Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 08

(o 1') [...] ... [(Because) my horses and my men had become th]irsty [for water due to the fighting, I did not pursue them. Forty of (these three hundred and four) men perished] due to thirst for water; [(the remaining) two hundred and fifty-four men of] them got away. [I (thus) killed one thousand eight hundred and forty-six of their men. This is a single def]eat which Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, [governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari], inflicted [upon] the Ḫatallu (tribesmen). [With regard to Šamaʾgamni, the herald of the] Sarugu (clan), their leader, [the dishonest servant whom the land of Sūḫu], Assyria, and my fathers [rejected], I [got hold (of him and)] killed him, (thereby) easing my heart. [I stripped off his skin like the skin of a sheep] and [set (it)] in front of the gate of Āl-gabbāri-bānî. I inflicted [such] a defeat [as] none [among] my [ancestors] had inflicted. [My ancestors had defeated the enemy ten times, but] they did not achieve as much as I. [I inflicted a single defeat (of such an extent that) I surpassed] my ancestors.

(o 15'b) [Anyone in the future who comes forward and] says: “[How did Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, the governor of the land of] Sūḫu and the land of Mari, [inflict this] defeat?” (should be told that) [I did not inflict (this) by my own power, (but rather) I inflicted this] defeat [by the power of the gods Šamaš] and Marduk, Adad [and Apla-Adad, the great gods], my [lords. Anyone in the future who comes forward and should ask] the elders of his land [and the elders of the land of Laqû:] “Is it true [that Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, the governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari] inflicted [this defeat at] the command of the god Apla-Adad, [the great god, his lord?”] (should be told that) this [was the handiwork of the god Apla-Adad, my divine lord]. He ordered my [...; ...]. He delivered my enemy into my [hands].

(r 4b) Anyone [in the future who comes forward should li]ke me [pay attention] to the command(s) of the gods. (Then) [... his enemy ...] will not exist. This is the experience [and ...] the god Apla-Adad, my lord, and the gods [...] they allowed (me) to trample my enemy under my feet. No [one in the future who comes forward] should say: “How [did Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur] inflict [this defeat]?” By the gods Adad and Apla-Adad [...] I. I shall show him the gods Adad and Apla-Adad. [... at the command of the god Apla]-Adad, the <great> god, my lord, I went and [defeated] these soldiers.

(r 13b) [I], Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari: [the Akītu (temple) of the gods Adad and] Mīšarum — the great gods who dwell [in the town Udada], my [lords] — had became old and [been abandoned. None amo]ng my ancestors had paid attention (to it) and [(re)built (it). I com]pletely (re)built [this Akītu (temple)]. I had (this temple) (re)built and dedicated (it) to the gods Adad [and Mīšarum, the great gods], my [lord]s, in order to ensure my good [health (and) the well-being of my offspring, to prolong] my days, to confirm [my reign], (and) [to defeat the land of my enemy].

(r 21) [The palace of Enamḫe-zēra-ibni, governor of the land of Sūḫu] and the land of Mari, (which is located in) the district [of the city Raʾil, ...] ...