the sources of
the Ani
129 (and) the Zupnat to the land bordering on Sabitan has he
held in hand: the territory of Kirrouri with Kilzani on the
other side the Lower Zab
130 to Tul-Bari which is beyond the country of the Zab; beyond
the city of Tul-sa-Zabdani, Hirimu, Harute, the land
of Birate
131 and of Kardunias I annexed to the borders of my realm
and on the broad territory of Nairi I laid fresh tribute.
The city of Calach I took anew; the old mound
132 I threw down; to the top of the water I brought it; 120
hand-breadths in depth I made it good; a temple to Ninip
my Lord I therein founded; when
133 an image of Ninip himself which had not been made before,
in the reverence of my heart for his great mighty god-ship,
of mountain stone and brilliant gold I caused to make
in its completeness;
134 for my great divinity in the city of Calach I accounted
him: his festivals in the months of January and September[23]
I established: Bit-kursi which was unoccupied I
closed:
135 an altar to Ninip my Lord I therein consecrated: a temple
for Beltis, Sin, and Gulanu, Hea-Manna[24] and Yav
great ruler of heaven and earth I founded.

[Footnote 1: Probably the Lycus or upper Zab.]

[Footnote 2: The term "Hittites" is used in a large sense, as the
equivalent of "Syrians," including the northern parts of Palestine.]

[Footnote 3: About 881 B.C.]

[Footnote 4: A scriptural phrase of frequent occurrence.]

[Footnote 5: Corresponding to the Jewish month Tisri, and to part of our
September, called in Accadian "the Holy Altar."]

[Footnote 6: Cf. Gen. xi. 19, "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up
thy head from off thee."]

[Footnote 7: About 880 B.C.]

[Footnote 8: The Hebrew Sivan.]

[Footnote 9: I.e., in comparison with.]

[Footnote 10: "Am" may be the name of some weight, or figure; v. Norr.
Assyr. Dict., pp. 127 and 720.]

[Footnote 11: Menant renders, "j'ai fait etouffer _dans_ le mur."]

[Footnote 12: About 879 B.C.]

[Footnote 13: Goddesses.]

[Footnote 14: Urasi.]

[Footnote 15: Or, "Assur-sidi-huli" may be taken as the name of the town.]

[Footnote 16: "Urasi"(?).]

[Footnote 17: Compare a similar expression, Job xx. 23, "God shall rain
(his fury) upon him while he is eating."]

[Footnote 18: Cf. 2 Kings x. 8, "Lay ye them (the heads) in two heaps in
the entering in of the gate."]

[Footnote 19: Or, cros