Babylonian and Assyrian Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Babylonian and Assyrian Literature.

Babylonian and Assyrian Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Babylonian and Assyrian Literature.
     men I dispersed; their spoil and property I carried off,
     2,400 of their warriors
54 I transported away and detained them at Calach; the city
     I overthrew razed and burnt; the fear of the approach of
     Assur my Lord over Bit-Adini I made good.
55 In those days the tribute of Ahuni son of Adini of Habini,
     of the city of Tul-Abnai,[19] silver, gold, tin,[20] copper,
     vestments of wool and linen, wood for bridges,
56 cedar wood, the treasures of his palace I received; their
     hostages I took, rimutu[21] I imposed upon them. 
     In the month April[22] and on the eighth day I quitted
     Calach; the Tigris
57 I passed; to Carchemish[23] in Syria I directed my steps; to
     Bit-Bakhiani I approached; the tribute due from the son[24]
     of Bakhiani, swift chariots, horses, silver,
58 gold, tin, copper, kami of copper, I received; the chariots
     and warlike engines of the officer of the son of Bakhiani I
     added to my magazines;
59 I menaced the land of Anili:  the tribute of Hu-immi of
     Nilaya, swift war chariots, horses, silver, gold, tin,[25]
     copper,
60 kami of copper, oxen, sheep, horses, I received; the
     chariots and warlike instruments of the officer I added to my
     magazines.  From Anili I withdrew; to Bit-Adini I approached;
61 the tribute of Ahuni son of Adini, silver, gold, tin,[5] copper,
     wood of ereru and rabaz, horns, sai-wood, horns[26]
62 of thrones horns of silver, and gold, sari, bracelets of gold,
     sahri fastenings for covers of gold, scabbards of gold, oxen,
     sheep, goats as his tribute I received;
63 the chariots and warlike engines of the officer of Ahuni I
     added to my magazines.  In those days I received the tribute
     of Habini of Tul-Abnai, four maneh of silver and 400
     sheep;
64 ten maneh of silver for his first year as tribute I imposed
     upon him:  from Bit-Adini I withdrew; the Euphrates, in a
     difficult part of it, I crossed in ships of hardened skins: 
65 I approached the land of Carchemish:  the tribute of Sangara
     King of Syria, twenty talents of silver, sahri gold, bracelets
     of gold, scabbards of gold, 100 talents
66 of copper, 250 talents of annui kami, harlate, nirmakate
     kibil
[27] of copper, the extensive furniture of his palace,
67 of incomprehensible perfection[28] different kinds of woods,[29]
     ka and sara, 200 female slaves, vestments of wool,
68 and linen; beautiful black coverings, beautiful purple coverings,
     precious stones, horns of buffaloes, white[30] chariots,
     images of gold, their coverings, the treasures of his
     Royalty, I received of him;
69 the chariots and warlike engines of the General of Carchemish
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