Sargon II 002

(69) [The people of the cities Pāpa (and) Lalluknu, dogs who had been bro]ught up in my palace (and) who [had conspired wi]th the land Kakmê [for the purpose of separating (from Assyria), I had deported them from their (own) places and] (re)settled them [in the city Damas]cus of the land [A]murru.

(70b) I[n my] si[xth regnal year, Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, sent his mounted messenger with a mendacious message to Bag-dāti of the land Uišdiš (and) KAR...] of the land Zikirtu, governors of the land Mannea. He ma[de them hostile to (me), Sar]gon, (and) to A[zâ, the son] of their (former) lord, [and made them side with him (Rusâ)]. Th[ey brought about the rou]t of the Manneans [on Mount Uauš, a rugged mountain], and [threw down] the corpse of Azâ, [their lord, (there). I raised my hand(s) (in prayer) to the god Aššur, my lord, in order to avenge the Manneans (and) to make (that area part of) the territory of Assyria. Then, on Mount] Uau[š, the mountain where they had] t[hrown down the c]orpse of Azâ, [I flayed the skin from Bag-dāti and (then) showed (it) to the Manneans].

(75) [(As for) Ullusun]u, whom [they had set on the throne of] Az[â an]d [to whom they had entrusted] all [of the wide land Mannea, the wrath of the god Aššur] was directed [against Ullusunu, the Mannean, (ordaining) the destruction of his land. He (Ullusunu)] then [put his trust in Ursâ (Rusâ), the Ura]rṭi[an, ...]

(77) Too fragmentary for translation.

(86) [...] I [s]et [a eunuch of mine as] provincial [governor over] his city. I had [the weapon(s) of the (great) gods who] go [before] me made [and I] install[ed (them) ins]i[de it (the city Kišesim)]. I (re)named it (the city Kišesim) Kā[r-Nergal (and) ere]cted a [royal] image [of myself there. I conquered] the lands Bīt-[Sag]bat, Bīt-Ḫi[rmami, (and)] Bīt-U[margi], (and) the cities [Ḫar]ḫubarban, Kilambāti, (and) [Ar]mang[u; and] I a[dded (them)] to [its] p[rovince].

(89) [The people of] the city Ḫa[rḫar dr]ov[e out] Kibaba, their city ruler, [and] ... elevat[ed] Da[lt]â, k[ing of the land] Elli[pi] over [them]selves. I conquered [th]at [city] and [plund]ered it. [I] brou[ght th]ere peo[ple] from the lands that I had conqu[ered] (and) set a e[unuch] of mine as provincial governor ov[er] them. [I conque]red [the up]per [river(land)] of the land A[ranz]ê, the [low]er river(land) of Bīt-Ra[matua], the la[nd] U[riqat]u, the land [S]ikris, the land Ša[p]ar[da, (and) the land] Uriakku, (a total of) six distric[ts], and [added (them)] to th[em (the people of the city Ḫarḫar)]. I installed the weapon of the god [Aššur, my lord], t[her]e. I (re)named [it (the city Ḫarḫar)] K[ār-Šarrukīn]. I made a stele, had [...] ... [...] written upon it [(...), (and) ere]cted (it) there. I received tr[ibute] from [twenty-eig]ht city [ruler]s of the p[owerful Me]des.

(95b) In my seventh [regnal ye]ar, Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭ[ian], s[poke deceitfully] with Ullu[su]n[u], the Mannean, and ...ly took away from him twenty-two of his fortresses. He spoke treacher[ous] words, [libels against Ul]lusunu, [to Dayukku, a governor of the land Man]nea, and received [his] son as [a hos]tage. I rai[sed my hand(s) (in supplication)] to the god [Aššur, the king of the gods, and (then) surrounded (and)] conquered [those twenty-two fortresses. I ma]de (them part of) the territory of Assyria. I [deported] Dayukku, togeth[er with his fami]ly, [and brought order to the] dist[urbed land Mannea].

(99) [I rec]ei[ved tribute from] Ianzû, king of the land [N]a[ʾiri, i]n [his] c[ity] Ḫu[b]uš[ki]a. [I conquered] ni[ne] fort[resses (...) (100) ... I carried off as booty the people] of five districts of Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, [together with] their property, ... [... I conquered eight fo]rtresses, together with the settlements in [their] environs, [that belonged to the land Tuāyadi, a dis]trict belonging to Telu[sina of the land And]ia and [...]

(188) [... I caused there to] be lamentati[on] i]n the wide land [Urarṭu] (and) all the mountains, and I made Ursâ (Rusâ), their king, (use) flint (blades), razors, scalpels, (and) [...] (to slash himself in mourning) for as long as he lived. I made that district (Muṣaṣir) (part of) the territory of Assyria [a]nd assigned it to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the palace herald. The awes[ome] splendor of the god Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed Ursâ (Rusâ), the [Ur]a[r]ṭian, [and (so) with his o]w[n] ir[on] da[gg]er [he] stabbed (himself) in the heart [like a p]ig an[d] p[ut an end to his life].

(195b) In my ninth regnal year, I marched t[o] the lands [El]lipi, Media, [and] Karalla. (As for) the peop[le of the land Ka]ra[l]la who had driven out my eu[nuc]hs and elevated Amitaš[ši] of the land Karalla, the brother of Aššur-lēʾi, over them, I struck them down with the sword on Mount Ana, a mountain peak, and (then) received in my (military) c[am]p 2,2[00] of their face-(guards) (as trophies). Amitašši fled together with his allies [and] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...]

(205b) [The people of the la]nd Ḫ[abḫu ... heard] [of the harsh deeds that I had done in the land Karalla; their own] fe[ar(s)] then fell upon them (and they sent their messenger to me to do obeisance to me). I assigned them] to the authority of [a] e[unuch of mine, the gove]rnor of the land L[ullumê].

(207b) [(As for) Daltâ of the land Ellipi, a submissive subject who bore my yoke], the lands Mi[..., (and) ..., (a total of) five of his districts], revolt[ed] aga[inst] him [... Azu]ktu [...] I conquered [(...)] the city Ḫubaḫna, [their fortified city, together] with twenty-four settle[ments ...] (and) [inflicted] a defe[at upon them ...] ... [...] for[ty/fif[ty tho]usand two hundred sheep, [...], h[orses], mules, d[onkeys ...] ... [...] ... [...] I had [him] surrounded [th]ere [and ...] governor, their [..., them] in bondage [... (215) ... the land] Ellipi be[cause of the seizure of ...] ... [...] with entreaties at the same [time to Azuktu ...] ... [...] he [besought me] and I listened to [his wo]rd(s). [... I ordered (him to continue) to exercise kingship. I (thus) made] Da[ltâ happy and brought order to his] dist[urbed land].

(218b) [(With regard to) the land Baʾīt-ili, a district] of the land Media [that is on the bor]der of [the land Ellipi]; the land[s Absaḫutti, Parnuatti, (and) Utirna; the city Diristānu of the land Uriakku; the land Rimanuti, a district of the land Uppuriya; the lands Uyadaue, Bustis, Agazi, Ambanda, (and) Dananu, far-off districts of the territory of the Arabs in the east; and the district(s) of the powerful Medes, who had thrown off] the yoke of the god Aššur [and roamed about the mountain(s) and desert like thieves — I th]rew f[ir]ebrands [into all the]ir [settlements and turned a]ll [their districts into forgotten (ruin) mounds].

(224b) [I] re[ceived 4,609 horses, mules], o[xe]n, [(and) sheep and goats, in countless numbers, as tribute from] Ul[lu]s[unu], the Mannean, [D]al[tâ of the land Ellipi, Bēl-aplu-iddina of the land Allabria, (and) from forty-five city lords of] the [powerful] Medes.

(226b) (As for) Am[bar]is of the land Tabal, [king of the land Bīt-Purutaš, the fam]ily of [whose father] Ḫullî, [a ruler, a predecessor of mine], had brought to Assyria [together with] bo[oty] from his land, [(when) ... the great gods determined the firm establishment of] my [re]ign, they (Ḫullî and his family) were on [my] m[ind. I had] Ḫullî [sit (again)] on [his royal] throne. I gathered together [the people of the land Bīt-Purutaš] and [assi]gned (them) to [his] a[uthority]. In the time of Ḫullî, [his] father, [I had granted him (Ambaris) ...] ... [...], gave him a dau[gh]ter of mine, (along) with [the city] Ḫilakku, and (thus) expa[nd]ed his land.

(230b) However, [that (man) (Ambaris), a Hittite who did not pro]tect [justice, sent to] Ursâ (Rusâ), [ki]ng of [the land U]rarṭu, Mitâ, king of [the land M]usku, [and the kings of the land Tabal about taking aw]ay terr[itory of mine]. I mustered the troops of the god Aššur and [overwhelmed] the land Tabal [to its] full extent [as if with a net. (Then), I bro]ught in bondage [to Assyria Amba]ri[s], king [of the land Bīt-Pur]utaš, toge[ther with] the (other) offspring of his father’s house (and) the nobles of his land, (along) wi[th one hundred of his chariot(s)]. I had the land[s] Bīt-Pur[ut]aš (and) Ḫilakku dw[e]ll (as safely) as in a meadow and [(re)se]ttled (there) people from the lands [that the god Aššur, my lord, had conquered]. I set a eunuch [of mine] as provincial governor over them and impos[ed] the yo[ke] of my lordship [upon them].

(236) [In my tenth regnal year, (as for) Tar]ḫun-azi of the city Me[lid], an evil Hittite who did not fear the words of the [great] g[ods], (and as for) the wi[de] land [Kam]manu, which I had taken [away with the support of the god Aššur, my lord] (and) whose [king] G[unzinā]nu I had driv[en ou]t [and (then) had] h[im (Tarḫun-azi) sit on his (Gunzinānu’s) royal throne ...]

(256) [I strengthened the garrison(s) (of) the cities Luḫsu, Purṭir, Anmurru, Kiaka, (and) Anduarsalia against the land Urarṭu. I erected the cities Usi, Usian, (and) Uar]gin on the border [of the land Musku and seized (control of) its/their entry points (lit.: “gates”) so that there should be no escape (lit.: “exit”). (Finally), I constructed] the cit[ies Ellibir] (and) Šindarara [against the people of the land Kasku. I gave his (Tarḫun-azi’s) royal city Melid (...)], as well as the city Kummuḫu, [to Mutallu].

(259b) [At that time, (everything) that was hi]dde[n in the mountain]s of the land Ḫa[t]ti (Syria) [was revealed (to me). (...) They brou]ght to [me during my reign ... and I he]aped up the proper[ty of the land Ḫat]ti. [(On) Mount ... was produced refined ..., appropriate for a palace; (on) Mounts Larisʾu, Šuruman, (and) ... was produced the creation of the god Nudimmu]d (Ea), [shining] copper; on Mount[s] Tušanira, [...]durini, [(and) Elikudurini was produced iron; (the part of) Mount Lammun that is (located) between Mount U... and Mount ...] pro[duced lead, which whit]ens their dirt[y s]tate; [(the part of) Mount La]mmun [that is (located) facing ... produced pure alabaster; Mount Ammun, a mountain that is (located) facing ... produced] choice [BAR.GÙN].GÙN.NU-(stone), fit for royalty (and) [as white as pale lapis lazuli ...; (and) Mount Baʾil-ṣapūna], a great [mounta]in, produced at the same time copper. (265) [I then mixed mound(s) of ore] from [those] mountains, [deposited th]em [into furnaces ...], and watch[ed] their smelting. I st[or]ed up [inside my city Dūr-Šarrukīn countless possessions that my ancestors had never received]; as a result, [in Assyria] the excha[nge rate for silver is fixed] as if it were for bronze.