of Kaldu I received.
The greatness of my arms as far as the sea overwhelmed.
85 In my tenth year for the eighth time the Euphrates I
crossed. The cities of 'Sangara of the city of the Carchemishians
I captured.
86 To the cities of Arame I approached. Arne his royal city
with 100 of his (other) towns I captured.
87 In my eleventh year for the ninth time the Euphrates I
crossed. Cities to a countless number I captured. To the
cities of the Hittites
88 of the land of the Hamathites I went down. Eighty-nine
cities I took. Rimmon-idri of Damascus (and) twelve of
the Kings of the Hittites
89 with one another's forces strengthened themselves. A destruction
of them I made. In my twelfth campaign for the
tenth time the Euphrates I crossed.
90 To the land of Pagar-khubuna I went. Their spoil I carried
away. In my thirteenth year to the country of Yaeti I
ascended.
91 Their spoil I carried away. In my fourteenth year the
country I assembled; the Euphrates I crossed. Twelve
Kings against me had come.
92 I fought. A destruction of them I made. In my fifteenth
year among the sources of the Tigris (and) the Euphrates
I went. An image
93 of my Majesty in their hollows I erected. In my sixteenth
year the waters of the Zab I crossed. To the country of
Zimri
94 I went. Merodach-mudammik King of the land of Zimru
to save his life (the mountains) ascended. His treasure
95 his army (and) his gods to Assyria I brought. Yan'su
son of Khanban to the kingdom over them I raised.[6]

[Footnote 1: That is, Chaldea.]

[Footnote 2: Or, "to return benefits."]

[Footnote 3: The Tornadotus of classical geographers.]

[Footnote 4: Or, "the Lord of sin."]

[Footnote 5: This is the primitive Chaldea. The Caldai or Chaldeans
afterward overran Babylonia and gave their name to it among classical
writers.]

[Footnote 6: Or, "I made."]

FACE B, _base_

96 In my seventeenth year the Euphrates I crossed. To the
land of Amanus I ascended. Logs
97 of _cedar_ I cut. In my eighteenth year for the sixteenth
time the Euphrates I crossed. Hazael
98 of Damascus to battle came. 1,221 of his chariots, 470 of
his war-carriages with
99 his camp I took from him. In my nineteenth campaign for
the eighteenth[1] time the Euphrates I crossed. To the land
of Amanus
100 I ascended. Logs of cedar I cut