in the hands of my deputy, the governor of Arrapkha, I placed them; a tablet I caused to be prepared;

5 the victory of my hands which

I had gained over them I wrote upon it and

I set it up in the city. I turned about and
to the land of Ellipi I took my way.

Before me Ispabara, their King, left his strong cities, 10 his treasure-houses, and fled

away.

The whole of his extensive land I wasted like a storm-wind.

Marubishti and Akuddu, cities

of his royal house, together with 34 small cities of their environs,

I besieged, took, destroyed, wasted, and

15 burned with fire; the inhabitants, young, old, male and

female,

horses, mules, asses, camels,

oxen, and sheep without number I drove away and

I made his land desolate, and diminished it.

Sisirtu and Kummakhlum, powerful

20 cities, together with the small cities of their environs, the land of Bit-Barru, in its entire extent,

from his land I separated and to the

land of Assyria added. The city of Ilinzash

I made the capital and fortress of that territory and 25 changed its former name;

Kar-Sennacherib I named it.

The people of the lands, the possession of my hands, I made to dwell there.

In the hands of my deputy, the governor of Kharkhar, I placed them, and widened my territory. On my return 30 I received from the land of Media, far away, of which land

6 Hence the classical name of the district of Arrapakhitis, on the Upper Zab; now Albak.

7 Ellipi was the country of which Ekbatana was subsequently the center, the Media of classical antiquity.

8 Kharkhar adjoined Ellipi on the northeast.

• Madai. It must be remembered that the Medes spoken of by Sen

no one of fathers had heard the name,

my

a heavy tribute.

I placed them beneath the yoke of my lordship.

In my third campaign I marched to the land of the

Hittites. 10

35 Elulæus, King of Sidon, was overcome by the fear of the splendor

of my lordship and fled far away

to the sea and there made his abode.
Great Sidon, Little Sidon,

Bit-zitti, Sarepta, Makhalliba,

40 Ushu, Ekdippa, Akko,

his powerful cities, fortresses, pastures,

and cisterns, and his fortifications, the power of the

arms

of Ashur, my lord, overcame and cast at my feet. Ethobal upon the royal throne 45 I placed over them and a tribute of my lordship, yearly and unchangeable, I set upon him. Menahem of the city of Samsimuruna,

Ethobal of Sidon,

Abdili'ti of Arvad,

50 Urumilki of Byblos,

Mitinti of Ashdod,

Buduilu of Beth-Ammon,
Kammusu-nadab of Moab,
Malik-rammu of Edom,

55 all Kings of the west land,

brought rich presents, heavy gifts with merchandise,
before me, and kissed my feet.

And Tsidqa, the King of Ashkelon,

who had not submitted to my yoke, I brought out, the gods of the house of his fathers,

nacherib did not as yet inhabit the district of which Ekbatana subsequently became the capital. Hence the title of "far off," applied to

them here.

10" The land of the Hittites" had now become a generic title, signifying Syria generally. The Hittite kingdoms at Carchemish and elsewhere had now ceased to exist.

THE ASSYRIANS ASSAULTING A CITY.

A sculptured slab of the Nimrod Palace. The advancing soldiers shoot from behind screens, an armored fort batters the wall, and impaled prisoners form the background.