"Towers round him," he says, "I raised, and over his people I strengthened the watch; on sea and land his forts I took; his going out I stopped.

Water and sea-water, to preserve their lives, their mouths drank.

By a strong blockade, which removed not, I besieged them; their works I checked and opposed; to my yoke I made them submissive.

The daughter proceeding from his body, and the daughters of his brothers, for concubines he brought to my presence.
Yahi-milki, his son, the glory of the country, of unsurpassed renown, at once he sent forward, to make obeisance to me.

His daughter, and the daughters of his brothers, with their great dowries, I received.