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Tiglath-pileser III 22 (Q003435)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationTiglath-pileser III 22
IDQ003435
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotNimrud (Kalhu)
Coordinates36.0992, 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 [0:7] 1'1'–7'7'[...] ... [...] ... [...] I en[veloped] him [like] a (dense) fog [... I] ut[terly demolished ... of sixteen] districts of the land Bīt-Ḫum[rî (Israel). I carried off (to Assyria) ... captives from the city ...]barâ, 625 captives from the city ...a[..., ... (5´) ... captives from the city] Ḫinatuna, 650 captives from the city Ku[..., ... captives from the city Ya]ṭbite, 656 captives from the city Sa...[..., ..., with their belongings. I ...] the cities Arumâ (and) Marum [...].
Obverse [7:13] 8'8'–13'13'[Mitinti of the land] Ashkelon [neglected] the loyalty oat[h (sworn by) the great gods (... and) revolted against me. ...] He (Mitinti) saw [the defeat of Ra]ḫiānu (Rezin) and during a lapse [of judgment ... (10´) Rūkibtu, the son of ...], ascended his throne. ... [...]. He wandered around and beseeched me. [...] 500 [...] and I entered his city. [...] fifteen citi[es ... I]dibiʾilu, the Arab, [...]

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'[...] x x [...] ti [...]
2'[... GIM] im-ba-⸢ri as⸣-[ḫu-up]-šu₂ [...]
3'[... ša 16 na-ge-e ša₂ {kur}E₂-⸢ḫu-um⸣-[ri-a] qa-[aq-qa-riš am-nu ...]
4'[...]-ba-ra-a 6 ME 25 ⸢šal⸣-lat {⸢uru⸣}[x]-a-[...]
5'[... {uru]}ḫi-na-tu₂-na 6 ME 50 šal-lat {⸢uru}ku⸣-[...]
6'[... {uru}ia]-aṭ-bi-te 6 ME 56 šal-lat {uru}sa-x-[...]
7'[...] {uru}a-ru-ma-a {uru}⸢ma⸣-ru-um [...]
8'[... {m}mi-ti-in-ti {kur]}as-qa-lu-na-a-a ina a-de-[e DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ iḫ-ṭi (...) it-ti-ia it-ta-bal-kit (...)]
9'[... {m}ra]-ḫi-a-ni e-mur-ma ina mi-qit [ṭe₃-e-mi ...]
10'[(...) {m}ru-u₂-kib-tu DUMU ...] ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-šib a-na [...]
11'[...] i-dul-ma u₂-ṣa-la-ni 5 ME [...]
12'[...]-ma a-na URU-šu₂ KU₄-ub 15 URU.[MEŠ-ni ...]
13'[... {m}i]-di-bi-ʾi-i-lu {kur}a-ru-bu [...]

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