of Accad
     I went.
78 The city of Gana-nate I besieged.  Merodach-bila-yu’sate
     exceeding fear
79 of Assur (and) Merodach overwhelmed, and to save his life
     to
80 the mountains he ascended.  After him I rode. 
     Merodach-bila-yu’sate
     (and) the officers
81 the rebels[4] who (were) with him (with) arrows I slew. 
     To the great fortresses
82 I went.  Sacrifices in Babylon, Borsippa, (and) Cuthah I
     made.
83 Thanksgivings to the great gods I offered up.  To the
     country of Kaldu [5] I descended.  Their cities I captured.
84 The tribute of the Kings of the country of Kaldu I received. 
     The greatness of my arms as far as the sea overwhelmed.
85 In my tenth year for the eighth time the Euphrates I
     crossed.  The cities of ’Sangara of the city of the Carchemishians
     I captured.
86 To the cities of Arame I approached.  Arne his royal city
     with 100 of his (other) towns I captured.
87 In my eleventh year for the ninth time the Euphrates I
     crossed.  Cities to a countless number I captured.  To the
     cities of the Hittites
88 of the land of the Hamathites I went down.  Eighty-nine
     cities I took.  Rimmon-idri of Damascus (and) twelve of
     the Kings of the Hittites
89 with one another’s forces strengthened themselves.  A destruction
     of them I made.  In my twelfth campaign for the
     tenth time the Euphrates I crossed.
90 To the land of Pagar-khubuna I went.  Their spoil I carried
     away.  In my thirteenth year to the country of Yaeti I
     ascended.
91 Their spoil I carried away.  In my fourteenth year the
     country I assembled; the Euphrates I crossed.  Twelve
     Kings against me had come.
92 I fought.  A destruction of them I made.  In my fifteenth
     year among the sources of the Tigris (and) the Euphrates
     I went.  An image
93 of my Majesty in their hollows I erected.  In my sixteenth
     year the waters of the Zab I crossed.  To the country of
     Zimri
94 I went.  Merodach-mudammik King of the land of Zimru
     to save his life (the mountains) ascended.  His treasure
95 his army (and) his gods to Assyria I brought.  Yan’su
     son of Khanban to the kingdom over them I raised.[6]

[Footnote 1:  That is, Chaldea.]

[Footnote 2:  Or, “to return benefits.”]

[Footnote 3:  The Tornadotus of classical geographers.]

[Footnote 4:  Or, “the Lord of sin.”]

[Footnote 5:  This is the primitive Chaldea.  The Caldai or Chaldeans afterward overran Babylonia and gave their name to it among classical writers.]

[Footnote 6:  Or, “I made.”]

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