Ashurbanipal 184

(1') (No translation possible)

(2') (PN) [...]

(3') Sixteen thousand bow(s) [...] (my) enemy ... [...].

(5') In order to exact re[venge ...] (the god) Aššur roused Ashurbanipal, the favor[ite of ...] mighty ones into his hand(s) [...].

(8') (PN), the envoy of Tammarīt[u, ...] made an appeal to my lordly majesty, saying, “O king, ... [...” (...)].

(10') The rest, who did not submit to my yoke, [...] I made (him) enter (and) sit on the throne of the land Elam. At the mentio[n of my name ... I marched f]rom the Upper Sea to the Low[er] Sea, [where the kings, my ancestors, had regularly traveled]. At a distance of one month (and) twenty <days> (journey) into the midst of the sea and on dry land, [I added] t[erritory to that of the kings, my ancestors, and ruled (it)]. I made [the people] living in those lands bow [down to my yoke (and) imposed upon them annual tribute payment. (15´) With the supp]ort of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, the gods who had enc[ouraged me, the kings who sit upon (royal) daises kiss my feet] (and) great [r]ulers from (both) east and we[st are anxious for me to be their ally].

(17') [...] ... before me one [...] my lord [...]

(l.e. 1') [...] ... which my feet [...] ... in Eḫulḫul, which I had built anew and [...] and the kings of the land Ḫatti, servants who belonged to me, [...] I clad the [c]ella of the god Sîn, my lord, [with ...] (and) made (it) shine like [daylight ...], which from distan[t] days [...].