(i 1) Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of Aššur, vice-regent of the god Aššur, attentive shepherd, favorite of the gods Anu and Enlil, whose name the god Aššur and the great gods faithfully called, the one to whom they gave the four quarters to administer and the one to whom they entrusted their dominion, the attentive one, appointee of the gods, the one who gladdens the heart of the god Aššur, the one whose conduct is pleasing to the gods of heaven and the underworld and who is endowed with excellence, the one who constantly makes abundant the offerings for all the gods, the one who encircled enemy lands above (and) below, strong king, capable in battle, the one who shepherds the four quarters at the heels of the god Šamaš, I; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria; son of Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) [also] king of Assyria:

(i 21) When Aššur, my lord, faithfully chose me to worship him, gave me the scepter for my office of shepherd, (presented) me in addition the staff for my office of herdsman, granted me excellence so that I might slay my enemies (and) subdue those who do not fear me, (and) placed upon me the lordly crown; (at that time) I set my foot upon the neck of the lands (and) shepherded the extensive black-headed people like animals. He (Aššur) teaches me just decisions. Like ... the Anunnakū gods ... the gods ... the strength ...

(i 37) Lacuna

(ii 8) With the [support of Aššur and the] great [gods, my lords who] go before me, difficult paths, mighty [mountains ...] and had no rival in the four quarters.

(ii 14) [At the beginning of] my sovereignty I marched to the land of the Uq[umenu]. The entire land of the Qutu [I made (look) like] ruin hills (created by) the deluge (and) I surrounded their army with a circle of sandstorms. At that time they banded together against my army in rugged (and) very mountainous terrain. They fiercely took up a position for armed conflict. Trusting in Aššur and the great gods, my lords, I struck (and) brought about their defeat. I filled the caves and ravines of the mountains with their corpses. I made heaps of their corpses [like grain piles] beside their gates. Their cities I destroyed, ravaged, (and) turned into ruin hills. [...] (Thus) I became lord of the extensive land of the Qutu. With joy and excellence I stood over them. The hordes of princes of Abulê, king of the land of the Uqumenu, I captured (and) brought them bound to my city, Aššur. I made them swear by the great gods of heaven (and) underworld, I imposed upon them the [exacting] yoke of my lordship, (and then) I released them (to return) to their lands. [...] rebellious [cities] I subdued at my feet and imposed (upon them) corvée. Annually I receive with ceremony their valuable tribute in my city, Aššur.

(iii 8) The land of the distant Qutu, the paths to which are extremely difficult and the terrain of which [is unsuitable] for the movement of my army, they (the inhabitants) [...] took fright at the ferocity of my warfare and bowed down at my feet. I levied tribute and impost upon them.

(iii 12) At that time I marched to the land Šarnida (and) [the land Me]ḫru. By means of the army of the land of the Qutu, which Aššur and the great gods had allotted to me, I cut down mighty beams of the land Meḫru (and) brought (them) to my city, Aššur. I buttressed my lordly palace which I love with those beams from the land Meḫru.

(iii 21) In that year five fortified cities of the land Katmuḫu, rebellious capitals, which, during a deceitful peace, had dragged off my people (and) plundered my land, I conquered in the fullness of time. Like an earthquake I shook their shrines. I carried off captives (and) property (and) brought (them) to my city, Aššur.

(iii 30) All the land of the Šubaru, the entirety of Mount Kašiiari as far as the land Alzu, which previously, during the reign of Shalmaneser (I), king of the universe, my father, had rebelled and withheld tribute, had united itself under one command. I prayed to the god Aššur and the great gods, my lords, (and) marched up to Mount Kašiiari. (As) with a bridle I controlled the land of the Šubaru, the land Alzu, and their allied kings. I conquered the great cult center of the land Purulimzu. I burnt them (the inhabitants) alive (and) the remnants of [their] army I took as captives. I conquered four strong capitals of Eḫli-Tešub, king of the land Alzu, (and) six rebellious cities of the land Amadanu. Captives (and) property I carried off from them (and) brought to my city, Aššur. Eḫli-Tešub king of the land Alzu took fright in the face of my majesty and, taking his courtiers and his sons, he abandoned his entire land (and) went secretly to the (very) border of Nairi, to an unknown land. The remnant of their army which had fled in the midst of battle, fearing the violence of my warfare, ran to the rocky mountains to save their lives. 180 of their fortified cities I destroyed, ravaged, burnt, (and) turned into ruin hills. I added the regions of the lands Alzu, Amadanu, Niḫanu, Alaia, Tepurzu, and Purulimzu to my land. I took from them hostages, subdued (them) at my feet, and imposed (upon them) corvée.

(iv 24) At that time, from Tulsinâ the ... mountain, (the region) between the cities Šasila (and) Mašḫaṭ-šarri on the opposite bank of the Lower Zab, from Mount Zuqušku (and) Mount Lallar — the district of the extensive Qutu —, the entire land of the Lullumu, the land of the Papḫu to the land Katmuḫu (and) all the land of the Šubaru, the entirety of Mount Kašiiari to the border of Nairi [and] the border of the land M[akan], to the Euphrates — those regions the great gods allotted to me. All (my) enemies [I brought] under one command.

(iv 37) The prince who accepts their gifts, the shepherd who has charge over them, [and the herdsman] who properly administers them, I:

(iv 40) At that time in [the sacred area] of my city Aššur (which stretches) [from the ziggurrat] of the god Adad my lord [to the Craftsman's Gate], on the [north] side, [extensive] house-plots, [much] terrain [...] I cleared away [...] those [...] I cleared away (and) fifty mušaru straight down [its foundation pit] I reached bedrock. [In a style appropriate] for my city I erected (the foundation) [x layers of brick] high with limestone [and brick]. The former [...]. I completed (it) [from top to bottom and] deposited [my monumental inscription].

(iv 62) [In the future may] a later prince, [when that] palace [becomes old and] dilapidated, [restore it]. [May he anoint with oil my monumental inscription, make sacrifices, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) the gods Aššur and Adad will listen to his] prayers.

(v 5) He who [erases my inscribed] name [and writes] his (own) name; (who) [discards my] monumental inscription (and) [puts (it)] in [another place] where [there is no visibility, a taboo] house; [who conceives of and does anything injurious]; or (who) prevents [the gods who dwell in] the city [Aššur] from [entering] my palace [during the festivals]; (who) abandons that palace and neglects [it]; or (who), because of these curses, tears down and destroys that palace and in the sacred area of [my palace] constructs a(nother) palace like it, my monumental inscriptions in [another] place (which is) [not] their place [...] commands and [...]: May [the gods Aššur and Adad, the gods of] heaven (and) underworld, rip out [the foundations of his royal throne]

(vi 2) To ... of his enemies may they inflict upon him want, hunger, and famine. May a king [who is] his [enemy] take away [his] throne (and) under his very eyes rule his land. [... May ...] not go out. His offspring [... the] people ... [The goddess Ištar], mistress of strife and battle, [who] designated my turn for sovereignty, may she change him from a man to a woman, may she cause his manhood to dwindle away. May she inflict upon him [the defeat of his land]. May he not stand firm before [his enemy]. May she slay [...]. May she ... his warriors. May she hand him over to his enemies.