Ashurnasirpal II 042 (Q004496)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004496 |
| Collection | Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | Palace of Ashurnasir[pal, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II)], strong king, king of [the world, king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (II) (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [1:4] 22–44 | Conqueror from [the opposite bank of the Tigris] to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea of the land Amurru [in the west], (who) has conquered [the entire] land of Ḫatti, [(I who) have gained dominion over] (the region stretching) from the source of the River S[ubnat to the] extensive [land Urumu |
| Obverse [4:10] 55–1010 | (and)] the entire lands Nairi; I conquered [the entire land Laqû; I subdued] the land Sūḫu including the city Rapiqu; [I regarded as people of my land (the inhabitants of the regions stretching) from the passes of Mount Habruru] to the land Gilzānu (and) from the pass of the city B[abitu to the land Namru; I brought] within the boundaries of [my] land (the region stretching) from the opposite bank of the Lower Zab [to the city Tīl-Bāri which is upstream from] the land Zaban, to the city Tīl-ša-Zabdāni and the city Tīl-[ša-Abtāni], the cities Ḫirimu (and) Ḫaru[tu (which are) fortresses] of Karduniaš (Babylonia): |
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) |
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| 1 | ⸢E₂.GAL {m}aš-šur-PAP⸣-[A MAN dan-ni MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur A TUKUL-MAŠ] MAN dan-nu ⸢MAN⸣ [KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur] | |
| 2 | A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid TA [e-ber-ta-an {id₂}HAL.HAL] EN {kur}lab-⸢na⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | u A.AB.BA GAL-ti ša₂ {kur}a-mur-⸢ri⸣ [ša₂ šul₃-mu {d}šam-ši] {kur}hat-te [a-na si-hir₂-te-šu₂] | |
| 4 | ⸢ŠU⸣-su ik-šu-du TA ⸢SAG e⸣-[ni] {⸢id₂}su⸣-[ub-nat EN {kur}u₂-ru-me] | |
| 5 | ⸢DAGAL-tu₂⸣ KUR.KUR na-i-ri ⸢ana paṭ gim⸣-[ri-ša a-pel₂ {kur}la-qe-e ana si-hir₂-ti-ša₂] | |
| 6 | KUR-ud {⸢kur⸣}su-hi EN {uru}⸢ra-pi-qi⸣ [a-na GIR₃.MEŠ-ia u₂-šek₂-ni-ši TA ne₂-re-bi ša₂ {kur}hab-ru-ri] | |
| 7 | EN {kur}⸢gil₂-za-ni⸣ TA ⸢ne₂-re⸣-be ša₂ {⸢uru}ba⸣-[bi-te EN {kur}nam-ri ana UN.MEŠ KUR-ia am-nu] | |
| 8 | ⸢TA e-ber-ta-an⸣ {id₂}za-ba-KI.⸢TA⸣ [EN {uru}DU₆-ba-a-ri ša₂ el-la-an] {kur}za-ban | |
| 9 | EN {uru}⸢DU₆-ša₂-zab⸣-[da]-⸢a-ni u {uru}DU₆⸣-[ša₂-ab-ta-a-ni] {uru}hi-ri-mu {uru}ha-⸢ru⸣-[tu bi-ra-te] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {kur}kar-du-ni-⸢aš₂⸣ a-na mi-ṣir KUR-[ia u₂-ter ...] x x x [(...)] |
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