94 from Izria I withdrew; in the land of Kasyari
I halted;
Madara (and) Anzi two cities of the territory I captured
and slew their soldiers;
95 their spoil I carried off; the cities I burned with fire; six
lakes I crossed over in Kasyari, a rugged highland for the
passage of chariots and an army
96 unsuited; (the hills with instruments of iron I cut through
[and] with rollers of metal I beat down;) the chariots and
army I brought over. In a city of Assur[15] on the sandy
side which is in Kasyari,
97 oxen, sheep, goats kam and gurpisi of copper I received;
by the land of Kasyari I proceeded; a second time to the
land of Nairi I went down; at the city of Sigisa
98 I made a halt; from Sigisa I withdrew; to Madara the
fortified city of Labduri the son of Dubisi I drew near, a
city extremely strong with four impregnable castles;
99 the city I besieged; they quailed before my mighty
prowess; I received, for the preservation of their lives,
their treasures, their riches, their sons, by tale; I imposed
upon them
100 tribute and duties; an officer[16] I appointed over them; the
city I demolished, razed, and reduced to a heap of ruins;
from Madara I withdrew; to Tuskha
101 I passed over; a palace in Tuskha I dedicated; the tribute
of the land of Nirdun, horses, yoke-horses, fish, kam of
copper, gurpisi of copper, oxen, sheep,
102 goats, in Tuskha I received; 60 cities and strong castles
below Kasyari, belonging to Labduri son of Dubuzi
I overthrew razed and converted to a heap of ruins.
103 In the service of Assur my Lord from Tuskha I withdrew.
The powerful chariots and battering-rams I put
up in my stores; on rafts
104 I passed the Tigris; all night I descended; to Pitura a
strong town of Dirrai I drew near—a very strong city—
105 two forts facing each other, whose castle like the
summit of a mountain stood up: by the mighty hands of
Assur my Lord and the impetuosity of my army and my
formidable attack
106 I gave them battle; on two days before sunrise like Yav
the inundator I rushed upon them; destruction upon them
I rained with the might[17]
107 and prowess of my warriors; like the rush of birds coming
upon them, the city I captured; 800 of their soldiers by
my arms I destroyed; their heads
108 I cut off; many soldiers I captured in hand alive; their
populace in the flames I burned; their spoil I carried off
in abundance; a trophy of the living and of heads
109 about his great gate I built;[18] 700 soldiers I there impaled
on stakes;[19] the city I overthrew, razed, and reduced to
a heap of ruins all round; their boys,
110 their maidens, I dishonored; the city of Kukunu[20]
Madara (and) Anzi two cities of the territory I captured
and slew their soldiers;
95 their spoil I carried off; the cities I burned with fire; six
lakes I crossed over in Kasyari, a rugged highland for the
passage of chariots and an army
96 unsuited; (the hills with instruments of iron I cut through
[and] with rollers of metal I beat down;) the chariots and
army I brought over. In a city of Assur[15] on the sandy
side which is in Kasyari,
97 oxen, sheep, goats kam and gurpisi of copper I received;
by the land of Kasyari I proceeded; a second time to the
land of Nairi I went down; at the city of Sigisa
98 I made a halt; from Sigisa I withdrew; to Madara the
fortified city of Labduri the son of Dubisi I drew near, a
city extremely strong with four impregnable castles;
99 the city I besieged; they quailed before my mighty
prowess; I received, for the preservation of their lives,
their treasures, their riches, their sons, by tale; I imposed
upon them
100 tribute and duties; an officer[16] I appointed over them; the
city I demolished, razed, and reduced to a heap of ruins;
from Madara I withdrew; to Tuskha
101 I passed over; a palace in Tuskha I dedicated; the tribute
of the land of Nirdun, horses, yoke-horses, fish, kam of
copper, gurpisi of copper, oxen, sheep,
102 goats, in Tuskha I received; 60 cities and strong castles
below Kasyari, belonging to Labduri son of Dubuzi
I overthrew razed and converted to a heap of ruins.
103 In the service of Assur my Lord from Tuskha I withdrew.
The powerful chariots and battering-rams I put
up in my stores; on rafts
104 I passed the Tigris; all night I descended; to Pitura a
strong town of Dirrai I drew near—a very strong city—
105 two forts facing each other, whose castle like the
summit of a mountain stood up: by the mighty hands of
Assur my Lord and the impetuosity of my army and my
formidable attack
106 I gave them battle; on two days before sunrise like Yav
the inundator I rushed upon them; destruction upon them
I rained with the might[17]
107 and prowess of my warriors; like the rush of birds coming
upon them, the city I captured; 800 of their soldiers by
my arms I destroyed; their heads
108 I cut off; many soldiers I captured in hand alive; their
populace in the flames I burned; their spoil I carried off
in abundance; a trophy of the living and of heads
109 about his great gate I built;[18] 700 soldiers I there impaled
on stakes;[19] the city I overthrew, razed, and reduced to
a heap of ruins all round; their boys,
110 their maidens, I dishonored; the city of Kukunu[20]