Tiglath-pileser III 16 (Q003429)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003429 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 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 [0:2] 11–22 | (Completely destroyed) |
| Obverse [2:6] 33–66 | [... I carried] off their [bo]oty. [...] He assembled [...] and ... to Mount [...] ... [...] ... [... (5) I] went up af[ter them], defeat[ed] them, (and) carried off their [bo]oty. [I ...] Yabittarru [...] ... [(As for) the rest] of them, who had fled to the land Amāte, a district opposite Mount Rūa, and who ... [...], I went after [them], defeated them, (and) took them away as one (group). |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | (As for) the people of the land Karzibra, ... [...], they abandoned [...]. I pursued them and in the very course of (that) march I swept over t[hem] like a downpour of the god Adad. [...] I took [...] without number. Not one of them escaped or went up into the mountains. |
| Obverse [8:12] 99–1212 | The people of the city Bīt-Sa[...] (10) took [to the fortress] of the Babylonian(s). I went up after them, defeated them, (and) carried off their booty. [...] I burned with fire. At Mount Silḫazi, which they call the fortress of the Babylonian(s), [I set up my royal] im[age. ... (from) ...] of the land [Tī]l-Aššurri, I went out. I offered pure sacrifices to the god Marduk, who lives in the land Tīl-Aššurri. The city Niqqu [of the land Tupliyaš ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [... šal]-la-su-nu [aš₂-lu-la ...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢u₂-paḫ⸣-ḫir-ma a-na {⸢kur⸣}[...] {kur}x x x ⸢MEŠ⸣ x x {⸢kur⸣}x [...] {⸢kur⸣}[...] | |
| 5 | ⸢ar⸣-[ki-šu₂-nu e]-li-ma di-ik-ta-šu₂-nu [a-duk šal]-la-su-nu aš₂-lu-la {m}ia-⸢bit⸣-ta-ar-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | x ⸢a tu⸣ x [si-it-tu]-u₂-te-šu₂-nu ša ip-par-ši-du-ma a-na {kur}a-ma-te na-ge-e ša SAG {kur}ru-u₂-a KUR-e ša₂ x [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢ar-ki⸣-[šu₂-nu] a-lik di-ik-ta-šu₂-nu a-duk ki-⸢ma⸣ 1-en al-qa-a-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti {kur}kar-zi-ib-ra-a-a x-[...] | |
| 8 | u₂-maš-še-ru ⸢ar-ki⸣-šu₂-nu ar-de-e-ma ina MURUB₄ ger-ri-im-ma GIM ri-ḫi-iṣ-<<it>>-ti {d}IŠKUR ar-ḫi-is-⸢su⸣-[nu-ti ...] | |
| 9 | a-na la ma-⸢ni⸣ al-qa-a 1-en ina lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu ul ip-par-šid-ma a-na KUR-e ul e-li UN.MEŠ {uru}E₂-sa-[... dan-nu-tu₂] | |
| 10 | ša DUMU KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} iṣ-ba-tu ar-ki-šu₂-nu e-li-ma di-ik-ta-šu₂-nu a-duk šal-la-su-nu aš₂-lu-⸢la⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | ina {d}GIŠ.BAR ⸢aq-mu⸣ i-na UGU {kur}si-il-ḫa-zi ša dan-nu-tu₂ ša DUMU KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} i-qab-bu-šu-u₂-ni ṣa-[lam LUGAL-ti-ia ...] | |
| 12 | ša {kur}⸢DUL⸣-aš₂-šu-ri uṣ-ṣa-a {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ KU₃.MEŠ a-na {d}AMAR.UTU a-šib {kur}DUL-aš₂-šu-ri aq-qi₂ {uru}niq-⸢qu⸣ [ša {kur}tup-li-aš₂ ...] |
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