“I gathered also the kings of Ḫatti and across the river ... Ba’alu king of Ṣurru (Tyre): Menasê (Menasseh) king of the city of Yaudu: Qauš-gabri, king of the city of Udumu (Edom); Muṣur’i, king of the city Ma’ab (Moab); Ṣilli-bêlu, king of the city of Ḫazitu (Gaza); Mitinti, king of the city of Isqaluna (Askelon); Ikausu, king of the city of Amqarruna (Ekron); Milki-ašapa, king of the city of Gublu (Gebal); Matan-ba’al, king of the city of Aruadu (Arvad); Abi-baal, king of the city of Samsimuruna; Budu-ilu, king of the city Bêt-Ammana (Beth-Ammon); Aḫi-milki, king of the city of Asdudu (Ashdod); 12 kings of the sea-coast. Ekištura, king of the city Edi’al (Idalium); Pilâgurâ, king of the city of Kidrusu; Kîsu, king of the city Sillûa; Itûandar, king of the city Pappa (Paphos); Erêsu, king of the city of Sillu; Damasu, king of the city Kurî (Kurium); Admezu, king of the city Tamesu (Tamessus); Damûsi, king of the city Karti-ḫadasti (the new town, a Phœnician settlement); Unasagusu, king of the city Lidir; Buṣusu, king of the city Nurîa: 10 kings of the land of Yatnana (Cyprus), within the sea— altogether 22 kings of the land of Ḫatti, the sea-coast and the middle of the sea, all of them, I directed, and great beams, enormous poles, trunks of cedar and cypress from the midst of Sirara and Libnana (Lebanon) (etc., etc., etc.), from the midst of the wooded mountains, the place of their growing, for the requirements of my palace, with toil and with difficulty I caused them to be brought to Nineveh.” The tribute which he exacted was not, therefore, a tribute of gold, silver, and other precious things, but simply the building materials which Esarhaddon required for his palace, and the kings of Heth, including Menasseh, contributed to this together with the kings of Cyprus—and to all appearance they had to transport these things to Nineveh! It was the labour and expense of transport rather than the material itself, which rendered this tribute so precious.