96 In my seventeenth year the Euphrates I crossed. To the
land of Amanus I ascended. Logs
97 of _cedar_ I cut. In my eighteenth year for the sixteenth
time the Euphrates I crossed. Hazael
98 of Damascus to battle came. 1,221 of his chariots, 470 of
his war-carriages with
99 his camp I took from him. In my nineteenth campaign for
the eighteenth[1] time the Euphrates I crossed. To the land
of Amanus
100 I ascended. Logs of cedar I cut. In my 20th year for
the 20th time the Euphrates
101 I crossed. To the land of Kahue I went down. Their
cities I captured. Their spoil
102 I carried off. In my 21st campaign, for the 21st time the
Euphrates I crossed. To the cities
103 of Hazael of Damascus I went. Four of his fortresses
I took. The tribute of the Tyrians,
104 the Zidonians (and) the Gebalites I received. In my 22d
campaign for the 22d time the Euphrates
105 I crossed. To the country of Tabalu[2] I went down. In
those days (as regards) the 24
106 Kings of the country of Tabalu their wealth I received.
To conquer
107 the mines of silver, of salt and of stone for sculpture I
went. In my 23d year
108 the Euphrates I crossed. The city of Uetas, his strong
city,
109 (which belonged) to Lalla of the land of the Milidians
I captured. The Kings of the country of Tabalu
110 had set out. Their tribute I received. In my 24th year,
the lower Zab
111 I crossed. The land of Khalimmur I passed through. To
the land of Zimru
112 I went down. Yan'su King of the Zimri from the face
113 of my mighty weapons fled and to save his life
114 ascended (the mountains). The cities of 'Sikhisatakh,
Bit-Tamul, Bit-Sacci
115 (and) Bit-Sedi, his strong cities, I captured. His fighting
men I slew.
116 His spoil I carried away. The cities I threw down, dug
up, (and) with fire burned.
117 The rest of them to the mountains ascended. The peaks
of the mountains
118 I attacked, I captured. Their fighting men I slew. Their
spoil (and) their goods
119 I caused to be brought down. From the country of Zimru
I departed. The tribute of 27 Kings
120 of the country of Par'sua[3] I received. From the country
of Par'sua I departed. To
121 the strongholds of the country of the Amadai,[4] (and)
the countries of Arazias (and) Kharkhar I went down.
122 The cities of Cua-cinda, Khazzanabi, Ermul,
123 (and) Cin-ablila with the cities which were dependent
on them I captured. Their fighting men
[Footnote 1: The King counts his passage of the river on his return from
Syria the seventeenth time of his crossing the Euphrates.]
[Footnote 2: The Tubal of the Old Testament, and Tibareni of classical
geographers.]
[Footnote 3: The Parthia of classical authors.]
[Footnote 4: These seem to be the Madai or Medes of later inscriptions.
This is the first notice that we have of them. It will be observed that
they have not yet penetrated into Media but are still eastward of the
Parthians.]