Tiglath-pileser III 18 (Q003431)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003431 |
| 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 captured (and) defeated the cities [...], Ḫista, Ḫarbisinna, Barbaz, (and) Tasa, as far as the Uluruš River. I carried off 8,650 people, [... hors]es, 300 mules, 660 asses, 1,350 oxen, (and) 19,000 sheep. (Those cities) I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire. [...] I annexed their [...] to Assyria, rebuilt those cities, (and) settled therein the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me. [...] (and) set up [the weapon of (the god) Aššur], my [lord], therein. I added it (the area) to the province of the land Naʾiri. |
| Obverse [3:6] 44–66 | [I captured (and) de]feated the cities Daiqanša, Sakka, Ippa, Elizanšu, (5) [...], Luqadanšu, Quda, Elugia, Dania, Danziun, Ulāya, Luqia, Abrania, Eusa, [...]. I carried off 900 people, 150 oxen, 1,000 sheep, horses, mules, (and) asses. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [...] I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [the]ir [cities]. The people of the land Muqania saw the dust cloud of my expeditionary force, and the city of Ura, |
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 | [...] {uru}ḫi-is-ta {uru}ḫa-ra-bi-si-na {uru}ba-ar-ba-az {uru}ta-sa a-di {id₂}u₂-lu-ru-uš ak-šud di-ik-ta-šu₂-nu a-duk 8 LIM 6 ME 50 UN.MEŠ | |
| 2 | [... ANŠE.KUR].⸢RA⸣.MEŠ 3 ME ANŠE.GIR₃.NUN.NA.MEŠ 6 ME 60 ANŠE.MEŠ 1 LIM 3 ME 50 GU₄.MEŠ 19 LIM UDU.MEŠ aš₂-lu-la ap-pul aq-qur ina IZI aš₂-ru-up | |
| 3 | [...]-x-šu₂-nu a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur GUR-ra URU.MEŠ-ni šu-a-tu-nu a-na eš-šu-ti DU₃-uš UN.MEŠ KUR.KUR ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia ina lib₃-bi u₂-še-šib | |
| 4 | [... {giš}TUKUL aš-šur EN]-⸢ia⸣ ina lib₃-bi ar-me i-na UGU NAM {kur}na-ʾi-i-ri u₂-rad-di {uru}da-i-qa-an-ša₂ {uru}sa-ak-ka {uru}ip-pa {uru}e-li-iz-an-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [... {uru]}lu-qa-da-an-ša₂ {uru}qu-da {uru}e-lu-gi-a {uru}da-ni-a {uru}da-an-zi-un {uru}u₂-la-a-a {uru}lu-qi-a {uru}ab-ra-ni-a {uru}e-u₂-sa | |
| 6 | [... ak-šud di]-⸢ik-ta⸣-šu₂-nu a-duk 9 ME UN.MEŠ 1 ME 50 GU₄.NITA₂.MEŠ 1 LIM UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.GIR₃.NUN.NA.MEŠ ANŠE.NITA₂.MEŠ aš₂-lu-la | |
| 7 | [... URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ ap-pul aq-qur ina IZI aš₂-ru-up UN.MEŠ {kur}mu-qa-ni-a a-ka-am ger-ri-ia e-mu-ru-ma {uru}u₂-ra |
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