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Tiglath-pileser III 36 (Q003449)

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

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DesignationTiglath-pileser III 36
IDQ003449
CollectionNational Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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 [0:3] 1'1'–3'3'[...] ... [... I received the payme]nt [of ..., Sulum]al of the land Me[lid, ...].
Obverse [3:7] 4'4'–7'7'[... the land ...]ni, the land Ayalay[a, ...], the land Niksam[ma, ... I received the payment of Dalt]â of the land Elli[pi: ... horse]s, mules, [Bactrian camels, oxen, and sheep and goats, ...].
Obverse [7:10] 8'8'–10'10'[...]tu, the land Lusia, the land U[...] rebelled and did not [... I des]troyed, devastated, (and) [burned] with [fire ...].
Obverse [10:13] 11'11'–13'13'[... Sarduri of the land Urar]ṭu, whom [I defeated] on a previou[s campaign of mine, ... I crossed the] Arṣania [River] when [it was in flood. ... I made my troops jump across the ...]a [River] as if it was a ditch, [...]
Obverse [13:16] 14'14'–16'16'(No translation possible)

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'[...] x x [...]
2'[... ma-da]-⸢at⸣-tu [ša ...]
3'[... {m}su-lu-ma]-⸢al⸣ ša {kur}me-[lid-di ...]
4'[...]-ni {kur}a-a-la-⸢a⸣-[a ...]
5'[...] {kur}nik-sa-am-[ma ...]
6'[... {m}dal-ta]-a {kur}el-li-[pa-a-a ...]
7'[... ANŠE.KUR.RA].MEŠ {anše}pa-re-e {[anše}ud-ra-te GU₄.MEŠ u₃ ṣe-e-ni ...]
8'[...]-⸢tu⸣ {kur}lu-si-a {kur}u₂-[...]
9'[...] ib-bal-kit-tu-ma la [...]
10'[... ap]-pul₂ aq-qur ina [IZI aš₂-ru-up ...]
11'[... {m}INANNA-du-ri {kur}ur-ar]-⸢ṭa⸣-a-a ša₂ ina maḫ-re-[e ger-ri-ia ...]
12'[... {id₂]}ar-ṣa-ni-a ina [ILLU-ša₂ e-bir ...]
13'[...]-a GIM pal-gi [u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ḫi-iṭ ...]
14'[...]-šu₂ GIŠ NI [...]
15'[...] x AD NI [...]
16'[...] x [...]

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