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Tiglath-pileser III
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Introductory remarks
palû of Tiglath-pileser III
| Year | Year number | pâlu dating | Major event(s) | Eponym |
| 745 | Acc. year | palû 1 | Campaign in northern and eastern Babylonia ; Tiglath-phalazar III ascends to throne | Nabû-bēlu-uṣur |
| 744 | 1 | palû 2 | Campaign against Media | Bēl-dān, 10 šanāti [Aššur-nērārī] |
| 743 | 2 | palû 3 | Victory over the king of Urartu and his anatolian allies | Tukultī-apil-Ešarra (III) |
| 742 | 3 | palû 4 | Arpad besieged | Nabû-daʾʾinanni |
| 741 | 4 | palû 5 | Arpad besieged | Bēl-Ḫarrān-bēlu-uṣur |
| 740 | 5 | palû 6 | Victory over Arpad | Nabû-ēṭiranni |
| 739 | 6 | palû 7 | Victory over Unqi and Hatarikka | Sîn-taklāk |
| 738 | 7 | palû 8 | Campaign against Media | Adad-bēlu-kaʾʾin |
| 737 | 8 | palû 9 | Campaign to the Urartian border. | Bēl-ēmuranni |
| 736 | 9 | palû 10 | Campaign against Media | Ninurta-ilāya |
| 735 | 10 | palû 11 | Campaign against Urartu | Aššur-šallimanni |
| 734 | 11 | palû 12 | Campaign to Philistia and Egyptian border | Bēl-dān |
| 733 | 12 | palû 13 | Siege of Damascus, Campaigns against Arabs and to Gilead and Galilee | Aššur-daʾʾinanni |
| 732 | 13 | palû 14 | Victory over Damascus | Nabû-bēlu-uṣur |
| 731 | 14 | palû 15 | Victory over Chaldean tribes and siege of Šapīya | Nergal-uballiṭ |
| 730 | 15 | palû 16 | - | Bēl-lū-dāri |
| 729 | 16 | palû 17 | Victory over Mukīn-zēri and conquest of Babylon | Lipḫur-ilu |
| 728 | 17 | palû 18 | Tiglath-phalasar III participates in the akītu-festival in Babylon | Dūr-Aššur |
| 727 | 18 | palû 19 | Death of Tiglath-Phalasar III | Bēl-Ḫarrān-bēlu-uṣur |
From Yamada S., “Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III: Chronographic-Literary Styles and the King’s Portrait”, Orient 49, 2014, p. 32-33.
