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.”