Ashurnasirpal II 022 (Q004476)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004476 |
| 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 [0:7] 1'1'–7'7' | which from the time of [...] the statue with the name of Tiglath-pil[eser .... To the lands N]airi I marched. The city Barzaništu[(un) I conquered ... I carried off] their [property], possessions, oxen, sheep, [... (and)] turned (it) into ruin hills. The heads of [their] warriors [I cut off ...] of the lands Nairi, horses, mules, [...] I burnt, ravaged, destroyed, (and) [turned] into ruin hills. |
| Obverse [7:13] 8'8'–13'13' | [...] the city Tillê rebelled [... a garrison at ...] they stationed. At the city Kaḫat they stationed [a garrison ...]. Setting out from Nineveh the River [Tigris I crossed, I conquered the city ... I carried off] their booty, possessions, oxen, sheep, [...] they pursued him. [I massacred] many of them. [...] brought back |
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' | [...] x ša₂ TA ⸢tar-ṣi⸣ {m}[...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ṣa-lam⸣ MU ša₂ {m}{giš}tukul-ti-⸢A⸣-[e₂-šar₂-ra ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢na⸣-i-ri a-lik {uru}bar-za-ni-iš-tu-[(un) ...] | |
| 4' | [... NIG₂].⸢ŠU⸣.MEŠ-šu₂-nu NIG₂.GA.MEŠ-šu₂-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šu₂-nu {udu}[ṣe-ni-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 5' | [...] kar-me u₂-ter SAG.DU muq-tab-⸢li⸣-[šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ša₂ KUR.KUR na-i-ri ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢a⸣-ni ina IZI GIBIL₂ ap-pul₂ a-qur ana DU₆ [u kar-me u₂-ter] | |
| 8' | [...]-bi-ru {uru}DU₆-le-e it-ta-bal-ku-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... u₂]-se-li-u₂ a-na {uru}ka-ha-at u₂-se-[li-u₂ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] x iš-tu {uru}ni-nu-a at-tu-muš ID₂ [...] | |
| 11' | [... šal]-⸢la⸣-su-nu NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šu₂-nu {udu}⸢ṣe⸣-[ni-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 12' | [...]-⸢li ar⸣-ki-šu₂ ir-ta-ṭu GAZ.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] u₂-te₉-ru-ni [...] |
Sources & licences
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