of their warriors in the environs
29 I slew; Uzie, Birata, and Lagalaga, their strong towns,
with 100 towns within their territory I captured;
30 their spoil, their youths, their oxen, and sheep I carried
off; Zab-yav for the preservation of his life, a rugged
mountain
31 ascended; 1,200 of their soldiers I carried off; from the
land of Dagara I withdrew; to the city of Bara I approached;
the city of Bara
32 I captured; 320 of their soldiers by my weapons I destroyed;
their oxen, sheep, and spoil in abundance I removed;
33 300 of their soldiers I took off; on Tasritu[5] 15th from the
town Kalzi I withdrew, and came to the environs of Babite;
34 from Babite I withdrew; to the land of Nizir which they
call Lulu-Kinaba I drew near; the city Bunasi one of their
fortified cities
35 belonging to Musazina and 20 cities of their environs I
captured; the soldiers were discouraged; they took possession
of a mountain difficult of access; I, Assur-nasir-pal
impetuously after them
36 like birds swooped down; their corpses lay thick on the
hills of Nizir; 326 of their warriors I smote down; his
horses I exacted of him,
37 their common people in the tangled hollows I consumed;
seven cities in Nizir, which were of their duly appointed
fortresses I captured; their soldiers
38 I slew; their spoil, their riches, their oxen, their sheep I
carried off; the cities themselves I burned; to these my
tents I returned to halt;
39 from those same tents I departed; to cities of the land of
Nizir whose place no one had ever seen I marched; the city
of Larbusa
40 the fortified city of Kirtiara and 8 cities of their territory
I captured; the soldiers lost heart and took to a steep
mountain, a mountain (which) like sharp iron stakes
41 rose high upward; as for his soldiers, I ascended after them;
in the midst of the mountain I scattered their corpses; 172
of their men I slew; soldiers
42 in numbers in the hollows of the mountain I hunted down;
their spoil, their cattle, their sheep, I took away; their
cities with fire
43 I burned; their heads on the high places of the mountain
I lifted up;[6] their boys and maidens I dishonored; to the
tents aforesaid I returned to halt;
44 from those same tents I withdrew; 150 cities of the territory
of Larbusai, Durlulumai, Bunisai and Barai I captured;
45 their fighting men I slew; their spoil I spoiled; the city of
Hasabtal I razed (and) burned with fire; 50 soldiers of
Barai I slew in battle on the plain.
46 In those days the Princes of the entire land of Zamua were
overwhelmed by the dread of the advance of Assur my
Lord and submitted to my yoke; horses, silver, gold,
29 I slew; Uzie, Birata, and Lagalaga, their strong towns,
with 100 towns within their territory I captured;
30 their spoil, their youths, their oxen, and sheep I carried
off; Zab-yav for the preservation of his life, a rugged
mountain
31 ascended; 1,200 of their soldiers I carried off; from the
land of Dagara I withdrew; to the city of Bara I approached;
the city of Bara
32 I captured; 320 of their soldiers by my weapons I destroyed;
their oxen, sheep, and spoil in abundance I removed;
33 300 of their soldiers I took off; on Tasritu[5] 15th from the
town Kalzi I withdrew, and came to the environs of Babite;
34 from Babite I withdrew; to the land of Nizir which they
call Lulu-Kinaba I drew near; the city Bunasi one of their
fortified cities
35 belonging to Musazina and 20 cities of their environs I
captured; the soldiers were discouraged; they took possession
of a mountain difficult of access; I, Assur-nasir-pal
impetuously after them
36 like birds swooped down; their corpses lay thick on the
hills of Nizir; 326 of their warriors I smote down; his
horses I exacted of him,
37 their common people in the tangled hollows I consumed;
seven cities in Nizir, which were of their duly appointed
fortresses I captured; their soldiers
38 I slew; their spoil, their riches, their oxen, their sheep I
carried off; the cities themselves I burned; to these my
tents I returned to halt;
39 from those same tents I departed; to cities of the land of
Nizir whose place no one had ever seen I marched; the city
of Larbusa
40 the fortified city of Kirtiara and 8 cities of their territory
I captured; the soldiers lost heart and took to a steep
mountain, a mountain (which) like sharp iron stakes
41 rose high upward; as for his soldiers, I ascended after them;
in the midst of the mountain I scattered their corpses; 172
of their men I slew; soldiers
42 in numbers in the hollows of the mountain I hunted down;
their spoil, their cattle, their sheep, I took away; their
cities with fire
43 I burned; their heads on the high places of the mountain
I lifted up;[6] their boys and maidens I dishonored; to the
tents aforesaid I returned to halt;
44 from those same tents I withdrew; 150 cities of the territory
of Larbusai, Durlulumai, Bunisai and Barai I captured;
45 their fighting men I slew; their spoil I spoiled; the city of
Hasabtal I razed (and) burned with fire; 50 soldiers of
Barai I slew in battle on the plain.
46 In those days the Princes of the entire land of Zamua were
overwhelmed by the dread of the advance of Assur my
Lord and submitted to my yoke; horses, silver, gold,