[Footnote 3:  The Parthia of classical authors.]

[Footnote 4:  These seem to be the Madai or Medes of later inscriptions.  This is the first notice that we have of them.  It will be observed that they have not yet penetrated into Media but are still eastward of the Parthians.]

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124 I slew.  Their spoil I carried away.  The cities I threw
     down, dug up (and) burned with fire.  An image of my
     Majesty
125 in the country of Kharkhara I set up.  Yan’su son of
     Khaban with his abundant treasures
126 his gods, his sons, his daughters, his soldiers in large numbers
     I carried off.  To Assyria I brought (them).  In my
     25th campaign
127 the Euphrates at its flood I crossed.  The tribute of the
     Kings of the Hittites, all of them, I received.  The country
     of Amanus
128 I traversed.  To the cities of Cati of the country of the
     Kahuians I descended.  The city of Timur, his strong
     city
129 I besieged, I captured.  Their fighting men I slew.  Its
     spoil I carried away.  The cities to a countless number I
     threw down, dug up,
130 (and) burned with fire.  On my return, the city of Muru,
     the strong city of Arame the son of Agu’si,
131 (as) a possession for myself I took.  Its entrance-space
     I marked out.  A palace, the seat of my Majesty, in the
     middle (of it) I founded.
132 In my 26th year for the seventh time the country of the
     Amanus I traversed.  For the fourth time to the cities
     of Cati
133 of the country of the Kahuians I went.  The city of Tanacun,
     the strong city of Tulca I approached.  Exceeding
     fear
134 of Assur my Lord overwhelmed him and (when) he had
     come out my feet he took.  His hostages I took.  Silver,
     gold,
135 iron, oxen, (and) sheep, (as) his tribute I received.  From
     the city of Tanacun I departed.  To the country of
     Lamena
136 I went.  The men collected themselves.  An inaccessible
     mountain they occupied.  The peak of the mountain I
     assailed,
137 I took.  Their fighting men I slew.  Their spoil, their
     oxen, their sheep, from the midst of the mountain I
     brought down.
138 Their cities I threw down, dug up (and) burned with
     fire.  To the city of Khazzi I went.  My feet they took. 
     Silver (and) gold,
139 their tribute, I received.  Cirri, the brother of Cati to the
     sovereignty over them
140 I set.  On my return to the country of Amanus I ascended. 
     Beams of cedar I cut,
141 I removed, to my city Assur[1] I brought.  In my 27th
     year the chariots of my armies I mustered.  Dayan-Assur
142 the Tartan,[2] the Commander of the wide-spreading army,
     at the head of my army to the country of Armenia I
     urged,
143 I sent.  To Bit-Zamani he descended.