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.

28 I entered as a Ruler into Musasir.  I seized as spoil Urzana’s
    wife, sons and daughters, his money, his treasures, all
    the stores of his palace whatever they were, with 20,100
    men and all that they possessed, the gods Haldia and Bagabarta,
    his gods, and their holy vessels in great numbers.

29 Urzaha, King of Armenia, heard of the defeat of Musasir
    and the carrying away of the god Haldia[19] his god, he cut
    off his life by his own hands with a dagger of his girdle. 
    I held a severe judgment over the whole of Armenia.  I
    spread over the men, who inhabit this country, mourning
    and lamentation.

30 Tarhunazi, of the town of Melid, sought for revenge.  He
    sinned against the laws of the great gods, and refused his
    submission.  In the anger of my heart, I crushed like
    briars Melid, which was the town of his kingdom, and the
    neighboring towns.  I made him, his wife, sons and daughters,
    the slaves of his palace whoever they were, with 5,000
    warriors, leave Tel-Garimmi; I treated them all as booty. 
    I rebuilt Tel-Garimmi; I had it entirely occupied by some
    archers from the country of Khammanua, which my hand
    had conquered, and I added it to the boundaries of this
    country.  I put it in the hands of my Lieutenant, and I
    restituted the surface of the dominion, as it had been in
    the time of Gunzinan, the preceding King.

31 Tarhular, of Gamgum, had a son Muttallu, who had murdered
    his father by the arms, and sat on the throne against
    my will, and to whom they had intrusted their country. 
    In the anger of my heart, I hastily marched against the
    town of Markasi, with my chariots and horsemen, who
    followed on my steps, I treated Muttallu, his son and the
    families of the country of Bit-Pa’alla in its totality, as
    captives, and seized as booty the gold and silver and the
    numberless treasures of his palace.  I reinstated the men of
    Gamgum and the neighboring tribes, and placed my Lieutenant
    as Governor over them; I treated them like the
    Assyrians.

32 Azuri, King of Ashdod,[20] determined within himself to
    render no more tributes; he sent hostile messages against
    Assyria to the neighboring kings.  I meditated vengeance
    for this, and I withdrew from him the government over
    his country.  I put his brother Akhimit on his throne. 
    But the people of Syria, eager for revolt, got tired of Akhimit’s
    rule, and installed Iaman, who like the former, was
    not the legitimate master of the throne.  In the anger of
    my heart, I did not assemble the bulk of my army nor
    divide my baggage, but I marched against Ashdod with
    my warriors, who did not leave the trace of my feet.

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