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  • Tiglath-pileser III 41

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  • Q003454
  • Tiglath-pileser III 41

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  • slab
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 744-727
  • Nimrud (Kalhu)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Tiglath-pileser III

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  [EX001] BM 000126b

Tiglath-pileser III 41

Obverse
Lacuna

Lacuna

1'1'

URU.BÀD-d[KASKAL.KUR-a-a URU.MEŠ-šú-nu GAL.MEŠ GIM DU₆ ú-ab-bit pu-ḫur UN.MEŠ-šú-nu]1

(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.

2'2'

[a]-na KUR -šur [ú-ra-a a-na .DINGIR.RA.KI KU₄-ub UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ .MEŠ a-na pa-an dAMAR.UTU EN-ia aq-qi]

(2'b) [I entered Babylon (and) offered pure sacrifices before the god Marduk, my lord].

3'3'

[KUR].kár-dun-ia-áš [a-bél ... UGU .ra--sa-a-ni šá KUR.kal-di GUN]2

(3') [I exercised authority over] Karduniaš (Babylonia), [...], (and) firmly established [tribute (and) pay]ment [on the chieftains of Chaldea].

4'4'

[ma]-da-at- ú-kin KUR.É-ḫa-am-[ban KUR].su-mur-zu [KUR.É-ba-ar-ru-a]

(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[], the lands Bīt-Taranzāya, Parsua, (and) Bīt-Kapsi, [as far as] the cities Zak[ru]te, Bīt-[Ištar], (and) Niššāya, the land Gizinkisi, the cities Ṣibar (and) Uren[zan] (Urimzan), the lands Uppuria, Bustus, (and) Ariar[ma the land of] roosters Mount Rūa, up to the salt desert of the lands Ušqaqqāna (and) Šikrakki [“the Assyrian] mound” (10´) (and) the fortress of the Babylon[ian](s).

5'5'

[KUR].É-zu-al-za-áš [KUR].É-ma-at-ti [URU.ni-qu šá] KUR.[tup]-li-[ia-áš]

6'6'

[KUR].É-tar-an-za-a-a KUR.par-su-a KUR.É-kap-si [a-di URU].zak-[ru]-ti URU.É-[d15]3

7'7'

URU.ni-šá-a-a KUR.gi-zi-in-ki-is-si [URU].ṣi-bur URU.ú-re-en-[za-an]4

8'8'

[KUR].ú-pa-ri-a KUR.bu-us-tu-us KUR.a-ri-ar-[mi KUR] DAR.LUGAL.MEŠ.MUŠEN5

9'9'

[KUR].ru-u-a KUR-ú a-di É.MUN KUR.-qa-qan KUR.ši-ik-ra-ki DU₆ šá [áš-šu-ri]6

10'10'

URU dan-nu- šá DUMU .DINGIR.[RA].KI a-na mi-ṣir KUR -šur GUR-[ra]7

11'11'

[x] .šu-ut SAG-ia LU.EN.NAM.MEŠ UGU-šú-nu áš-kun ma-da-at-[]8

(11') I placed [...] eunuchs of mine as provincial governors over them. I received the payme[nt of] all of the city rulers of the mountain regions, as far as Mount Bikni.

12'12'

[ša] .EN.URU.MEŠ-ni ša KUR-e -šú-nu a-di KUR.bi-ik-ni am-ḫur9

13'13'

.šu-ut SAG-ia m-šur-KAL-in-an-ni [a]-na KUR.ma-da-a-a KAL.[MEŠ]

(13') I sent a eunuch of mine, Aššur-daʾʾinanni, [ag]ainst the migh[ty] Medes in the east. He took 5,000 horses, people, oxen, and sheep and goats, without number.

14'14'

ša KUR dšam-ši áš-pur 5 LIM ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UN.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ10

15'15'

ù ṣe-e-ni a-na la ma-ni il-qa-[a m]sa-ar-du-ri

(15'b) Sarduri of the land Urarṭu revol[ted] against me and conspired with Matīʾ-i[l] of (the land Bīt)-Agūsi (lit. “son of Agūsi”) (against me). Between the lands [Kištan] and Ḫalpi, districts of the city Kummuḫu, [I ut]terly def[eated him] and took his entire camp away from him.

16'16'

KUR.ú-ra-ar-ṭa-a-a it-ti-ia ib-bal-[kit]-ma it-ti mma-ti-ʾi-[ìl]

17'17'

DUMU ma-gu-us-si -ku-na pi-[i]-šú ina bi-rit KUR.[kiš-ta-an] ù KUR.ḫal-pi11

18'18'

na-ge-e šá URU.ku-um-mu-ḫi BAD₅.BAD₅-[šú SÌG]-ma [ana la] ma--e12

19'19'

nap-ḫar KARAŠ-šú e-kim-šú [na-mur-rat] GIŠ.[TUKUL].MEŠ-ia ip-làḫ-[ma]

(19'b) He became frightened of [the terrifying radiance of] my we[apons], (20´) mounted a mare [in] order to save his life, escaped during the night to Mount Sizi[r], a rugged [mounta]in, and ascended (it).

20'20'

[a]-na šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šú ina MUNUS.ANŠE.KUR.RA U₅-ma <ana> KUR.si-zi-[ir]13

21'21'

[KUR]-i mar-ṣu mu-ši-tíš iḫ-liq-ma e-li msa-ar-du-[ri]

(21'b) I confined Sardu[ri of the land] Urarṭu t[o] the city Ṭuruš[p]â, [his] city, and [in]flicted a [gre]at defeat upon [him] before [his] city gates. I fashion[ed] my royal image [and] (25´) erected (it) in front of [the city] Ṭurušpâ.

22'22'

[KUR].ú-ar-ra-ṭa-a-a i-[na] URU.ṭu-ru--[pa]-a URU-[šú]14

23'23'

e-sir-šú-ma di-ik-ta-[šú ma-ʾa-at]-tu i-na IGI .GAL.MEŠ-[šú]

24'24'

[a]-duk ṣa-lam LUGAL-ti-ia -[-ma] ina tar-ṣi [URU].ṭu-ru-us-pa-[a]

25'25'

ul-ziz 70 KASKAL.GÍD qaq-qa-[ru ina KUR.ú]-ra-[ar-ṭi] ra-ap-[ši]

(25'b) For a distan[ce of] seventy leagues, [I proudly mar]ched [through the] exten[sive land of U]ra[rṭu], from one end to the ot[her] (lit. “from above to below”), (and) I [had] no [op]ponent (therein).

26'26'

ul-tu e-liš a-di šap-[liš e-tel-liš DU].DU [ma]-ḫi-ra ul i-[ši]15

27'27'

[KUR].ul-lu-ba KUR.ḫab-ḫu ša [ku]-tal KUR.na-al [a]-na gi-mir-ti-[ši-na]16

(27') [I con]quered [the lands] Ulluba (and) Ḫabḫu, which are (located) [be]hind Mount Nal, in [their] entirety, (and) I annexed (them) to [Assyria. I set up my] royal [im]age on (the face of) Mount Ilim[meru]. (30) I built [a city i]n the land Ullu[ba (and) I] nam[ed it] Aššur-iqīša. I brou[ght the people of (foreign) lands conquered by] me [the]rein (and) plac[ed a eunuch of mine as provincial] governor [over] them.

28'28'

[ak]-šud a-na mi-ṣir [KUR -šur].KI GUR-ra [ṣa]-lam LUGAL-ti-[ia]

29'29'

[i]-na KUR.i-li-im-[me-ru ul-ziz ina ]-reb KUR.ul-lu-[ba]17

30'30'

[URU] - URU.-šur-BA-šá MU-[šú ab-bi UN.MEŠ KUR.KUR ki-šit-ti] ŠU.II-[ia]18

31'31'

[ina] lìb-bi ú-še-[rib .šu-ut SAG-ia .EN].NAM [ina UGU]-šú-nu áš-[kun]19

32'32'

[...] URU.MEŠ-[ni ...] x [...]

(32') [...] citi[es ...] ... [...]

Lacuna

Lacuna

1The damaged text is restored from text no. 40 lines 14–15.

2The damaged text is restored from text no. 39 lines 14–18.

3URU.É-[d15] “the city Bīt-[Ištar]”: For the restoration, see text no. 47 obv. 30 and 35.

4URU.ú-re-en-[za-an] “the city Uren[zan]”: For the restoration, cf. KUR.ú-ri-im-za-an in text no. 47 obv. 30. With regard to the restoration of damaged text in lines 7´–9´, see text no. 47 obv. 30–32.

5[KUR].ú-pa-ri-a “[the land] Uppuria”: Cf. URU.ú-pa-ri-a and [KUR].ú-pa-ri-a in text no. 35 ii 37´ and text no. 47 obv. 31 respectively. [KUR] DAR.LUGAL.MEŠ.MUŠENthe land of roosters”: W.G. Lambert (personal comminucation) suggests that it is a foreign name that sounds like tarlugallu (“rooster”). CAD T p. 237 sub tarlugallu also notes that it is uncertain if this word is to be read as tarlugallu. The relationship between KUR.a-ri-ar-[mi] (“the land Ariar[ma]”) and [KUR] DAR.LUGAL.MEŠ.MUŠEN is uncertain. [KUR] DAR.LUGAL.MEŠ.MUŠEN could be a descriptive explanation of the land Ariarma or an independent toponym (exact reading unknown).

6É.MUN KUR.-qa-qan KUR.ši-ik-ra-ki: Or translate as “the salt desert, the lands Ušqaqqāna (and) Šikrakki.” The relationship between the salt desert and the lands Ušqaqqāna and Šikrakki is unclear; KUR.-qa-qan KUR.ši-ik-ra-ki could be in apposition to É.MUN “salt desert.” DU₆ šá [áš-šu-ri] “[the Assyrian] mound”: The restoration is based on text no. 16 line 12.

7URU dan-nu- šá DUMU .DINGIR.[RA].KI, “the fortress of the Babylon[ian](s),” refers to Silḫazu, as explicitly stated in text no. 16 line 11 and text no. 47 obv. 31 and 38.

8[x]: For information on the number of eunuchs appointed as provincial governors, see the on-page note to text no. 47 obv. 37.

9Cf. text no. 47 obv. 38–39 and 42.

105 LIM “5,000”: So G. Smith, Notebook 5 and Rost, Tigl. p. 50 line 28; the copy in Loftus, Notebook is in error.

11KUR.ḫal-pi “the land Ḫalpi”: So G. Smith, Notebook 5; the copy in Loftus, Notebook has KUR.ḫal-pu.

12The restorations are based on text no. 39 line 21 and text no. 49 obv. 1´. W. Schramm (EAK 2 p. 132), using Rost’s copy, read the end of the line as -ma--e (“camps”), taking this noun in apposition to KARAŠ-šú (“his camp”) in the following line.

13KUR.si-zi-[ir] “Mount Sizi[r]”: Cf. text no. 49 obv. 2´.

14[KUR].ú-ar-ra-ṭa-a-a “Urarṭian”: ar and ra are interchanged; Rost emended the text.

15šap-[liš e-tel-liš] “be[low, proudly]”: The restoration is based on text no. 39 line 25.

16ša [ku]-tal KUR.na-al “which are (located) [be]hind Mount Nal”: The new reading of the signs is based on text no. 39 line 28. G. Smith’s copy has KUR.ḫab-ḫu ša x KUR.na-al. The x in G. Smith’s copy: The traces appear to resemble the right half of the RI sign, which is read here as tal. -al: The sign cannot be read as -la, as Tadmor suggested in Tigl. III (p. 134). Loftus’ copy has KUR.ḫab-ḫu ša [x (x)] KUR na-x; the lacuna between ša and KUR appears large enough to include two signs. Otherwise, one may prefer to read ša <ku>-tal KUR.na-al “which are (located) [be]hind Mount Nal.”

17KUR.i-li-im-[me-ru] “Mount Ilim[meru]”: The restoration is based on text no. 37 line 36.

18The restoration is based on text no. 39 line 29 and text no. 49 obv. 11´.

19ú-še-[rib] “I brou[ght in]”: See text no. 49 obv. 11´. For the damaged text in the rest of the line, see text no. 39 line 29. [.EN].NAM “[provincial] governor”: All that remains in the copy in Loftus, Notebook are three vertical wedges, apparently a miscopied NAM.


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/Q003454/.

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