A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . in Isa. xxxvii. 12 and 2 Kings xix. 12) was first reducedto peace by the capture of its king in Tel-Bursip (Birejik). Afterpassage of the Euphrates, Katazil of Kummukh was ])lundered ofsilver, gold, oxen, sheep, and wine, while Dabig, in the territoryof Akhuni, west of the Euphrates, Birtu in the land of the Chatti,probably opposite Birejik, and (in the following year) Pethor, atthe influx of the Sajur, were besieged. The princes Mutallu ofGurgum, Khani of Samal, and Sapalulmi of Patin, all within thebound
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . in Isa. xxxvii. 12 and 2 Kings xix. 12) was first reducedto peace by the capture of its king in Tel-Bursip (Birejik). Afterpassage of the Euphrates, Katazil of Kummukh was ])lundered ofsilver, gold, oxen, sheep, and wine, while Dabig, in the territoryof Akhuni, west of the Euphrates, Birtu in the land of the Chatti,probably opposite Birejik, and (in the following year) Pethor, atthe influx of the Sajur, were besieged. The princes Mutallu ofGurgum, Khani of Samal, and Sapalulmi of Patin, all within thebounds of the former Hittite kingdom, were slain in a great fight, ofwhich a memorial was erected on Mount Amanus, and tribute waslevied even from the coast country of Phoenicia. iSIeanwhile Shal-maneser fought also against the peoples in Kurdistan, whence hepassed down the Belik to , perhaps the city otherwisenamed Rakkah. Here he crossed tiie Euphrates, and struck the road to Syria. Adad-idri of Damascus, the Ben-hadad II. of the 61 62 THE ASSYRIANS TN SYRIA AND Flö.ö-Tbc(.l»r>>k o, , 1,1 u k London, British Museum.
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