e might
of Assur my Lord, (and) in the presence of my mighty
arms and the formidable attack
47 of my powerful forces he was afraid, and I received the
treasures of his palaces, silver, gold, tin, copper, _kam_ of
copper, vestments of wool, his abundant spoil; and tribute
48 and impost in addition to what I had previously fixed I laid
upon them; in those days I slew 50 buffaloes in the neighborhood
of the nearer side of the Euphrates: eight buffaloes
I caught alive;
49 I killed 20 eagles, and captured others alive: I founded two
cities on the Euphrates; one on the farther bank
50 of the Euphrates which I named Dur-Assur-nasir-pal; one
on the nearer bank which I named Nibarti-Assur. On the
20th of May[16] I withdrew from Calach;
51 I crossed the Tigris; to the land of Bit-Adini I went; to
their strong city of Katrabi I approached, a city exceedingly
strong, like a storm rushing from heaven,[17]
52 the soldiers confided to their numerous troops, and would
not submit and accept my yoke: in honor of Assur the great
Lord, my Lord, and the god the great protector going before
me, I besieged the city
53 by the warlike engines[18] on foot and strong, the city I
captured; many of their soldiers I slew; 800 of their fighting
men I dispersed; their spoil and property I carried off,
2,400 of their warriors
54 I transported away and detained them at Calach; the city
I overthrew razed and burnt; the fear of the approach of
Assur my Lord over Bit-Adini I made good.
55 In those days the tribute of Ahuni son of Adini of Habini,
of the city of Tul-Abnai,[19] silver, gold, tin,[20] copper,
vestments of wool and linen, wood for bridges,
56 cedar wood, the treasures of his palace I received; their
hostages I took, _rimutu_[21] I imposed upon them.
In the month April[22] and on the eighth day I quitted
Calach; the Tigris
57 I passed; to Carchemish[23] in Syria I directed my steps; to
Bit-Bakhiani I approached; the tribute due from the son[24]
of Bakhiani, swift chariots, horses, silver,
58 gold, tin, copper, _kami_ of copper, I received; the chariots
and warlike engines of the officer of the son of Bakhiani I
added to my magazines;
59 I menaced the land of Anili: the tribute of Hu-immi of
Nilaya, swift war chariots, horses, silver, gold, tin,[25]
copper,
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