rra and Abuqu
47 Arura Arubie, situated within the limits of the land of
Aruni and Etini, fortified cities, I took, their fighting-men
48 in numbers I slew; their spoil, their wealth, their cattle I
spoiled; their soldiers were discouraged; they took possession
of a difficult mountain, a mountain exceedingly difficult;
after them
49 I did not proceed, for it was a mountain ascending up like
lofty points of iron, and the beautiful birds of heaven had
not reached up into it: like nests
50 of the young birds in the midst of the mountain their defence
they placed, into which none of the Kings my fathers had
ever penetrated: in three days
51 successfully on one large mountain, his courage vanquished
opposition: along the feet of that mountain I crept and hid:
their nests, their tents,
52 I broke up; 200 of their warriors with weapons I destroyed;
their spoil in abundance like the young of sheep I carried off;
53 their corpses like rubbish on the mountains I heaped up;
their relics in tangled hollows of the mountains I consumed;
their cities
54 I overthrew, I demolished, in fire I burned: from the land
of Nummi to the land of Kirruri I came down; the tribute
of Kirruri
55 of the territory of Zimizi, Zimira, Ulmanya, Adavas, Kargai,
Harmasai, horses,[15] (fish (?),
56 oxen, horned sheep in numbers, copper, as their tribute I
received: an officer to guard boundaries[16] over them I placed.
While in the land of Kirruri
57 they detained me, the fear of Assur my Lord overwhelmed
the lands of Gilzanai and Khubuskai; horses, silver
58 gold, tin, copper, _kams_ of copper as their tribute they brought
to me. From the land of Kirruri I withdrew;
59 to a territory close by the town Khulun in Gilhi[17] Bitani
I passed: the cities of Khatu, Khalaru, Nistun, Irbidi,
60 Mitkie, Arzanie, Zila, Khalue, cities of Gilhi situated in the
environs of Uzie and Arue
61 and Arardi powerful lands, I occupied: their soldiers in
numbers I slew; their spoil, their riches I carried off;
62 their soldiers were discouraged; the summits projecting over
against the city of Nistun which were menacing like the
storms of heaven, I captured;
63 into which no one among the Princes my sires had ever penetrated;
my soldiers like birds (of prey) rushed upon them;
64 260 of their warriors by the sw