e Kings of the Hittites
59 all of them I received. In those days Rimmon-idri[1]
60 of Damascus, Irkhulina of Hamath, and the Kings
61 of the Hittites and of the sea-coasts to the forces of each
other
62 trusted, and to make war and battle
63 against me came. By the command of Assur, the great
Lord, my Lord,
64 with them I fought. A destruction of them I made.
65 Their chariots, their war-carriages, their war-material[2] I
took from them.
66 20,500 of their fighting men with arrows I slew.
67 In my seventh year to the cities of Khabini of the city of
Tel-Abni I went.
68 The city of Tel-Abni, his stronghold, together with the
cities which (were) dependent on it I captured.
69 To the head of the river, the springs of the Tigris, the
place where the waters rise,[3] I went.
70 The weapons of Assur in the midst (of it) I rested. Sacrifices
for my gods I took. Feasts and rejoicing
71 I made. An image of my Royalty of large size I constructed.
The laws of Assur my Lord, the records
72 of my victories, whatsoever in the world I had done, in the
midst of it I wrote. In the middle (of the country) I set
(it) up.

[Footnote 1: This is the Ben-hadad of Scripture whose personal name seems
to have been Rimmon-idri.]

[Footnote 2: Or, "furniture of battle."]

[Footnote 3: Or, "the place of the exit of the waters situated." The
tablet is still to be seen near the town of Egil.]

FACE A, _base_

73 In my eighth year, Merodach-suma-iddin King of Gan-Dunias[1]
74 did Merodach-bila-yu'sate his _foster_-brother against him
rebel;
75 strongly had he fortified (the land). To exact punishment[2]
76 against Merodach-suma-iddin I went. The city of the
waters of the Dhurnat[3] I took.
77 In my ninth campaign a second time to the land of Accad
I went.
78 The city of Gana-nate I besieged. Merodach-bila-yu'sate
exceeding fear
79 of Assur (and) Merodach overwhelmed, and to save his life
to
80 the mountains he ascended. After him I rode.
Merodach-bila-yu'sate
(and) the officers
81 the rebels[4] who (were) with him (with) arrows I slew.
To the great fortresses
82 I went. Sacrifices in Babylon, Borsippa, (and) Cuthah I
made.
83 Thanksgivings to the great gods I offered up. To the
country of Kaldu [5] I descended. Their cities I captured.
84 The tribute of the Kings of the country