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Karaindash, king of Kard[uniash]

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and Assur-bel-nišešu, king of Assyria, a treaty

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Between them made

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and took an oath together concerning this very boundary.

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Puzur-assur (3), king of Assyria, and Burnaburiash (1)

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King of Karduniash, took an oath and

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fixed this very boundary-line.

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At the time of Assur-uballit, king of Assyria, against Karahardash,

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king of Karduniash, son of Muballit-šerua,

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daughter of Assur-uballit, the Kassite troops

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rebelled and killed him. Nazibugaš,

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a Kassite, son of a nobody, as sovereign over them, they appointed.

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[Assur-uballi]t [to av]enge

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[Kar]aindaš, [his grands]on, marched to Karduniash.

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He killed [Naz]ibugash, king of Karduniash.

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[Kur]igalzu, the younger, son of Burnaburiash,

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as sovereign, he appointed and [put] on his father's throne.

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At the time of Ellil-nirari, king of Assyria, Kurigalzu, the younger, [was the king of Karduniash].

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Ellil-nirari, king of Assyria, at Sugagi, which is on the [Tigri]s,

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Fought with him. He brought about his defeat, [sla]ughtered his troops (and)

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Carried off his camp. From Shasili of Subartu,

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[to] Karduniash, they divided the districts into two (and)

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fixed the boundary-line.

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Adad-nirari, king of Assyria, (and) Nazimarrutash, king of Karduniash,

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Fought with one another in KAR.DINGIR.XV.DIŠ of Ugarsullu.

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Adad-nirari brought about the defeat of Nazimarrutash (and)

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conquered him. He took away from him his camp (and) his standards.

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As for this very boundary-line,

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their confines from Pilasqi,

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which is on the other side of theTigris (and) Arman (of) Ugarsalli

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to Lullume, they fixed a division of.

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….Kash[tili]ash, king of Karduni[ash]

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….in battle

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his servants, he made…

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to Mount Kullar…

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Ellil-kudur-usur, king of Assyria, (and)…

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did battle.  Ellil-kudur-usur and Ad-…

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were engaged in battle and Ninurta-apil-e[kur]

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went home. [He mustered] his num[erous] troops (and)

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mar[ched] to conquer Libbi-ali[i]…

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in his fortress he/it struck/fell. He turned and [went home].

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At the time of Zababa-šuma-iddina, king of [Karduniash],  

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[Ass]ur-dan, king of Assyria, [went down] to Kardun[iash].

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Zaban, Irriya, Ugarsa[llu] (and) …

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he captured. [He took] their vast [booty] to As[syria]. 

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….an entente cor[diale].

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…he went home. After he (had gone), Ne[buchadnezzar]

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took his siege-engines (and) Zanqi, a fortress of [Assyria]

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went to conquer. Assur-reša-iši, king of Assyria,

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mustered his chariots to go against him.

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To prevent the siege-engines being taken from him, Nebuchadnezzar burnt (them).

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He turned and went home.

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This same Nebuchadnezzar (with) chariotry and infantry, Idi, a fortress

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of Assyria, went to conquer.  Assur-reša-iši

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Sent chariots (and) infantry to help.

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He fought with him, brought about his defeat, slaughtered his troops (and)

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carried off his camp. Forty of his chariots (with) harness were taken away (and)

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KARAS.TU, his field-marshall, was captured.

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Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, (and) Marduk-nadin-ahhe, king of Karduniash,

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twice he, a battle-array of chariots, as many as (were) by the Lower Zab,

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drew up opposite Arzuhina (and)

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In the second year he defeated (Marduk-nadin-ahhe) in Gurmarritti, which (is) upstream from Akkad.

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Dur-Kurigalzu, Sippar-ša-Šamaš

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Sippar-ša-Anunitu

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Babylon (and) Upe, the great urban centres,

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he captured, together with their forts,

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At that time, Ugarsal[lu]

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as far as Lubdi, he plundered.

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[He ruled] every part of Suhi as far as Rapiqi.

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At the time of Assur-bel-kala, king of [Assyria],

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Marduk-šapik-zeri (was) the king of Kard[uniash].

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An entente cordiale

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together they made.

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At the time of Assur-b[el]-kala, king of [Assyria],

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Marduk-šapik-zeri passed [away].

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Adad-apla-iddina, son of Esagil-šaduni, son of a nobody,

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As sovereign over them (the Babylonians), he (Assur-bel-kala) appointed.

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Assur-bel-kala, king of Assyria,

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married the daughter of Adad-apla-iddina, king of Karduniash, (and)

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took her with her vast dowry to Assyria.

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The peoples of Assyria (and) Karduniash

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were joined together

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At the time of Adad-nirari, king of Assyria,

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Shamash-mudammiq, king of Karduniash,

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drew up a battle-array at the foot of Mount Yalman (and)

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Adad-nirari, king of Assyria, the defeat of Shamash-mud[ammiq],

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king og Karduniash, brought about (and)

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conquered him. His chariots and his [team]s [of horses],

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[he took away] from him.

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Shamash-mudammiq, king of Kard[uniash, passed] away.

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Nabu-šuma-iškun, son of…

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Adad-nirari, king of [Assyria], (with) Nabu-šuma-iškun,

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King of Kard[uniash], fought and defeated him.

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…b]anbala, HU-da,…

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…numerous cities

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…. Their vast booty

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he took …

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…his land, he enclosed…

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…rece]ived from him. They ga[ve] their daughters to one another (in marriage).

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Together they made an entente cordiale.

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The peoples of Assyria and Akkad were join[ed] together.

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From Til-bit-bari which is upstream from Za[ban]

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To Til-ša-batani and Til-ša-sabdani, they established a boundary.

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[At the tim]e of Shalmaneser, king of [Assyria]

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Nabu-ap]la-iddina (was) the king of Karduni[ash].

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An entente cordiale

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together they made. At the time of Shalmaneser, king of [Assyria]

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[Nabu]-apla-iddina, king of Karduniash, passed a[way].

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[Ma]rduk-zakir-šumi as[cended] his father's throne.

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[Ma]rduk-bel-usate, his brother, rebel[led] against him.

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He seized Daban.  Akkad -

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They divided equally. Shalmaneser, king of Assyria,

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To the aid of Marduk-zakir-[šumi],

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King of Karduniash, went.

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Marduk-bel-usate, the usurper,

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he (Shalmaneser 3) defeated, [together] with the rebellious troops who (were) with him.

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…C]uthah, Babylon

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….

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[The peoples of Assyria and Karduniash were jo]ined [together]

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…

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They fixed ….

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…]-bi, king of Karduniash

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…[Shamshi]-adad, king of Assyria,

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Brought about [the defeat of Marduk-balats]u-iqbi.

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..He filled the plain with [the corpses of] his [warrio]rs.

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He (Shamshi-adad 5) enclosed him (and) captured that city. Baba-aha-ddina

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together with his property (and) the treasure of his palace to Assyria, he took.

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Der, Lahiru, Gannanate,

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Dur-papsukkal, Bit-reduti (and) Me-Turan

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the numerous cities of Karduniash

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together with their districts, their gods (and) their booty, he seized.

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Anu-rabu, Humhumya, Sharrat-Deri, Belit-Akkadi,

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Shimlaya, Palil, Anunitu, (and) Mar-Biti

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of Maliki, he carried off. To Cuthah, Babylon (and)

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Borsippa, he went up and made pure sacrifices.

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He went down to Chaldeae (and) the tribute of the kings

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of Chaldea, he received. His officers

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[received] the tax of Kardunia[sh…]

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he made.  [They fixed] the boundary-line [by mutual consent].

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Adad-nirari (3), king of Assyria, (and) …

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…

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in…

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…..his craftsmen the gods….

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He brought [back] the abducted peoples [and]

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laid upon them an income, a regular contribution (and) barley rations.

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The peoples of Assyria and Karduniash were joined together.

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They f[ixed] the boundary-line by mutual consent.

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Let a later prince, who in Akkad

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Wishes to achieve fame, about the prowess of his victories

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Write.  [Let him turn] to this [very] stele (and)

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continually [look at it] that it may not be forgotten.

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Let the…vizier heed all that is [engraved thereon].

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May the praises of Assyria be lauded for[ever].

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May the crime of Sumer and Akkad

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be bruited abroad through every quarter.

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[Palace of Assurbanipal, king of the universe], king of Assyria.