[Footnote 2: That is in the person of his commander-in-chief,
Dayan-Assur.]
[Footnote 3: The modern Van.]
[Footnote 4: Parthia.]
[Footnote 5: This refers to his assuming the eponymy a second time after completing a reign of thirty years. At this period the Assyrian kings assumed the eponymy on first ascending the throne, and the fact that Shalmaneser took the same office again in his thirty-first year shows that a cycle of thirty years was in existence.]
[Footnote 6: The Gozan of the Old Testament.]
[Footnote 7: Haran or Harran in the Old Testament; called Carrhæ by the classical geographers.]
[Footnote 8: Andia was afterward incorporated into Assyria by Sargon.]
THE EPIGRAPHS ACCOMPANYING THE SCULPTURES
I The tribute of 'Su'a of the country of the Guzanians:
silver, gold, lead, articles of bronze, sceptres for the King's
hand, horses (and) camels with double backs: I received.
II The tribute of Yahua[1] son of Khumri[2]: silver, gold,
bowls of gold, vessels of gold, goblets of gold, pitchers
of gold, lead, sceptres for the King's hand, (and) staves:
I received.
III The tribute of the country of Muzri[3]: camels with double
backs, an ox of the river 'Saceya,[4] horses, wild asses,
elephants, (and) apes: I received.
IV The tribute of Merodach-pal-itstsar of the country of the
'Sukhians[5]: silver, gold, pitchers of gold, tusks of the
wild bull, staves, antimony, garments of many colors,
(and) linen: I received.
V The tribute of Garparunda of the country of the Patinians:
silver, gold, lead, bronze, gums, articles of bronze, tusks
of wild bulls, (and) ebony[6]: I received.
[Footnote 1: Jehu.]