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~735 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

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Tiglath-pileser III 04

Continued from text no. 3 (1) At the beginning of my reign, in my first palû, in the fifth month after I sat in greatness on the throne of kingship, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and [I marched] against (the Aramean tribes) Ḫamarānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, Ḫatallu, Rubbû, Rapiqu, Ḫīrānu, (5) Rabbi-ilu, Naṣīru, Gulūsu, Nabātu, Liʾtaʾu, Raḫīqu, Kapīri, Rummulītu (Rummulūtu), Adilê, Gibrê, Ubūdu, Gurūmu, After gap, continued in text no. 5

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Tiglath-pileser III 05

After gap, continued from text no. 4 (1) [... I] adorned them (statues of the gods) and they (the gods) went (back) to their land. I rebuilt th[ose] cities. I built a city on top of a tell (lit. “a heaped-up ruin mound”) called [Ḫumut]. I b[uilt (and) co]mpleted (it) from its foundations to its parapets. [Inside (it), I founded] a palace for my royal residence. I named it Kār-Aššur, set up the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people [of (foreign) lands] conquered by me therein. [I] imposed upon them [tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of…

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Tiglath-pileser III 06

Continued from text no. 5 (1) I restored and [...] Assyria to [...]. I built a city [... Inside (it), I founded] a palace for [my] royal residence. [...]. I named it [..., set up] the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, th[erein, (and) settled the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein. I imposed upon them tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of Assyria. (4b) [I fashioned (on a stele) my royal] image [and the image(s) of the great gods, my lords, inscribed on it the mighty victories (lit. “victory and might”)] (5) that I had [achieved again and again] over…

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Tiglath-pileser III 07

Continued from text no. 6 (1) [...] the cities Kušianaš, Ḫaršu, Šanaštiku, Kiškitara, Ḫaršaya, Ayubak, [...]. They (the enemy) took to a high mountain peak in the mountainous terrain of Mount Ḫaliḫadri. I pursued them and defeated them. [...] I burned with fire [the ... of the people (...) who] entered the ravines of the mountains. I surrounded (and) captured the city Uzḫari of the land Bīt-Zatti. (3b) [I ...] Kākî, [king of ...]. I surrounded, captured, (and) plund[ered (... and)] the city Kitpattia (Kitpat) of the land Bīt-Abdadāni, which Tunaku had seized. (5) [...] I rebuilt [the city]…

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Tiglath-pileser III 08

Continued from text no. 7 (1) (and) I plundered (it). Ramateia of the land Arazi[aš ...]. He fled furtively (lit. “like a centipede”) and no one fou[nd his (hiding) place. ...] I offered [...], horses, oxen, sheep and goats, lapis lazuli hewn from its mountain, [... to the] great [gods], my lords. (4b) Tunî of the land Sumurzu ... [...]. (5) I captured [...]. I impaled his warriors, [...]. I an[nexed] the lands Sumurzu (and) Bīt-Ḫamban to Assyria. [(...)] I settled [the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein] (and) placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. I…

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Tiglath-pileser III 09

After gap, continued from text no. 8 (1') [... I] bro[ught] (those) people [to Assyria. ...]. (2'b) [In] my [third palû, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encourag]ed me [and ...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [... Sulumal of the land Mel]id, Tarḫu-lara of [the land Gurgu]m, [... (5´) ...] ... in all lands, [they trusted] in one another’s strength, [... With] the power and might of (the god) Aššur, my lord, [I fought] with [them (and) defeated them. ...] I killed their [warriors] (and) I filled the mountain gorges with them (their corpses). I took without number [their] chariots, [...], (and) their [...].…

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Tiglath-pileser III 10

After gap, continued from text no. 9 (1') [I captured the cities ..., Alin]zirānu, [Tašliana, (and) Tirḫim, as far as Mount] Sinie (Sinia), (and) I added (them) [to the province of the chief] cupbearer. (4') [(As for) the land ..., from] the cities Ququsanšu (and) [Barzunna to the cities Ḫa]rbisinna, [Abbissâ, (and) Tasa, as far as the land Uluruš], (which is) above the bank [of the Tigris River, the land Lusia — the land of (the metal) lead — the land Ama]dīnu, [..., the cities Qilissa], Ezzēda, Continued in text no. 11

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Tiglath-pileser III 1001

(1) Palace of Tiglath-[pileser, ...]

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Tiglath-pileser III 1002

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria.

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Tiglath-pileser III 1003

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria.

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Tiglath-pileser III 1004

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of the world, king of Assyria.

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Tiglath-pileser III 12

After overlap, continued from text no. 11 (1') elephant hides, ivory, red-purple (and) blue-purple wool, multi-colored garments, linen garment[s], numerous [ves]tments [of] their lands, ..., military equipment, a spindle, ..., (and) ... — I received (all of these things) in the city Arpad. (3') [Tutammû, king of the land Unqi], neglected [the loyalty oath (sworn by) the great gods] (and thereby) disregarded his life. On my campaign [... he did not con]sult me. In my fury, (5´) [I ...] of Tutammû, together with [his] nobles, [...] I captured the city Kinalia (Kunalua), his royal city. (6'b) I…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 13

After gap, continued from text no. 12 (1) [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] Azriyau (Azrī-Iāu) [... I] seized and [...] ... [...] ... [... I imposed upon them] payment like that of [the Assyrians]. (3b) [...] ... the city Kur... [...] ... [...] his helper(s), the cities El[..., (5) ..., Usn]û, Siʾannu, Ma[...], Kašpūna, [which is] on the sea[coast], together with citi[es ..., as far as Mount Saue — which a]buts [Mount Lebanon] — Mount Ba[ʾali]-ṣapūna, as far as Mount Amma[nā]na — the boxwood mountain — [Mount] Sa[ue in its entirety, the province of the city Kār-Adad, the city Ḫatarikka, the…

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Tiglath-pileser III 14

After overlap, continued from text no. 13 (1) [... they plundered (those cities) and] brought (that booty) [to the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), be]fore me. A eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the land Naʾiri, captured (and) plundered the cities Supurgillu, [..., (and) ...]aš, together with cities in its environs. [He ...] Šiqilâ, a fortress commander. [He captured (and) plundered ... and] brought (that booty) [to the land Ḫat]ti (Syria-Palestine), before me. (3b) [I settled] 600 captives of the city Amlāte of the (tribe) Damūnu (and) 5,400 captives of the city Dēr (Bīt-Dērāya) [in…

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Tiglath-pileser III 15

Continued from text no. 14 (1) (Dadīlu) of the the city Kasku, Uassurme of the land Tabal, Ušḫitti of the land (A)tuna, Urpallâ of the land Tuḫana, Tuḫam[me of the city Ištunda], Urimmi of the city Ḫubišna (Ḫubušnu), (and) Zabibê, queen of the Arabs: gold, silver, tin, iron, elephant hides, ivo[ry], multi-colored garments, linen garments, blue-purple (and) [red]-purple wool, ebony, boxwood, all kinds of precious things from the royal treasure, li[ve] sheep [whose wool] is dyed red-purple, flying birds of the sky whose wings are dyed blue-purple, horses, mules, oxen and she[ep and goats,…

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Tiglath-pileser III 16

Continued from text no. 15 (1) (Completely destroyed) (3) [... I carried] off their [bo]oty. [...] He assembled [...] and ... to Mount [...] ... [...] ... [... (5) I] went up af[ter them], defeat[ed] them, (and) carried off their [bo]oty. [I ...] Yabittarru [...] ... [(As for) the rest] of them, who had fled to the land Amāte, a district opposite Mount Rūa, and who ... [...], I went after [them], defeated them, (and) took them away as one (group). (7b) (As for) the people of the land Karzibra, ... [...], they abandoned [...]. I pursued them and in the very course of (that) march I swept over…

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Tiglath-pileser III 17

Continued from text no. 16 (1) I conquered (and) defeated the lands [Uppuria, Bustus], Ariarma — the land of roosters — Saksuk[ni, Araquttu, Karzibra, Gukinnana, (and) Bīt-Sagbat, Mount Silḫazi, which] they call [the fort]ress of the Babylonian(s), [... (and) I carried off] their booty. I carried off [..., their horses, their mules, their Bactrian camels, their oxen], (and) their sheep and goats, without number. [I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their] cit[ies; I reduced (them) to mounds and ruins]. (5) [I annexed to Assyria the lands Namri, Bīt-Sangibūti, Bīt-Ḫamban], Sumurzu,…

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Tiglath-pileser III 18

After gap, continued from text no. 17 (1) I captured (and) defeated the cities [...], Ḫista, Ḫarbisinna, Barbaz, (and) Tasa, as far as the Uluruš River. I carried off 8,650 people, [... hors]es, 300 mules, 660 asses, 1,350 oxen, (and) 19,000 sheep. (Those cities) I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire. [...] I annexed their [...] to Assyria, rebuilt those cities, (and) settled therein the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me. [...] (and) set up [the weapon of (the god) Aššur], my [lord], therein. I added it (the area) to the province of the land Naʾiri. (4b) [I captured (and)…

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Tiglath-pileser III 19

Continued from text no. 18 (1) which is in midst of the land Muṣurni[..., ...] their sons, their daughters, [their] fam[ily, ...] I cut off [their hands] and I [released] (them) in their (own) land. [I carried off ...] horses, mules, [...]. (5) I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [...]. I captured, destroyed, devastated, (and) [burned] with fire [...]. I captured (and) defeated him ... [...] After gap, continued in text no. 20

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Tiglath-pileser III 20

After gap, continued from text no. 19 (1') [of] Raḫiānu (Rezin) [of the land Damascus ... I carried off his he]avy [booty. ...] his advisor [... With the blood of his] war[riors I] dyed the [...] River, [..., a] raging [torrent], red [like a fl]ower. [I ...] his [lead]ers, (5´) charioteers, and [...]. I broke their weapons. I cap[tur]ed ... their horses, [their] mul[es], his [war]riors, archers, (as well as his) shield [bea]rers (and) lancers, and [I disper]sed their battle array. (8'b) In order to save his life, he (Raḫiānu) fled alone and entered the gate of his city [like] a mongoose.…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 2001

(1) [I, Ninurta-bēlu]-uṣur, provincial governor of the city Kār-Shalma[neser], erected solid basalt [lions ...] ... (which are) in the gate[s of] the city Ḫadattu. (4b) Ninurta-bēlu-uṣur, of the city Ṣirani, which is (in the area of) the city Ḫalaḫḫi, which is in front of the city Lipapan in the mountains, (and) my ancestral city: (6b) At that time, I created, built, (and) completed the city Ḫadattu. (8) (As for) a future ruler who repairs its dilapidated section(s but) erases my inscribed name and inscribes his (own) name (in its place), may (the god) Aššur, the great lord, (10) in the assemb…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 2002

(1) To the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth, his lord: Aššur-rēmanni presented (this object) for the life of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria, his lord, and for his (own) life.

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Tiglath-pileser III 2003

(1) On the life of the god Šamaš, the goddess Ereškigal, (and) the Anunnakū gods, the great gods of the netherworld, the destiny of a (mortal) life took Yabâ, the queen, into death and she went the way of her (text: “his”) ancestors. (5) (As for) anyone in the future — whether (she be) a queen who sits on a throne or a palace lady who is beloved by the king — who removes me from my tomb, or places anybody else with me, and (10) lays her (text: “his”) hand on my jewelry with evil intent (or) opens the seal of that tomb, above (on the earth), under the rays of the sun, may her (text: “his”)…

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Tiglath-pileser III 2004

(1) Belonging to Yabâ, queen (and) wife of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria.

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Tiglath-pileser III 2005

(1) Belonging to Yabâ, queen of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria.

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Tiglath-pileser III 2006

(1) To Tiglath-pil[eser, ... magnificent] king of the lands, [...]: (3) Kīdītê, provincial gove[rnor of ...] and of (the city) Arrapḫa [...], protégé of Ti[glath-pileser, king of Assyria, (...) ...] for the palace of j[oy ...] ... [... dedicated/built]. Lacuna?

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Tiglath-pileser III 21

Continued from text no. 20 (1') ... [...] without ... [... I utterly demolished ...] of sixteen dis[tricts of the land Bīt-Ḫumrî (Israel). I carried off (to Assyria) ...] capti[ves from ...], (5´) 226 [captives from ..., ...] captives [from ...], 400 [(and ...) captives from ...], 656 cap[tives from the city Sa..., ...] (altogether) 13,520 [people, ...], (10´) with their belongings. [I ... the cities Arumâ (and) Marum, (...) which are] sit[uated in] rugged mountains. (12') Mitinti of the land Ash[kelon neglected the loyalty oath (sworn by) the great gods (... and)] rev[olted] against me. He…

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Tiglath-pileser III 22

Parallel to text no. 21 (1') [...] ... [...] ... [...] I en[veloped] him [like] a (dense) fog [... I] ut[terly demolished ... of sixteen] districts of the land Bīt-Ḫum[rî (Israel). I carried off (to Assyria) ... captives from the city ...]barâ, 625 captives from the city ...a[..., ... (5´) ... captives from the city] Ḫinatuna, 650 captives from the city Ku[..., ... captives from the city Ya]ṭbite, 656 captives from the city Sa...[..., ..., with their belongings. I ...] the cities Arumâ (and) Marum [...]. (8'b) [Mitinti of the land] Ashkelon [neglected] the loyalty oat[h (sworn by) the great…

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Tiglath-pileser III 23

After gap, continued from text nos. 21 and 22 (1) [...] which [are] without num[ber ...] ... the city Atu[...] the (tribe) Qabiʾi [...] ... [... (5) ... the fortress] of Labbanat [... Arameans] on the banks of [... River(s), ...] the (tribe) Bū[du ...] Continued in text no. 24

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Tiglath-pileser III 24

Continued from text no. 23 (1) I crossed [o]n rafts. [I ...] all of the Arameans [... I carried off ..., ...] thousand and 9,000 people, [...] thousand and 500 oxen, [...]. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [...]. The terrifying radiance of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed the chief[tains of the Chaldeans ...] and [they ...]. (5) They (the chieftains) came [before me] and kissed my feet. (5b) [...] the temple personnel of Esagil, Ezida, (and) E[meslam ... brought] before me the (sacrificial) remnants of the gods Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) Nergal [...] After gap, continued in…

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Tiglath-pileser III 25

After gap, continued from text no. 24 (1') [I built in Kalḫu a cedar palace ...] for my [lord]ly residence [and a bīt-ḫilāni, a replica of a palace of the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), for] my pleasure. I made [the dimensions of its site ... large cubits] in length (and) sixty large cubits in width larger [than] the former palaces of [my] ancestors by (re)claiming (land) from the Tigris River (by filling it in). [...] End of the Annals missing

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Tiglath-pileser III 26

Duplicate of text no. 14:3–8 (1) [... he (a eunuch of mine) plun]dered (those cities) and [brought] (that booty) to the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), [before me]. I settled [600 captives of the city Amlāte of the (tribe) Damūnu (and) 5,400 captives of] the city Bīt-Dērāya in the cities Kunalua, [..., Ḫuzarra, Taʾe, Tarmanazi, Kulmadara, Ḫatatirra, (and) Irgillu, cities] of the land Unqi. (4) [I settled ... captive highlanders (lit. “Gutians”) of the land Bīt-Sangibūti, 1,200 people of the (tribe) Illila, (and) 6,208] people of the (tribes) Nakkaba (and) Būda (5) [in the cities ..., Ṣimirra,…

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Tiglath-pileser III 27

Duplicate of text no. 14:8–text no. 15:3 (1) [I settled] (captives) in the province of the city Tuʾi[mmu]. I settled [555 captive highlanders (lit. “Gutians”) of the city Bīt-Sangibū]ti in the city Tīl-karme. I considered [them] as inhabitants of Assyria, (and) [imposed upon them corvée labor like that of the Assyrians]. (2b) [The payment] of Kuštašpi of the city Kummuḫu, Raḫiānu (Rezin) of the land Damascu[s, Menahem of the city Samaria, Hiram of the city Tyre, Sibit]ti-Biʾil of the city Byblos, Uriaikki of the land Qu[e, Pisīris of the city Carchemish, Ēnī-il of the city Hamath, Pa]nammû of…

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Tiglath-pileser III 28

Duplicate of text no. 15:3–10 (1) all kinds of precious things from the royal treasure, live sheep whose wool is dyed red-purple, flying birds of the sky whose wings are dyed blue-purple, horses, mules, oxen, and sheep and goats, camels, she-camels, together with their young, I recei[ved] (from them). (3) In my ninth palû, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and I marched against the lands Bīt-Kapsi, Bīt-Sangi, Bīt-Urzakki, Media (lit. “land of the Medes”), Bīt-Zualzaš, Bīt-Matti, (and) Tupliyaš. I captured, plund[ered], destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Bīt-Ištar,…

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Tiglath-pileser III 30

Duplicate of text no. 13:5–7 (1) as far as Mount Saue — which abut[s] Mount Leba[n]on — Mount Baʾali-ṣapūna as far as Mount Amma[nā]na — the boxwood mountain — [Mount] Saue in its entirety, the province of the city Kār-Adad, the city Ḫatarik[ka], the province of the city Nuqudina, the land Ḫasu[atti, together with cities] in its environs, the city Arâ, [...]

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Tiglath-pileser III 31

Duplicate of text no. 13:7–11 and text no. 14:10 (1) [...] ... both sides of them, the cities in their environs, Mount Sarbūa in its entirety, the cities Ašḫani (and) Yaṭabi, Mount Yaraqu in its entirety, ..., the cities Ellitarbi (and) Zitānu, as far as the city Atinnu, ... [...], (5) the city Bumame — I annexed to Assyria (those) nineteen districts of the city Hamath, together with cities in their environs, which are on the coast of the Sea of the Setting Sun, (and) which had been criminally <and> sinfully seized for Azriyau (Azrī-Iāu). I placed two eunuchs of mine as provincial governors ov…

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Tiglath-pileser III 32

Duplicate of text no. 14:10–text no. 15:4 (1) [I received] the payment of Kuštašpi of the land Kummuḫu, Raḫiānu (Rezin) of the land Damascus, Menahem of the city Samaria, Hiram of the city Tyre, Sibitti-Biʾil of the city Byblos, Uriaikki of the land Que, Pisīris of the city Carchemish, Ēnī-il of the city Hamath, Panammû of the city Samʾal, (5) Tarḫu-lara of the land Gurgum, Sulumal of the land Melid, Dadīlu of the city Kasku, Uassurme of the land Tabal, Ušḫitti of the land (A)tuna, Urpallâ of the land Tuḫana, Tuḫamme of the city Ištunda, Urimmi of the city Ḫubišna (Ḫubušnu), (and) Zabibê,…

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Tiglath-pileser III 35

(i 0) (erased signs) (i 1) [(The god) Aššur, great lord, the] Enlil of the gods, the one who decrees fates; [the god Marduk, the one who formula]tes designs, creator of mankind, the one who inspects [...], the one who makes firm the foundations of the land; [the god Nabû, holder of] the stylus (and) bearer of the tablet of destinies of the gods, (i 5) [...]; the god Nergal, ..., [...] whose onslaught cannot be withstood; [the god Šamaš, the one who] bestows protection ... [...] ...; [the god Sîn, bright (celestial) light], the one who gives scepter (and) crown (to the king), the one who…

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Tiglath-pileser III 36

(1') [...] ... [... I received the payme]nt [of ..., Sulum]al of the land Me[lid, ...]. (4') [... the land ...]ni, the land Ayalay[a, ...], the land Niksam[ma, ... I received the payment of Dalt]â of the land Elli[pi: ... horse]s, mules, [Bactrian camels, oxen, and sheep and goats, ...]. (8') [...]tu, the land Lusia, the land U[...] rebelled and did not [... I des]troyed, devastated, (and) [burned] with [fire ...]. (11') [... Sarduri of the land Urar]ṭu, whom [I defeated] on a previou[s campaign of mine, ... I crossed the] Arṣania [River] when [it was in flood. ... I made my troops jump across…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 37

(1) The god Aššur, great lord, the Enlil of the gods, the one who decrees fates; the god Marduk, the one who formulates the designs of all of the lands, [...] ... [...]; the god Nabû, holder of the stylus (and) bearer of the tablet of des[tinies of the gods], the one who reviews ...; the god Šamaš, king of heaven (and) netherworld, creator of the black-headed, [...] of humanity; (5) [the god Sîn], bright (celestial) light, the one who gives scepter (and) crow[n] (to the king), the one who establishes lordship; the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven (and) earth, the one who heaps [up…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 38

(1') [...] ... [... the land] Nam[ri ...] up to the land [... the city] Ṣibar, the city [... the city Niqqu] of the land Tupliy[aš ...]. (6') [...] ... of the city ... [...]

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 39

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Sumer <and> Akkad, king of the fo[ur] quarters (of the world), the one chosen by the glance of the god Enlil; the king who from the rising sun to the setting sun considered all of his enemies as (mere) ghosts and took control of (their) power; the one who exchanges the people of the upper land(s) with (those of) the lower land(s), the one who ousted their rulers (and) installed his governors (in their stead). (4) From the beginning of my reign <until my ...teenth palû>, I exercised…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 40

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the fou[r] quarters (of the world), the one chosen by the glance of the god Enlil. (3b) From the beginning of my reign until my seventeenth palû, I captured the (tribes) Ituʾu, Rubuʾu, Ḫamarānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, (5) Nabātu, Ḫindiru (Ḫindaru), Ruʾuʾa, Liʾtaʾu, Marusu, Puqudu, [Ara]means, as many as there were on the banks of the Tigris, [Euph]rates, Surappu, (and) Uqnû Rivers, [as far as the] Lower [S]ea of the Rising Sun. (10) I annexed (those…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 41

(1') [I destroyed the cities Sarrabānu] (and) Dūr-[Balīḫāya, their large cities, (making them) like a mound of ruins. I brought all of their people t]o Assyria. (2'b) [I entered Babylon (and) offered pure sacrifices before the god Marduk, my lord]. (3') [I exercised authority over] Karduniaš (Babylonia), [...], (and) firmly established [tribute (and) pay]ment [on the chieftains of Chaldea]. (4'b) I annex[ed] to Assyria the lands Bīt-Ḫam[ban], Sumurzu, [Bīt-Barrūa (Bīt-Barrû)], Bīt-Zualzaš, (and) Bīt-Matti, [the city Niqqu of] the land [Tup]liy[aš], the lands Bīt-Taranzāya, Parsua, (and)…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 42

(1') I exercised authority over [..., ...] ..., which [...], the city Ḫatarikka, as far as Mount Sau[e, ...], the cities Gub[la (Gabala), ..., Ṣi]mirra, Arqâ, Zimar[ra, ...], Usnû, [Siʾannu, Ma]ʾarabâ, Riʾisi-ṣu[rri, ...], cities, [the empor]ium(s) ... [...] of the Upper [Sea]. I placed six eunuchs [of mine as provincial governors over] them. (5'b) I annexed to Assyria [..., the city Kaš]pūna, which is on the shore of the Upper (text: “Lower”) Sea, the cities [...]nite, Gil[ead, and] Abil-šiṭṭi, which are the border of the land Bīt-Ḫumrî (Israel), the extensive [land of Bīt-Ḫazā-i]l…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 43

Continued from the previous slab (not preserved) (i 1) [The cities ..., ...]anšu, [..., ...]au, [..., ...]ariṣa, [..., ...]anu, (i 5) [...], Urmuše, [..., Eli]zanšu, [..., Luqad]anšu, [..., ...]tanšu, [..., ...]esanšu, (i 10) [(and) ... — cities that] are on (the shore of) the Sea [of the land Naʾiri]. (i 11b) [The cities ...]anšu, [..., ...]tuarizu, [..., ...]nistu, [...], Lupsua (Lupsa), (i 15) [..., Danz]iun, [..., ...]mezaya, [..., Ez]zēda, [..., Bir]dāša (Birdanša), [...], Zinia, (i 20) [..., ...]ḫuli, [..., ...]lianša, [..., Par]īsu, [(and) ... — cities of] the lands Enzi, [..., and…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 44

(1') [...] ... [... he sent ...] to Kalḫu, befo[re me, to do obeisance. ...]. (3') [As for Samsi, queen of] the Arabs, at Mount Sa[qurri, I ...] her [en]tire camp [...]. (5') [Moreover, she, who had] become startled [by] my (mighty) [weapons, brought ... to Assy]ria, b[efore me. I pl]aced [a representative (of mine) over her] and [...] <10,000> soldie[rs ...]. I made [...] bow [down at] my [feet]. (8'b) The people of the cities [Masʾa (and) Tema, the (tribe) Sab]a, the people of the cities Ḫaya[ppa, (10´) Badanu, (and) Ḫat]te, (and) the (tribes) I[dibaʾilu, ..., who are on the bor]der of the…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 45

(1') [... (and) the (tribe) Puqu]du, Ara[means, as many as there were on the banks of the Tigris, Euphrates, Surappu], (and) Uqnû [Rivers, ... I placed a] eunuch [of mine as provincial governor over them. ...]

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 47

(1) Palace of Tiglath-piles[er (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 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 fr[om the Bi]tter Sea of Bīt-Yakīn, as far as Mount Bikni in the east, up to the Sea…

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 48

(1') [...] ... [...] his [...] ... on dry land [...] I made (them) lay down [their lives. ...] that city, to[gether with ... in] the midst of the sea I swept over them and anni[hilated (them). (5´) ... As for him, terror of my battle array fe]ll [upon him] and his heart pounded. He put on sackcloth ... [... of] ivory, ebony, inlaid with (precious) stones (and) gold, together with ... [...], ivory, fine oil, all types of aromatics, E[gyptian] horses, [... I est]ablished [... I exercised authority] from the city Kašpūna, which is on the shore of the [Upper] Sea, [as far as ... (and) I placed]…

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