Chapter 00 · 1400 – 1077 BCE
Middle Assyrian
Aššur's first imperial expansion.
~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Tiglath-pileser I 29
“(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of Assyria: (slab) belonging to the house of boxwood.”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005954/
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Tiglath-pileser II 01
“(1) Monument of Tiglath-pileser (II), [king of Assyria, son of Ašš]ur-[rēša]-iši (II), [king of Assyria].”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q006011/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 01
“(i 1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of (the god) Aššur, vice-regent of the god Aššur, attentive shepherd, favorite of the gods Anu and Enlil, whose name the god Aššur and the great gods faithfully called, the one to whom they gave the four quarters (of the world) to administer and the one to whom they entrusted their dominion, the attentive one, appointee of the gods, the one who gladdens the heart of the god Aššur, the one whose conduct is pleasing to the gods of heaven and the netherworld and who is endowed with excellence, the one who…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005837/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 02
“(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, strong king, king of the four quarters (of the world), chosen of (the god) Aššur, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the king whose deeds are pleasing to the gods of heaven (and) netherworld and to whom they allotted the four corners of the earth, (the king whom) they allowed always to exercise rule in the (four) quarters (the world) and who conquered all of those who did not submit to him, capturer of enemy lands, extender of borders, strong king, loved one of the great gods, of lordly lineage whose priesthood in Ekur and whose rule…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005838/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 03
“(1) [Tukultī-Nin]urta (I), king of the world, [strong king, king of] Assyria, [king of kings], lord of lords, [king of the four quarters (of the world)], conqueror of [the rebellious] — those who do not submit to him (and) [who are hostile] to the god Aššur — crusher of [the lands Uqu]manî [and Papḫû] — difficult mountain (regions) — [defeater of the rulers] of the land Qutû, [as far as the land Me]ḫri, disperser of [the forces of the land] Šubarû [to (its) full extent], together with the remote [Na]ʾiri [lands, as far as] the border of Makan, [capturer of] the four quarters (of the world)…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005839/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 04
“(1') in (their/its) entirety, king [...] who with his fierce valor made [...] passable and the mountain peaks [... with the support] of (the god) Aššur, he victoriously passed over them with regularity and to the land [...] the forty kings of the Naʾiri lands and the lands on the coast of the [Upper] Sea [...] and he constantly received their regular tribute in the city Aššur, [...]. (6'b) [At that time, I ... the sanctuaries of] my [city], Aššur, on the north side, terrain and house-plots [...] I erected [... using lim]estone and bricks. I removed its earth. Within [...], I built [...] and I…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005840/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 05
“(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of all of the people, strong king, king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the Upper (and) Lower Seas, king of the extensive mountains and plains, king of the land Šubarû (and) Qutû, and king of all of the Naʾiri lands, the king whom the gods have helped to obtain his desired victories and who shepherds the four quarters (of the world) with his fierce might, am I; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria; (and) son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005841/
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Tukulti-Ninurta I 06
“(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, conqueror of the rebellious — those who do not submit (to him and) who are hostile to the god Aššur — defeater of all of the unsubmissive rebels (of) the lands of the Uqumanî and Papḫû, crusher of the land Katmuḫi (and) the troops of the (land) Qutû — difficult mountain (regions) — disperser of the forces of the land Šubarû to (its) full extent, overwhelmer of all the unsubmissive (of) the lands Alzi (and) Purulumzi, the legitimate ruler who marches about in the four quarters (of the world) with the support of the god…”
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005842/
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