Tiglath-pileser III 50 (Q003463)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 50 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003463 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [I conquered the land Unqi to its full extent (and) I brought to Assyria twenty talents of gold, ...], property, [... I annexed to Assyria the land Unqi (and) placed] a eunuch [of mine as provincial governor over them]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I annexed the city Ḫatarikka, as far as Mount Saue, the city] Kašpūna, which is on the shore of the Upper (text: “Lower”) Sea, (and) [the cities Ṣimirra (and) Arqâ to Assyria (and) I placed] two eunuchs of mine as provincial governor[s over them]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | I annexed [to Assyria the extensive land of Bīt-Ḫazā-il (Damascus) in its entirety, from Mount Leb]anon as far as the cities Gilea[d (and) Abil-šiṭṭi, which are on the border of the land Bīt-Ḫumrî (Israel), (and) I placed] a eunuch of mine [as provincial governor over them]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [(As for) Hiram of the land Tyre, who cons]pired [with Raḫiānu (Rezin) (against me), ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | {[kur}un-qi a-na paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ ak-šud 20 GUN KU₃.GI ...] NIG₂.GA [... a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ra-a] | |
| 2' | {[kur}un-qi a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ter-ra] {lu₂}šu-ut ⸢SAG⸣-[ia {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[uru}ḫa-ta-rik-ka a-di {kur}sa-u₂-e KUR-i {uru]}⸢ka⸣-aš₂-pu-u₂-na ša a-aḫ tam-tim e-li-ti {[uru}ṣi-mir-ra {uru}ar-qa-a] | |
| 2 | [a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ter-ra] 2 {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}EN.⸢NAM⸣.[MEŠ {lu₂}EN.⸢NAM⸣.[MEŠ UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun] | |
| 3 | {[kur}E₂-{m}ḫa-za-aʾ-i-li rap-šu₂ a-na si-ḫir-ti-šu₂ TA {kur}lab]-⸢na⸣-na a-di lib₃-bi {uru}ga-al-ʾa-⸢a⸣-[di {uru}a-bi-il-šiṭ-ṭi] | |
| 4 | [ša pat-ti {kur}E₂-{m}ḫu-um-ri-a a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur{ki]} u₂-ter-ra {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-⸢ia⸣ {[lu₂}EN.NAM {[lu₂}EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun] | |
| 5 | {[m}ḫi-ri-mu {kur}ṣur-ra-a-a ša it-ti {m}ra-ḫi-a-ni iš-ku]-⸢na pi-i-šu₂⸣ [...] | |
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