Position in chronology
Tiglath-pileser III Series A Annals
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 1Beginning of the Annals missing (Frgm._A1 1) Precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), beloved of the god(dess) [(DN and) Šē]rūa, ..., creation of the goddess Ninmena, who [(...)] ... for the dominion of the lands, (...) who grew up to be king, ... [(...)] governor, [(...)] ..., the one who increases voluntary offerings for ..., ... [(...)] of emblems, (5) powerful male, light of all of his people, lord of [(...) all] rulers ..., the one who overwhelms his foes, valiant man, the one who destroys [(...)] enemies, who cuts (straight) through interlocking mountains like a (taut) string and ... [...] ...…
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 1 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NUNUZ bal-til.KI šu-⸢qu-ru⸣ na-ram d[(...) dše]-ru-a AB? BA? x x / pi-tiq dnin-⸢men-na⸣ šá a-na be-lut ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ [(...)] AN / TI? AL / ŠID? x / ir-bu-ú a-na LUGAL-ú-ti GÌR.NÍTA x [(...)] x x x ma? / ⸢mu-ṣib ŠÀ.IGI.GURU₆.MEŠ a-na⸣ x x x x x [x] x [(...)] šu-ri-⸢in?-ni?⸣ / zi-ka-ru dan-nu nu-ur kiš-šat UN.MEŠ-šu ⸢e-tel?⸣ [(...) kal?] mal-⸢ki⸣ x x ti / da-i-pu ga-re-e-šu GURUŠ qar-du sa-⸢pi-nu⸣…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Tiglath-pileser III or Shalmaneser V, edited by Hayim Tadmor & Shigeo Yamada (RINAP 1, 2011). ORACC text Q006329.
Attribution
Image: Copyright Hayim Tadmor, Shigeo Yamada, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2016. Created by Jamie Novotny, 2015-16, for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0..
Translation excerpted from Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q006329/.
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