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Tiglath-pileser III
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Introductory remarks
In the annals of TIglath-Pileser III, the palû is counted from the accession year not from the first full year of this reign as is the case in annals of Sargon II and Salmanasar III.
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.
