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29. Is-Tu-vi-Gu SAR Sab-man-da iz-bat-va ka-mu-ut-su a-na 



MAT-SU IL-KI 



Astyages, king of the Sabmanda^ he captured, and his 

 treasure to his land he took 



30. A-MAT Bel eab-u Maeduk u Sin na-an-na-ri samie u 



Irzitiv 

 The will of Merodach and Sin, the illuminators of the 

 Heavens and Earth 



31. Sa ki-bit su-nu la in-nin-nu A-na ki-bi-ti su-nct 



ZER-TI 



Who change not their command To their supreme 

 command 



32. Ap-LA-AKH AK-SU-UD NA-KHAZ-TI AE-SE-E-VA ? LU-KH 



PA-N(J-A 



I bowed, I took hold, the order (?) I gave and .... 

 my face. 



33. La-e-gila-a-se-id a-khi-ad ad-da u-sat-ba-av-va 

 Not hesitating, I hastened, I caused to go forth 



31'. Um-ma-ni-ya rap-sa-ti ul-tu MAT Kha-az-zi-ti pa-at 



Ml-ZIR 



My wide-spread army from the land of Gaza, on the 

 border of Egypt, 



35. Tam-tiv e-li-ti a-bar-ti nahr Purat a-di tam-tiv sap- 



LI-TI. 



(On) the Upper Sea on the other side of the Euphrates, 

 as far as the Lower Sea. 



36. Saerani Eubi sakkanaki u um-ma-ni ya rap-sa-a-ti 

 Kings, Princes, Priests, and my wide-spread army, 



37. Sa Sin Samas u Istar i-ki-bu-nu 



Which Sin, Samas, and Istar had assembled 



, 38. A-na e-pi-su bit khul-khul bit Sin bbl-ya a-lik 



I-DI-YA 



For the making of the House of Brightness, the Temple 

 of Sin, my lord going by my side, 



39. Sa ki-rib al Khar-ra-nu sa Assur-ban-apla sar mat 

 AsuEi (ki) 

 Which is within the city of Kharrau, which Assarbanipal, 

 king of Assyria, 



