We may find it conceivable that this tradition has gathered together and carried back to the time of the foundation all that memory retained of the acts of Assyrian rulers, the campaigns of conquest of a long series of warlike and mighty sovereigns, the sum total of the exploits to which Assyria owed her supremacy.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
As this monument proves, Tiglath Pilesar's campaigns could not have ended with the fifth year of his reign.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
On the other hand, in campaigns which took place in years subsequent to the attempt against Karchemish, he must have forced his way to the west far beyond the Euphrates, in order to be able to boast on the monument at Karkar "that he ruled from the sea of Nairi as far as the great sea of the west land," i.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker