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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…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-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…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-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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Tiglath-pileser III 46
Chronicles Tiglath-pileser III's systematic absorption of Aramean tribes along the Tigris and Euphrates — the demographic and territorial pressure that reshaped the Levantine political map in the 730s BCE.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-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…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-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]…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 49
(1') [I ut]terly [defeated him and took his entire camp away from him. He became frightened of the terrifying radiance of my weapons], mounted [a mare in order to save his life, escaped during the night] <to> Mount Sizir, a [rugged] mountain, [and ascended] (it). (3') I confined [Sarduri of the land Urarṭu to the city Ṭurušpâ, his city], and [inflicted] a gre[at] defeat upon him [before his city gates. I fashioned my royal image and erected] (it) in front of the city Ṭuru[špâ]. (5') [For a distance of seventy leagues], I proudly march[ed through the extensive land of Urarṭu, from] one end to…
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Tiglath-pileser III 50
Records Tiglath-pileser III's annexation of Unqi, Ḫatarikka, and Damascus into directly governed Assyrian provinces — the administrative mechanism behind the destruction of the Aramaean states attested in 2 Kings 15–16.
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Tiglath-pileser III 51
Claims dominion from the Persian Gulf to Mount Damāvand, mapping the farthest eastern reach Tiglath-pileser III asserted over the Neo-Assyrian empire at its mid-8th-century territorial peak.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 52
(1) [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…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 53
(1) Tiglath-[pilese]r (III), [great] king, [...], conqueror of [...], con[queror of the (tribes) It]uʾu, Rubuʾu, [...]. I defeated [...] (5) (No translation possible) (14) I filled Mount Ḫauranu (Hauran) with [...]. (15) I carried off [...] (and) ... thousand sheep. I conquered [...]. Moreover, as for her (Samsi?), the terrifying radiance of (the god) [Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed her and ...]. I spared her so (she would) praise (the victory of the god Aššur). [... I set up ...] as governors. (18b) At that time, [I ...] Ninurta-ilāya, the provincial governor of [...]. I built (and) completed…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 54
(1) [...] ... them and [...]. I ordered their [...]. I forced open their locked ga[tes] and [...] ... I carried off the people [liv]ing inside it. [...] ... [...] whom [I had] appointed. The kings (of) (5) [...] my [...] from the land Nanpigi (Nippigi) [...] ... [... I annex]ed [to Assyria. I] carried off [...] ... (8) [...] thirteen kings of the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), [...] ..., Raḫiānu (Rezin), (10) [...] ... (and) chariots of Sulumal, [...] ... [...] ... Mount ...ri [...] I left behind ... and [...] together with his land. [...] ... [...] ...
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 58
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria: (this brick) belongs to the platform of the temple of (the god) Aššur.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 59
(1) Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria: (this brick) belongs to the pedestal (under) the bulls of the gateway of the temple of the god Adad.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 60
(1) [(Palace of) Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mi]ghty [king], king of the world, king of Assyria: (this brick) [belongs to the ped]estal (under) the bulls [of] the gateway of the temple of the god Adad.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 61
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of the world, king of Assy[ria].
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 62
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria: fifteen minas.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 63
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria: two minas of the king.
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III 64
(1) Palace of Tiglath-piles[er] (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of [Assyria].
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III Series A Annals
Beginning 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 ... [...] ...…
LawReligion & MythTiglath-pileser III Series B Annals
Beginning of the Annals missing (Frgm._1 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…
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 1
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shal[maneser (V), king of Assyria]: five minas of the king. (Aramaic 1) Five minas (by the standard) of the land. Five (minas) of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 1003
(Inscription_1 1) Fifteen minas (by the standard) of the land. (Inscription_2 1) Fifteen minas [of] the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 1004
(Akkadian 1) Palace of [Shalmaneser (V)], king of Assyria: one mina of the king. (Aramaic 1) (One) mina of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 2
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shalman[eser (V), king of Assyria]: three minas of the king. (Aramaic 1) Three minas (by the standard) of the land. Three minas of [the] king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 2001
(1) Belonging to Bānītu, queen of Shalmaneser (V), king of Assyria.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 2002
(1) Belonging to Bānītu, queen of Shalmaneser (V), king of Assyria.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 3
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shal[maneser] (V), king of Assyria: two minas of the king. (Aramaic 1) Two minas (by the standard) of the land. Two minas of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 4
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shalmaneser (V), king of Assyria: two minas of the king. (Aramaic 1) Two minas of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 5
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shalmaneser (V), king of Assyria: one mina of the king. (Aramaic 1) (One) mina. Mina of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 6
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shal[maneser] (V), king of Assyria: two-thirds mina of the king. (Aramaic 1) Two-thirds (mina) of the land.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 7
(Akkadian 1) One mina. Palace of Shalmaneser (V), king [of Assyria]. (Aramaic 1) (One) mina of the king.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 8
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shal[maneser (V), king of Assyria]: one-fourth (mina) of the king. (Aramaic 1) One-fourth (mina) of the land.
LawReligion & MythShalmaneser V 9
(Akkadian 1) Palace of Shal[man]eser (V), king of Assyria: one-[fifth] (mina) of the king. (Aramaic 1) One-fifth (mina). One-fifth (mina) [(...)].
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SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)
[To the king, my] lord, your servant [NN]: [may there be] well-being for the king, my lord. [Concerning] the Hittites whom the king, my lord, [sent me a message about], saying: 'You wrote [saying: the ša-zabusat-]rations of the previous period from the barley-heap [x+...] they removed/transferred ... [x x x] which were before them I found [x x x] I asked him — why [x x x] the previous [rations] they ate [x+x x x x] which to the king, my lord, [x x x] their mouths [x x x] [I] wrote [x x x x x x x x] [x x] seah(s) [x+x x x x x x x] [x x] ... [x x x x x x x x]
Daily Life
SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)
[To the king, my lord,] / [your servant Bel]-ilu: / [May there be peace for the king, my] lord. / [... A]dda-rami / [... a]-ḫula / [...]iq / [... the king,] my [lord] / [................................] / [..................] ab ...[...] / [......] they dragged (?) ... [...] / [......]-imma, which I had taken, / [......]+x they brought on the road, / [......] now, truly, / [...] horses / [...] 3 horses / [...]+x in addition to the 3 horses / [...] they tr[embled(?)] / [...]+x a / [...]
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SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)
To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-kī-Nīnua. May it be well with the king, my lord. Let the royal bodyguard be placed in charge of the scribe and in charge of the recruitment officers, so that they may levy their troops, raise them, and deliver them. The king, my lord, knows that the horses under my command have died. Let the king send me quickly one replacement horse [for each of] them from under my authority. The tarbiannu-recruits who had come to me — I have placed them in charge of the recruitment officers. If the king, my lord, will count them [as fit], the recruitment officers are [now] at Calah.
Daily LifeSargon II 001
(1) [Sargon (II), appointee of the god Enlil, nešakku-priest (and) desired object of the god Aššur, chosen of the gods Anu and Dagān, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods]; (2b) [just shepherd, (one) to whom the gods Aššur (and) Marduk granted a reign without eq]ual [and whose reputation (these gods) exalt/exalted to the heights]; (3) [who (re)-established the šubarrû-privileges of (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, (and) Babylon, protects the weak among them (lit.: “their weak ones”), (and) made…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 002
Lines 1–68 are not preserved (69) [The people of the cities Pāpa (and) Lalluknu, dogs who had been bro]ught up in my palace (and) who [had conspired wi]th the land Kakmê [for the purpose of separating (from Assyria), I had deported them from their (own) places and] (re)settled them [in the city Damas]cus of the land [A]murru. (70b) I[n my] si[xth regnal year, Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, sent his mounted messenger with a mendacious message to Bag-dāti of the land Uišdiš (and) KAR...] of the land Zikirtu, governors of the land Mannea. He ma[de them hostile to (me), Sar]gon, (and) to A[zâ, the…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 003
Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') [In my eleventh regnal year, (...) Tarḫu-lara of the land Gurgum ...] whose [he]ir [Mu]tallu had cut (him) down with the sword and tak[en away ...] my [...] in ... in order to avenge him (Tarḫu-lara) [... Tarḫu-l]ara, his heir Mut[al]lu, in/with ... of the body before the god Šam[aš ... Because of] his [... that] he had done, I/he burned his hands (and) showed [(...)]. I cou[nted] as boo[ty] his heir Mutallu, together with the (royal) family of the land [Bīt-Paʾalla, as many as] the[re were (of them), (along) with gold, silver, (and)] countless…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 004
Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') I shattered their very strong walls [wi]th a mighty battering ram, leveling (them) to the gr[ou]nd. I took as booty [the people], [together] with their property. I destroyed, demolished, (and) burned down those cities with fire. (3') The people of the cities Sukkia, Bāla (and) Abitikna conceived (lit.: “deliberated”) an evil plan [that] was to eradicate (lit.: “to tear out the root of”) (their own) land and [g]ave [the]ir word to Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, to do obeisance (to him). Because of the crime that they had committed, I deported them…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 005
Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') [... I offe]red [before them ... geese (and) ducks. I appealed to them (the gods)] in order to bring about the defeat of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), descendant of Yakīn, of Chalde[an] extraction, [the (very) image of an evil gallû-demon;] I prayed t[o the]m [with supplications and entre]aties. After I had carried out in full the festival of the great lord, the god Marduk, [...] Continued on several unpreserved slabs
LawReligion & MythSargon II 006
Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') [At the command of the gods Aššur, Šamaš, and Marduk], I had [my] choice [fighting men] fly over [its] water [channel]s like [ea]gles [and they brought about his defeat. I surrounded him together with his royal (military) contingent and] slaughtered [his warriors like sheep a]t his feet. [I pierced] the horses trained to [his] yoke [with arrows. Then, (as for) him, I pierced (lit.: “loosened”) his hand with the point of an arrow and] he (then) entered the gate of his city <ste>althfully, like a mongoose. [I cut down] the Puqudians, [his]…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 007
(1) Pal[ac]e of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Ak[k]ad, favorite of the great gods. (3b) The gods Aššur, Nabû (and) Marduk granted me a reign without equal and exalted my good reputation to the heights. (5b) I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Borsippa (and) I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status, as many as there were (of them); I abolished corvée duty for (the cities) Dēr, Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullaba,…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 008
(1) Palace of Sargon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the [great] god[s]. (2) The gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, the gods, my helpers, granted me a reign without equal and exalted my [go]od reputation to the h[eights]. (3) I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Borsippa (and) [I made restitution for] the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status, as many as there were (of them); I (re)-established…
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Sargon II 009
Claims Sargon II restored the šubarrû-tax exemptions and abolished corvée in seven southern Babylonian cities, documenting how an Assyrian king legitimised rule over Babylon by presenting himself as guardian of ancient urban privileges.
LawReligion & MythSargon II 010
(1) Palace of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; (5) the king who with the support of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk ruled all together from the land Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the middle of the sea, as far as the border(s) of Egypt (and) the land Musku, the wide land Amurru, the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety, (10) all of (the land) Gutium, the distant Medes (who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the lands Ellipi (and) Rāši on the border of the land Elam, all the Arameans who live…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 011
(1) Palace of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; (3) the king who with the support of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk ruled all together from the land Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the middle of the Western Sea, (5) as far as the border(s) of Egypt and the land Musku, the wide land Amurru, the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety, all of (the land) Gutium, the distant Medes (who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the lands Ellipi (and) Rāši on the border of the land Elam, (10) all the Arameans who live beside the…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 012
(1) Palace of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; (4) the king who with the support of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, ruled (lit.: “I ruled”) all together from the land Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the middle of the Western Sea, as far as the border(s) of Egypt and the land Musku, the wide land Amurru, the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety, (10) all of (the land) Gutium, the distant Medes (who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the lands Ellipi (and) Rāši on the border of the land Elam, all the Arameans who live…
LawReligion & MythSargon II 013
(1) Palace of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, favorite of the great gods; (5) who provides for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, (and) Babylon; who abolished corvée duty for (the cities) Dēr, Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullaba, Kissik, (and) Nēmed-Laguda (and) who gave relief to their people; who (re)-established the privileged status (10) of (the city) Baltil (Aššur) that had lapsed; who extended his protection over the city Ḫarrān and recorded their exemption (from obligations) as if (its people…
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