Complex sentence: Sam'al was one of Assyria's satellite states in the calendars of Shalmaneser III. Though around 830 BC Azitawadda, king of Denyen, states Sam'al is his satellite country--at the same time, Kilamuwa mentions on his stela that he hired Assyria against Denyen.
Split into simpler sentences: Sam'al was one of Assyria's satellite states in the calendars of Shalmaneser III. Though around 830 BC Azitawadda, king of Denyen states Sam'al is his satellite country. At the same time Kilamuwa mentions on his stela that he hired Assyria against Denyen.