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Tiglath-pileser III 24 (Q003437)

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

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DesignationTiglath-pileser III 24
IDQ003437
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:4] 11–44I crossed [o]n rafts. [I ...] all of the Arameans [... I carried off ..., ...] thousand and 9,000 people, [...] thousand and 500 oxen, [...]. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [...]. The terrifying radiance of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed the chief[tains of the Chaldeans ...] and [they ...]. (5) They (the chieftains) came [before me] and kissed my feet.
Obverse [4:7] 55–77[...] the temple personnel of Esagil, Ezida, (and) E[meslam ... brought] before me the (sacrificial) remnants of the gods Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) Nergal [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1[i]-na rak-su-ti e-⸢bir⸣ ša₂ {lu₂}a-ri-mi DU₃-šu₂-[nu ...]
2[x (x)] LIM 9 LIM UN.MEŠ [x (x)] LIM 5 ME GU₄.NITA₂.MEŠ [...]
3⸢ap⸣-pul aq-qur i-na IZI aš₂-ru-up {lu₂}ra-⸢aʾ⸣-[sa-a-ni ša {kur}kal-di ...]
4na-⸢mur⸣-rat aš-šur EN-ia is-ḫup-šu₂-nu-ti-ma [...]
5il-li-ku-⸢nim⸣-ma u₂-na-aš₂-ši-qu GIR₃.II-ia [...]
6{lu₂}KU₄ E₂ ša₂ e₂-sag-il₂ e₂-zi-da ⸢e₂⸣-[mes-lam ...]
7re-ḫat EN {d}AG {d}U.GUR a-di maḫ-ri-ia ⸢u₂⸣-[bi-lu-ni ...]

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