Tiglath-pileser III 51 (Q003464)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003464 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | [Palace of Tiglath-pil]eser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world); [valiant man who, with the hel]p of (the god) Aššur, his lord, smashed like pots all who were unsubmissive to him, swept over (them) like the Deluge, (and) considered (them) as (mere) ghosts; [the king who] marched about [at the command of the gods Aššur], Šamaš, and Marduk, the great gods, and exercised authority over lands from the Bitter Sea of Bīt-Yakīn, as far as Mount Bikni in the east, [up to the Sea of the Setting] Sun, as far as Egypt, from the horizon to the zenith, and exercised kingship over them. |
| Obverse [4:8] 55–88 | [From] the beginning of my reign until my seventeenth palû, I captured the (tribes) Ituʾu, Rubuʾu, Ḫamarānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, Ḫatallu, Rubbû, [Rapi]qu, Nabātu, Gurūmu, Dunānu, Ubulu, Ruʾuʾa, Liʾtaʾu, Marusu, (and those living in) the cities Dūr-Kurigalzu, [Adin]ni, the fortresses of Sarragītu (and) Labbanat, all of the Arameans on the banks of the Tigris, Euphrates, [Su]rappu, (and) Uqnû Rivers, as far as the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun. I annexed (those areas) to Assyria (and) placed [a eunuch] of mine as provincial governor over them. |
| Obverse [8:10] 99–1010 | In Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, Borsippa, Cutha, Kish, Dilbat, (and) Uruk, [cult centers without ri]val, I offered pure sacrifices to the deities Bēl (Marduk), Zarpanītu, Nabû, Tašmētu, Nergal, and Laṣ, the gods, my lords, and presented gifts (to them). |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | I exercised authority over the extensive land of [Kardu]niaš (Babylonia) and exercised kingship over it. |
| Obverse [11:15] 1212–1515 | I eradicated the lands [Bīt-Sil]āni (Bīt-Šilāni) (and) Bīt-Saʾalli to their full extent. I personally captured Nabû-ušabši (and) Zāqiru, their kings. [By means of earthworks] and battering rams, I captured the cities [Sarrabā]nu, Tarbaṣu, Yaballu, Dūr-Balīḫāya, (and) Malilatu, their large royal cities. I carried off 155,000 people, with their possessions, (15) [their goods], their [property], (and) their livestock, without number. I annexed those lands to Assyria. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | I smashed [the land Bīt-Amukkāni] and brought all of its people to Assyria. I confined Mukīn-zēri, their king, to Sapīya (Šapīya), his city. |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | I annexed to Assyria [the cities Ḫilimmu (and) Pillatu, (cities) on] the border of the land Elam (and) I placed (them) under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the city Arrapḫa. |
| Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919 | [I received payment from the chieftains] of Chaldea, Balāssu of (the land Bīt)-Dakkūri (lit. “son of Dakkūri”), Nādinu of (the city) Larak, [Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan) of (the land Bīt)-Yakī]n (lit. “son of Yakīn”), king of the Sealand: natural, unrefined gold, silver, precious stones, ebony, ellūtu-wood, oxen, (and) sheep and [goats]. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | The lands [Namri, Bīt-Sangibūti, Bīt-Ḫa]mban, Sumurzu, Bīt-Barrūa (Bīt-Barrû), Bīt-Zualzaš, [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | [E₂.GAL {m}tukul-ti-A]-⸢e₂⸣-šar₂-ra LUGAL GAL-u LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KIŠ LUGAL KUR aš-šur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR{ki} LUGAL KUR šu-me-ri u URI{ki} LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti | |
| 2 | [GURUŠ qar-du ša ina tu-kul]-⸢ti⸣ aš-šur EN-šu₂ kul-lat la ma-gi-ri-šu GIM ḫaṣ-bat-ti u₂-daq-qi-qu a-bu-biš is-pu-nu-ma zi-qi-qiš im-nu-u | |
| 3 | [LUGAL ša₂ ina zi-kir aš-šur {d]}⸢ša₂⸣-maš u {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ DU.MEŠ-ma ul-tu {id₂}mar-ra-ti ša E₂-{m}ia-ki-ni a-di {kur}bi-ik-ni ša KUR {d}šam-ši | |
| 4 | [u₃ tam-tim ša šul-mi] {⸢d⸣}šam-ši a-di {kur}mu-uṣ-ri ul-tu AN.UR₂ AN.UR₂ a-di AN.PA AN.PA KUR.KUR.MEŠ i-pe-lu-ma e-pu-šu šar-ru-us-si-in | |
| 5 | [ul-tu] ⸢SAG⸣ LUGAL-ti-ia a-di 17 BALA.MEŠ-ia {kur}i-tu-ʾu {kur}ru-bu-ʾu {lu₂}ḫa-mar-a-nu {lu₂}lu-ḫu-u₂-a-tu {lu₂}ḫa-tal-lu {lu₂}ru-ub-bu | |
| 6 | {[lu₂}ra-pi]-⸢qu⸣ {lu₂}na-ba-tu {lu₂}gu-ru-mu {lu₂}du-na-nu {lu₂}u₂-bu-lu {lu₂}ru-ʾu-u₂-a {lu₂}li-iʾ-ta-a-u₂ {lu₂}ma-ru-su {uru}BAD₃-ku-ri-gal-zu | |
| 7 | {[uru}a-di-in]-⸢ni⸣ {uru}bir-tu ša sa-ra-gi-ti {uru}bir-tu ša la-ab-na-at {lu₂}a-ru-mu DU₃-šu₂-nu ša šid-di {id₂}IDIGNA {id₂}A.ŠITA₃ | |
| 8 | [u₃ {id₂}su]-rap-pi {id₂}uq-ne₂-e a-di tam-tim šap-li-ti ša KUR {d}šam-ši ak-šud a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur u₂-ter-ra | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}šu-ut SAG]-ia {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun i-na ZIMBIR{ki} NIBRU{ki} KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} bar₂-sipa{ki} GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} kiš{ki} dil-bat{ki} UNUG{ki} | |
| 10 | [ma-ḫa-zi la ša₂-na]-⸢an⸣ {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ KU₃.MEŠ a-na {d}EN {d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}U.GUR u {d}la-aṣ DINGIR.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia aq-qi-ma u₂-qa-i-ša₂ qi-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 11 | {[kur}kar₂-{d}du]-ni-aš₂ DAGAL-tu a-bel₂-ma e-pu-ša₂ šar-ru-us-sa | |
| 12 | {[kur}E₂-{m}si-la]-⸢a⸣-ni {kur}E₂-{m}sa-ʾa-al-li a-na paṭ gim-ri-šu₂-nu as-su-<ḫa>-am-ma {m}{d}AG-u₂-šab-ši {m}za-qi-ru LUGAL.MEŠ-šu₂-nu qa-ti ik-⸢šud⸣ | |
| 13 | {[uru}sa-ar-rab-a]-⸢nu {uru⸣}tar-ba-ṣu {uru}ia-bal-lu {uru}BAD₃-{d}KASKAL.KUR-a-a {uru}ma-li-la-tu URU LUGAL-ti-šu-nu GAL.MEŠ | |
| 14 | [i-na ši-pi-ik SAḪAR.ḪI].A u₃ {giš}šu-pi-i ak-šud 1 ME 50 LIM 5 LIM UN.MEŠ a-di mar-ši-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | [NIG₂.ŠU-šu₂-nu NIG₂.GA]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu MAŠ₂.ANŠE-šu₂-nu a-na la ma-ni aš₂-lu-la KUR.KUR.MEŠ šu-a-ti-na a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur u₂-ter-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 16 | {[kur}E₂-{m}a-muk-ka-a-ni] ⸢u₂⸣-daq-qi-iq-ma UKKIN UN.MEŠ-šu₂ a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ra-a {m}GIN-NUMUN LUGAL-šu₂-nu ina {uru}sa-pi-ia URU-šu₂ e-⸢sir⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 17 | {[uru}ḫi-li-im-mu {uru}pi-il-lu-tu ša] ⸢pat⸣-ti {kur}e-lam-ti a-na mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ter-ra ina ŠU.II {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}LIMMU₂-ḫa am-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 18 | [ma-da-tu ša {lu₂}ra-aʾ-sa-a-ni] ša {kur}kal-di ša {m}ba-la-si DUMU {m}da-ku-ri {m}na-di-ni UD.UD.AG{ki}a-[a] | |
| 19 | [(u₃) {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA DUMU {m}ia-ki]-⸢ni⸣ LUGAL KUR tam-tim KU₃.GI e-per KUR-i-šu₂ KU₃.BABBAR ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ {giš}ESI {giš}e-lu-tu GU₄.MEŠ ṣe-⸢e-ni⸣ [am-ḫur] | |
| 20 | {[kur}nam-ri {kur}E₂-sa-an-gi-bu-ti {kur}E₂-ḫa]-⸢an⸣-ban {kur}su-mur-⸢zu⸣ {kur}E₂-bar-ru-a {⸢kur}E₂-zu-al-za-aš₂⸣ [...] |
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