1.1 to 1.3

Third Campaign of Sennacherib (669 B. C.) (I am) Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the inhabited world, king of the land of Aššur, king of the four world quadrants, intelligent (and) wise shepherd, favorite of the great gods; who protects truth, who loves justice, who gives help, who comes to the aid of the powerless, seeking good will; perfect man, heroic man, foremost among all kings, the bridle that controls the non-submissive, who strikes the enemy with lightning. The divine Aššur, great mountain, granted to me a kingly status that has no equal. He made my weapons invincible over all those who inhabit palaces as far as the upper sea of the west unto the lower sea of the east. He has prostrated at my feet the totality of the 'black-headed people.' Powerful kings fear my assault: they abandon their communities like a crevice-bat (would); they fly off alone to a place where one cannot go. In my third campaign I marched to the land of Hatti (i. e. ,Syria and the Levant). Fearful awe at the luster of my majesty overwhelmed Luli, king of Sidon: he fled for a great distance toward the center of the sea (and) disappeared forever. (As for) his strong cities of great Sidon and lesser Sidon, Bit-zitti, Sariptu, Mahalliba, Ušu, Akzib, and Akku, (all) fortresses (and) places of pasturage and watering for his support-bases, dread of the weapon of Aššur my lord overwhelmed them, and they bowed at my feet. I installed Tubalu upon the royal throne over them and fixed upon him a tribute (in recognition of) my lordship, to be paid annually in perpetuity.