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side 2. Clay prism with historical inscription of Tiglath-pileser I, recalls civil and military achievements including campaigns against the Muski and Kumuh, the conquest of Carchemish, his hunting expeditions and building activities in Ashur and other cities and repair to the temple of Anu and Adad founded by Samsi Adad I in about 1725 BC; 8 cols; 94 + 102 + 103 + 101 + 100 + 105 + 98 + 90 in 6,5,8,9,9,9,8 sections. The lines of Columns I, II, IV, V, VIII are well preserved, while those of the other columns are partly mutilated. After Column VII, line 48, and between lines 88 and 89 of Column VIII, some blank space is left.
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