All tablets.

Adad-nerari III 2006

(1) Property of Pālil-ēreš, eunuch, the governor of the city Nēmed-Ištar (and) of the land Raṣappa.

Adad-nerari III 2008 / CDLI Seals 009581

(1) Seal of [Aš]šur-bēlu-uṣur, eunuch of Pālil-ēreš, the governor of the land Raṣappa.

Writing & Literature

Adad-nerari III 2010

(1) The god Aššur, the great lord, the king of the gods [who] decrees destinies; the god Anu, the mighty (and) foremost one, the ancestor of the great gods; the god Enlil, the father of the gods, the lord of the lands who makes kingship great; the god Ea, the wise one, the king of the apsû who grants wisdom; (5) the god Marduk, the sage of the gods, the lord of omens, the commander of all; the god Nabû, the scribe of Esagil, the possessor of the tablet of destinies of [the gods] who resolves differences; [the god] Sîn, the luminary [of heaven and netherworld], the lord of the lunar disk who…

Adad-nerari III 2011

(1') [...] troops [...] the river [...] wagon, might of the fearful flood, [...] strife. Šamšī-ilu, a man (who is) fearless [in battle, ...] ... upon his steeds, the extensive river [... (5´) ...] to him and Argišti, in the midst of battle, the bow [... he (Argišti) abandoned] his camp (and) with a single horse he [disappeared]. (6-b) [...] him and the army of the land Amurru, the people of Nir... [...] evil approaching (and) rebellion becoming rife (lit. “strong”) [...] his/its meadow like a ..., like a ... [... (10´) ...] ... the blood of his warriors being shed, with redness [it dyed ...]…

Adad-nerari III 2012

(1') the chief of the extensive army. (2') At that time, I built a city on the border of Baltil (Aššur), by Mount Ebiḫ, on the bank of the Tigris River, and surrounded it entirely (with a wall). I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. I called the name of that city Šarru-iddina. (9') I wrote my commemorative inscription and (thus) established my name for eternity. May those who come after see this commemorative inscription of mine. May they heed my name and [...]

Adad-nerari III 2013

(1) For (the god) Aššur, his lord, has Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, dedicated (this) for his life.

Adad-nerari III 2014

(1) Property of Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

(1) For the goddess Gula, his lady: Pān-Aššur-lāmur, the governor of Baltil (Aššur), dedicated (this) for the life of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) his (own) life.

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

(1') who resides in the ciy Dūr-kat[limmu, the] holy [shrine], his beloved abode, the great lord, his lord: (3') Pālil-ēreš, [the gover]nor of the land R[asappa], the city [Nēmed-Ištar, (and) the city Apk]u, had a gol[den sw]ord made and made and presented an image of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, his lord, to the god Salmānu (Text: “Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria”), his lord, who protects the throne of his priesthood, to give into his hands the scepter that shepherds the people, for the well-being of his seed, the well-being of the people of Assyria and the well-being of Assyria, to…

Law·Religion & Myth

Adad-nerari III 21

For (the god) Aššur, the great lord, his lord: Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god [Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also [appointee] of the god Enlil and vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [dedicated (this)] for his life (and) [the well-being of his seed] and his land.

Adad-nerari III 1001

(1') No translation warranted. (1'') No translation warranted.

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 3

A royal prayer formula addressed to Aššur and the gods of Eḫursaggalkurkurra, attesting the liturgical language by which Shalmaneser IV legitimised his reign during the poorly documented mid-eighth-century Assyrian 'interlude'.

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 1

(1) Shalmaneser (IV), strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) When Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, marched to Damascus, I received the payment of Ḫadiānu of Damascus: silver, gold, copper, his royal bed, his royal couch, his daughter, together with her extensive dowry, the property of his palace, without number. (11) On my return march, I gave this boundary stone to Uspilulume, the king of the city Kummuḫu. (13b) (As for) whoever (dares) to take (this boundary…

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 2

(1) The god Marduk, the great lord, the king of the gods who holds the circumference of heaven and netherworld, populates cities, establishes sanctuaries, (and) supervises all of the shrines of the gods; the god Nabû, the scribe of the gods who grasps the holy tablet stylus, carries the tablet of the destinies of the gods, provides for the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, (and) continually gives food rations (and) thereby grants life; (5) the god Šamaš, the light of the lands, the judge of all of the cities, protector of the (four) quarters (of the world); the god Sîn, the luminary of heaven and…

~765 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan III 1

(1) [(...)] Aššur-dān (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent [of (the god) Aššur (...), son of] Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Ašš[ur (...), son of] Šamšī-Adad (V), [(who was) also] appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur (...)]: (4) [(...)] the main courtyard of Eḫursa[gkurkurra ...] the main courtyard [...]

BAM 6, 531

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] ... [...] [...] like the ... of a man ... [...] [...] against/to Nergal(?) ... the head [...] [... "Hand]-of-a-god," "Hand-of-Ishtar," "Hand-of-a-ghost" — incantation(s) [...] [...] ... and I collated (it). I, Ashur[banipal ...] [... to whom Nabû(?)] and Anu(?) granted broad understanding, [... for] my reading(?) — whatever (pertains to) that work [...] [...] ... as much as exists, on tab[lets ...] [...] (traces only) [...]

Writing & Literature

Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] the anci[ent] city Kalhu [which Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built ...] [...] the land Zamua to [its] full ext[ent ...] [...] a palace of cedar [...] [... be]asts of the mountains and of the sea[s (in white limestone and alabaster I fashioned and stationed at its gates) ...]

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

(obverse, fragmentary) [... Ashurnasirpal (II)], strong [king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, [strong] king, [...] [... king of all] the four quarters, who has no rival, [...] [... mighty] flood, who has no [opponent, ...] [...] ... (traces only) [...]

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

[Sh]almaneser, great [king, strong king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [great king,] strong king, king of the universe, king of [Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II)], (who was) also king of the universe and king of Assyria: brick[work] of the ziggurat [of Kalhu].

~750 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nerari V 1

(1') with scaling ladders and a siege ramp [... where] hostilities occurred [..., whom ...] the king, my ancestor, [had appointed] to be king [... I appointed] Marduk-šarru-uṣur to the governorship [of ...]. (5'b) [No one will appear in court and] protest, [not] with Aššur-nārārī (V) [...] Aššur-nārārī (V), king of Assyria, [has issued] a decree [concerning ...] which is in front of the city Tepata [...] established freedom from taxation (and) [gave it] to Zaza[... Grain and] straw taxes will not be collected [...].

Tiglath-pileser III 46

Chronicles Tiglath-pileser III's systematic absorption of Aramean tribes along the Tigris and Euphrates — the demographic and territorial pressure that reshaped the Levantine political map in the 730s BCE.

Tiglath-pileser III 50

Records Tiglath-pileser III's annexation of Unqi, Ḫatarikka, and Damascus into directly governed Assyrian provinces — the administrative mechanism behind the destruction of the Aramaean states attested in 2 Kings 15–16.

Tiglath-pileser III 51

Claims dominion from the Persian Gulf to Mount Damāvand, mapping the farthest eastern reach Tiglath-pileser III asserted over the Neo-Assyrian empire at its mid-8th-century territorial peak.

Tiglath-pileser III 01

Beginning of the Annals missing (1) Precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), beloved of the god(dess) [(DN and) Šē]rūa, ..., creation of the goddess Ninmena, who [(...)] ... for the dominion of the lands, (...) who grew up to be king, ... [(...)] governor, [(...)] ..., the one who increases voluntary offerings for ..., ... [(...)] of emblems, (5) powerful male, light of all of his people, lord of [(...) all] rulers ..., the one who overwhelms his foes, valiant man, the one who destroys [(...)] enemies, who cuts (straight) through interlocking mountains like a (taut) string and ... [...] ... Continued…

Tiglath-pileser III 02

Continued from text no. 1 (1) warrio[r ... who made ... bow down at his] feet [..., who] pu[t ... to the sword (lit. “weapon”), ...] circumsp[ect ...], (5) (No translation possible) Continued in text no. 3

Tiglath-pileser III 03

Continued from text no. 2 (1) [... he] made [...] kiss [his feet ... mo]untains [... in/of] battle [... he (a god) made my weapon/rule greater than all of those/the kings who] sit on (royal) daises, (5) [... ci]rcumspect [..., ... exalted lio]n-dragon, [...] inhabited world. Continued in text no. 4

Tiglath-pileser III 04

Continued from text no. 3 (1) At the beginning of my reign, in my first palû, in the fifth month after I sat in greatness on the throne of kingship, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and [I marched] against (the Aramean tribes) Ḫamarānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, Ḫatallu, Rubbû, Rapiqu, Ḫīrānu, (5) Rabbi-ilu, Naṣīru, Gulūsu, Nabātu, Liʾtaʾu, Raḫīqu, Kapīri, Rummulītu (Rummulūtu), Adilê, Gibrê, Ubūdu, Gurūmu, After gap, continued in text no. 5

Tiglath-pileser III 05

After gap, continued from text no. 4 (1) [... I] adorned them (statues of the gods) and they (the gods) went (back) to their land. I rebuilt th[ose] cities. I built a city on top of a tell (lit. “a heaped-up ruin mound”) called [Ḫumut]. I b[uilt (and) co]mpleted (it) from its foundations to its parapets. [Inside (it), I founded] a palace for my royal residence. I named it Kār-Aššur, set up the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people [of (foreign) lands] conquered by me therein. [I] imposed upon them [tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of…

Tiglath-pileser III 06

Continued from text no. 5 (1) I restored and [...] Assyria to [...]. I built a city [... Inside (it), I founded] a palace for [my] royal residence. [...]. I named it [..., set up] the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, th[erein, (and) settled the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein. I imposed upon them tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of Assyria. (4b) [I fashioned (on a stele) my royal] image [and the image(s) of the great gods, my lords, inscribed on it the mighty victories (lit. “victory and might”)] (5) that I had [achieved again and again] over…

Tiglath-pileser III 07

Continued from text no. 6 (1) [...] the cities Kušianaš, Ḫaršu, Šanaštiku, Kiškitara, Ḫaršaya, Ayubak, [...]. They (the enemy) took to a high mountain peak in the mountainous terrain of Mount Ḫaliḫadri. I pursued them and defeated them. [...] I burned with fire [the ... of the people (...) who] entered the ravines of the mountains. I surrounded (and) captured the city Uzḫari of the land Bīt-Zatti. (3b) [I ...] Kākî, [king of ...]. I surrounded, captured, (and) plund[ered (... and)] the city Kitpattia (Kitpat) of the land Bīt-Abdadāni, which Tunaku had seized. (5) [...] I rebuilt [the city]…

Tiglath-pileser III 08

Continued from text no. 7 (1) (and) I plundered (it). Ramateia of the land Arazi[aš ...]. He fled furtively (lit. “like a centipede”) and no one fou[nd his (hiding) place. ...] I offered [...], horses, oxen, sheep and goats, lapis lazuli hewn from its mountain, [... to the] great [gods], my lords. (4b) Tunî of the land Sumurzu ... [...]. (5) I captured [...]. I impaled his warriors, [...]. I an[nexed] the lands Sumurzu (and) Bīt-Ḫamban to Assyria. [(...)] I settled [the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein] (and) placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. I…

Tiglath-pileser III 09

After gap, continued from text no. 8 (1') [... I] bro[ught] (those) people [to Assyria. ...]. (2'b) [In] my [third palû, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encourag]ed me [and ...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [... Sulumal of the land Mel]id, Tarḫu-lara of [the land Gurgu]m, [... (5´) ...] ... in all lands, [they trusted] in one another’s strength, [... With] the power and might of (the god) Aššur, my lord, [I fought] with [them (and) defeated them. ...] I killed their [warriors] (and) I filled the mountain gorges with them (their corpses). I took without number [their] chariots, [...], (and) their [...].…

Tiglath-pileser III 10

After gap, continued from text no. 9 (1') [I captured the cities ..., Alin]zirānu, [Tašliana, (and) Tirḫim, as far as Mount] Sinie (Sinia), (and) I added (them) [to the province of the chief] cupbearer. (4') [(As for) the land ..., from] the cities Ququsanšu (and) [Barzunna to the cities Ḫa]rbisinna, [Abbissâ, (and) Tasa, as far as the land Uluruš], (which is) above the bank [of the Tigris River, the land Lusia — the land of (the metal) lead — the land Ama]dīnu, [..., the cities Qilissa], Ezzēda, Continued in text no. 11

Tiglath-pileser III 1001

(1) Palace of Tiglath-[pileser, ...]

Tiglath-pileser III 1002

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria.

Tiglath-pileser III 1003

(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria.

Tiglath-pileser III 1004

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

Tiglath-pileser III 12

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…

Tiglath-pileser III 13

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…

Tiglath-pileser III 14

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…

Tiglath-pileser III 15

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,…

Tiglath-pileser III 16

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…

Tiglath-pileser III 17

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,…

Tiglath-pileser III 18

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)…

Tiglath-pileser III 19

Continued from text no. 18 (1) which is in midst of the land Muṣurni[..., ...] their sons, their daughters, [their] fam[ily, ...] I cut off [their hands] and I [released] (them) in their (own) land. [I carried off ...] horses, mules, [...]. (5) I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire [...]. I captured, destroyed, devastated, (and) [burned] with fire [...]. I captured (and) defeated him ... [...] After gap, continued in text no. 20

Tiglath-pileser III 20

After gap, continued from text no. 19 (1') [of] Raḫiānu (Rezin) [of the land Damascus ... I carried off his he]avy [booty. ...] his advisor [... With the blood of his] war[riors I] dyed the [...] River, [..., a] raging [torrent], red [like a fl]ower. [I ...] his [lead]ers, (5´) charioteers, and [...]. I broke their weapons. I cap[tur]ed ... their horses, [their] mul[es], his [war]riors, archers, (as well as his) shield [bea]rers (and) lancers, and [I disper]sed their battle array. (8'b) In order to save his life, he (Raḫiānu) fled alone and entered the gate of his city [like] a mongoose.…

Tiglath-pileser III 2001

(1) [I, Ninurta-bēlu]-uṣur, provincial governor of the city Kār-Shalma[neser], erected solid basalt [lions ...] ... (which are) in the gate[s of] the city Ḫadattu. (4b) Ninurta-bēlu-uṣur, of the city Ṣirani, which is (in the area of) the city Ḫalaḫḫi, which is in front of the city Lipapan in the mountains, (and) my ancestral city: (6b) At that time, I created, built, (and) completed the city Ḫadattu. (8) (As for) a future ruler who repairs its dilapidated section(s but) erases my inscribed name and inscribes his (own) name (in its place), may (the god) Aššur, the great lord, (10) in the assemb…

Tiglath-pileser III 2002

(1) To the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth, his lord: Aššur-rēmanni presented (this object) for the life of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria, his lord, and for his (own) life.

Tiglath-pileser III 2003

(1) On the life of the god Šamaš, the goddess Ereškigal, (and) the Anunnakū gods, the great gods of the netherworld, the destiny of a (mortal) life took Yabâ, the queen, into death and she went the way of her (text: “his”) ancestors. (5) (As for) anyone in the future — whether (she be) a queen who sits on a throne or a palace lady who is beloved by the king — who removes me from my tomb, or places anybody else with me, and (10) lays her (text: “his”) hand on my jewelry with evil intent (or) opens the seal of that tomb, above (on the earth), under the rays of the sun, may her (text: “his”)…