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... Nabû-zer-kitti-lishir, ... ... ... ... heard of the approach of my campaign and fled like a fox to the land Elam. i 20′ 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, i 25′ saw the deeds that they had done to his brother in Elam, fled from the land Elam, came to Nineveh to serve me, ... ... ... ... ...

... Furthermore, Abdi-Milkuti, king of Sidon, agreed to help him and they swore an oath by the great gods with one another and trusted in their own strength. I trusted in the god Ashur, my lord, and caught him ii 5′ like a bird from the midst of the mountains, and cut off his head. To show the people the might of the god Ashur, my lord, I hung the heads of Sanda-uarri and Abdi-Milkuti around the necks of their nobles and I paraded in the squares of Nineveh with singers and lyres.

The one who plundered the city Arzâ, which is in the district of the Brook of Egypt — I threw Asuhili, its king, into fetters along with his counselors and brought them to Assyria. I seated 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.

The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cilicia, mountain dwellers who live in mountains in the neighborhood of the land Tabal, ii 20′ who trusted in their 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 together with 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.

The one who crushed the Parnaki, a dangerous enemy, who live in the city Til-Ashurri, which is called Pittanu in the language of the people of the city Mehranu;

the one who scattered the Mannean people, undisciplined Gutians, who put to the sword the army of Ishpakaia, a Scythian, an ally who could not save himself;

I had the might of the god Ashur, my lord, and an inscription written in my name inscribed on them and I gave them back to him. I placed the lady Tabu'a, who was raised in my palace, as ruler over them and returned her to her land with her gods.

I added sixty-five camels to the previous tribute which was paid to my father and imposed it on him. Later, Hazael died and I put Ia'lû Iata', his son, on his throne. iii 10′ I added ten minas of gold, one thousand choice stones, fifty camels, and one thousand bags of aromatics to the tribute of his father and imposed it on him.

As for the land Bazu, a district in a remote place, a forgotten place of dry land, saline ground, a place of thirst, iii 15′ 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 iii 20′ to that district to which 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 eight kings from that district and carried off their gods, their goods, their possessions, and their people to Assyria. iii 25′ Laialê, king of the city Yadi', who had fled before my weapons, heard of the plundering of his gods and came to Nineveh, my capital city, before me, and kissed my feet. I had pity on him and said to him 'Ahulap!' I put that province of Bazu under him and imposed on him my lordly tribute and payment.

As for Bel-iqisha, son of Bunnannu, a Gambulian ...

I carried off to Assyria ..., their riding horses, oxen, sheep and goats, donkeys, and Bactrian camels, their heavy plunder.

As for Uppis, chieftain of the city Partakka, Zanasana, chieftain of the city Partukka, and iv 5′ Ramateia, chieftain of the city Urakazabarna, 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 iv 10′ they brought to Nineveh, my capital city, large thoroughbreds and blocks of lapis lazuli, hewn from its mountain, and they kissed my feet. Because of the chieftains who had threatened them, they implored my lordship and begged me for help. I sent my officials, iv 15′ 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 yearly.

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 iv 25′ 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 iv 35′ the plunder of enemies, everything 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.

They had ... 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.

In a favorable month, on a propitious day, I built great palatial halls upon that terrace for my lordly residence. I built a great royal house ninety-five large cubits long and thirty-one large cubits wide, v 10′ something none of kings who came before me, my ancestors, had done. I roofed it with magnificent cedar beams. I fastened bands of silver and bronze on doors of cypress, whose fragrance is sweet, and installed them in its gates.

I had stone shedus and lamassus, whose appearance repels evil, placed to the right and the left of their gates as protectors of the walk and guardians of the path of the king who made them. I had the palace skillfully built of interlocking limestone and cedar, for my lordly pleasure. I set up inside it twin copper lamassu-statues, with each pair looking both forward and backward.

I placed crossbeams on 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 pure silver and shining bronze 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, the deeds that I had accomplished in enemy lands.

I set up alongside it the palace a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, with all kinds of aromatic plants and fruit trees.

I seated ... at festive tables, 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, let me dwell in it forever in good health, happiness, bright spirits, and with the satisfaction of growing old, and vi 10′ 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, donkeys, camels, military equipment, implements of war, and all of the captured enemy soldiers. vi 17′ Let the good lamassu and the good shedu, 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, 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.

Abu V, eighteenth day, ....