Fifty of their cities I threw down, dug up (and)
burned with fire. To the country of Guzani[6] I went down.
The tribute
181 of Upu of the country of the Guzanians, of the country
of the Mannians, of the country of the Buririans, of the
country of the Kharranians,[7]
182 of the country of the Sasganians, of the country of the
Andians,[8] (and) of the country of the Kharkhanians,
oxen, sheep, (and) horses
183 trained to the yoke I received. To the cities of the country
of ... I went down. The city of Perria
184 (and) the city of Sitivarya, its strongholds, together with
22 cities which depended upon it, I threw down, dug up
185 (and) burned with fire. Exceeding fear over them I cast.
To the cities of the Parthians he went.
186 The cities of Bustu, Sala-khamanu (and) Cini-khamanu,
fortified towns, together with 23 cities
187 which depended upon them I captured. Their fighting-men
I slew. Their spoil I carried off. To the country of
Zimri I went down.
188 Exceeding fear of Assur (and) Merodach overwhelmed
them. Their cities they abandoned. To
189 inaccessible mountains they ascended. Two hundred and
fifty of their cities I threw down, dug up (and) burned
with fire.
190 Into the lowground of Sime'si at the head of the country
of Khalman I went down.

[Footnote 1: The mountainous country near the sources of the Tigris.]

[Footnote 2: That is in the person of his commander-in-chief,
Dayan-Assur.]

[Footnote 3: The modern Van.]

[Footnote 4: Parthia.]

[Footnote 5: This refers to his assuming the eponymy a second time after
completing a reign of thirty years. At this period the Assyrian kings
assumed the eponymy on first ascending the throne, and the fact that
Shalmaneser took the same office again in his thirty-first year shows that
a cycle of thirty years was in existence.]

[Footnote 6: The Gozan of the Old Testament.]

[Footnote 7: Haran or Harran in the Old Testament; called Carrhae by the
classical geographers.]

[Footnote 8: Andia was afterward incorporated into Assyria by Sargon.]

THE EPIGRAPHS ACCOMPANYING THE SCULPTURES

I The tribute of 'Su'a of the country of the Guzanians:
silver, gold, lead, articles of bronze, sceptres for the King's
hand, horses (and) camels with double backs: I received.
II The tribute of Yahua[1] son of Khumri[2]: silver, gold,
bowls of gold, vessels of gold,