Tiglath-pileser III 26 (Q003439)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 26 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003439 |
| Collection | Archäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | [... he (a eunuch of mine) plun]dered (those cities) and [brought] (that booty) to the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), [before me]. I settled [600 captives of the city Amlāte of the (tribe) Damūnu (and) 5,400 captives of] the city Bīt-Dērāya in the cities Kunalua, [..., Ḫuzarra, Taʾe, Tarmanazi, Kulmadara, Ḫatatirra, (and) Irgillu, cities] of the land Unqi. |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [I settled ... captive highlanders (lit. “Gutians”) of the land Bīt-Sangibūti, 1,200 people of the (tribe) Illila, (and) 6,208] people of the (tribes) Nakkaba (and) Būda (5) [in the cities ..., Ṣimirra, Arqâ, Usnû, (and) Siʾannu, (cities) on the seacoast]. |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | (I settled) 588 people of the (tribes) Būdu (and) [Dunu, ..., 252 people of the (tribe) Bēlâ, 554 people of the (tribe) Bānītu], 380 people of the (tribe) Palil-andil-māti (“The god Palil is the protecting shadow of the land”), [460 people of the (tribe) Sangillu, ..., ... people of the (tribe) Illila, 458 captive highlanders (lit. “Gutians”) of the land Bīt-Sa]ngibūti |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [... iš-lu]-la-⸢am⸣-ma a-na {kur}ḫat-ti | |
| 2 | [a-di maḫ-ri-ia ub-la 6 ME šal-la-at {uru}am-la-te ša {lu₂}da-mu-ni 5 LIM 4 ME šal-la-at] {uru}⸢E₂⸣-de-ra-a-a ina {uru}ku-na-li-a | |
| 3 | [... {uru}ḫu-za-ar-ra {uru}ta-e {uru}ta-ar-ma-na-zi {uru}ku-ul-ma-da-ra {uru}ḫa-ta-tir-ra {uru}ir-gi-il-lu URU.MEŠ-ni] ⸢ša₂⸣ {kur}un-qi u₂-še-šib | |
| 4 | [... šal-la-at {kur}qu-te-e {kur}E₂-sa-an-gi-bu-te 1 LIM 2 ME {lu₂}il-li-il-a-a 6 LIM 2 ME 8 {lu₂}nak-kab-a-a {kur}bu-da-a-a | |
| 5 | [ina ... {uru}ṣi-mir-ra {uru}ar-qa-a {uru}us-nu-u₂ {uru}si-an-nu ša šid-di tam-tim u₂-še-šib] 5 ME 88 {lu₂}bu-da-a-a | |
| 6 | {[uru}du-na-a-a ... 2 ME 52 {lu₂}bi-la-a-a 5 ME 54 {lu₂}ba-ni-ta-a-a] 3 ME 80 {lu₂}{d}IGI.DU-an-dil-KUR | |
| 7 | 4 ME 60 {lu₂}sa-an-gi-il-lu ... {lu₂}il-lil-a-a 4 ME 58 šal-la-at {kur}qu-te-e {kur}E₂-sa]-an-gi-bu-ti |
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