Chronicle of Tiglath-Pileser I

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The Chronicle of Tiglath-Pileser I is a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Enlil-nirari may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the unfriendly relations between Assyria, the Aramaeans, and Babylonia during the last years of the reign of Tiglath-pileser I (1115-1076).

Translation

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1′ […]-Nergal
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2′-9′ In the limmu-ship of […],

the people ate one another’s flesh to save their lives.

Like a flood’s ravaging water the Aramaean “houses” increased,

plundered the crops of Assyria, conquered and took many fortified cities of Assyria.

People fled toward the mountains of Habruri to save their lives.

The Aramaeans took their gold, their silver, and their possessions.

Marduk-nadin-ahhe, king of Karduniaš, died (1082).

Marduk-šapik-zeri entered upon his father’s throne.

Eighteen years of reign of Marduk-nadin-ahhe.

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10′-13′ In the limmu-ship of […], all the harvest of Assyria was ruined.

The Aramaean tribes increased and seized the bank of the Tigris.

They plundered […] Idu, the district of Nineveh, Kilizi.

In that year, Tiglath-pileser I, king of Assyria, marched to Katmuhu.

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