om ye have granted pre-eminence,
exaltation, and warlike power. May the duration of his empire continue
forever to his royal posterity, lasting as the great temple of Bel!

III

Tiglath Pileser the powerful king; supreme King of Lash-anan;[1] King of
the four regions; King of all Kings; Lord of Lords; the _supreme_; Monarch
of Monarchs; the illustrious Chief who under the auspices of the Sun god,
being armed with the sceptre and girt with the girdle of power over
mankind, rules over all the people of Bel; the mighty Prince whose praise
is blazoned forth among the Kings: the exalted sovereign, whose servants
Ashur has appointed to the government of the country of the four regions
(and) has made his name celebrated to posterity; the conqueror of many
plains and mountains of the Upper and Lower Country; the conquering hero,
the terror of whose name has overwhelmed all regions; the bright
constellation who, according to his power[2] has warred against foreign
countries (and) under the auspices of Bel, there being no equal to him,
has subdued the enemies of Ashur.[3]

[Footnote 1: "Various tongues." Talbot.]

[Footnote 2: Or, "as he wished."]

[Footnote 3: Or, "has made them obedient to Ashur."]

IV

Ashur (and) the great gods, the guardians of my kingdom, who gave
government and laws to my dominions, and ordered an enlarged frontier to
their territory, having committed to (my) hand their valiant and warlike
servants, I have subdued the lands and the peoples and the strong places,
and the Kings who were hostile to Ashur; and I have reduced all that was
contained in them. With a host[1] of kings I have fought ...[2] and have
imposed on them the bond of _servitude_. There is not to me a second in
war, nor an equal in battle. I have added territory to Assyria and peoples
to her people. I have enlarged the frontier of my territories, and subdued
all the lands contained in them.[3]

[Footnote 1: The preamble concludes here.]

[Footnote 2: Lacuna.]

[Footnote 3: Literally, "a sixty."]

V

In the beginning of my reign 20,000 of the _Muskayans_[1] and their 5
kings, who for 50 years had held the countries of Alza and Perukhuz,
without paying tribute and offerings to Ashur my Lord, and whom a King of
Assyria had never ventured to meet in battle betook themselves to their
strength, and went and seized the country of Comukha. In the service of
Ashur my Lord my chariots and warriors I assembled after me