Tiglath-pileser III 08 (Q003421)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003421 |
| 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 | (and) I plundered (it). Ramateia of the land Arazi[aš ...]. He fled furtively (lit. “like a centipede”) and no one fou[nd his (hiding) place. ...] I offered [...], horses, oxen, sheep and goats, lapis lazuli hewn from its mountain, [... to the] great [gods], my lords. |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | Tunî of the land Sumurzu ... [...]. (5) I captured [...]. I impaled his warriors, [...]. I an[nexed] the lands Sumurzu (and) Bīt-Ḫamban to Assyria. [(...)] I settled [the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein] (and) placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. I apportioned [...] to (the god) Aššur, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–1212 | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the city Kizauti, which is in [...]. Of the insub[missive] city rulers [...] (10) 300 talents of “lapis lazuli,” 500 talents of ..., bronze, [...] the payment of Mannu-kī-ṣābī of (the land Bīt)-Abdadāni (lit. “son of Abdadāni”) [...] Mikî of the city Ḫalpi[...], Uzakku of the city [...], |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | šal-la-su aš₂-lu-la {m}ra-ma-te-ia ša {kur}a-ra-zi-[aš₂ ...] | |
| 2 | šu-u₂ ḫal-la-la-niš ip-par-ši-id-ma mam₂-ma la e-⸢mu⸣-[ru a-šar-šu ...] | |
| 3 | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ ṣe-e-ni {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ ḫi-ip KUR-i-⸢šu₂⸣ [... DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 4 | GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia aq-qi₂ {m}tu-ni-i {kur}⸢su⸣-mur-za-a-a x [...] | |
| 5 | ak-šud {lu₂}mun-daḫ-ṣe-šu₂ a-na {giš}<za>-qi-⸢pa⸣-ni u₂-še-li [...] | |
| 6 | {kur}su-mur-zu {kur}E₂-ḫa-am-ban a-na mi-⸢ṣir⸣ KUR aš-šur u₂-[ter-ra (...) UN.MEŠ KUR.KUR ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia i-na lib₃-bi] | |
| 7 | u₂-še-šib {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-⸢kun⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | a-na aš-šur EN-ia ar-ku-us {uru}ki-za-u₂-ti ša i-na [...] | |
| 9 | ap-pul₂ aq-qur ina IZI aš₂-ru-up ša EN.URU.MEŠ-ni EN.URU.MEŠ-ni la kan-[šu-ti ...] | |
| 10 | 3 ME GUN {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ 5 ME GUN bil in-zu ZABAR [...] | |
| 11 | ma-da-at-tu ša {m}man-nu-GIM-ERIM.MEŠ DUMU {m}ab-da-da-ni [...] | |
| 12 | {m}mi-ki-i ša {uru}ḫal-pi-[x x] {⸢m⸣}u₂-zak-ku ša {⸢uru⸣}[...] |
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