Tiglath-pileser III 21 (Q003434)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003434 |
| 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 [0:11] 1'1'–11'11' | ... [...] without ... [... I utterly demolished ...] of sixteen dis[tricts of the land Bīt-Ḫumrî (Israel). I carried off (to Assyria) ...] capti[ves from ...], (5´) 226 [captives from ..., ...] captives [from ...], 400 [(and ...) captives from ...], 656 cap[tives from the city Sa..., ...] (altogether) 13,520 [people, ...], (10´) with their belongings. [I ... the cities Arumâ (and) Marum, (...) which are] sit[uated in] rugged mountains. |
| Obverse [11:16] 12'12'–16'16' | Mitinti of the land Ash[kelon neglected the loyalty oath (sworn by) the great gods (... and)] rev[olted] against me. He (Mitinti) saw [the defeat of Raḫiānu] (Rezin) and became [afraid, ... (15´) He was stricken] with panic [...]. Rūkibtu, the son of [..., ascended his throne]. |
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' | ša x [...] | |
| 2' | ša la x [...] | |
| 3' | ša 16 ⸢na⸣-[ge-e ša {kur}E₂-ḫu-um-ri-a ...] | |
| 4' | šal-⸢la⸣-[at ...] | |
| 5' | 2 ME 26 [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢šal⸣-la-⸢at⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | 4 ME [...] | |
| 8' | 6 ME 56 šal-[la-at {uru}sa-...] | |
| 9' | 13 LIM 5 ME 20 [...] | |
| 10' | a-di mar-ši-ti-šu₂-nu [... ša ina] | |
| 11' | KUR-e mar-ṣu-ti šit-[ku-na-at šu-bat-su-nu ...] | |
| 12' | {m}mi-ti-in-ti {kur}⸢as⸣-[qa-lu-na-a-a ina a-de-e DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ iḫ-ṭi (...)] | |
| 13' | it-ti-ia ⸢it⸣-ta-[bal-kit ... {m}ra-ḫi-a-ni] | |
| 14' | e-mur-ma u₃ ip-⸢laḫ⸣ [lib₃-ba-šu ...] | |
| 15' | ḫa-at-ti ra-ma-ni-[šu₂ im-qut-su ...] | |
| 16' | {m}ru-u₂-kib-tu DUMU [... ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-šib] |
Sources & licences
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