and Khamanu--migrated as far as
Bit-Imbi; Shutruk-nakhunta, overcome with fear, took refuge, so it was
said, in the distant mountains to preserve his life.*

* None of these places can be identified with certainty. So
far as I can follow the account of this campaign on the map,
it seems that the attacks upon Shutruk-nakhunta took place
on the plain and in the mountains between the Ab-i-Gengir
and the Tib, so that the river Naditi would be the Aftah or
one of its tributaries. If this were so, Lakhirimmu and
Pillutu would be situated somewhere near the Jughai ben Ruan
and the Tope Ghulamen of de Morgan's map of Elam, Shamuna
near Zirzir-tepi, Babduri near Hosseini-yeh. But I wish it
to be understood that I do not consider these comparisons as
more than simple conjectures. Bit-Imbi was certainly out of
the reach of the Assyrians, since it was used as a place of
refuge by the inhabitants of Rashi; at the same time it must
have been close to Rashi, since the people of this country
fled thither. The site of Ghilan which de Morgan has adopted
on his map seems to me to be too far north to comply with
these conditions, and that of Tapa, approved by Billerboek,
too southerly. If, as I believe, Rashi corresponds to the
regions of Pushti-kuh which lie on both sides of the upper
waters of the Mendeli stream, we ought to look for Bit-Imbi
somewhere near the Desht-i-Ghoaur and the Zenjan, near a
point where communication with the banks of the Ab-i-Kirind
would be easy.

Sargon, meanwhile, had crossed the Euphrates with the other force, and
had marched straight upon Bit-Dakkuri; having there noticed that
the fortress of Dur-Ladinu was in ruins, he rebuilt it, and, firmly
installed within the heart of the country, he patiently waited until
the eastern force had accomplished its mission. Like his adversary,
Merodach-baladan, he had no desire to be drawn into an engagement until
he knew what chance there was of the latter being reinforced by the King
of Elam. At the opening of hostilities Merodach-baladan claimed the help
of the Elamite king, and lavished on him magnificent presents--a couch,
a throne, a portable chair, a cup for the royal offerings, and his own
pectoral chain; these all reached their destination in good condition,
and were graciously accepted. But before long the Elamite prince,
threatened in his own doma