1= lines 1´–14´ = room ?, slab ?:1–14. See Winckler, Sar. Annals lines 329b–348/349; Lie, Sar. lines 409–415, pp. 62–63 lines 5–10, and p. 63 n. 6; and Fuchs, Khorsabad Annals lines 342–359 and 359a–c. Cf. text no. 1 lines 409–415 and text no. 2 lines 385–402+.

2Line 1´: The transliteration assumes that i-na qí-bit ^daš-šur ^dUTU u ^dAMAR.UTU/MES LÚ.mun-daḫ-ṣi-ia was at the end of the preceding line (text no. 1 line 408 and text no. 2 line 384). Lines 1´–2´: Or “[I besieged him together with his royal (military) contingent and] slaughtered (them) [like lambs a]t his (own) feet. [I pierced his warriors] (and) the horses (trained to) [his] yoke [with arrows].”

3i-na: Winckler restored [i-na] on his copy and the spacing on Botta’s copy might allow this. Text no. 2 line 387 has ina and if only part of NA is to be restored at the beginnning of line 1', we would then expect ina, not i-na here. [LÚ.qu-ra-di-šu]: Botta’s copy would suggest that the damaged area has space for only two signs.

4⸢GIŠ⸣ KUR gan-ga-ni-šu “..., his potstands”: Possibly ⸢si⸣-mat gan-ga-ni-šu, “the appropriate things for his potstands,” or GIŠ.<<KUR>>.gan-ga-ni-šu. For the restoration at the end of the line, see text no. 1 line 415.

5ú^†-šá-aṣ-bi-ta pa-ši-ru: The tentative translation “settled in a secret place” follows CAD P p. 252. Possibly restore ša ni-ba la i-šu-ú, “countless” (cf. text no. 1 line 159 and text no. 3 line 5´). Text no. 2 line 395 has u, “and,” before ṣēnī. The ancient scribe may have omitted the sign in this passage or possibly P.E. Botta omitted copying it; note that the preceding sign MEŠ ends in three Winkelhaken so one can easily image one or the other indicating only three instead of four.

6er-re-ti: See note to text no. 2 line 400. URU-šu u “his city or”: Or URU šu-u, “this city (or),” following Fuchs, Khorsabad p. 165 line 357. na-par-⸢ka^?⸣-[a] “leav[ing]”: The reading follows Fuchs, Khorsabad p. 165. Or na-par-⸢šu⸣-[di-šu], “esca[ping],” following van der Speck, JEOL 25 (1977–78) p. 61. The trace of the sign after par on Botta’s copy is only slightly better for ka than šu.

7As noted by A. Fuchs (Khorsabad p. 334 n. 367), the felled trees would have been used in the creation of the siege ramp mentioned in the following line. ⸢A^?⸣.[MEŠ dan-nu-ti ša ḫa-ri-ṣi URU-šú]: The tentative reading of the sign and the following restoration follow text no. 2 line 401. P.E. Botta’s copy has a small Winkelhaken before the damaged area, which might be a miscopy by him (perhaps indicating damage to the slab) or an indication that this passage deviated from that in Room V.

8For the different accounts of what happened to Marduk-apla-iddina, see the Introduction to this volume, under the section “Military Campaigns.” Line 11´: ḫat^†-tú ⸢ra⸣-[ma-ni-šú] “[his] o[wn] fear(s)”: Or possibly ^mAMAR^†.UTU-⸢IBILA⸣-[SUM.NA ḫat-tu ra-ma-ni-šú], “Marduk-a[pla-iddina’s own fear(s)]”; see A.T.E. Olmstead (AJSL 47 [1930–31] p. 275) and R.J. van der Speck (JEOL 25 [1977–78] p. 61), but we would expect both the masculine personal determinative and the divine determinative before AMAR.UTU, not just the former.

9iš-ḫu-ut-ma “he became afraid”: Or possibly iš-ḫu-uṭ-ma, “he removed [his royal garment/headdress]”; see CAD Š/1 p. 93 sub šaḫāṭu B.1.a. Cf. text no. 2 line 403. The restoration at the end of the line is derived from Grayson, RIMA 2 p. 25 A.0.87.1 vi 27–28 and basically follows R.J. van der Speck (JEOL 25 [1977–78] pp. 61–62) and A. Fuchs (Khorsabad p. 167 line 359a).