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Tiglath-pileser III 01 (Q003414)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationTiglath-pileser III 01
IDQ003414
CollectionArchäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotNimrud (Kalhu)
Coordinates36.0992, 43.3275

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap1 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:7] 11–77Precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), beloved of the god(dess) [(DN and) Šē]rūa, ..., creation of the goddess Ninmena, who [(...)] ... for the dominion of the lands, (...) who grew up to be king, ... [(...)] governor, [(...)] ..., the one who increases voluntary offerings for ..., ... [(...)] of emblems, (5) powerful male, light of all of his people, lord of [(...) all] rulers ..., the one who overwhelms his foes, valiant man, the one who destroys [(...)] enemies, who cuts (straight) through interlocking mountains like a (taut) string and ... [...] ...

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1NUNUZ bal-til{ki} šu-⸢qu-ru⸣ na-ram {d}[(...) {d}še]-ru-a AB BA x x
2pi-tiq {d}nin-⸢men-na⸣ ša₂ a-na be-lut ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ [(...)] AN TI AL ŠID x
3ir-bu-u₂ a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti GIR₃.NITA₂ x [(...)] x x x ma
4⸢mu-ṣib ŠA₃.IGI.GURU₆.MEŠ a-na⸣ x x x x x [x] x [(...)] šu-ri-⸢in-ni⸣
5zi-ka-ru dan-nu nu-ur kiš-šat UN.MEŠ-šu ⸢e-tel⸣ [(...) kal] mal-⸢ki⸣ x x ti
6da-i-pu ga-re-e-šu GURUŠ qar-du sa-⸢pi-nu⸣ [(...)] na-ki-ri ša₂ ḫur-sa-⸢a-ni⸣
7et-gu-ru-ti ki-ma qe₂-e u₂-sal-li-tu-ma ⸢u₂⸣-[...] u₂ x x x x

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