Assyria : $b Its princes, priests and peopleSayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
History
Assyria : $b Its princes, priests and people
Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Assyria -- History
30. D.P. Ya-hu-da-â id-di-nu-su nak-ris a-na zil-li e-śir-su
_of the Jews they gave him as an enemy In a dungeon he shut him up._
31. ip-lukh lab-ba-su-un sarrani mat Mu-tsu-ri
_Their heart feared. The kings of the country of Egypt,_
32. D.P. tsabi D.P. mitpani D.P. narkabaté
_the men of bows and chariots,_
D.P. sisē sa sar D.P. Me-lukh-khi
_the horses of the king of Meluḥḥi_,
33. e-mu-ḳi la ni-bi ik-te-ru-nim-ma il-li-ku
_a force without number they brought together and they marched to_
34. ri-tsu-uś-śu-un. i-na ta-mir-ti D.P. Al-ta-ḳu-u
_their aid. In the sight of the city Altaku_
35. el-la-mu-u-a śi-id-ru rit-ku-nu u-sa-a'-lu
_before me the order of battle they had placed, they appealed to_
36. D.P. kakk-su-un i-na tukulti D.P. Assur beli-ya it-ti-su-un
_their weapons. By the support of Assur my lord with them_
37. am-da-khi-its-ma as-ta-kan hapikta-su-un
_I fought and I accomplished their overthrow;_
38. D.P. beli-narkabate u abli sarrani D.P. Mu-tsu-ra-â
_the charioteers and the sons of the kings of the Egyptians_
39. a-di D.P. beli-narkabate sa sar D.P. Me-lukh-khi
_together with the charioteers of the king of Meluḥḥi_
bal-ḍu-śu-un
_alive_
40. i-na ḳabal tam-kha-ri ik-su-da ḳatā D.P. Al-ta-ḳu-u
_in the midst of battle my two hands captured. The city Altaku_
41. D.P. Ta-am-na-a al-me aks-ud as-lu-la
_and the city Tāmnā I besieged I captured I carried away
sal-la-śun
_their spoil._
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