Babylonian and Assyrian Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Babylonian and Assyrian Literature.

Babylonian and Assyrian Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Babylonian and Assyrian Literature.
     their cities
54 I overthrew, I demolished, in fire I burned:  from the land
     of Nummi to the land of Kirruri I came down; the tribute
     of Kirruri
55 of the territory of Zimizi, Zimira, Ulmanya, Adavas, Kargai,
     Harmasai, horses,[15] (fish (?),
56 oxen, horned sheep in numbers, copper, as their tribute I
     received:  an officer to guard boundaries[16] over them I placed. 
     While in the land of Kirruri
57 they detained me, the fear of Assur my Lord overwhelmed
     the lands of Gilzanai and Khubuskai; horses, silver
58 gold, tin, copper, kams of copper as their tribute they brought
     to me.  From the land of Kirruri I withdrew;
59 to a territory close by the town Khulun in Gilhi[17] Bitani
     I passed:  the cities of Khatu, Khalaru, Nistun, Irbidi,
60 Mitkie, Arzanie, Zila, Khalue, cities of Gilhi situated in the
     environs of Uzie and Arue
61 and Arardi powerful lands, I occupied:  their soldiers in
     numbers I slew; their spoil, their riches I carried off;
62 their soldiers were discouraged; the summits projecting over
     against the city of Nistun which were menacing like the
     storms of heaven, I captured;
63 into which no one among the Princes my sires had ever penetrated;
     my soldiers like birds (of prey) rushed upon them;
64 260 of their warriors by the sword I smote down; their
     heads cut off in heaps I arranged; the rest of them like birds
65 in a nest, in the rocks of the mountains nestled; their spoil,
     their riches from the midst of the mountains I brought
     down; cities which were in the midst
66 of vast forests situated I overthrew, destroyed, burned in
     fire; the rebellious soldiers fled from before my arms; they
     came down; my yoke
67 they received; impost tribute and a Viceroy I set over them. 
     Bubu son of Bubua son of the Prefect of Nistun
68 in the city of Arbela I flayed; his skin I stretched in contempt
     upon the wall.  At that time an image of my person
     I made; a history of my supremacy
69 upon it I wrote, and (on) a mountain of the land of Ikin(?)
     in the city of Assur-nasir-pal at the foot I erected (it).  In
     my own eponym in the month of July[18] and the 24th day
     (probably B.C. 882).
70 in honor of Assur and Istar the great gods my Lords, I
     quitted the city of Nineveh:  to cities situated below Nipur
     and Pazate powerful countries
71 I proceeded; Atkun, Nithu, Pilazi and 20 other cities in
     their environs I captured; many of their soldiers I slew;
72 their spoil, their riches I carried off; the cities I burned with
     fire; the rebel soldiers fled from before my arms, submitted,
73 and took my yoke; I left them in possession of their land. 
     From the cities below Nipur and Pazate I withdrew; the
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