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~735 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

RINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 23

After gap, continued from text nos. 21 and 22 (1) [...] which [are] without num[ber ...] ... the city Atu[...] the (tribe) Qabiʾi [...] ... [... (5) ... the fortress] of Labbanat [... Arameans] on the banks of [... River(s), ...] the (tribe) Bū[du ...] Continued in text no. 24

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~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 24

Continued from text no. 23 (1) I crossed [o]n rafts. [I ...] all of the Arameans [... I carried off ..., ...] thousand and 9,000 people, [...] thousand and 500 oxen, [...]. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [...]. The terrifying radiance of (the god) Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed the chief[tains of the Chaldeans ...] and [they ...]. (5) They (the chieftains) came [before me] and kissed my feet. (5b) [...] the temple personnel of Esagil, Ezida, (and) E[meslam ... brought] before me the (sacrificial) remnants of the gods Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) Nergal [...] After gap, continued in…

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SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)