Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ing of Hamath, and the twelvekings of the tribes who were in alliance with them,came forth, arraying their forces against me. Theymet me, and we fought a battle, in which I defeatedthem, making prisoners of their leaders, and theircaptains, and their men of war, and putting themin chains In the thirteenth year I descended to the pla
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ing of Hamath, and the twelvekings of the tribes who were in alliance with them,came forth, arraying their forces against me. Theymet me, and we fought a battle, in which I defeatedthem, making prisoners of their leaders, and theircaptains, and their men of war, and putting themin chains In the thirteenth year I descended to the plainsdependent on the city of Assar-animet. I went tothe district of Yata. I took the forts, slaying theevil-disposed, and carrying off all the ^vcalth of thecountry In the sixteenth year I crossed the river Zab, andwent against the country of the Arians. Set Mesitek,king of the Arians, I put in chains, and brought hiswives, and warriors, and his gods, captives to mycountry of Assyria; and I appointed Tanvu, theson of Khanab, to be king over the country in hisplace. In the twenty-first year, for the twentiethtime, I crossed the Euphrates, and again wentup to the country of Khazakan of Atesh. I occu-pied his territory, and while there received tribute iS pi 11. :%i 1^11 from the countries of Tyre, of Sidon, and of In the twenty-second year, for the tMenty-firsttime, I crossed the Euphrates, and marched to thecountry of Tubal. Then I received the submissionof the twenty-four kings of Tubal In the twenty-third year I again crossed the Eu-phrates, and captured the city of Huidara, the strong-hold of Ellal of Meluda; and the kings of Tubalagain came in to me, and I received their tribute. In the twenty-fourth year I crossed the river Zab,and passing away from the land of Ivharkhar, wentup to the country of the Arians. Yanvu, whom Ihad made king of the Arians, had thrown off hisallegiance, so I put him in chains. I then went out from the land of the Arians andreceived the tribute of th
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