Tiglath-pileser III 20 (Q003433)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003433 |
| 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 [0:7] 1'1'–7'7' | [of] Raḫiānu (Rezin) [of the land Damascus ... I carried off his he]avy [booty. ...] his advisor [... With the blood of his] war[riors I] dyed the [...] River, [..., a] raging [torrent], red [like a fl]ower. [I ...] his [lead]ers, (5´) charioteers, and [...]. I broke their weapons. I cap[tur]ed ... their horses, [their] mul[es], his [war]riors, archers, (as well as his) shield [bea]rers (and) lancers, and [I disper]sed their battle array. |
| Obverse [7:12] 8'8'–12'12' | In order to save his life, he (Raḫiānu) fled alone and entered the gate of his city [like] a mongoose. (10´) I [im]paled his foremost men alive while making (the people of) his land watch. For forty-five days I set up my camp [aro]und his city and confined him (there) like a bird in a cage. I cut down his plantations, [...] ..., (and) orchards, which were without number; I did not leave a single one (standing). |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | I surrounded (and) captured [the city ...]ḫādara, the ancestral home of Raḫiānu (Rezin) of the land Damascus, [the pl]ace where he was born. |
| Obverse [13:17] 14'14'–17'17' | I carried off 800 people, with their possessions, their oxen, (and) their sheep and goats. I carried off 750 captives from the cities Kuruṣṣâ (and) Samāya, (as well as) 550 captives from the city Metuna. Like tell(s) after the Deluge, I destroyed 591 cities of 16 districts of the land Damascus. |
| Obverse [17:18] 18'18'–18'18' | Samsi, queen of the Arabs, who had transgressed her oath (sworn by) the god Šamaš and |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [ša {m]}⸢ra⸣-ḫi-a-ni [... šal-la-su] | |
| 2' | [ka]-bit-tu [aš₂-lu-la ...] {⸢lu₂⸣}ma-lik-⸢šu⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [da-me] {⸢lu₂⸣}qu-[ra-di-šu₂] {⸢id₂⸣}x [...] x x šam-ru | |
| 4' | [aṣ]-ru-pa [il]-lu-ri-[iš ... a-lik] pa-ni-šu | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂⸣}EN {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ u₃ [... {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-šab-bir-ma | |
| 6' | [x] x ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢ANŠE⸣.[GIR₃.NUN.NA].⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂-nu {lu₂}mun]-⸢daḫ⸣-ṣe-šu na-ši {giš}PAN | |
| 7' | [na]-⸢ši⸣ ka-ba-bi az-ma-re-e ina ŠU.II u₂-⸢ṣab⸣-[bit]-su-nu-ti-ma ME₃-šu₂-nu | |
| 8' | [u₂-šap]-ṭir šu-u₂ a-na šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ e-⸢de⸣-nu-uš-šu ip-par-ši-id-ma | |
| 9' | [ki-ma] {d}NIN.KILIM KA₂.GAL URU-šu₂ KU₄-ub {lu₂}SAG.KAL.MEŠ-šu₂ bal-ṭu-us-su-nu | |
| 10' | [a-na {giš]}za-qi-pa-a-ni u₂-še-li-ma u₂-šad-gi-la KUR-su 40.AM₃ 5 UD.MEŠ uš-ma-ni | |
| 11' | [i-na i-ta]-at URU-šu ak-ṣur-ma GIM iṣ-ṣur qu-up-pi e-sir-šu₂ {giš}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [...]-nu <ṣip>-pa-a-te ša ni-i-ba la i-šu-u₂ ak-kis-ma 1-en ul e-zib | |
| 13' | [x x]-ḫa-a-da-ra E₂ AD-šu₂ ša {m}ra-ḫi-a-ni {kur}ša₂-ANŠE.NITA₂-šu₂-a-a | |
| 14' | [a]-⸢šar⸣ iʾ-al-du al-me ak-šud 8 ME UN.MEŠ a-di mar-ši-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 15' | GU₄.NITA₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢ṣe⸣-e-ni-šu₂-nu aš₂-lu-la 7 ⸢ME⸣ 50 šal-la-at {uru}ku-ru-uṣ-ṣa-a | |
| 16' | {⸢uru⸣}sa-ma-a-a 5 ME 50 šal-la-at {uru}me-tu-na aš₂-lu-la 5 ME 91 URU.MEŠ | |
| 17' | ša 16 na-ge-e ša {kur}ša₂-ANŠE.NITA₂-šu₂ ki-ma DUL a-bu-bi u₂-ab-bit | |
| 18' | {⸢f⸣}sa-am-si šar-rat {kur}a-ri-bi ša ma-mit {d}ša₂-maš te-ti-qu-ma |
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