Tiglath-pileser III 06 (Q003419)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003419 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | I restored and [...] Assyria to [...]. I built a city [... Inside (it), I founded] a palace for [my] royal residence. [...]. I named it [..., set up] the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, th[erein, (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 fashioned (on a stele) my royal] image [and the image(s) of the great gods, my lords, inscribed on it the mighty victories (lit. “victory and might”)] (5) that I had [achieved again and again] over (foreign) lands in the name of (the god) Aššur, my lord, (and) [I erected (it) in ...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] 55–66 | I received as his payment [...], 10 talents of gold (measured) by the heavy (standard), 1,000 talents of [silver, ...]. |
| Obverse [6:9] 77–99 | In my second palû, (the god) Aššur, [my] lor[d, encouraged me and I marched against the lands Namri, ...], Bīt-Zatti, Bīt-Abdadāni, Bīt-Sangi[būti, ...]. [...] saw [the dust cloud of] my expeditionary force and abandoned the city Nikkur, his fortified city. [...] |
| Obverse [9:12] 1010–1212 | I rained down [fire] upon (them). The people of the city Nikkur [... my mighty] weapons [... I carried off ...], his horses, his mules, [his] ox[en, ...] the cities Sassiašu, Tutašdi, [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na eš-šu-te ak-šer-ma KUR aš-šur a-na [...] | |
| 2 | URU DU₃-uš E₂.GAL mu-šab LUGAL-ti-[ia i-na lib₃-bi ad-di ...] | |
| 3 | 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 GUN ma-da-at-tu u₂-kin-šu-nu-ti] | |
| 4 | it-ti UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur am-nu-šu₂-nu-ti ALAM [LUGAL-ti-ia u ALAM DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia DU₃-uš li-i-tu u₃ da-na-nu] | |
| 5 | ša i-na zik₂-ri aš-šur EN-ia UGU KUR.KUR aš₂-[tak-ka-nu ina muḫ-ḫi aš₂-ṭur ina ... ul-ziz ...] | |
| 6 | 10 GUN KU₃.GI i-na KAL-te 1 LIM GUN [KU₃.BABBAR ...] | |
| 7 | ma-da-at-ta-šu₂ am-ḫur ina 2 BALA.MEŠ-ia aš-šur ⸢be⸣-[li₂ u₂-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na {kur}nam-ri ...] | |
| 8 | {kur}E₂-za-at-ti {kur}E₂-ab-da-da-ni {kur}E₂-sa-an-gi-[bu-ti ... al-lik ... a-ka-am] | |
| 9 | ger-ri-ia e-mur-ma {uru}ni-kur URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂ u₂-maš-⸢šir⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | u₂-ša₂-az-nin {uru}ni-ik-kur-a-a {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-[ia ...] | |
| 11 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂ {anše}pa-re-e-šu₂ GU₄.[MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | |
| 12 | {uru}sa-as-si-a-šu₂ {uru}tu-ta-aš₂-⸢di⸣ [...] |
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