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~735 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

Achaemenid Persian

RINAP 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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SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)

SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)

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