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Ashurnasirpal II 039 (Q004493)

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

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DesignationAshurnasirpal II 039
IDQ004493
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:8] 11–88Ashurnasirpal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II) (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria, conqueror from the opposite bank of the Tigris as far as Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, all lands from east to west he subdued.

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{m}aš-šur-PAP-A MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ
2A TUKUL-MAŠ MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ
3A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN GAL MAN dan-nu
4MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid TA e-ber-ta-an
5{id₂}HAL.HAL a-di {kur}lab-na-na
6u A.AB.BA GAL-ti KUR.KUR.MEŠ DU₃-ši-na
7iš-tu ṣi-it {d}šam-ši a-di e-reb {d}šam-ši
8a-na GIR₃.II-šu₂ u₂-šek₂-ni-ša₂

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