Tiglath-pileser I 13 (Q005938)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser I 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005938 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [Thrice] I marched to the lands Nairi (and) [conquered] from [Tummu to the land Daiēnu (...)]. |
| Obverse [3:9] 4'4'–9'9' | By the command of the gods Aššur and Ninurta, the [great] gods, [my lords], I conquered [from the edge of the land Sūḫu] to the city Carchemish of the land Ḫa[tti in a single day. I crossed] the Euphrates as though it were [a canal]. Seventeen of their cities, from [the city Tadmar of the land Amurru, (Anat of the land Sūḫu), as far as Rapiqu of Karduniaš (Babylonia)], I burnt, [razed, (and) destroyed. I brought their booty], their hostages, and [their goods to my city Aššur]. |
| Obverse [9:13] 10'10'–13'13' | By the command of the god Adad, who loves me, [I marched to Mount Lebanon. I cut down (and) carried off] cedar beams [for the temple of the gods Anu and Adad, the great gods, my lords]. I continued [to the land Amurru (and) conquered the entire] land Amurru. [I received tribute from] the lands Epinu, [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] {⸢kur⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x x x ia x [...] | |
| 3' | 3-šu a]-⸢na⸣ {kur}{kur}na-i-ri al-lik iš-⸢tu⸣ {[kur}tum₄-me a-di {kur}da-ia-e-ni ak-šu-ud (...)] | |
| 4' | ⸢i-na⸣ si-qir {d}a-šur ⸢u₃ {d⸣}MAŠ DINGIR.MEŠ [GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia iš-tu tar-ṣi {kur}su-hi] | |
| 5' | a-di {uru}kar-ga-miš ša {kur}⸢ha⸣-[at-te ina 1 u₄-me] | |
| 6' | ak-šud {id₂}pu-<ra>-ta ki-ma x [...] | |
| 7' | 17 URU.MEŠ-ni-šu-nu iš-tu {[uru}ta-ad-mar ša {kur}a-mur-ri (a-na-at ša {kur}su-hi) a-di {uru}ra-pi₂-qi ša {kur}kar-du-ni-aš₂] | |
| 8' | i-na IZI.MEŠ aš₂-ru-up ⸢ab⸣-[bul aq-qur šal-la-su-nu] | |
| 9' | li-ṭi₂.MEŠ-šu-nu u₃ ⸢mar⸣-[ši-su-nu a-na URU-ia aš-šur ub-la] | |
| 10' | i-na qi₂-bit {d}IŠKUR AGA₂-⸢ia⸣ [a-na {kur}lab-na-ni al-lik] | |
| 11' | GIŠ.⸢UR₃⸣.MEŠ ša {giš}⸢EREN⸣ [a-na E₂ {d}a-nim u₃ {d}IŠKUR DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ak-ki-is aš₂-ša-a a-na {kur}a-mur-ri] | |
| 12' | e-tiq {kur}a-mur-⸢ri⸣ [a-na si-hir₂-ti-ša ak-šud ma-da-at-ta ša] | |
| 13' | {kur}e-pi-⸢ni {kur⸣}[... lu am-hur ...] |
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