Neo-Assyrian

“(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of the world, king of Assyria.”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003613/

“After overlap, continued from text no. 11 (1') elephant hides, ivory, red-purple (and) blue-purple wool, multi-colored garments, linen garment[s], numerous [ves]tments [of] their lands, ..., military equipment, a spindle, ..., (and) ... — I received (all of these things) in the city Arpad. (3') [Tutammû, king of the land Unqi], neglected [the loyalty oath (sworn by) the great gods] (and thereby) disregarded his life. On my campaign [... he did not con]sult me. In my fury, (5´) [I ...] of Tutammû, together with [his] nobles, [...] I captured the city Kinalia (Kunalua), his royal city. (6'b) I…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003425/

“After gap, continued from text no. 12 (1) [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] Azriyau (Azrī-Iāu) [... I] seized and [...] ... [...] ... [... I imposed upon them] payment like that of [the Assyrians]. (3b) [...] ... the city Kur... [...] ... [...] his helper(s), the cities El[..., (5) ..., Usn]û, Siʾannu, Ma[...], Kašpūna, [which is] on the sea[coast], together with citi[es ..., as far as Mount Saue — which a]buts [Mount Lebanon] — Mount Ba[ʾali]-ṣapūna, as far as Mount Amma[nā]na — the boxwood mountain — [Mount] Sa[ue in its entirety, the province of the city Kār-Adad, the city Ḫatarikka, the…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003426/

“After overlap, continued from text no. 13 (1) [... they plundered (those cities) and] brought (that booty) [to the land Ḫatti (Syria-Palestine), be]fore me. A eunuch of mine, the provincial governor of the land Naʾiri, captured (and) plundered the cities Supurgillu, [..., (and) ...]aš, together with cities in its environs. [He ...] Šiqilâ, a fortress commander. [He captured (and) plundered ... and] brought (that booty) [to the land Ḫat]ti (Syria-Palestine), before me. (3b) [I settled] 600 captives of the city Amlāte of the (tribe) Damūnu (and) 5,400 captives of the city Dēr (Bīt-Dērāya) [in…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003427/

“Continued from text no. 14 (1) (Dadīlu) of the the city Kasku, Uassurme of the land Tabal, Ušḫitti of the land (A)tuna, Urpallâ of the land Tuḫana, Tuḫam[me of the city Ištunda], Urimmi of the city Ḫubišna (Ḫubušnu), (and) Zabibê, queen of the Arabs: gold, silver, tin, iron, elephant hides, ivo[ry], multi-colored garments, linen garments, blue-purple (and) [red]-purple wool, ebony, boxwood, all kinds of precious things from the royal treasure, li[ve] sheep [whose wool] is dyed red-purple, flying birds of the sky whose wings are dyed blue-purple, horses, mules, oxen and she[ep and goats,…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003428/

“Continued from text no. 15 (1) (Completely destroyed) (3) [... I carried] off their [bo]oty. [...] He assembled [...] and ... to Mount [...] ... [...] ... [... (5) I] went up af[ter them], defeat[ed] them, (and) carried off their [bo]oty. [I ...] Yabittarru [...] ... [(As for) the rest] of them, who had fled to the land Amāte, a district opposite Mount Rūa, and who ... [...], I went after [them], defeated them, (and) took them away as one (group). (7b) (As for) the people of the land Karzibra, ... [...], they abandoned [...]. I pursued them and in the very course of (that) march I swept over…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003429/

“Continued from text no. 16 (1) I conquered (and) defeated the lands [Uppuria, Bustus], Ariarma — the land of roosters — Saksuk[ni, Araquttu, Karzibra, Gukinnana, (and) Bīt-Sagbat, Mount Silḫazi, which] they call [the fort]ress of the Babylonian(s), [... (and) I carried off] their booty. I carried off [..., their horses, their mules, their Bactrian camels, their oxen], (and) their sheep and goats, without number. [I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their] cit[ies; I reduced (them) to mounds and ruins]. (5) [I annexed to Assyria the lands Namri, Bīt-Sangibūti, Bīt-Ḫamban], Sumurzu,…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003430/

“After gap, continued from text no. 17 (1) I captured (and) defeated the cities [...], Ḫista, Ḫarbisinna, Barbaz, (and) Tasa, as far as the Uluruš River. I carried off 8,650 people, [... hors]es, 300 mules, 660 asses, 1,350 oxen, (and) 19,000 sheep. (Those cities) I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire. [...] I annexed their [...] to Assyria, rebuilt those cities, (and) settled therein the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me. [...] (and) set up [the weapon of (the god) Aššur], my [lord], therein. I added it (the area) to the province of the land Naʾiri. (4b) [I captured (and)…”

Source: Tadmor, H. & Yamada, S. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/Q003431/