The mountain I stormed.

Akhuni trusted to the multitude of his troops and came forth to meet me;

He drew up in battle array.

I launched among them the weapons of Assur, my lord;

I utterly defeated them.

I cut off the heads of his soldiers and dyed the mountains with the blood of his fighting men.

Many of his troops flung themselves against the rocks of the mountains.”[[73]]

On his return, the victorious king purified his weapons in the sea, and sacrificed victims to his gods. He erected a statue of himself, overlooking the sea, and inscribed it with the glory of Assur.

HEA.

Hea[[74]] was the god of chaos[chaos] or the deep; he was “the king of the abyss who determines destinies.”