Sargon II 076

(1) [Sargon (II), appointee of the god Enlil, nešak]ku-priest (and) desired object of (the god) Aššur, chosen of the god[s Anu and Dagān, great king, strong king, king of the world, kin]g of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), [favorite of the great god];

(3) [just shepherd, (one) to whom the gods Aššur (and) Marduk] have gran[ted a reign without e]qual [and whose reputation (these gods) exalt/exalted to the heights];

(4) [who (re)-established the šubarrû-privileges of (the cities) Sippa]r, Nippur, and Ba[bylon, ...] ... [...]

(1') [who ...] has me[t with] no [one who could overpower (him) in war or battle; (who) smashed all (enemy) lands as if (they were) pots and] put halters [on (all) rebels in the four (quarters of the world); (who) opened up innumerable] distant mountainous areas whose pass(es) are diffi[cult and] visited their remotest region(s); (who) traversed inaccessible, difficult paths [in terrifying location(s)] and crossed every swamp;

(4'b) [(who) ruled] from the land [Rāši on the border of the land Elam], the Puqudu (and) Damūnu (tribes), the cities Dūr-Kurigalzu and Rap[iqu, the entire desert] as far as the Brook of Egypt, the wide land Amurru, (and) the land Ḫatti (Syria) in [its entirety]; (who)se great hand conquered (the area) from the land Ḫašmar to the land Ṣibar — which borders on the distant Medes [in the east] — the lands Namri, Ellipi, Bīt-Ḫamban, Parsumaš (Parsuaš), Mannea, [Urarṭu, Kasku, (and) Tabal], as far as the land Musku; (who) set eunuchs of his as governors over them and imposed upon them (the same) tribute (and) payment(s) as if (they were) Assyrians;

(10'b) the valiant man who brought about the defeat of Ḫumbanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), king of the land Elam; who deported the Tēša (and) Tuʾ(mū)na (tribes) to his land; who made the wide land Bīt-Ḫumria (Israel) tremble; (who) brought about the defeat of Egypt at the city Raphia and brought Ḫa[nūnu (Hanno), king of the city Gaza], to the city Aššur in bondage; who conquered the Tamudu, Ibādidi, [Marsīmani, (and) Ḫayappa (tribes)]; who caught the Ionians in the middle of the sea as a fowler (does); who cut through the f[ruit trees of the city Šinuḫtu (...)] (15´) and the land Bīt-Purutaš; who counted their rulers Kiakki and Amriš (Ambariš) [as] boo[ty]; who drove out Mitâ (Midas), king of the land Musku, brought back (to Assyrian control) the fortress(es) of the land Que (Cilicia) that had been taken away (by the enemy), (and) expanded its borders;

(17') who plundered the land Hamath and the city Carchemish; whose great hand conquered Iaū-biʾdī (Ilu-biʾdī) and Pisīri(s), their subjects; who laid waste to the land Urarṭu, the city Muṣaṣir, the land Andia, and the land Zikirtu; at the awesome terror of whose weapons Rusâ, the Urarṭian, died by his own hand; who subjugated the distant Medes; (20´) who slaughtered the people of the land Ḫarḫar; who gathered (back together) the scattered (people of) the lands Mannea (and) Ellipi [...]; who (deported and) settled elsewhere (the people of) the cities Pāpa, Lalluknu, Sukkia, Bāla, (and) Abitikna [(...)]; who made Ittî of the land Allabria leave [his city; who de]stroyed the land Karalla, [dyed] the skin of Aššur-lēʾi, their city-ruler, [red like] the ill[ūru-plant, and] imposed the yoke of the god Aššur [upon Ad]â of the land Šurda; who kept in check the land Kammanu; who expelled [Gunzinānu] from the city Melid, his (Gunzinānu’s) royal city, and appointed [governors] over all his land;

(26') terrifying attack(er), fearless in battle, who did away with the kingship of Tarḫu-lara of the city Marqasa [(...)] (and) who made all of the city Gurgum (part of) the territory of Assyria [(...)].

(l.e. 1) Written [in the month ...], day twelve.