetrated sediti[on (and) rebell]ion (and) [who] had sided [with] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn.

(i 5') [With the support of (the god) Aššu]r and the goddess Ištar, I captured [the ... of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that had perpetrated sedition (and) rebellion (and) [I] struck (them) down with the sword.

(i 8') [I, A]shurbanipal, king of Assyria, for whom the great gods [had determin]ed a favorable destiny: (i 10´) [Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam], his brothers, his family, (and) [the seed of his father’s house, who] had set out [t]o help [Šamaš-šuma-u]kīn [...], his lord, [...]

(ii 1') [...], I [captured] them [a]live, [...] tore out their insides [...] ... [...] cut off their [...], flayed them, (and) fed [their] flesh [to eag]les.

(ii 6') [Na]bû-zēra-ukīn, son of Nabû-šuma-[..., a ...]ian, [a servant who b]elonged to me, [...] ..., [who had sid]ed [with] Šamaš-šuma-uk[īn: I] burned [with fire his hands, whi]ch had tak[en up] the bow [to fig]ht with my troops, and afterwards I [...] him and flayed him.

(ii 11') [..., a ... of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) unfai[thful] brother, [a ... of] Bīt-Dakkūri: I bur[ned] with fire his hands, which [had taken up] the [bow to fight with] my [troop]s, [and afterwards I ... him and fl]ayed him.

(ii 15') I, A[shurbanipal, king of] Assyria, who by the command of [the] great [god]s achieve[d] his heart’s [desir]e: They paraded before m[e] clothing (and) je[welr]y, all of the [roya]l appurtenan[ces of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — (my) u[nfa]ithful brother — [his] palace wo[men], his eunuch(s), his battle troops, chariotry, a [processi]onal carriage, the vehicle of hi[s] lordly majesty, hors[es], his harness-broken (steeds), every necessity [of h]is pal[ace], as much as there was, (and) people — male (and) fe[male], yo[ung and o]ld.

(ii 23') [Nabû-š]allimšunu, the chariot driver, (and) Mannu-kī-Bābi[li], son of Nabû-šallimš[unu].

(ii 25') [The so]ns of Ea-zēru-qīša of Bīt-Amukk[āni].

(ii 26') I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria: By the command of [(the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, the great gods], the kings who sit upon (royal) da[ises bowed down to my yoke. (As for) the archers among wh]om Tamma[rītu, the king of the land Elam],

(iii 1') [I, Ashurbanipal, kin]g of Assyria, whom (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar made stand [over] his [fo]es [(and who) achieved] his heart’s [desir]es: Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, set out [to aid] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — (my) hostile brother — (iii 5´) [(and) to fig]ht with my troops. He, together with his brothers, [his family, the s]eed of his father’s house, (and) his nobles [fled] to Nineveh from Indabibi, a servant of his [who] had incited [rebell]ion against him, and (then) he kissed the feet of [m]y royal majesty and made an appeal to my lordly majesty [to d]o obeisance to me.

(iii 10') [Ummaniga]š, who [forgot] the kindness of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [his lord], did [not] honor his treaty, (and) [... the treaty and oath]: (As for) the people of his country, [whom he (Tammarītu) had incited to rebel with him, he (Ummanigaš) ... f]rom the people of his country [and fled ...] into the mountain(s).