th; I took possession of the
city for myself: the living soldiers, and heads to the city
of Amidi[52] the royal city, I sent;
108 heaps of the heads close by his great gate I piled; the
living soldiers I crucified on crosses[53] at the gates of the
town;
109 inside the gates I made carnage; their forests I cut down;[54]
from Amidi I withdrew toward the environs of Kasyari;
the city of Allabzie
110 to whose rocks and stones no one among the Kings my
fathers had ever made approach, I penetrated; to the town
of Uda the fortress of Labduri son of Dubuzi
111 I approached and besieged the city with _bilsi_(?) strengthened
and marching; the city I captured;[55] ... soldiers[56] ... with my
weapons I destroyed; 570 soldiers
112 I captured; 3,000 captives I took forth; soldiers alive I
caught; some I impaled on stakes;[57] of others
113 the eyes I put out: the remainder I carried off to Assur
and took the city as my own possession--I who am Assur-nasir-pal
mighty King, King of Assyria son of Tuklat-Adar, (Tuklat-Ninip)
114 great King, powerful King, King of legions, King of
Assyria son of Vul-nirari[58] great King, mighty King,
King of legions, King of Assyria, noble warrior, who in
the service of Assur his Lord proceeded, and among the
Kings of the four regions,
115 has no equal, a Prince[59] (giving) ordinances, not fearing
opponents, mighty unrivalled leader, a Prince subduer of
the disobedient, who all
116 the thrones of mankind has subdued; powerful King
treading over the heads of his enemies, trampling on the
lands of enemies, breaking down the assemblages of the
wicked; who in the service of the great gods
117 his Lords marched along; whose hand hath taken possession
of all their lands, laid low the forests of all of them,
and received their tributes, taking hostages (and) imposing
laws
118 upon all those lands; when Assur the Lord proclaimer
of my name, aggrandizer of my Royalty, who added his
unequivocal service to the forces of my government
119 I destroyed the armies of the spacious land of Lulumi.
In battle by weapons I smote them down. With the help
of the Sun-god
120 and Yav, the gods in whom I trust, I rushed upon the
armies of Nairi, Kirkhi Subariya and Nirbi like Yav the
inundator;[60]
121 a King who from the other side the Tigris to the