Adad-nerari III 05

(1) [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong [king], king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [king of the world, king of Assyria, son of] Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world):

(3) I mustered (my) [chariotry, troops] and armed forces and [gave the order to march] to the land Ḫatti. I crossed the Euphrates River in flood. (5) I went down [to the city Paqarḫu]buni. Attār-šumki, [son of Abi-rāmu, together with eight kin]gs of the land Ḫatti, who had rebelled and [trusted in their strength] – the awesome radiance of the god Aššur, my lord, [overwhelmed them. In just o]ne year, [I subdued] the land Ḫatti to its full extent. [I marched] towards the S[ea] of the Setting Sun. I [erec]ted m[y lordly image] in the city Arwad, which is in the midst of the sea.

(12) I ascended Mount Lebanon. I cut strong logs of cedar. At that time, I placed those cedars from Mount Lebanon in the gate of the temple of the god Salmānu, my lord. The former temple, which Shalmaneser (I), my ancestor, had built, had become dilapidated and I, in a stroke of inspiration, built that temple from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. I placed beams of the cedar, which are from Mount Lebanon, on top (of it).

(19) When that temple becomes old and dilapidated, may a future ruler renovate its dilapidated section(s) and return (my) written name to its place.