Tiglath-pileser III 28

Obverse
Duplicate of text no. 15:3–10

Duplicate of text no. 15:3–10

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mim-ma aq-ru ni-ṣir-<ti> LUGAL-ú-ti UDU.NÍTA.MEŠ bal-ṭu-ti ša SÍG.MEŠ-šú-nu ar-ga-man-nu ṣar-pat iṣ-ṣur AN-e mut-tap-ri-šú-ti šá a-gap-pi-šú-nu

(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).

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a-na ta-kil-te ṣar-pu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.GÌR.NUN.NA.MEŠ GU₄.NÍTA.MEŠ ù ṣe-e-ni ANŠE.A.AB.BA.MEŠ MUNUS.ANŠE.a-na-qa-a-te a-di ANŠE.ba-ak-ka-ri-ši-na am-[ḫur]

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i-na 9 BALA.MEŠ-ia -šur be-* ú-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na KUR.É-kap-si KUR.É-sa-an-gi KUR.É-ur-zak-ki KUR.ma-da-a-a KUR.É-zu-al-za-áš KUR.É-ma-at-ti1

(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, Kinkangi, Kindigiasu, Kingialkasiš, Kubušḫati[diš], (5) Upušu, Aḫsipuna, Girgirâ, (and) Kimbazḫati, together with cities in their environs.

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KUR.tup-li-ia-áš al-lik URU.É-d15 URU.ki-in-ka-an-gi URU.ki-in-di-gi-a-su URU.ki-in-gi-al-ka-si- URU.ku-bu--ḫa-ti-[di-]

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URU.ú-pu-šú URU.aḫ-si-pu-na URU.gi-ir-gi-ra-a URU.ki-im-ba-az-ḫa-ti a-di URU.MEŠ-ni ša li-me-ti-šú-nu ak-šud šal-la-su-nu áš-[lu-la]

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ap-pul aq-qur ina IZI áš-ru-up ina u₄-me-šú-ma mul-mul-lu AN.BAR zaq- - li-ta-at -šur EN-ia ina muḫ-ḫi áš-[ṭur] ina UGU [nam-ba-ʾi]

(6b) At that time, I made a pointed iron “arrow,” in[scribed] the mighty deeds of (the god) Aššur, my lord, on it, (and) I set (it) up at [the spring] of the city Bīt-Ištar. Upaš of (the land Bīt)-Kapsi (lit. “son of Kapsi”) assembled his people and ascended Mount Abirus. I pursued him, defe[ated] him, (and) [carried off his booty].

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ša URU.É-d15 ú-kin mú-pa-áš DUMU mkap-si UN.MEŠ-šú ú-paḫ-ḫir-ma a-na KUR.a-bi-ru-us KUR-e e-li ar-ke-e-šú ar-de-e-ma di-ik-ta-šú [a-duk šal-la-su]

1-*: Layard, MS A has -ir.


Created by Hayim Tadmor, Shigeo Yamada, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2011. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2010, for the NEH-funded RINAP Project at the University of Pennsylvania. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003441/.