Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Translations into English
and copper; from Kibaki I withdrew;
89 to the city of Mattyati I drew nigh; I took possession of
the land of Yatu with the town Kapranisa; 2,800 of their
fighting men I smote down with my weapons; their spoil
in abundance I carried off;
90 the rebels who had fled from before my arms now accepted
my yoke; of their cities I left them in possession; tribute
impost and an officer[14] over them I set;
91 an image of my person I made; collected laws I wrote upon
it and in the city of Mattiyati I placed it; from Mattiyati I
withdrew; at the city of Zazabuka
92 I halted; the tribute of Calach in oxen, sheep, goats and
various copper articles I received; from Zazabuka I withdrew;
93 at the city of Irzia I made a halt; that city I burned; but
received there the tributes due from Zura in oxen, sheep,
goats and _kam_ copper:
94 from Izria I withdrew; in the land of Kasyari I halted;
Madara (and) Anzi two cities of the territory I captured
and slew their soldiers;
95 their spoil I carried off; the cities I burned with fire; six
lakes I crossed over in Kasyari, a rugged highland for the
passage of chariots and an army
96 unsuited; (the hills with instruments of iron I cut through
[and] with rollers of metal I beat down;) the chariots and
army I brought over. In a city of Assur[15] on the sandy
side which is in Kasyari,
97 oxen, sheep, goats _kam_ and _gurpisi_ of copper I received;
by the land of Kasyari I proceeded; a second time to the
land of Nairi I went down; at the city of Sigisa
98 I made a halt; from Sigisa I withdrew; to Madara the
fortified city of Labduri the son of Dubisi I drew near, a
city extremely strong with four impregnable castles;
99 the city I besieged; they quailed before my mighty
prowess; I received, for the preservation of their lives,
their treasures, their riches, their sons, by tale; I imposed
upon them
100 tribute and duties; an officer[16] I appointed over them; the
city I demolished, razed, and reduced to a heap of ruins;
from Madara I withdrew; to Tuskha
101 I passed over; a palace in Tuskha I dedicated; the tribute
of the land of Nirdun, horses, yoke-horses, fish, _kam_ of
copper, _gurpisi_ of copper, oxen, sheep,
102 goats, in Tuskha I received; 60 cities and strong castles
below Kasyari, belonging to Labduri son of Dubuzi
I overthrew razed and converted to a heap of ruins.
103 In the service of Assur my Lord from Tuskha I withdrew.
The powerful chariots and battering-rams I put
up in my stores; on rafts
104 I passed the Tigris; all night I descended; to Pitura a
strong town of Dirrai I drew near--a very strong city--
105 two forts facing each other, whose castle like the
summit of a mountain stood up: by the mighty hands of
Assur my Lord and the impetuosity of my army and my
formidable attack
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