Tiglath-pileser III 52 (Q003465)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 52 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003465 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | [Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Bab]ylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world); [valiant man who, with the help 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 zen]ith, 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, Ḫam]arānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, Ḫatallu, Rubbû, [Rapiqu, Nabātu, Gurūmu, Dunānu, Ubulu, Ruʾuʾa], Liʾtaʾu, Marusu, (and those living in) the cities Dūr-Kurigalzu, [Adinni, the fortresses of Sarragītu (and) Labbanat, all of the Arameans] on the banks of the Tigris, [Euphrates, Surappu, (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 [8:9] 99–99 | [In Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, Borsippa], Cuth[a, Kish, Dilbat, (and) Uruk], |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 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.RA{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-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-zi | |
| 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{ki} [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]} |
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