of the gods, he plotted a conspiracy,
and meditated defection. He trusted upon Ar-gisti,[25]
King of Armenia, an helper who did not assist him,
took upon himself the collection of the tributes and his
part of the spoil, and refused me his submission. In the
anger of my heart, I took the road to his country with the
chariots of my power, and the horsemen who never left
the traces of my feet. Muttallu saw the approach of my
expedition, he withdrew his troops, and no one saw any
further trace of him. I besieged and occupied his capital
and 62 large towns all together. I carried away his wife,
his sons, his daughters, his money, his treasure, all precious
things from his palace, together with the inhabitants of his
country as spoil, I left none of them. I inaugurated this
town afresh; I placed in it men from the country of Bit-Iakin,
that my arm had conquered. I instituted my Lieutenant
as Governor, and subdued them under my rule. I
previously took from them 150 chariots, 1,500 horsemen,
20,000 archers, 1,000 men armed with shields and lances,
and I confided the country to my Satrap.

37 While Dalta, King of Ellip, lived, he was submissive and
devoted to my rule, the infirmities of age however came
and he walked on the path of death. Nibie and Ispabara,
the sons of his wives, claimed both the vacant throne of
his royalty, the country and the taxes, and they fought a
battle. Nibie applied to Sutruk-Nakhunti[26] King of Elam
to support his claims, giving to him pledges for his alliance,
and the other came as a helper. Ispabara, on his side,
implored me to maintain his cause, and to encourage him,
at the same time bowing down, and humbling himself, and
asking my alliance. I sent seven of my Lieutenants with
their armies to support his claims, they put Nibie and the
army of the four rivers,[27] which had helped him, to flight,
at the town of Mareobisti. I reinstated Ispabara on the
throne; I re-established peace in his country, and confided
it to his care.

38 Merodach-Baladan, son of Iakin,[28] King of Chaldaea, the
fallacious, the persistent in enmity, did not respect the
memory of the gods, he trusted in the sea, and in the retreat
of the marshes; he eluded the precepts of the great
gods, and refused to send his tributes. He had supported
as an ally Khumbanigas,