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Ashurnasirpal II 004 (Q004458)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAshurnasirpal II 004
IDQ004458
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotNimrud (Kalhu)
Coordinates36.0992, 43.3275

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1'son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II) (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria:
Obverse [1:3] 2'2'–3'3'For my life, that my days might be long, my years many, (for) the well-being of my seed (and) my land, (for) the safekeeping of my vice-regal [throne], (for) abundance in my city, (for) the increase of my people, (for) the thriving of my people in Assyria, [for the scorching of] my enemies, for the destruction of my [dangerous foes], to [subdue] under me princes who oppose me;

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'A TUKUL-{d}MAŠ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur
2'A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ana TI ZI.MEŠ-a GID₂ UD.MEŠ-a šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-a SILIM NUMUN.MEŠ-a KUR-a PAP {[giš}GU.ZA-e]
3'ŠID-ti-a HE₂.GAL₂ URU-a DAGAL UN.MEŠ-a SI.SA₂ LU₂-a KUR aš-šur za-i-ri-ia [a-na qa-me-e aš₂-ṭu-te]-a a-na ZAH₂ mal-ki.MEŠ KUR₂.MEŠ-a a-na GIR₃.II.MEŠ-[a šuk-nu-še]

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