Tiglath-pileser III 48
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Lacuna | ||
1'1' | [...] x [...] | (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] (it) under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the city Ṣi[mirra]. |
2'2' | ||
3'3' | [... ZI.MEŠ-šu-nu] ú-šat-bi-ik URU šu-a-tu ⸢a⸣-[di ...]1 | |
4'4' | [... ina] MURUB₄ tam-tim ar-ḫi-su-nu-ti-ma a-di ⸢la⸣ [ba-še-e]2 | |
5'5' | [ú-šá-lik ... šu-ú ḫur-ba-šú ta-ḫa-zi-ia UGU-šú im]-⸢qut⸣-ma it-ru-ku ŠÀ.MEŠ-šú TÚG.sa-gu il-la-biš x [...]3 | |
6'6' | ||
7'7' | [...] ZÚ AM.SI Ì DÙG.GA ŠIM.ḪI.A DÙ-a-ma ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ KUR.⸢mu⸣-[uṣ-ri] | |
8'8' | ||
9'9' | [a-di ...] ina ŠU.II LÚ.šu-ut SAG-ia LÚ.GAR.KUR URU.⸢ṣi⸣-[mir-ra] | |
10'10' | [am-nu ... GIM ur]-qí-ti LÚ.ADDA.MEŠ LÚ.mun-<daḫ>-ṣe-e-šú-nu ú-mal-la-a [EDIN] | (10'b) [... Like gr]ass, I filled [the plain] with the corpses of their warriors. [... I carried off ..., together with] their belongings, their oxen, their sheep and goats, their asses, [...] inside his palace [...]. I accepted (their plea) [to forgi]ve their rebellion (lit. “sin”) and I s[pared] their land. [...]. |
11'11' | [... a-di] ⸢mar⸣-ši-ti-šú-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šú-nu ṣe-e-ni-šú-nu ANŠE.NÍTA-šú-nu [...] | |
12'12' | ||
13'13' | [... mi?]-⸢iš?⸣ ḫi-ṭi-šú-nu am-ḫur-šú-nu-ti-ma KUR-su-nu ú-⸢bal?⸣-[li-iṭ?]5 | |
14'14' | [... mḫa-a-nu]-ú-nu URU.ḫa-az-za-ta-a-a la-pa-an GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-<ia> KAL.MEŠ ip-làḫ-ma a-[na KUR.mu-uṣ-ri]6 | (14'b) [(As for) Ḫan]ūnu of the city Gaza, he became frightened by <my> powerful weapons and [escaped] t[o Egypt. (15´) I conquered the city Gaza, his royal city, (and) I carried off ... talents of] gold, 800 talents of silver, people, together with their possessions, his (Ḫanūnu’s) wife, [his] sons, [his daughters, ..., his property, (and) his gods]. |
15'15' | [in-na-bi-it URU.ḫa-az-zu-tu URU LUGAL-ti-šú ak-šud x (x) GUN] KÙ.GI 8 ME GUN KÙ.BABBAR UN.MEŠ a-di mar-ši-ti-šú-nu DAM-su DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šú] | |
16'16' | [... NÍG.ŠU-šú DINGIR.MEŠ-šú áš-lu-la] ṣa-lam DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia <ù> ṣa-lam LUGAL-ti-ia ša KÙ.GI [DÙ-uš]7 | (16'b) [I fashioned] (a statue bearing) image(s) of the great gods, my lords, <and> my royal image out of gold, [erected (it) in the palace of the city Gaza, (and) reckoned (it) among the gods of their land]; I established [th]eir [sattukku offerings]. |
17'17' | [i-na qé-reb É.GAL ša URU.ḫa-az-zi-ti ul-ziz a-na DINGIR.MEŠ KUR-šú-nu am-nu-ma sat-tuk-ki-šú]-nu ú-kin ù šu-ú ul-tu KUR.mu-uṣ-ri GIM iṣ-ṣu-[ri ip-par-šam-ma] | (17'b) Moreover, as for him (Ḫanūnu), [he flew] (back) from Egypt like a bir[d and ... I returned him to his position]. I considered [his ... as an] Assyrian [emporium. I erected] (a stele with) my royal image in the city Brook of Egypt, a river(bed) [that ...]. |
18'18' | [... a-na KI-šu ú-ter-šu-ma ...-šú a-na É ka-a-ri ša KUR] ⸢aš⸣-šur am-nu ṣa-lam LUGAL-ti-ia ina URU na-ḫal mu-ṣur ⸢ÍD⸣ [ša x (x)] | |
19'19' | [... ul-ziz ... 1 ME GUN] KÙ.BABBAR as-su-ḫa-am-ma a-na KUR aš-šur.KI [ú-ra-a]8 | (19'b) I removed (from his treasury) [... (and) ... and 100 talents of] silver and [brought] (it) to Assyria. |
20'20' | [... ana LUGAL.MEŠ-ni] ⸢a⸣-li-kut pa-ni la iš-pi-lu-ma la iš-pu-ra ši-pir-šú ki-šit-te KUR.⸢ḫat⸣-[ti iš-mé-e-ma]9 | (20') [(As for) ..., ... who] had not submitted [to the kings], (my) predecessors, and who had not sent his message (to any of them), [he heard about] the conquest of the land Ḫ[atti (Syria-Palestine). The terrifying radiance of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed him] and he became distressed. [He sent] his envoys [to Kalḫu, before me], to do obeisance, [...]. |
21'21' | [na-mur-rat aš-šur EN-ia is-ḫup-šú]-⸢ma⸣ ir-šá-a na-kut-tú LÚ.MAḪ.MEŠ-šú ša e-peš LÚ.ARAD-ú-ti [a-na URU.kal-ḫa] | |
22'22' | [a-di maḫ-ri-ia iš-pu-ra ...] ⸢m⸣si-ru-at-ti KUR.mu-ʾu-na-a ša KI.TA ⸢KUR.mu-uṣ⸣-[ri ...] | (22'b) (As for) Siruatti the Meʾunite (Muʾna), whose [territory is] below Egy[pt, ...], he he[ard the mention of my] exalted [name] (and) my own extensive conquest(s), [and ...]. |
23'23' | [... zi-kir? MU-ia?] ⸢ṣi⸣-i-ru ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia šu-tur-tú iš-[mé-e-ma ...]10 | |
24'24' | [... ša fsa-am-si šar-rat KUR.a-ri-bi] ⸢ina⸣ KUR.sa-qu-ur-ri KUR-e 9 LIM 4 ME di-ik-⸢ta⸣-[šú-nu a-duk ...]11 | (24'b) [As for Samsi, queen of the Arabs], at Mount Saqurri, I de[feated] 9,400 (of her people). (25´) [I took away (from her) ..., thrones of] her [gods], the military equipment (and) staffs of her goddess(es), (and) [her property]. |
25'25' | [... né-mat-ti DINGIR.MEŠ-ni]-⸢šá⸣ GIŠ.til-li GIŠ.NÍG.GIDRU.MEŠ diš-tar-šá [NÍG.GA-šá e-kim ù ši-i a-na šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šá]12 | (25'b) [Moreover, she, in order to save her life, ...] (and) set out [like a female on]ager [to the desert, a place (where one is always) thirsty. I set] the rest [of (her) possessions (and) her tents, her people’s safeguard within her camp, on fire]. |
26'26' | [... a-na ma-ad-ba-ri a-šar ṣu-ma-me GIM MUNUS.ANŠE].⸢EDIN⸣.NA taš-ku-na pa-ni-šá si-ta-[at NÍG.GA kul-ta-ri-šá ḫu-ra-da-at UN.MEŠ-šá]13 | |
27'27' | [i-na MURUB₄ KARAŠ-šá ina IZI áš-ru-up fsa-am-si la-pa-an GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-ia KAL.MEŠ taš-ḫu-ut-ma ANŠE.A.AB.BA].MEŠ MUNUS.ANŠE.a-na-qa-a-te a-⸢di⸣ [ANŠE.ba-ak-ka-ri-ši-na]14 | (27'b) [Samsi became startled by my mighty weapons and she brought camel]s, she-camels, with [their young, to Assyria, before me]. |
Lacuna |
1[ZI.MEŠ-šu-nu] ú-šat-bi-ik “I made (them) lay down [their lives]”: For the restoration, see Ludlul Tablet I line 59 (Lambert, BWL p. 32).
2a-di ⸢la⸣ [ba-še-e ú-šá-lik] “[I] anni[hilated] (them)”: Restored from context.
3[šu-ú ḫur-ba-šú ta-ḫa-zi-ia UGU-šú im]-⸢qut⸣ “[As for him, terror of my battle array fe]ll [upon him]”: Restored from context; see Luckenbill, Senn. p. 34 iii 55.
4[áš]-⸢kun⸣ “[I est]ablished”: The reading follows a suggestion by E. Frahm (AfO 44/45 [1997–98] p. 403).
5The conjectural restorations are based on context. Alternatively, one could restore ú-⸢ḫal⸣-[li-iq] (“I des[troyed]”) at the end of the line. If the latter suggestion proves correct, then this line describes the destruction of Israel.
6For the restoration of damaged text in the Ḫanūnu episode, see the on-page notes to text no. 42 lines 8´–15´.
7Following Tadmor, Tigl. III (p. 177 n. 16), the passage is interpreted to mean a single object, possibly a golden royal statue bearing divine symbols, although it could have also been a stele or another monument bearing image(s) and symbols. For this opinion, see also Hamilton, Harvard Theological Review 91 (1998) p. 229; and Machinist, CDOG 5 pp. 427–428 n. 57.
8The beginning of the line is restored from text no. 49 rev. 12.
9For the restoration of damaged text, see text no. 49 rev. 23–25.
10The restorations at the beginning of the line are conjectural.
11For the restoration of damaged text in the Samsi episode, see the on-page note to text no. 42 lines 19´–34´.
12GIŠ.til-li “military equipment”: For this reading, see Frahm, Sanherib p. 105; cf. Tadmor, Tigl. III p. 178, where the signs were read as GIŠ.be-li.
13si-ta-[at NÍG.GA] “the rest [of (her) possessions]”: Cf. Grayson, RIMA 3 p. 34 A.0.102.6 i 37.
14The narrative is resumed in text no. 47 rev. 1´; see the commentary of this text and Tadmor, Tigl. III p. 155 fig. 8.
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/Q003461/.