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Tiglath-pileser III 27 (Q003440)

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

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DesignationTiglath-pileser III 27
IDQ003440
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK; Archäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
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 [0:1] 11–11[I settled] (captives) in the province of the city Tuʾi[mmu]. I settled [555 captive highlanders (lit. “Gutians”) of the city Bīt-Sangibū]ti in the city Tīl-karme. I considered [them] as inhabitants of Assyria, (and) [imposed upon them corvée labor like that of the Assyrians].
Obverse [1:7] 22–77[The payment] of Kuštašpi of the city Kummuḫu, Raḫiānu (Rezin) of the land Damascu[s, Menahem of the city Samaria, Hiram of the city Tyre, Sibit]ti-Biʾil of the city Byblos, Uriaikki of the land Qu[e, Pisīris of the city Carchemish, Ēnī-il of the city Hamath, Pa]nammû of the city Samʾal, (5) Tarḫu-lara of the land Gurgu[m, Sulumal of the land Melid, Dadīlu of the city Kasku, Uas]surme of the land Tabal, Ušḫitti of the land (A)tuna, Urpallâ of [the land Tuḫana, Tuḫamme of the city Ištunda, Urimmi of the city Ḫubišn]a (Ḫubušnu), (and) Zabibê, queen of the Arabs: gold, [silver, tin, iron, elephant hides, ivory, multi-colored garments, linen garments, blue-purple] (and) red-purple wool, ebony, boxwood,

Transliteration (ATF)

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1i-na NAM {uru}tu-ʾi-[im-me u₂-še-šib 5 ME 55 šal-la-at {kur}qu-te-e {uru}E₂-sa-an-gi-bu]-⸢ti i-na⸣ {uru}DU₆-kar-me u₂-še-šib
2it-ti UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur am-nu-[šu₂-nu-ti il-ku tup-šik-ku ki-i ša₂ aš₂-šu₂-ri e-mid-su-nu-ti ma-da-at-tu] ša {<m>}ku-uš-ta-aš₂-pi {uru}ku-um-mu-ḫa-a-a
3{m}ra-ḫi-a-nu {kur}ša₂-ANŠE.NITA₂-šu-[a-a {m}me-ni-ḫi-im-me {uru}sa-me-ri-na-a-a {m}ḫi-ru-um-mu {uru}ṣur-a-a {m}si-bi-it]-⸢ti⸣-bi-ʾi-li {uru}gu-ub-la-a-a
4{m}u₂-ri-ia-ik-ki {kur}qu-u₂-[a-a {m}pi-si-ri-is {uru}gar-ga-miš-a-a {m}e-ni-il₃ {uru}ḫa-am-ma-ta-a-a {m}pa]-na-am-mu-u {uru}sa-am-ʾa-la-a-a
5{m}tar-ḫu-la-ra {kur}gur₂-gu-[ma-a-a {m}su-lu-ma-al {kur}me-lid-da-a-a {m}da-di-i-lu {uru}kas-ka-a-a {m}u₂-as]-⸢sur⸣-me {kur}ta-bal-a-a {m}uš-ḫi-it-te
6{kur}tu-na-a-a {m}ur-pal-la-a {[kur}tu-ḫa-na-a-a {m}tu-ḫa-am-me {uru}iš-tu-un-da-a-a {m}u₂-ri-im-mi₃-i {uru}ḫu-bi-iš-na-a]-a {f}za-bi-be₂-e
7šar-rat {kur}a-ri-bi KU₃.GI [KU₃.BABBAR AN.NA AN.BAR KUŠ AM.SI ZU₂ AM.SI lu-bul-ti bir-me {tug₂}GADA {sig₂}ta-kil-tu] ar₂-ga-man-nu {giš}ESI {giš}TUG₂

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