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(1') [...] i[n ...] in ... [...]. As a result of the supplications (and) entreaties that [...] (5´) Taharqa, the king of Egy[pt and Kush ...] in order to wage war (and) fig[ht ...]. The awe-inspiring radiance of the god Erra, the warri[or ...], he [a]bandone[d] the city Memphis [and, in order to save his (own) life, he fled inside the city Thebes]. I s[eized] that [cit]y (Memphis) (and then) [made my troops enter (and) reside there ...] (10´) ... [...] ... [...]

(1'') [...] ... [... the kings, gov]ernors, (and) official[s whom the father who had engendered me had appointed in Egypt, who had abandoned their post(s) in the face of] Taharqa’s [ta]ctical advance, [(and) had gone to (lit. “filled”) the countryside], where their post(s) were [I permitted them to serve] in [their (former) positions again. ...] who had abandoned me (and) [...] with T[aharqa ...], as long as I [...] in Egypt and Kush [...].

(7'') When I did not stay, Urtaku, the king of the land Elam, to fight [...]. The gods Nergal and Išum struck him with an incurable wound an[d ...]. Urtaku, the king of the land Elam, n[o] (longer) [set] foot upon the land of the living [...].

(10'') Afterwards, Tanutamon, the son of his sister, wh[o sat upon his royal throne], ma[de] the cities Thebes (and) Heliopolis his fortresses (and) [assem]bl[ed his forces]. To fight against the Assyrian troops who were inside the city Me[mphis, he mobil]ized [his battle array], confined those people of Assyria, and c[ut off their e]scape rout[e ...].

(14'') Through reason and counsel, which the great gods taught me, [I took the direct road] a second time to [...] Makan (Egypt) and Mel[uḫḫa (Ethiopia)]. Tanutamon heard abo[ut] the advance of my expeditionary force [and that I had set foo]t on [Egyptian] territory; he abandoned the city Memphis and, in order to sa[ve his (own) life, h]e fled inside the city [Thebes]. The kings, governors, (and) officials whom [I had stationed] i[n Egypt] came [to m]eet me and k[issed my feet].

(18'') [I took] the ro[ad] in pursuit of Tanutamon [(and) I marched as far] as the city Thebes, [his] fortif[ied] city. He sa[w] the assault of my battle array [and abandoned the city Thebes]; he fled to the city Ki[pkipi. With the support of the gods Nergal and] Išum, I conquered that city (Thebes) in [its entirety].

(21'') Silver, gold, [precious stones], as much [property of] his palace as there wa[s], garment(s) with multi-colored trim, li[nen garments, large horses, people — mal]e and fema[le] — two tall obelisks [cast with shiny zaḫalû-metal, who]se weight [was 2,500 talen]ts (and which) stood at a temp[le] gate, [I ripped (them)] from where [they] were erec[ted and took (them)] to Assyria.

(25'') On [my] retur[n march, ... who] had not bowed down to the kings, m[y] ancestors, [... they came to m]e and kissed my feet. [...], I added [territory to that of the kings], my [ancestor]s, and ruled (it).

(28'') [By the command of (the god) Aššur, ..., the god Nergal, ...], (and) the god Išum [...]

(1''') [... a]s kin[g ...] my command. [... who did not h]onor my treaty [...] sided [with Šamaš-šuma-ukīn], my [hos]tile [brother, Tammarītu rebelled against him (Ummanigaš) and] struck him, together with his family, down with the sword. [Tammarītu, who was (even) more] inso[lent than Ummaniga]š, sat on the throne of the land Elam.

(r 5) [Just like him (Ummanigaš), he (Tammarītu) acce]pted [bribes from the hand]s of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, did not inquire about the well-being of my royal majesty, came [to the aid of Šamaš-šuma-u]kīn, and hastily sent his weapons [to fig]ht with my troops. [Indabibi, a serva]nt of his, [rebell]ed against h[im] and sat on his [t]hrone. [Tammarītu f]led to me [fro]m Indabib[i] and grasped the feet of my royal majesty.

(r 9) Inside the land Elam, they (the Elamites) heard about [the progress of the messenger of mine whom I had sent to (the city) Dēr. With the support of (the god) Aššur (...) (and) the god Nergal, ..., fe]ar of my royal majesty overwhelmed the land Elam and (then) [the people of the land Elam] r[ebel]led [against] Indabibi (and) killed h[im] with the sword. They [pla]ced Umm[analdašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), son of] Atta-metu, on the throne of the land Elam.

(r 13) By the c[omm]and of (the god) Aššur and the god Nergal, Tammarītu made an appeal to my lordly majesty [to decide] his [c]ase and to come to his aid. I, Ashurbanipal, the [mag]nanimous (and) forbearing one, w[ith the suppo]rt of (the god) Aššur and the god Nergal, the gods who supported me, (rev. 15) mustered [m]y troops for a second time (and) gave the command to march against Ummanaldaš[u (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the ki]ng of the land Elam. I drove away Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam, (and) he fled fro[m m]y [weapo]ns and took to the mountains (lit. “ascended his mountain”).

(r 17) (As for) Umba-LAGABua, who s[at on the throne of the land Elam] in opposition to Ummanaldašu, he abandoned the city Bubilu, a city that was a lordly residence of his, and [took to the depths of far away waters].

(r 19) (As for) Tammarītu, who had fled to me (and) grasped my feet, I installed him as king inside the city Susa.

(r 20) He forgot the kindness that I had done for him, in having sent aid to him, and constantly sought [out] evil (ways) to conquer my troops. (The god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the god Ne[r]gal, the exalted lord, who march before me (and) allowed me to stand over my foes, saw the dangerous (and) rebellious thought(s) of Tammarī[t]u and delivered him into my hand: They removed him from his r[oy]al throne and (then) made him retur<n> and bow down at my feet.

(r 24) For a third time, (the god) Aššur, the [e]xalted lo[rd], the god Nergal, the hero of the gods, (and) the god Išum, whose hands are fitting, encouraged me and commanded me to march to the land Elam. (rev. 25) (Like) the city Bīt-Imbî, whi[ch] I had conquered [during a] previous [cam]paign of mine, [I] now conquered (the rest of) the land Rāši (and) the city Ḫamānu, along with [its] d[istrict]. Moreover he, Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam, [heard about] the conquest of the land Rāši and the city Ḫamānu [and] fear of (the god) Aššur, my lord, and [the awe-in]spiring radiance of the god Nergal, my god who marches at my side, overwhelmed him and (then) he ab[andoned] the city Mad[a]ktu, a royal city of his, [and fled to the city Dūr-Undāsi]. He cross[ed] the Idide River [and] established that [ri]ver as his defensive position. He prepared himself t[o fight with me].

(r 30) [I conquered] the cities Naṭītu, [Bīt-Bunakk]u, Ḫartappānu, royal cities of his, along with the[ir] districts. [I conquered] the city Tūb[u, along with its district].

(r 31b) [(As for) the] entire (area) [between] the (Ulāya and Idide) river(s), I conquered the cities Madaktu, Ḫaltemaš, (and) [Susa, royal cities of his. I conquered] the cities Din[šarri, Sumuntunaš, Pidilm]a, Bubilu, (and) Kabinak, r[oyal] cities [of his. I conquered] the city Dūr-U[ndāsi, a royal city of his].

(r 33b) [I conquered, destroyed, demolished], (and) bur[n]ed [with fire fourtee]n [c]ities, (his) royal residence(s), together with s[mall(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)”). I slew his warriors] without numbe[r. I struck down his elite f]i[ghting men with the sword].

(r 36) Ummana[ldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam, fled naked and took to the mountain(s)].

(r 37) [...] the city Ban[unu ...] twenty [villages ... (Over) an area of] sixty leag[ues ...].

(r 40) On [my] re[turn march, ...]