The palace of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters, true shepherd, favorite of the great gods, i 5 whom from his childhood the gods Ashur, Shamash, Bel, and Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela named for the kingship of Assyria —

I am my older brothers' youngest brother and by the command of the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Bel, and Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela, my father, who engendered me, elevated me firmly in the assembly of my brothers, saying: 'This is the son who will succeed me.' He questioned the gods Shamash and Adad by divination, and they answered him with a firm 'yes,' saying: 'He is your replacement.' i 15 He heeded their important words and gathered together the people of Assyria, young and old, and my brothers, the seed of the house of my father.

Before the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Nabû, and Marduk, the gods of Assyria, the gods who live in heaven and netherworld, he made them swear their solemn oaths concerning the safe-guarding of my succession. i 20 In a favorable month, on a propitious day, in accordance with their sublime command, I joyfully entered the House of Succession, an awe-inspiring place within which the appointing to kingship takes place.

Persecution and jealousy fell over my brothers and they forsook the will of the gods. They trusted in their arrogant deeds, and they were plotting evil. They started evil rumors, calumnies, and slander about me against the will of the gods, and they were constantly telling insincere lies, hostile things, behind my back. They alienated the well-meaning heart of my father from me, against the will of the gods, but deep down he was compassionate and his eyes were permanently fixed on my exercising kingship.

I pondered and thought thus: 'Their deeds are arrogant and they trust only in their own counsel. What will they not do against the will of the gods?' i 35 I prayed to the god Ashur, king of the gods, and the merciful god Marduk, to whom treacherous talk is an abomination, with benedictions, supplications, and expressions of humility, and they accepted my words. By the command of the great gods, my lords, they the gods settled me in a secret place away from the evil deeds, i 40 stretched out their pleasant protection over me, and kept me safe for exercising kingship. Afterwards, my brothers went out of their minds and did everything that is displeasing to the gods and mankind, and they plotted evil, girt their weapons, and in Nineveh, without the gods, they butted each other like kids for the right to exercise kingship.

The gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Bel, Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela saw the deeds of the usurpers which had been done wrongly against the will of the gods and they did not support them. They changed their strength to weakness and forced them to bow down to me. i 50 The people of Assyria, who swore by oil and water to the treaty, an oath bound by the great gods, to protect my right to exercise kingship, did not come to their aid.

I, Esarhaddon, who with the help of the great gods, his lords, does not turn back in the heat of battle, quickly heard of their evil deeds. I said 'Woe!' and rent my princely garment. I cried out in mourning, I raged like a lion, and my mood became furious. In order to exercise kingship over the house of my father I beat my hands together. I prayed to the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Bel, Nabû, and Nergal, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela i 60 and they accepted my words. With their firm 'yes,' they were sending me reliable omens, saying: 'Go! Do not hold back! We will go and kill your enemies.'

I did not hesitate one day or two days. I did not wait for my army. I did not look for my rear guard. I did not check the assignment of horses harnessed to the yoke i 65 nor that of my battle equipment. I did not stock up travel provisions for my campaign. I was not afraid of the snow and cold of Shabatu XI, the severest cold season. Like a flying eagle I spread my wings to drive back my enemies. With difficulty and haste, I followed the road to Nineveh and i 70 before my arrival in the territory of the land Hanigalbat all of their crack troops blocked my advance; they were sharpening their weapons. Fear of the great gods, my lords, overwhelmed them, and when they saw my mighty battle array, they became like crazed women.

The goddess Ishtar, the lady of war and battle, who loves my priestly duties, stood at my side, broke their bows, and she split open their tight battle ranks. In their assembly, they said thus: 'This is our king!' Through her sublime command they began coming over to my side and marching behind me. They were gamboling like lambs and begging my sovereignty. i 80 The people of Assyria, who had sworn by the treaty, an oath bound by the great gods, concerning me, came before me and kissed my feet. Moreover, those rebels, the ones engaged in revolt and rebellion, when they heard of the advance of my campaign, they deserted the army they relied on and fled to an unknown land. I reached the embankment of the Tigris River and i 85 by the command of the gods Sîn and Shamash, the divine lords of the embankment, I made all of my troops hop over the wide Tigris River as if it were a small canal.

In Addaru XII, a favorable month, on the eighth day, the esheshu-festival of the god Nabû, I joyfully entered Nineveh, my capital city, and I sat happily on the throne of my father. The south wind, the breeze of the god Ea, the wind whose blowing is favorable for exercising kingship, blew upon me. ii 5 Favorable signs came in good time to me in heaven and on earth. They the gods continually and regularly encouraged me with oracles through ecstatics, the messages of the gods and goddesses. I sought out every one of the guilty soldiers, who wrongly incited my brothers to exercise kingship over Assyria, and imposed a grievous punishment on them: I exterminated their offspring.

I am Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, valiant warrior, foremost of all rulers, son of Sennacherib, king of the world and king of Assyria, ii 15 descendant of Sargon II, king of the world and king of Assyria, creation of the god Ashur and the goddess Mullissu, beloved of the gods Sîn and Shamash, chosen by the gods Nabû and Marduk, favorite of the goddess Ishtar — the queen — desired by the great gods, capable, able, intelligent, learned, the one whom the great gods ii 20 raised to be king in order to restore the great gods and to complete the shrines of all of the cult centers of the great gods; the one who reconstructed the temple of the god Ashur, rebuilt Esagil and Babylon, and restored the gods and goddesses who live in it; the one who returned the plundered gods of the lands from the city Ashur to their proper place and let them dwell in security —

As soon as I had completed the temples and had installed them on their daises as their eternal dwellings, with their great help I marched triumphantly from the rising sun to the setting sun and I had no rival therein. I made the rulers of the four quarters bow down at my feet and they the gods entrusted to me any land that had sinned against the god Ashur.

The god Ashur, the father of the gods, gave me the power to let cities fall into ruins and to repopulate them, and to enlarge Assyrian territory; the god Sîn, lord of the crown, decreed heroic strength and robust force as my fate; the god Shamash, the light of the gods, elevated my important name to the highest rank; the god Marduk, king of the gods, made the fear of my kingship ii 35 sweep over the mountain regions like a dense fog; the god Nergal, mightiest of the gods, gave me fierceness, splendor, and terror as a gift; and the goddess Ishtar, the lady of battle and war, gave me a mighty bow and a fierce arrow as a present.

At that time, Nabû-zer-kitti-lishir, son of Marduk-apla-iddina II Merodach-baladan, governor of the Sealand, who did not keep his treaty nor remember the agreement of Assyria, forgot the good relations of my father. During the disturbances in Assyria, he mustered his army and his camp, besieged Ningal-iddin, the governor of Ur, a servant who was loyal to me, and ii 45 cut off his escape route. After the gods Ashur, Shamash, Bel and Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela joyously seated me, Esarhaddon, on the throne of my father and handed over to me the lordship of the lands, he was not respectful, did not stop his evil deeds, and would not leave my servant alone. Moreover, he did not send his messenger before me and did not ask after the well-being of my kingship.

I heard of his evil deeds while in Nineveh; my heart became angry and my liver was inflamed. I sent my officials, the governors on the border of his land, against him. Furthermore, he, Nabû-zer-kitti-lishir, the rebel, the traitor, heard of the approach of my army and ii 55 fled like a fox to the land Elam. Because of the oath of the great gods which he had transgressed, the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Bel, and Nabû imposed a grievous punishment on him and they killed him with the sword in the midst of the land Elam. Na'id-Marduk, his brother, saw the deeds that they had done to his brother in Elam, fled from the land Elam, ii 60 came to Assyria to serve me, and beseeched my lordship. I made the entire Sealand, the domain of his brother, subject to him. Now he comes yearly, without ceasing, to Nineveh with his heavy audience gift and kisses my feet.

As for Abdi-Milkuti, king of Sidon, who did not fear my lordship and did not listen to the words of my lips, who trusted in the rolling sea and threw off the yoke of the god Ashur — I leveled Sidon, his stronghold, which is situated in the midst of the sea, like a flood, tore out its walls and its dwellings, and ii 70 threw them into the sea; and I even made the site where it stood disappear. Abdi-Milkuti, its king, in the face of my weapons, fled into the midst of the sea. By the command of the god Ashur, my lord, I caught him like a fish from the midst of the sea and cut off his head. I carried off his wife, his sons, his daughters, ii 75 his palace retainers, gold, silver, goods, property, precious stones, garments with trimming and linens, elephant hides, ivory, ebony, boxwood, everything of value from his palace in huge quantities, and took away his far-flung people who were beyond counting, oxen, sheep and goats, and donkeys in huge numbers ii 80 to Assyria. I gathered the kings of Hatti Syria-Palestine and the seacoast, all of them, and had them build a city in another place, and I named it Kar-Esarhaddon.

The inhabitants of the cities Bit-Shupuri, Sikkû, Gi', Inimme, Hildua, Qartimme, Bi'rû, Kilmê, Bitirume, Sagû, Ampa, iii 5 Bit-Gisimeya, Birgi', Gambulu, Dalaimme, and Isihimme, cities in the environs of Sidon, places of pasturing and watering for his stronghold, which I captured with the help of the god Ashur, my lord, I settled in it iii 10 together with the people plundered by my bow from the eastern mountains and sea and I restored the city to Assyrian territory. I reorganized that province, placed my official as a governor over them, and increased and imposed upon it tribute and payment greater than before. iii 15b From among those cities of his I handed over the cities Ma'rubbu and Sharepta to Ba'alu, king of Tyre. I increased my lordly tribute beyond his earlier, annual giving and imposed it on him.

Moreover, Sanda-uarri, king of the cities Kundu and Sissû, a dangerous enemy, who did not fear my lordship and abandoned the gods, trusted in the impregnable mountains. He and Abdi-Milkuti, king of Sidon, iii 25 agreed to help one another, swore an oath by their gods with one another, and trusted in their own strength. I trusted in the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Bel, and Nabû, the great gods, my lords, iii 30 besieged him, caught him like a bird from the midst of the mountains, and cut off his head. "In Tashritu VII — the head of Abdi-Milkuti! In Addaru XII — the head of Sanda-uarri!" I beheaded both in the same year: iii 35 With the former I did not delay, with the latter I was quick. To show the people the might of the god Ashur, my lord, I hung the heads around the necks of their nobles and I paraded in the squares of Nineveh with singers and lyres.

I plundered the city Arzâ, which is in the district of the Brook of Egypt, and threw Asuhili, its king, into fetters and brought him to Assyria. I seated him text: "them", bound, near the citadel gate of the city of Nineveh along with bears, dogs, and pigs.

Moreover, I struck with the sword Teushpâ, a Cimmerian, a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land Hubushnu.

I trod on the necks of the people of Cilicia, mountain dwellers who live in inaccessible mountains in the neighborhood of the land Tabal, evil Hittites, iii 50 who trusted in their mighty mountains and who from earliest days had not been submissive to the yoke. I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroyed, and burned with fire twenty-one of their fortified cities and small cities in their environs. As for the rest of them, who were not guilty of any sin or crime, I imposed the heavy yoke of my lordship upon them.

I crushed the wicked Parnaki, who live in the land Til-Ashurri, which is called Pittanu in the language of the people of the land Mehranu.

I scattered the Mannean people, undisciplined Gutians, and its army; I put to the sword Ishpakaia, a Scythian, an ally who could not save himself.

I plundered the land Bit-Dakkuri, which is in Chaldea, an enemy of Babylon. I captured Shamash-ibni, its king, a rogue and outlaw, who did not respect the oath of the lord of lords and who took away fields of the citizens of Babylon iii 65 and Borsippa by force and turned them over to himself. Because I know the fear of the gods Bel and Nabû, I returned those fields and entrusted them to the citizens of Babylon and Borsippa. I placed Nabû-shallim, the son of Balassu, on his throne and he now pulls my yoke.

As for Bel-iqisha, son of Bunnannu, a Gambulian whose residence is located twelve leagues distance in water and canebrakes, by the command of the god Ashur, my lord, unprovoked fear fell upon him and iii 75 of his own free will he took tribute and payment, uncastrated bulls, and teams of white mules from the land Elam and came to Nineveh, before me, and he kissed my feet. I had pity on him and encouraged him. iii 80 I strengthened the city Sha-pi-Bel, the city which is his strong fortress, and I put him together with his archers therein as a garrison and thus locked it the fortress up like a door against the land Elam.

As for the city Adumutu, the fortress of the Arabs, which Sennacherib, king of Assyria, my father, who engendered me, conquered and whose goods, possessions, and gods, together with Apkallatu, the queen of the Arabs, iv 5 he plundered and brought to Assyria — Hazael, the king of the Arabs, came to Nineveh, my capital city, with his heavy audience gift and kissed my feet. He implored me to give back his gods, and I had pity on him. iv 10 I refurbished the gods Atar-samayin, Daya, Nuhaya, Ruldawu, Abirillu, and Atar-qurumâ, the gods of the Arabs, and I inscribed the might of the god Ashur, my lord, and an inscription written in my name on them and gave them back to him. iv 15 I placed the lady Tabu'a, who was raised in the palace of my father, as ruler over them and returned her to her land with her gods.

I added sixty-five camels and ten donkeys to the previous tribute and imposed it on him. Hazael died and I placed Iata', his son, iv 20 on his throne. I added ten minas of gold, one thousand choice stones, fifty camels, and one hundred bags of aromatics to the tribute of his father and imposed it on him. Later, Uabu, to exercise kingship, incited all of the Arabs to rebel against Iata'.

I, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters, who loves loyalty and abhors treachery, sent my battle troops to the aid of Iata', and they trampled all of the Arabs, threw Uabu, together with the soldiers who were with him, into fetters, and brought them to me. I placed them in neck stocks and tied them to the side of my gate.

As for Uppis, chieftain of the city Partakka, Zanasana, chieftain of the city Partukka, and Ramateia, chieftain of the city Urakazabarna, iv 35 Medes whose country is remote and who had not crossed the boundary of Assyria nor trodden on its soil in the time of the kings, my ancestors — the awesome fear of the god Ashur, my lord, overwhelmed them and they brought to Nineveh, my capital city, large thoroughbreds and blocks of lapis lazuli, hewn from its mountain, and they kissed my feet. iv 40 Because of the chieftains who had threatened them, they implored my lordship and begged me for help. I sent my officials, the governors of the boundary areas of their land, with them and they trampled the people living in those cities and made them bow down at their feet. I imposed the tribute and payment of my lordship upon them.

As for the land Patusharra, a district in the area of the salt desert, which is in the midst of the land of the distant Medes, borders Mount Bikni, the lapis lazuli mountain, and upon the soil of whose land none of the kings, my ancestors, had walked — I carried off to Assyria Shidir-parna and E-parna, mighty chieftains, iv 50 who were not submissive to my yoke, together with their people, their riding horses, oxen, sheep and goats, and Bactrian camels, their heavy plunder.

As for the land Bazu, a district in a remote place, a forgotten place of dry land, saline ground, a place of thirst, iv 55 one hundred and twenty leagues of desert, thistles, and gazelle-tooth stones, where snakes and scorpions fill the plain like ants — I left Mount Hazû, the mountain of saggilmud-stone, twenty leagues behind me and crossed over to that district to which iv 60 no king before me had gone since earliest days. By the command of the god Ashur, my lord, I marched triumphantly in its midst. I defeated Kisu, king of the city Haldisu Handasu, Akbaru, king of the city Ilpi'atu Alpiyana, Mansaku, king of the city Magalanu, Iapa', queen of the city Dihranu, iv 65 Habisu, king of the city Qadaba' Qatabu', Niharu, king of the city Ga'uani, Baslu, queen of the city Ihilu, and Habaziru, king of the city Puda' Padê, eight kings from that district iv 70 and laid out the bodies of their warriors like drying malt. I carried off their gods, their goods, their possessions, and their people to Assyria. As for Laialê, king of the city Yadi', who had fled before my weapons, unprovoked fear fell upon him, and he came to Nineveh, before me, and kissed my feet. I had pity on him and put that province of Bazu under him.

Through the strength of the gods Ashur, Sîn, Shamash, Nabû, Marduk, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela, I conquered all of my arrogant enemies. iv 80 At the words of their divinity the rulers, my enemies, trembled like reeds in a storm. The kings who live in the sea, whose inner walls are the sea and whose outer walls are the waves, who ride in boats instead of chariots, and who harness rowers instead of horses, were seized by fear; their hearts were pounding and v 1 they were vomiting gall. There was no rival that my weapons could not face and there was no one among the rulers who came before me who could equal me. Those who used to ignore the kings, my ancestors, or answer them constantly with hostility, by the command of the god Ashur, my lord, were delivered into my hands. v 5 I smashed their hard stone walls like a potter's vessel and let the vultures eat the unburied bodies of their warriors. I carried off their heaped-up possessions to Assyria and counted the gods, their helpers, as booty. I led their prosperous people away like sheep and goats.

The one who fled into the sea to save his own life did not escape my net and did not save himself. The swift runner who took to the stepped ridges of remote mountains, I caught him like a bird from the midst of the mountains and bound his arms. I made their blood flow like floodwater in mountain gullies. I ripped out the roots of the Sutû, who live in tents in a remote place, like the onslaught of a raging storm. Neither he who made the sea his fortress nor he who made the mountain his stronghold escaped my net or succeeded in escaping. v 20 I ordered the resettling of those of the sea to the mountains and those of the mountains to the sea. At the command of the god Ashur, my lord, who can rival me in kingship? Moreover, who among the kings, my ancestors, was there whose dominion was as great as mine? From the midst of the sea, my enemies spoke thus: 'Where can the fox go to get away from the sun?'

The Elamites and Gutians, obstinate rulers, who used to answer the kings, my ancestors, with hostility, heard of what the might of the god Ashur, my lord, had done among all of my enemies, and fear and terror poured over them. So that there would be no trespassing on the borders of their countries they sent their messengers with messages of friendship and peace to Nineveh, before me, and they swore an oath by the great gods.

After the gods Ashur, Shamash, Bel, Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela made me stand victoriously over my enemies and I attained everything I wanted, with the booty of the vast enemies which my hands had captured through the help of the great gods, my lords, I had the shrines of cult centers built in Assyria and Akkad; I decorated them with silver and gold and made them shine like daylight.

At that time, the armory of Nineveh which the kings who came before me, my ancestors, had built to maintain the camp and to keep thoroughbreds, mules, chariots, military equipment, implements of war, and the plunder of enemies, everything v 45 that the god Ashur, king of the gods, gave me as my royal share — that place had become too small for me to have horses show their mettle and to train with chariots. I made the people of the lands plundered by my bow take up hoe and basket, and they made bricks. I razed that small palace in its entirety, took a large area from the fields for an addition, and added it to it the palace. I laid its foundations with limestone, strong stone from the mountains, and raised the terrace.

I summoned the kings of Hatti and Across the River Syria-Palestine: v 55 Ba'alu, king of Tyre, Manasseh, king of Judah, Qa'ush-gabri, king of Edom, Mushuri, king of Moab, Shil-Bel, king of Gaza, Mitinti, king of Ashkelon, Ikausu, king of Ekron, Milki-ashapa, king of Byblos, v 60 Mattan-Ba'al, king of Arvad, Abi-Ba'al, king of Samsimurruna, Budi-il, king of Bit-Ammon, Ahi-Milki, king of Ashdod — twelve kings from the shore of the sea; Ekishtura, king of Idalion, Pilagurâ, king of Kitrusi, v 65 Kisu, king of Salamis, Ituandar, king of Paphos, Eresu, king of Soloi, Damasu, king of Curium, Admesu, king of Tamassos, Damysos, king of Qarti-hadasti, v 70 Unasagusu, king of Lidir, Bushusu, king of Nuria — ten kings of Yadnana Cyprus in the midst of the sea; in total, twenty-two kings of Hatti Syria-Palestine, the seacoast, and the midst of the sea.

I sent orders to all of them for large beams, tall columns, and very long planks v 75 of cedar and cypress, grown on Mount Sirara and Mount Lebanon, which from early days grew thick and tall, and they had bull colossi made of pendû-stone, lamassu-statues, zebus, paving stones, slabs of marble, pendû-stone, breccia, colored marble, brownish limestone, and girimhilibû-stone, everything that was needed for my palace, dragged with much trouble and effort from the midst of the mountains, the place of their origin, to Nineveh, my capital city.

In a favorable month, on a propitious day, I built great palatial halls upon that terrace for my lordly residence. vi 5 I built a royal house ninety-five large cubits long and thirty-one large cubits wide, something none of the kings, my ancestors, had done. I had its lower courses surrounded with limestone paving stones and I roofed it with magnificent cedar beams.

I had a room of white alabaster and palatial halls of ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, and cypress skillfully built for my royal residence and my lordly leisure. I roofed it with magnificent cedar beams. I fastened bands of silver and copper on doors of cypress, whose fragrance is sweet, and installed them in their gates. vi 15 I had placed to the right and left of their gates bull colossi and zebus made of pendû-stone and whose appearance repels evil, large stone bull colossi, lions that are facing one another, and zebus that are facing one another, and twin lamassu-statues, that I cast in shining copper, and bull colossi made of white limestone.

I placed crossbeams on large copper columns and tall cedar columns, thus forming a cornice in their gates. I had the friezes and copings of the whole of that palace made of black and blue glazed bricks and I put them around it like a wreath. I surrounded all of the gates with an arch and a vault like a rainbow. I embedded nails of silver, gold, and shining copper in them. Through the craft of the sculptor, I depicted on it the frieze of the palace the might of the god Ashur, my lord, and the deeds that I had accomplished in enemy lands.

I planted alongside it the palace a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, with all kinds of aromatic plants and fruit trees. I greatly enlarged its courtyard and made its approach much wider. I led a canal into it the park as a watering place for horses and I made it murmur with running water like an irrigation ditch.

After I built and completed that palace from its foundations to its parapets and filled it with splendor, its mortar was mixed with fine beer, its kalakku-clay was mixed with wine. The bearers of the spade, the hoe, and the basket, the workers who carry baskets of bricks, passed their time in joyous song, in rejoicing, with pleasure, and with radiant mien. I finished its work with rejoicing, jubilation, and melodious songs, and I named it Eshgalshiddudua, 'The palace that administers everything.'

I invited the gods Ashur, Bel, Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, and Ishtar of Arbela, vi 45 the gods of Assyria, all of them, into it. I made sumptuous pure offerings before them and presented them with my gifts. Those gods, in their steadfast hearts, blessed my kingship. I seated all of the officials and people of my country in it vi 50 at festive tables, ceremonial meals, and banquets, and I made their mood jubilant. I watered their insides with wine and kurunnu-wine. I had my servants drench their the guests' heads with fine oil and perfumed oil.

By the command of the god Ashur, the king of the gods, and the gods of Assyria, all of them, vi 55 let me dwell in it forever in good health, happiness, bright spirits, and with the satisfaction of growing old, and let me be sated with its splendor. At new year, in the first month, yearly, without ceasing, let me inspect in it all of the thoroughbreds, mules, camels, military equipment, implements of war, and vi 60 all of the captured enemy soldiers. Let the good shedu and the good lamassu, who guard my royal path and who make me happy, last forever and ever in that palace. May they never leave it.

In the future, may one of the kings, my descendants, whom the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar name to rule the land and people, renovate the dilapidated sections of that palace when it becomes old and dilapidated. Just as I placed an inscription written in the name of the king, my father, who engendered me, vi 70 beside an inscription written in my name, so you too should be like me and read an inscription written in my name, anoint it with oil, make an offering, and place it beside an inscription written in your name. The god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar will then hear your prayers.

Addaru XII, eponymy of Atar-ili, governor of the land Lahiru 673 BC.

Month "Opening of the Door," eponymy of Atar-ili, governor of the land Lahiru 673 BC.

Month "Opening of the Door," eponymy of Atar-ili, governor of the land Lahiru 673 BC.

Month of the goddess Belet-ili, eponymy of ..., in the year when ... its booty.

Addaru XII, eponymy of Idri Atar-ili governor of the land Lahiru 673 BC.

Addaru XII, eponymy of Atar-ili, governor of the land Lahiru 673 BC.

Nisannu I, eponymy of Nabû-belu-ushur, governor of Dur-Sharrukku 672 BC.