t
Bit-Sabaya near the town of Haridi
15 situate on the nearer bank of the Euphrates. From Bit-Sabaya
I withdrew; at the commencement of the town of
Anat[6]
16 I made a halt. Anat is situated in the midst of the Euphrates.
From Anat I withdrew. The city of Zuru the
fortified city of
17 Sadudu of the land of Zuhi I besieged: to the numerous
warriors of the spacious land of the Kassi he trusted and
to make war and battle to my presence advanced;
l8 the city I besieged; two days I was engaged in fighting; I
made good an entrance: (then) through fear[7] of my
mighty arms Sadudu and his soldiers
19 for the preservation of his life, into the Euphrates threw
himself: I took the city; 50 _bit-hallu_[8] and their soldiers
in the service of Nabu-bal-idin King of Kardunias;
20 Zabdanu his brother with 300 of his soldiers and Bel-bal-idin
who marched at the head of their armies I captured,
together with them
21 many soldiers I smote down with my weapons; silver, gold,
tin, precious stone of the mountains,[9] the treasure of his
palace,
22 chariots, horses trained to the yoke, trappings for men and
horses, the women of his palace, his spoil,
23 in abundance I carried off; the city I pulled down and razed;
ordinances and edicts I imposed on Zuhi; the fear of my
dominion to Kardunias reached;
24 the greatness of my arms overwhelmed Chaldaea;[10] on the
countries of the banks of the Euphrates my impetuous
soldiers I sent forth; an image
25 of my person I made; decrees and edicts upon it I inscribed;
in Zuri I put it up, I Assur-nasir-pal, a King who
has enforced his laws
26 (and) decrees and who to the sword hath directed his face
to conquests and alliances hath raised his heart. While
I was stationed at Calach
27 they brought me news that the population of Laqai and
Khindanu of the whole land of Zukhi had revolted and
crossed the Euphrates
28 on the eighteenth of May[11] I withdrew from Calach; passed
the Tigris, took the desert to Zuri
29 by Bit-Halupi I approached in ships belonging to me which
I had taken at Zuri: I took my way to the sources of the
Euphrates;
30 the narrows of the Euphrates I descended, the cities of
Khintiel and Aziel in the land of Laqai I took; their soldiers
I slew; their spoil
31 I carried off; the cities I overth