Tiglath-pileser III 28 (Q003441)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003441 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Archäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | all kinds of precious things from the royal treasure, live sheep whose wool is dyed red-purple, flying birds of the sky whose wings are dyed blue-purple, horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats, camels, she-camels, together with their young, I recei[ved] (from them). |
| Obverse [2:5] 33–55 | In my ninth palû, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and I marched against the lands Bīt-Kapsi, Bīt-Sangi, Bīt-Urzakki, Media (lit. “land of the Medes”), Bīt-Zualzaš, Bīt-Matti, (and) Tupliyaš. I captured, plund[ered], destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Bīt-Ištar, Kinkangi, Kindigiasu, Kingialkasiš, Kubušḫati[diš], (5) Upušu, Aḫsipuna, Girgirâ, (and) Kimbazḫati, together with cities in their environs. |
| Obverse [5:7] 66–77 | At that time, I made a pointed iron “arrow,” in[scribed] the mighty deeds of (the god) Aššur, my lord, on it, (and) I set (it) up at [the spring] of the city Bīt-Ištar. Upaš of (the land Bīt)-Kapsi (lit. “son of Kapsi”) assembled his people and ascended Mount Abirus. I pursued him, defe[ated] him, (and) [carried off his booty]. |
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) |
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| 1 | mim-ma aq-ru ni-ṣir-<ti> LUGAL-u₂-ti UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ bal-⸢ṭu⸣-ti ša SIG₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ar-ga-man-nu ṣar-pat iṣ-ṣur AN-e mut-tap-ri-šu₂-ti ša₂ a-gap-pi-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | a-na ta-kil-te ṣar-pu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.GIR₃.NUN.NA.MEŠ GU₄.NITA₂.MEŠ u₃ ṣe-e-ni ANŠE.A.AB.BA.MEŠ {munus}{anše}a-na-qa-a-te a-di {anše}ba-ak-ka-ri-ši-⸢na am⸣-[ḫur] | |
| 3 | i-na 9 BALA.MEŠ-ia aš-šur be-li₂ u₂-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na {kur}E₂-kap-si {kur}E₂-sa-an-gi {kur}E₂-ur-zak-ki {kur}ma-da-a-a {kur}E₂-zu-al-za-aš₂ {kur}E₂-ma-⸢at-ti⸣ | |
| 4 | {kur}tup-li-ia-aš₂ al-lik {uru}E₂-{d}15 {uru}ki-in-⸢ka⸣-an-gi {uru}ki-in-di-gi-a-su {uru}ki-in-gi-al-ka-si-iš {uru}ku-⸢bu⸣-uš-ḫa-⸢ti⸣-[di-iš] | |
| 5 | {uru}u₂-pu-šu₂ {uru}aḫ-si-pu-na {uru}gi-ir-gi-ra-a {⸢uru⸣}ki-im-ba-az-ḫa-ti a-di URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-me-ti-šu₂-nu ak-⸢šud šal-la-su-nu aš₂⸣-[lu-la] | |
| 6 | ap-pul aq-qur ina IZI aš₂-ru-up ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma mul-⸢mul⸣-lu AN.BAR zaq-tu₂ DU₃-uš li-ta-at aš-šur EN-ia ina muḫ-⸢ḫi aš₂⸣-[ṭur] ina ⸢UGU⸣ [nam-ba-ʾi] | |
| 7 | ša {uru}E₂-{d}15 u₂-kin {m}u₂-pa-aš₂ DUMU {m}kap-si UN.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-paḫ-ḫir-ma a-na {kur}a-bi-ru-us KUR-e e-li ar-ke-e-šu₂ ar-de-⸢e-ma di-ik-ta-šu₂⸣ [a-duk šal-la-su] |
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