he city, for the
saving of their lives, coming up after me,[23]
81 submitted to my yoke; some slain, some living, some tongueless
I made: Ahiyababa son of Lamamana
82 whom from Bit-Adini they had fetched, I captured; in the
valor of my heart and the steadfastness of my soldiers I besieged
the city; the soldiers, rebels all,
83 were taken prisoners; the nobles to the principal palace of
his land I caused to send; his silver, his gold, his treasure,
his riches, copper
84 (?)tin, _kams, tabhani, hariati_ of copper, choice copper in
abundance, alabaster and iron-stone of large size
85 the treasures of his harem, his daughters and the wives of
the rebels with their treasures, and the gods with their
treasures,
86 precious stones of the land of ..., his swift chariot,
his horses, the harness, his chariot-yoke, trappings for
horses, coverings for men,
87 vestments of wool, vestments of linen, handsome altars of
cedar, handsome ..., bowls of cedar-wood
88 beautiful black coverings, beautiful purple coverings, carpets,
his oxen, his sheep, his abundant spoil, which like the
stars of heaven could not be reckoned,
89 I carried off; Aziel as my lieutenant over them I placed; a
trophy along the length of the great gate I erected: the
rebellious nobles
90 who had revolted against me and whose skins I had stripped
off, I made into a trophy: some in the middle of the pile
I left to decay; some on the top
91 of the pile on stakes I impaled; some by the side of the pile
I placed in order on stakes; many within view of my land
92 I flayed; their skins on the walls I arranged; of the officers
of the King's officer, rebels, the limbs I cut off;
93 I brought Ahiyababa to Nineveh; I flayed[24] him and fastened
his skin to the wall; laws and edicts
94 over Lakie I established. While I was staying in Suri the
tribute of the Princes of Lakie throughout the whole of
them,
95 silver, gold, tin, copper, _kam_ of copper, oxen, sheep,
vestments
of wool and linen, as tribute
96 and gift, I defined and imposed upon them. In those days,
the tribute of Khayani of the city of Hindanai, silver,
97 gold, tin, copper, amu-stone, alabaster blocks, beautiful
black (and) lustrous coverings I received as tribute from
him. In those days an enlarged image
98 of my Royalty I made; ed
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