rose high upward; as for his soldiers, I ascended after them;
in the midst of the mountain I scattered their corpses; 172
of their men I slew; soldiers
42 in numbers in the hollows of the mountain I hunted down;
their spoil, their cattle, their sheep, I took away; their
cities with fire
43 I burned; their heads on the high places of the mountain
I lifted up;[6] their boys and maidens I dishonored; to the
tents aforesaid I returned to halt;
44 from those same tents I withdrew; 150 cities of the territory
of Larbusai, Durlulumai, Bunisai and Barai I captured;
45 their fighting men I slew; their spoil I spoiled; the city of
Hasabtal I razed (and) burned with fire; 50 soldiers of
Barai I slew in battle on the plain.
46 In those days the Princes of the entire land of Zamua were
overwhelmed by the dread of the advance of Assur my
Lord and submitted to my yoke; horses, silver, gold,
47 I received; the entire land under a Prefect I placed; horses,
silver, gold, wheat, barley, submission, I imposed upon
them
48 from the city of Tuklat-assur-azbat I withdrew; the land
of Nispi accepted my yoke; I went down all night; to cities
of remote site in the midst of Nispi
49 which Zab-yav had established as his stronghold I went,
took the city of Birutu and consigned it to the flames.
In the eponym of Damiktiya-tuklat, when I was stationed
at Nineveh, they brough me news[7]
50 that Amaka, and Arastua withheld the tribute and vassalage
due to Assur my Lord. In honor of Assur mighty
Lord and Merodach the great going before me,
51 on the first of May[8] I prepared for the third time an
expedition against Zamua: my fighting men[9] before the
many chariots I did not consider: from Kalzi I withdrew;
the lower Zab
52 I passed; to the vicinity of Babite I proceeded; the river
Radanu at the foot of the mountains of Zima, my birthplace,
I approached; oxen,
53 sheep, goats, as the tribute of Dagara I received: near
Zimaki I added my strong chariots and battering rams as
chief of warlike implements to my magazines; by night
54 and daybreak I went down; the Turnat in rafts I crossed;
to Amali the strong city of Arastu I approached;
55 with vigorous assault the city I besieged and took; 800
of their fighting men I destroyed by my weapons; I filled
the streets of their ci