Relief from the central palace of Tiglath-Pileser III
A relief from the central palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Kalah (Nimrud), Assyria, depicting two Assyrian scribes, circa 728 BC. The first scribe appears writing in Assyrian on a clay tablet using a pen, while the second scribe records the same information in Aramaic on the skin. The artifact is located in the British Museum.
Tiglath-Pileser III, or Tokulti-apli-Ishara III, which in Akkadian means (Put my trust in the son of the clan). His name was written in Barrak inscriptions: Tiglath-pileser. In the Tanakh: תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר Tiglat-pileser, one of the kings of Assyria, who ruled the Assyrian state from 745 - 727 BC.
It is not clear whether Tukulti-apli-Ishara III ascended to the throne of Assyria through hereditary law or whether he seized power by hand. But what is noted is that the Kalkhu revolution was his starting point, and that “Baal-Dan,” the ruler of Kalkhu, was the first employee in the government of “Tukulti-apli-Ishara” III. For this reason, and also because “Tukulti-apli-Ishara” III stripped “Shamshi-Ilu,” the ruler of Aram-Nahrain, of his powers, it can be thought that “Tukulti-apli-Ishara” III was involved in the revolt of 745 BC.
Tukulti-apli-Ishara III was able to make Assyria an international power, after it had been a local power when he ascended to its throne. He reformed the kingdom’s system and imposed taxes to strengthen the state and its army, which expanded during his reign. The first concern of the third “Tukulti-apli-Ishara” was to preserve the western part of the Fertile Crescent, the most important maritime outlet for the Assyrian state, as well as to preserve the commercial centers in this part.
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