Tiglath-pileser III 05 (Q003418)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003418 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 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 [0:3] 11–33 | [... I] adorned them (statues of the gods) and they (the gods) went (back) to their land. I rebuilt th[ose] cities. I built a city on top of a tell (lit. “a heaped-up ruin mound”) called [Ḫumut]. I b[uilt (and) co]mpleted (it) from its foundations to its parapets. [Inside (it), I founded] a palace for my royal residence. I named it Kār-Aššur, set up the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people [of (foreign) lands] conquered by me therein. [I] imposed upon them [tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of Assyria. |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | I dug out the Patti-[Enlil] canal, [which] had lain abandoned for a very long time and [...], and I made an abundance of water gurgle through it. |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | I exercised authority over [... from] the cities Dūr-(Kuri)galzu, Sippar of the god Šamaš, [..., the (tribes) Na]sikku, Naq(i)ru, (and) Tanê, the city Kalaʾin, the Šumandar (Sumandar) canal, [the city Pa]ṣītu of the (tribe) Dunānu, the land Qirbutu (Qirbit), [... the (tribe) Adi]lê, the land Būdu, the city Paḫḫaz, the land Qin-Nippur, (and) the cities [of Kar]duniaš (Babylonia) as far as the Uqnû River, [which are on the shore of the Lo]wer [Sea]. I anne[xed] (those areas) to Assyria (and) placed a eunuch of mine as [provincial governor over them]. |
| Obverse [7:10] 88–1010 | From their sheep levy, [which] I take [annually], I apportion[ed] 240 sheep as a gift to (the god) Aššur, my lord. [From] those [Ara]means whom I deported, (10) [I distribut]ed (and) settled [... thousand to the province of] the turtānu, 10,000 (to) the province of the palace herald, [...] thousand (to) the province of the chief cupbearer, [... thousand (to) the province of the land] Barḫalzu, (and) 5,000 (to) the province of the land Mazamua (Zamua). |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | I united them, [considered them] as inhabitants of [Assyria, (and) imposed] the yoke of (the god) Aššur, my lord, [upon them] as Assyrians. (As for) the abandoned settlements on the periphery of my [land] that had bec[ome] desolated [during the reign(s) of (previous) kings], my [ancestor]s, |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | [... u₂]-za-ʾi-in-šu₂-nu-ti-ma a-na KUR-šu-nu il-li-ku URU.MEŠ šu-a-⸢tu⸣-[nu a-na] eš-šu-ti DU₃-uš i-na UGU DU₆ kam-ri | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {uru}ḫu-mut i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-šu-ni URU DU₃-uš ul-tu uš-še-šu a-di gaba-dib-be₂-e-⸢šu ar⸣-[ṣi-ip u₂]-šak-lil E₂.GAL mu-šab LUGAL-ti-ia | |
| 3 | [i-na lib₃-bi ad-di] {⸢uru⸣}kar-aš-šur MU-šu ab-bi {giš}TUKUL aš-šur EN-ia i-na lib₃-bi ar-me ⸢UN⸣.[MEŠ KUR.KUR] ⸢ki⸣-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia i-na lib₃-bi u₂-še-šib | |
| 4 | [GUN ma-da-at-tu u₂]-⸢kin⸣-šu-nu-ti it-ti UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur am-nu-šu₂-nu-ti {id₂}pa-at-ti-{⸢d⸣}[EN.LIL₂ ša] ⸢ul⸣-tu ⸢UD⸣.MEŠ ru-qu-u₂-ti na-da-at-ma | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢aḫ⸣-re-e-ma i-na qer-be₂-e-ša₂ u₂-šaḫ-bi-ba A.MEŠ nu-uḫ-⸢še⸣ [... ul-tu] {⸢uru⸣}BAD₃-gal-zi {uru}si-par ša₂ {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 6 | [... {lu₂]}⸢na⸣-sik-ki {lu₂}na-aq-ri {lu₂}ta-ne₂-e {uru}ka-la-in {id₂}šu-ma-an-da-⸢ar⸣ {[uru}pa]-⸢ṣi⸣-tu₂ ša {lu₂}du-na-ni {kur}qi-ir-bu-tu | |
| 7 | [... {lu₂}a-di]-le-e {kur}bu-u₂-du {⸢uru⸣}pa-aḫ-ḫa-az {kur}qi-in-NIBRU URU.MEŠ [ša₂ {kur}kar]-du-ni-aš₂ a-di lib₃-bi {id₂}uq-ne₂-e | |
| 8 | [ša₂ a-aḫ tam-tim šap]-⸢li⸣-te a-bel₂ a-na mi-[ṣir] ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur GUR-ra {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {⸢lu₂⸣}[EN.NAM {⸢lu₂⸣}[EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu] ⸢aš₂⸣-kun TA lib₃-bi UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ MAŠ₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [ša šat-ti-šam-ma] ⸢a⸣-ṣab-ba-ta 2 ME 40 UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ ⸢kad-re⸣-e ⸢a⸣-na aš-šur EN-ia ar-⸢ku⸣-[us ul-tu {lu₂}a-ri]-⸢mi⸣ šu-a-tu-nu ša aš₂-lu-la | |
| 10 | [x (x) LIM NAM] {⸢lu₂}tur⸣-ta-ni 10 LIM NAM {lu₂}NIMGIR₂ E₂.GAL [x (x)] LIM NAM {lu₂}GAL.⸢BI.LUL⸣ [x (x) LIM NAM {kur]}ba-ar-ḫa-zi 5 LIM NAM {kur}ma-za-mu-a | |
| 11 | [u₂-pa-ar-ri]-is u₂-še-šib pa-a 1-en u₂-ša₂-aš₂-kin₂-šu-nu-⸢ti it⸣-ti UN.MEŠ [KUR aš-šur am-nu-šu₂-nu-ti {giš]}ni-ri aš-šur EN-ia ki-i ša₂ aš-⸢šu-ri⸣ | |
| 12 | [e-mid-su-nu-ti] ⸢da-ad₂⸣-me na-du-u₂-ti ša pi-⸢rik⸣ [KUR]-ia ša [ina tar-ṣi LUGAL.MEŠ-ni AD].⸢MEŠ⸣-ia ar-bu-tu il-[li-ku] |
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