Tiglath-pileser III 2003 (Q003619)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser III 2003 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003619 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap1 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | On the life of the god Šamaš, the goddess Ereškigal, (and) the Anunnakū gods, the great gods of the netherworld, the destiny of a (mortal) life took Yabâ, the queen, into death and she went the way of her (text: “his”) ancestors. |
| Obverse [4:17] 55–1717 | (As for) anyone in the future — whether (she be) a queen who sits on a throne or a palace lady who is beloved by the king — who removes me from my tomb, or places anybody else with me, and (10) lays her (text: “his”) hand on my jewelry with evil intent (or) opens the seal of that tomb, above (on the earth), under the rays of the sun, may her (text: “his”) ghost roam the open country thirsty, (and) (15) below, in the netherworld, may she (text: “he”) not receive with the Anunnakū gods offerings from the libation of water, the finest beer, wine, (and) flour. |
| Obverse [17:22] 1818–2222 | May the gods Ningišzida (and) Piṭuḫ-idugul, the great gods (20) of the netherworld, inflict (her) corpse (and) phantom with sleeplessness forever. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MU {d}UTU {d}ereš-ki-gal {d}a-nun-a-ki | |
| 2 | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša₂ KI-ti {f}ia-ba-a | |
| 3 | MUNUS.E₂.GAL MUNUS.E₂.GAL ina mu-te NAM ZI-ti | |
| 4 | ik-šu₂-da-še-ma ur-ḫu AD.MEŠ-šu₂ ta-lik | |
| 5 | man-nu EGIR-u₂ lu MUNUS.E₂.GAL MUNUS.E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | ša₂ ina {giš}GU.ZA tu-ša₂-ba lu {munus}ERIM.MEŠ E₂.GAL | |
| 7 | na-ra-an-te MAN ša₂ ul-tu₂ KI.MAḪ-ia | |
| 8 | i-da-ka-in-ni lu mam-ma ša₂-nu-u-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 9 | it-ti-ia i-ša₂-kan-nu u₃ a-na | |
| 10 | šu-ku-ti-ia qa-su ina ḪUL-te LAL-ṣu | |
| 11 | ša₂ {na₄}KIŠIB ša₂ KI.MAḪ šu-a-tu₂ BAD-u₂ | |
| 12 | e-le-nu ina šu-ru-ru {d}šam-ši | |
| 13 | e-ṭe₂-ma-šu₂ ina ṣu-me-e ka-ma-te | |
| 14 | li-ir-pu-du | |
| 15 | šap-la-nu ina KI-tim ina na-qa me-e | |
| 16 | KAŠ SAG {giš}GEŠTIN u₂-pu-un-tu | |
| 17 | it-ti {d}a-nun-na-ki ta-kal-li-mu | |
| 18 | la i-ma-ḫar {d}nin-giš-zi-da | |
| 19 | {d}pi₂-ṭu-hi-du-gul DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 20 | ša₂ KI-tim ša-lam-di zi-qi-qi | |
| 21 | la ṣa-la-lum li-mi₃-du | |
| 22 | a-na du-ri da-ri-iš |
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