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RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 05 composite (P463049)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationRINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 05 composite
IDP463049
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotKalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Coordinates36.1022, 43.3385

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

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1[...] u2-za-'i-in-szu2-nu-ti-ma a-na _kur_-szu-nu il-li-ku _iri-mesz_ szu-a-tu-nu a-na esz-szu-ti _du3_-usz i-na _ugu du6_ kam-ri... I expelled them and went to their country. I built those cities for anew. On the moat
2sza2 {iri}hu-mut i-qab-bu-szu-ni _iri du3_-usz ul-tu usz-sze-szu a-di gaba-dib-be2-e-szu ar-s,i-ip u2-szak-lil _e2-gal_ mu-szab _lugal_-ti-iaI built a city from its foundations to its crenellations (and) completed (it). I built the palace, the seat of my royal majesty.
3i-na lib3-bi ad-di {iri}kar-asz-szur _mu_-szu ab-bi _{gesz}tukul_ asz-szur _en_-ia i-na lib3-bi ar-me _un-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-szibI conquered the city Kar-Assur. I inflicted the weapon of (the god) Assur, my lord, upon the people of the lands of the underworld, my hands.
4_gun_ ma-da-at-tu u2-kin-szu-nu-ti it-ti _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur am-nu-szu2-nu-ti {i7}pa-at-ti-{d}en-lil2 sza ul-tu _ud-mesz_ ru-qu-u2-ti na-da-at-maI established tribute for them. I counted them among the people of Assyria. The canal Patti-Enlil, which since distant days had been irrigated,
5[...] ah-re-e-ma i-na qer-be2-e-sza2 u2-szah-bi-ba _a-mesz_ nu-uh-sze [...] ul-tu {iri}bad3-gal-zi {iri}si-par sza2 {d}sza2-masz... I turned around and in its environs I poured out pure water ... from the cities Durgalzi (and) Sipar of the god Šamaš
6[...] {lu2}na-sik-ki {lu2}na-aq-ri {lu2}ta-ne2-e {iri}ka-la-in {i7}szu-ma-an-da-ar {iri}pa-s,i-tu2 sza {lu2}du-na-ni {kur}qi-ir-bu-tu... the sheikhs, the naqrû-officials, (and) the cantons of Kalānu, the Šumandar River, the city Paṣitu, belonging to the Dunanu of the land Qirbutu.
7[...] {lu2}a-di-le-e {kur}bu-u2-du {iri}pa-ah-ha-az {kur}qi-in-_nibru iri-mesz_ sza2 {kur}kar-du-ni-asz2 a-di lib3-bi {i7}uq-ne2-e... the Adilû of the land Būdu, the cities Paḫaz, Qinnibru, cities of Karduniaš, as far as the Euphrates River.
8sza2 a-ah tam-tim szap-li-te a-bel2 a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur _gur_-ra {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun _ta_ lib3-bi _udu-nita2-mesz masz2-mesz_-szu2-nuI erected a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. From among their rams and goats
9sza szat-ti-szam-ma a-s,ab-ba-ta 2(disz) _me_ 4(u) _udu-nita2-mesz_ kad-re-e a-na asz-szur _en_-ia ar-ku-us ul-tu {lu2}a-ri-mi szu-a-tu-nu sza asz2-lu-lathat I had captured in the future, 2 hundred 40 rams and sacrificial sheep to Ashur, my lord, I carried off. From those Arabs who I had carried off
10x x _lim nam_ {lu2}tur-ta-ni 1(u) _lim nam {lu2}nimgir2 e2-gal_ x x _lim nam {lu2}gal-bi-lul_ x x _lim nam_ {kur}ba-ar-ha-zi 5(disz) _lim nam_ {kur}ma-za-mu-ax thousand, the province of the commander-in-chief; 10,000, the provincial governor of the palace; [x thousand], the province (of) the chief cupbearer; [... thousand, of the land Ba]rḫazi; 5,500, [the province] of Mazamua;
11u2-pa-ar-ri?-is u2-sze-szib pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2-szu-nu-ti it-ti _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur am-nu-szu2-nu-ti {gesz}ni-ri asz-szur _en_-ia ki-i sza2 asz-szu-riI removed (and) settled (them). I imposed upon them one penalty. With the people of Assyria I killed them. The yoke of Assur, my lord, was as strong as that of (the god) Assur.
12e-mid-su-nu-ti da-ad2-me na-du-u2-ti sza pi-rik _kur_-ia sza ina tar-s,i _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia ar-bu-tu il-li-kuI imposed upon them tribute and tribute from the responsibility of my land, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, had become old.

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