[Palace of Tiglath-pil]eser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world); [valiant man who, with the hel]p of (the god) Aššur, his lord, smashed like pots all who were unsubmissive to him, swept over (them) like the Deluge, (and) considered (them) as (mere) ghosts; [the king who] marched about [at the command of the gods Aššur], Šamaš, and Marduk, the great gods, and exercised authority over lands from the Bitter Sea of Bīt-Yakīn, as far as Mount Bikni in the east, [up to the Sea of the Setting] Sun, as far as Egypt, from the horizon to the zenith, and exercised kingship over them.

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[From] the beginning of my reign until my seventeenth palû, I captured the (tribes) Ituʾu, Rubuʾu, Ḫamarānu, Luḫuʾatu, Ḫaṭallu, Rubbû, [Rapi]qu, Nabātu, Gurumu, Dunanu, Ubulu, Ruʾuʾa, Liʾtaʾu, Marusu, (and those living in) the cities Dūr-Kurigalzu, [Adin]ni, the fortresses of Sarragitu (and) Labbanat, all of the Arameans on the banks of the Tigris, Euphrates, [Su]rappu, (and) Uqnû Rivers, as far as the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun. I annexed (those areas) to Assyria (and) placed [a eunuch] of mine as provincial governor over them.

In Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, Borsippa, Cutha, Kish, Dilbat, (and) Uruk, [cult centers without ri]val, I offered pure sacrifices to the deities Bēl (Marduk), Zarpanītu, Nabû, Tašmētu, Nergal, and Laṣ, the gods, my lords, and presented gifts (to them).

I exercised authority over the extensive land of [Kardu]niaš (Babylonia) and exercised kingship over it.

I eradicated the lands [Bīt-Sil]āni (Bīt-Šilāni) (and) Bīt-Saʾalli (Bīt-Šaʾalli) to their full extent. I personally captured Nabû-ušabši (and) Zaqiru, their kings. [By means of earthworks] and battering rams, I captured the cities [Sarrabā]nu, Tarbaṣu, Yaballu, Dūr-Baliḫāya, (and) Malilatu, their large royal cities. I carried off 155,000 people, with their possessions, (15) [their goods], their [property], (and) their livestock, without number. I annexed those lands to Assyria.

I smashed [the land Bīt-Amukāni] and brought all of its people to Assyria. I confined Mukīn-zēri, their king, to Sapīya (Šapīya), his city.

I annexed to Assyria [the cities Ḫilimmu (and) Pillatu, (cities) on] the border of the land Elam (and) I placed (them) under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the city Arrapḫa.

[I received payment from the chieftains] of Chaldea, Balāssu of (the land Bīt)-Dakkūri (lit. “son of Dakkūri”), Nādinu of (the city) Larak, [Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan) of (the land Bīt)-Yakī]n (lit. “son of Yakīn”), king of the Sealand: natural, unrefined gold, silver, precious stones, ebony, ellūtu-wood, oxen, (and) sheep and [goats].

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The lands [Namri, Bīt-Sangibūti, Bīt-Ḫa]mban, Sumurzu, Bīt-Barrūa, Bīt-Zualzaš, [...]

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