Ashurnasirpal II 036 (Q004490)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004490 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [(Then) the god Ninurta, lord of judgment and destruction] and Aššur, the great lord, [... will listen to his prayers. May they establish] copious abundance in [his] land; [in wars with kings on the battlefield] may they cause him to achieve success. |
| Obverse [3:8] 4'4'–8'8' | As for the one who erases my inscription and [writes] his (own) name [or] removes my monumental inscriptions, [throws them] into water [(...)]: may the god Ninurta, lord of judgment and destruction, (and) the god Aššur, [the great lord], overthrow [his sovereignty], take away from him his throne, [make him sit] in bondage before his [enemies, establish in his land distress, famine, (and) hunger, (and) destroy] his name (and) his seed from the land. |
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' | ⸢ša⸣ HI [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₃⸣ {d}aš-šur EN ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | ⸢ṭuh⸣-du HE₂.GAL₂ ina KUR-[šu ...] x x [...] ⸢am-mar⸣ | |
| 4' | ŠA₃-šu₂ lu-šam-ṣu-šu ša₂ MU ⸢šaṭ⸣-[ra i-pa]-ši-ṭu-ma MU-šu [i-ša-ṭa-ru (...)] | |
| 5' | ma-hi-ṣa i-teb-bu-u₂ a-na A.MEŠ [i-na-ad-du-u₂ (...)] | |
| 6' | {⸢d⸣}MAŠ EN šip-ṭi₂ u ša-gal-te {d}aš-šur [EN GAL LUGAL-su lis]-⸢ki⸣-pu | |
| 7' | {giš}AŠ.TI-šu₂ li-ki-mu-šu ina [IGI nak-ri]-⸢šu ka-miš⸣ [lu-še-ši-bu-šu ... ina KUR-ti-šu] | |
| 8' | [lu-kin₂-nu] MU-šu NUMUN-⸢šu ina⸣ KUR [lu-hal-li-qu] |
Sources & licences
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