Ashurnasirpal II 021 (Q004475)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004475 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 1'1'–5'5' | [...] troops [... I] brought them down [... I inflicted] upon them a major defeat [...] their [possessions (and)] their flocks [I carried off. As to] their combat troops, [I cut off] their hands [... (x)] 200 of their fighting men [... I] destroyed. |
| Obverse [5:9] 6'6'–9'9' | [...] the tribute of the kings of lands (and) mountains I received. Irbibu [... of the city ...ḫ]ānu, which was his fortified city, [...] trusted [in his own strength] and rebelled against me. By the command of the god Aš[šur, my lord, I marched against him (and)] besieged him. Around his city he had dug a moat. |
| Obverse [9:15] 10'10'–15'15' | I surrounded it with six redoubts [...] the cities on the banks of the River Ḫarmiš, downstream from it, I plundered. I carried off their [possessions (and)] their flocks. [I marched] to the city Mal[(...)ḫ]ānu, their fortified city, [...]. I thundered [like the god Ad]ad, the devastator, against them (and) inflicted upon them a major defeat. [I carried off] their booty, possessions [and flocks ... I] let him go free. [I captured] alive 174 soldiers. [N I] felled [with the sword], twelve I flayed of their skins, [N I] blinded (and) cut out their tongues, [...], 153 I beheaded (lit. “cut off their necks”), [...] I caused [their blood] to flow, 20 [...] I impaled on stakes [...] |
| Obverse [15:17] 16'16'–17'17' | [...], a mighty mountain, five [...] the city Barzania, the city Dikun [... I carried off] their herds [...] I ravaged, destroyed [...] |
| Obverse [17:20] 18'18'–20'20' | [...] ... stone [... which] they held [...] |
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' | [...] a du ni x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ERIM⸣.MEŠ.HI.A.MEŠ x [...] x ⸢ub an⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... u]-še-ri-da-šu₂-nu-⸢te⸣ [...] GAZ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢HI.A.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | [...]-šu₂-nu {udu}ṣe-ni-šu₂-nu x [... mun]-⸢dah-ṣi⸣-[šu₂]-nu rit-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [...]-2 ME ERIM.MEŠ ti-du-ki-šu₂-nu x [...] ⸢u₂⸣-[ne₂]-pil₂ | |
| 6' | [... ma]-⸢da⸣-tu ša₂ MAN.MEŠ-ni KUR.KUR.MEŠ KUR.⸢MEŠ-ni⸣ am-hur {m}ir-bi-bu | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢ha⸣-a-ni ša₂ URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂ [...] | |
| 8' | [... it]-⸢ti⸣-kil-ma KI-ia lu ib-bal-kit ina qi₂-bit aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢e⸣-si-ir-šu₂ URU-šu₂ a-na na-al-ban hi-ri-ṣa ih-ru-uṣ 6 URU.⸢MEŠ⸣-ni | |
| 10' | [... u₂]-šal-bi URU.MEŠ-ni ša₂ ši-di {id₂}har-miš ša₂ KI.⸢TA⸣-šu₂ a-na hu-ub-⸢ta⸣-[a]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11' | [...] x-šu₂-nu {udu}ṣe-ni-šu₂-nu u₂-te₉-ra a-na {uru}mal-x-[...]-⸢ha⸣-a-ni URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂-nu [...] | |
| 12' | [... ki-ma {d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣ ša₂ GIR₃.BAL UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-gu-um GAZ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu [HI].⸢A⸣.MEŠ a-duk šal-la-su-nu ⸢NIG₂⸣.[ŠU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 13' | [... u₂]-še-er-šu 1 ME 74 {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ TI.LA.⸢MEŠ ina ŠU⸣-[ia aṣ-bat x ina {giš}TUKUL u₂-šam]-⸢qit⸣ 12 a-ku-uṣ KUŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [(...)] | |
| 14' | [x IGI.II-šu₂-nu u₂-na-ap]-pil EME.MEŠ-šu-nu u₂-bat-tiq x [...] 1 ME 53 GU₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₂-bat-[tiq ...] | |
| 15' | [...]-ŠID u₂-šar-di 20 x [...]-šu₂ a-na zi-qi-pi u₂-za-⸢qi⸣-[ip ...] | |
| 16' | [...] x KUR-e dan-ni 5 ak-[...] {uru}bar-za-ni-a {uru}di-ku-un [...] | |
| 17' | [...] mar-ši-su-nu x [...] ⸢ap⸣-pul₂ a-qur [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x šid ša₂ NA₄ x [... u₂]-kal-lu-[u₂-ni ...] | |
| 19' | [...]-tu₂-ub a-⸢na⸣ [...] x [...] | |
| 20' | [...] x x [...] |
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