Adad-nerari III 2010

(1) The god Aššur, the great lord, the king of the gods [who] decrees destinies; the god Anu, the mighty (and) foremost one, the ancestor of the great gods; the god Enlil, the father of the gods, the lord of the lands who makes kingship great; the god Ea, the wise one, the king of the apsû who grants wisdom; (5) the god Marduk, the sage of the gods, the lord of omens, the commander of all; the god Nabû, the scribe of Esagil, the possessor of the tablet of destinies of [the gods] who resolves differences; [the god] Sîn, the luminary [of heaven and netherworld], the lord of the lunar disk who illuminates the firmament; the goddess Ištar, the lady of battle [and] strife who overthrows the fierce; (and) the goddess Gula, the great chief physician, the wife of the hero of the gods (Ninurta) — the mighty son of the god Enlil:

(8b) [Šamšī]-ilu, the field marshal, the great herald, [the administrator of] temples, the chief of the extensive army, the governor of the land Ḫatti, the land Gutium, and all of the land Namri, conqueror of the mountains of the setting, the one who lays waste to [...] (10) and who overthrows the lands Musku and Urarṭu, the one who pillages its people, the one who devastates the lands Ituʾu (Utuʾu), Rupuʾu, Ḫatallu (Ḫadallu), (and) Labdūdu, (and) the who defeats them (all).

(11b) At that time, Argišti (I) of the land Urarṭu — the number of whose forces is huge like a thick cloud and who had not had relations with (lit. “stretched out his hand to”) any previous king — rebelled and assembled the people together at the land Gutium. He put his (forces for) battle in good order (and then) all of his troops marched into the mountains for battle.

(13b) By the command of the father, (the god) Aššur, the great lord, and the lofty mother of Ešarra, the foremost among the gods, the goddess Mullissu, Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, the great herald, [the administrator of] temples, (and) the chief of the extensive army, (15) put a strong force of soldiers into those mountains. With the great roar of drums (and) weapons at the ready, which reverberate in a terrifying manner, he rushed forth like a terrible storm. He let fly the stormy steeds that were harnessed to his chariot against him (Argišti), like the anzû-bird, and he defeated him. He (Argišti) abandoned his troops (and) scattered people (and), (because he was) frightened by the battle, he escaped like a thief. He (Šamšī-ilu) captured his camp, his royal treasure, (and) his … from him.

(19) At that time, I erected two magnificent lions at the right and left of the gate of Kār-Shalmaneser, the city of my lordly majesty, and I named them (as follows). The name of the first is “The lion who [...], angry demon, unrivalled attack, the one who overwhelms the insubmissive (and) brings success.” The name of the second, which stands before the gate, is “The one who charges through battle, who flattens the enemy land, who expels criminals, and who brings in good people.”