Sargon II, Calah Summary Inscription

722–705 BCE

The Samarians, who had come to an agreement with a [hostile (?)] king not to do service or to render tribute to me, did battle. In the strength of the great gods, my lords, I fought with them; I counted 27,280 people, together with their chariots and the gods in whom they trust, as spoil. I organized two hundred chariots from among them as a royal…

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