Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Translations into English
91 I proceeded to the land of Iz-mehri, and took possession
of it throughout: I cut down beams for bridges of _mehri_
trees, and carried them to Nineveh; (and)
92 to Istar Lady of Nineveh (on) my knees I knelt.[47] In the
eponym of Samas-nuri[48] in the honor of the great Lord
Assur my Lord on the 20th of April[49]
93 from Calach I withdrew--crossed the Tigris--descended
to the land of Kipani, and there, in the city of Huzirina,
received the tribute of the governors of its cities.
94 While stationed at Huzirana I received the tribute of
Ittiel of Nilaya, Giridadi of Assaya, in silver
95 gold, oxen, sheep. In those days I received the tribute in
beams for bridges, cedar wood, silver, gold of Qatuzili
96 of Commagene[50]--withdrew from Huzirina and took my
way upward along the banks of the Euphrates; to Kubbu.[51]
97 I crossed over into the midst of the towns of Assa in
Kirkhi over against Syria. The cities of Umalie and
Khiranu
98 powerful cities centrally situated in Adani I captured; numbers
of their soldiers I slew; spoil beyond reckoning
99 I carried off; the towns I overthrew and demolished; 150
cities of their territory I burned with fire; then from Khiranu
100 I withdrew; I passed over to the environs of the land of
Amadani; I went down among the cities of Dirrie, and
the cities within the lands of
101 Amadani and Arquanie I burned with fire: Mallanu which
is in the middle of Arquanie I took as my own possession;
I withdrew from Mallanu
102 to the cities of Zamba on the sandy outskirt, which I
burned with fire: I passed the river Sua, proceeding up
to the Tigris whose cities
103 on those banks and on these banks of the Tigris in Arkanie
to a heap I reduced: its waters overflowed all Kirkhi: my
yoke they took;
104 their hostages I exacted; a Viceroy of my own I appointed
over them: in the environs of the land of Amadani I
arrived: at Barza-Nistun
105 To Dandamusa the fortified city of Ilani son of Zamani
I drew near and laid siege to it: my warriors like birds
of prey rushed upon them;
106 600 of their warriors I put to the sword and decapitated;
400 I took alive;
107 3,000 captives I brought forth; I took possession of the
city for myself: the living soldiers, and heads to the city
of Amidi[52] the royal city, I sent;
108 heaps of the heads close by his great gate I piled; the
living soldiers I crucified on crosses[53] at the gates of the
town;
109 inside the gates I made carnage; their forests I cut down;[54]
from Amidi I withdrew toward the environs of Kasyari;
the city of Allabzie
110 to whose rocks and stones no one among the Kings my
fathers had ever made approach, I penetrated; to the town
of Uda the fortress of Labduri son of Dubuzi
111 I approached and besieged the city with _bilsi_(?) strengthened
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