Tiglath-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 the city Ḫa[datt]u from its foundations to its parapets. (20) ... [...] I ro[of]ed it with [beams of] ...-wood (and) hung cedar doors in [its] gate[s]. I named it [...].

(21b) I installed inside it an image of the goddess Ištar. ... [...] ... [...] ... an image of me praying ... [...].

(23b) [At the command of] the goddess Ištar, I stationed in its gate wild bulls of solid basalt, whose feature(s) [...] iron ... [...] ... The name of the first wild bull, (25) which [stands] on [the west] side, is “[Fier]ce Storm That [Captures Enemi]es (and) Overthrows the King’s Foes (lit. “Evildoers”).” The name of the second wild bull, which stands on the east side, is “The One That Attains Victories for the King, the One That Allows (Him) to Ach[iev]e Everything (He) Desires, (and) the One [That Drives] Out Evil (and) Brings in Good.”

(26b) I set them up in a place to be seen in the city Ḫadattu for (the preservation of) my life, the acceptance of my prayers, the prolongation of my reign, [the well-being of] my seed, the securing of the throne of my priestly office, (and in order) not to become ill, (and) for success at harvest time in [As]syria (and) [the well-being of] Assyria.