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[(The god) Aššur, great lord, the] Enlil of the gods, the one who decrees fates; [the god Marduk, the one who formula]tes designs, creator of mankind, the one who inspects [...], the one who makes firm the foundations of the land; [the god Nabû, holder of] the stylus (and) bearer of the tablet of destinies of the gods, (i 5) [...]; the god Nergal, ..., [...] whose onslaught cannot be withstood; [the god Šamaš, the one who] bestows protection ... [...] ...; [the god Sîn, bright (celestial) light], the one who gives scepter (and) crown (to the king), the one who establishes lor[ds]hip; [the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven (and) ear]th, the one who heaps up abundance (and) plenty, [...] ...; (i 10) [the god Ea, lord of wisdom, the one who] forms everything there is (and) who makes (its) [creatur]e(s) [beautiful; the goddess Ištar, ...] who loves the king, her favorite, ... [...] ...; [the Sebetti, very powerf]ul [lords] who march ahead of my troops (and) strike [down my enemies; the god Amurru, ...] ...; [...] ...; (i 15) [(they are) the great gods who live in] heaven (and) netherworld, [...] ... [...] ... [...].
[Tiglath-piles]er (III), the one appointed by the god Enlil, the prince, the priest of (the god) Aššur, [... the one who] constantly seeks out your holy sites, vice-regent (of) [...] ..., precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), [..., the one] desired by the goddess Šērūa, the great lady; (i 25) [...] ... [...] showed him mercy (and granted him) life; [..., king of the wo]rld, king of Assyria, king of Sumer [and Akkad, king of the] four [quar]ters (of the world), shepherd of (its) people, [the one who established the remis]sion (of debts) for Assyria, the one who pleases the heart of (the goddess) Ištar, [the one who enlarges] the boundary of Assyria, (i 30) [the one who receives the tribute and gi]fts of the entire world. [... set] him (Tiglath-pileser) up [as ... t]o expand its (Assyria’s) extensive population, [...], to shepherd (them) [in safe] pastures, [...] (the god) Aššur, the Enlil of (i 35) [the gods, ...] ... (and) ... [...] to cut down the unsubmissive.
[At the beginning of my reign, in] my first palû, in the sixth month after [I sa]t [in greatness] on [the throne of kingship, I mustered the vast] troops of Assyria [...]
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[...] ... [I] unit[ed them, brought] them [to Assyria, ...]. I plac[ed a eunuch of mine (as provincial governor) o]ver them.
[In my second palû], I marched [to the lands Namri (and) Bīt-S]ingibū[ti (Bīt-Sangibūti). ... the land] Bīt-Barrūa, [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... my ... [...] granted to me. I cut (them) down with the sword (lit. “weapon”) (and) [carried off] their booty. I placed a eunuch of mine (as provincial governor) over the land Parsua (i 10´) (and another) eunuch of mine (as provincial governor) over the land Bīt-Ḫamban, (and) I annexed those lands to Assyria.
I received the payment of Daltâ of the land Ellipu, the city rulers of the lands Namri, (Bīt)-Singibūti (Bīt-Sangibūti), the Medes, (and) all the eastern mountains: horses (and) mules broken to the yoke, Bactrian camels, oxen, [and] sheep and goats, without number.
On my return, Iransu (Iranzu) of the land Mannea heard about the heroic deeds of (the god) Aššur, my lord, that I had done again and again to all of the city rulers of the mountain regions, and terror came over him. He cam[e] to the city Sumbi, [which is ne]xt to Assyria, before me, and kissed my feet. I received horses — white, piebald, Ḫaršian, (and) Ḫar[...] — their ... together with their trappings, ..., (i 20´) majestic bulls, [fatten]ed she[ep], ... [...] ...
In my third palû, Matīʾ-il, [the son of A]ttar-šumqa (Attar-šumkī), fomented a rebellious insurrection against Assyria and violated (his loyalty oath). [He sent] hostile messages about Assyria [to] the kings who ... to the ... of the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine) (and) ... the land Urarṭu and (thus) caused en[mity] in all (of those) lands. Sarduri of the land Urarṭu, [Sulum]al of the land Me[lid], (and) Tarqularu (Tarḫularu) (i 25´) of the land Gurgum [came] to [his] aid. [Between] the lands Kištan and Ḫalpi, districts of the land Kummuḫu, [they] trusted in [one another’s strength and] drew up a battle array.
I marched for [a distance of] seven leag[ues], day and night, and I did not allow the troops of Assyria to rest, did not give (them) water to drink, (and) did not pitch camp nor bivouac (i 30´) my soldiers (allowing them to recover from) their weariness. I fought [with th]em, defeated them, (and) took their camp(s) away from them.
They fled to save [their] lives and Sarduri of the land Urarṭu rode off alo[ne on a] mare [and] escaped during the night. [...] ... [...], (i 35´) who like a crawling (creature) [...] into [...], thistles (and) box thorns that ... [...], crawled (away) and vanished. He returned to his land.
[I departed from] the city Ḫuti[...]. I overwhel[med] 100 cities of Tarḫulara of the land Gurgum. I conquered [...], together with cities in their environs. Tar[ḫulara, ...], (i 40´) together with the foremost men of his land, with [their] corvée baskets, [came before me and] kissed my feet (with a plea) not to destr[oy] the land [Gur]gum. I received [...] from him. I departed from the land Gurgum (and) [I approached] the cities of [...], (where) I pitched camp. The cities Kadamu, Al...[..., ...]
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as far as the city ... [...], the city Bīt-Barrūa, [...] as far as the city (text: “land”) Niqqu of the land Tup[liaš, ...], the land Bīt-Agusi in [its entirety], (ii 5´) the land Pattinu in its entirety, from the city ... [... to] the city Nanpigi, which is on the bank of the Euph[rates] River, [...], the cities Qarnê, Ḫadatete, Da[..., ...], Qinasrina, which is in the steppe, [as far as] the city Damascus, (and) the lands Hamath, (ii 10´) Ḫasuatti, Ṭurinaqadina, (and) Siannu to the[ir] full extent, the cities Ellišu (and) Ṣimirra, which are at the foot of Mount Lebanon, the city Rēši-ṣūri, Mount Ṣapūna, the city Aḫtâ, the emporium(s) on the seashore, the royal “storehouse,” the boxwood mountain, the city Tuʾammu (Tuʾimme), as far as the city Tīl-karme of the land Gurgum — (ii 15´) I annexed (all of those cities and lands) to Assyria.
I increased the territory of Assyria by taking hold of (foreign) lands (and) added countless people to its population. I constantly shepherd them in safe pastures.
I, Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria, who personally conquered all of the lands from east to west (lit. “from sunrise to sunset”), (ii 20´) appointed governors in places where the chariots of the kings, my ancestors, never crossed over. I marched about from the Great Sea of the Rising Sun to the cities Rēši-ṣūri (and) Byblos on the shore of the Great Sea of the Setting Sun, and (thus) I exercised authority over the (four) quarters (of the world).
In my ninth palû, I ordered (my troops) to march against the Medes. I conquered the cities of city rulers who were unsubmissive. I defeated them (and) carried off their booty. I firmly placed my steles in [...], the city Bīt-Ištar, the city Ṣibar (Ṣibur), (and at) Mount Ariarma (and) Mount Silḫazu, mighty mountains. I received payment from those who did submit:
I received 130 and ... horses from the city Bīt-Ištar and its district; 120 (horses) from the cities Ginizinanu, Sadbat, (and) Sisad...; 100 (horses) from Upaš of (the land Bīt)-Kapsi (lit. “son of Kapsi”); 100 (horses) from Ušrû of the land Nikisi; 100 (horses) from Ugsatar of the city Qarkinšera; 100 (horses) from Yaubitir (Yabittarru) of the land A[mat(e)]; 300 (horses) from Bardada of the city Ṣibar (Ṣibur); 33 (horses) from Amaku of the city Kitku...; (ii 35´) 32 (horses) from Šataqupi of the city Uparia; 100 (horses) from Ramateia of the city Kazuqinzani; 100 (horses) from Metraku of the city Uparia; 200 (horses) from Šatašpa of the city Šaparda; 100 (horses) from Uitana of the city Mišita; (ii 40´) 100 (horses) from Ametana of the city Uizak...; [... (horses) from Šata]parnû of the city Urba...; [... (horses) from ...]...bâ of the city Sikrâ; [... (horses) from ...]ia of the city Zakruti; [... (horses) from ... of the city] Aku[...];
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(As for) the kings of the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), the Arameans who are on the shore of the Sea of the Setting Sun, (the people of) the land Qedar, (and) the Arabs: Kuštašpi of the land Kummuḫu, Raqiānu (Rezin) of the land Damascus, (iii 5) Menahem of the land Samaria, Tubaʾil of the city Tyre, Sibitti-baʾil (Sibitti-biʾil) of the city Byblos, Urik(ki) of the land Que, Sulumal of the land Melid, (iii 10) Uassurme of the land Tabal, Ušḫitti of the land Atuna (Tuna), Urballâ of the land Tuḫana, Tuḫamme of the land Ištundi, Urimmi of the land Ḫubišna, (iii 15) Dadīlu of the land Kaska, Pisīris of the city Carchemish, Panammû of [the land Sa]mʾal, Tarḫulara of the land [Gur]gum, (and) Zabibe, queen of the Arabs — (iii 20) I imposed upon them tribute (and) payment of silver, gold, tin, iron, elephant hide(s), ivory, blue-purple (and) red-purple garments, multi-colored linen garments, camels, (and) she-camels.
Moreover, as for Iranzu of the land Mannea, (iii 25) Daltâ of the land Ellipu, (and) the city rulers of the land Namri, the land (Bīt)-Singibūti (Bīt-Sangibūti), (and) of all of the eastern mountains — I imposed upon them horses, mules, Bactrian camels, oxen, (and) sheep and goats, (iii 30) (tribute that) I am to receive annually in Assyria.
I had a stele made in the vicinity of the mountains. I dep[icted] on it (symbols of) the great gods, my lords, (and) I fashioned my royal image on it. I ins[cribed] on it the mighty deeds of (the god) Aššur, my lord, and [my] personal achievements (iii 35) <that> I accomplished again and again throughout (all of) the lands. [... on] the border which ... [...]
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[(As for) the one who ... this] ste[le], may the great gods [who live in heaven (and) netherworld], all of those [whose names are invoked] in th[is] inscription, remove his throne, [overthrow his] dynasty, (and) turn his land into mounds [of ruins] (lit. “mounds and ruins”).
May a future ruler read aloud t[his] inscription, wash (it) with water, anoint (it) with oil, (and) make an offering. (Then) those gods will hear his prayers!