ity of Babite
25 they constructed a fort; for combat and battle they
marched forth: in the service of Assur, the great god my
Lord and the great Merodach
26 going before me,[4] by the powerful aid which the Lord
Assur extended to my people, my servants and my soldiers
I called together; to the vicinity
27 of Babite I marched: the soldiers to the valor of their army
trusted and gave battle: but in the mighty force of the
great Merodach going before me
28 I engaged in battle with them; I effected their overthrow:
I broke them down; 1,460 of their warriors in the environs
29 I slew; Uzie, Birata, and Lagalaga, their strong towns,
with 100 towns within their territory I captured;
30 their spoil, their youths, their oxen, and sheep I carried
off; Zab-yav for the preservation of his life, a rugged
mountain
31 ascended; 1,200 of their soldiers I carried off; from the
land of Dagara I withdrew; to the city of Bara I approached;
the city of Bara
32 I captured; 320 of their soldiers by my weapons I destroyed;
their oxen, sheep, and spoil in abundance I removed;
33 300 of their soldiers I took off; on Tasritu[5] 15th from the
town Kalzi I withdrew, and came to the environs of Babite;
34 from Babite I withdrew; to the land of Nizir which they
call Lulu-Kinaba I drew near; the city Bunasi one of their
fortified cities
35 belonging to Musazina and 20 cities of their environs I
captured; the soldiers were discouraged; they took possession
of a mountain difficult of access; I, Assur-nasir-pal
impetuously after them
36 like birds swooped down; their corpses lay thick on the
hills of Nizir; 326 of their warriors I smote down; his
horses I exacted of him,
37 their common people in the tangled hollows I consumed;
seven cities in Nizir, which were of their duly appointed
fortresses I captured; their soldiers
38 I slew; their spoil, their riches, their oxen, their sheep I
carried off; the cities themselves I burned; to these my
tents I returned to halt;
39 from those same tents I departed; to cities of the land of
Nizir whose place no one had ever seen I marched; the city
of Larbusa
40 the fortified city of Kirtiara and 8 cities of their territory
I captured; the soldiers lost heart and took to a steep
mountain, a mountain (which) like sharp iron stakes
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