eged and
occupied the town of Dur-Iakin, I took as spoil and made
captive, him, his wife, his sons, his daughters, the gold
and silver and all that he possessed, the contents of his
palace, whatever it was, with considerable booty from the
town. I made each family and every man who had withdrawn
himself from my arms, accountable for this sin. I
reduced Dur-Iakin the town of his power to ashes. I undermined
and destroyed its ancient forts. I dug up the
foundation stone;[34] I made it like a thunder-stricken ruin,
I allowed the people of Sippara, Nipur, Babylon, and Borsippa,
who live in the middle of the towns to exercise their
profession, to enjoy their belongings in peace, and I have
watched upon them. I took away the possession of the
fields which from remote times had been in the hand of
the _Suti_ Nomad, and restored them to their rightful owners.
I placed the nomadic tribes of the desert again under my
yoke, and I restored the forgotten land delimitations which
had existed during the tranquillity of the land. I gave to
each of the towns of Ur, Orchoe, Erikhi, Larsa, Kullab,
and Kisik, the dwelling of the god Laguda, the god that
resides in each, and I restored the gods who had been
taken away, to their sanctuaries. I re-established the
altered laws in full force.

39 I imposed tributes on the countries of Bet-Iakin, the high
and low part, and on the towns of Samhun, Bab-Dur, Dur-Tilit,
Bubi, Tell-Khumba, which are the resort of Elam.
I transplanted into Elam the inhabitants of the Commagene,
in Syria, that I had attacked with my own hand,
obeying the commands of the great gods my Masters, and
I placed them on the territory of Elam, in the town of
Sakbat. Nabu-Pakid-Ilan was authorized to collect the
taxes from the Elamites in order to govern them; I claimed
as a pledge the town of Birtu. I placed all this country
in the hands of my Lieutenant at Babylon and my Lieutenant
in the country of Gambul.[35]

40 I returned alone to Babylon, to the sanctuaries of Bel, the
judge of the gods, in the excitement of my heart and the
splendor of my appearance; I took the hands of the great
Lord, the august god Merodach, and I traversed the way
to the chamber of the spoil.

41 I transported into it 154 talents 26 minas 10 drachms of
gold _russu_;[36] 1804 talents 20