Ashurnasirpal II 047 (Q004501)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004501 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Aššur, great lord, king of all [the great gods, ...]; lord of the lands, god Enlil, exalted one, [father of the gods, ...]; god Ea, king of the apsû, lord of wisdom (and) understanding, [...]; god Adad, the exceptionally strong, lord of abundance, [...]; god Šamaš, judge of heaven and underworld, commander of [all]; |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | [Great gods], who decree the destinies (and) make great the [(...) sovereignty of] Ashurnasirpal, attentive prince, worshipper of the great gods, [ferocious dragon], conqueror of cities and the entire highlands, [king of lords], controller of the obstinate, [crowned with] splendor, [fearless in battle], (10) merciless hero, he who stirs up [strife, king of all princes], lord of lords, chief herdsman, king of kings, attentive [purification priest], who by the command of Aššur and the god Ninurta [the great gods who had complete] authority over the people, subjects of the god Enlil, (and into whose) [grasp] they placed the exalted crown; |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515–o 1919 | Ashurnasirpal, strong king, designate [of the god(s) ...], valiant man who with the support [of Aššur ...] lands/mountains [...] lands/mountains [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | (Inscription) from a statue of the king on the bank of the moat of the city [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | AN.ŠAR₂ EN GAL-u₂ MAN ⸢gim⸣-[rat DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ...] | |
| 2 | EN KUR.KUR.MEŠ {d}EN.LIL₂ ṣi-i-ru [a-bu DINGIR ...] | |
| 3 | {d}e₂-a MAN ABZU EN ne₂-me-qi ha-⸢si⸣-[si ...] | |
| 4 | {d}IŠKUR geš-ru šu-tu-ru EN HE₂.⸢GAL₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | {d}ša₂-maš DI.KU₅ AN-e u KI-tim mu-ma-ʾe-er ⸢gi⸣-[im-ri DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 6 | mu-šim-mu {d}NAM.MEŠ mu-šar-bu-u [MAN-ut (...)] | |
| 7 | {m}AŠ-PAP-A NUN na-aʾ-du pa-lih DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ⸢UŠUMGAL⸣ [ek-du] | |
| 8 | ka-šid URU.DIDLI u ⸢hur⸣-ša₂-a-ni paṭ gim-ri-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [MAN EN.MEŠ-e] | |
| 9 | ⸢mu⸣-la-⸢ʾi⸣-iṭ ek-⸢ṣu⸣-te [a-pir ša₂]-⸢lum-ma⸣-[te la-di-ru tu-qu-un-ti] | |
| 10 | ⸢ur⸣-ša₂-nu la pa-du-⸢u₂⸣ mu-⸢ri⸣-[ib a-nun-te MAN DU₃ mal-ki] | |
| 11 | EN EN.MEŠ-e UTUL MAN MAN.⸢MEŠ-ni⸣ [i-ši-pu] | |
| 12 | ⸢na⸣-a-du ša ina siq-ri aš-šur u {d}MAŠ ⸢DINGIR⸣.[MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 13 | UN.MEŠ ba-ʾu-la-at {d}BAD il-⸢ta⸣-[ap-ru gi-mir-ta] | |
| 14 | ⸢a⸣-ga-a ṣi-i-ri u₂-ša₂-[at-me-hu ...] | |
| 15 | {[m}AŠ]-PAP-A MAN dan-nu ni-⸢bit⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | ⸢eṭ⸣-lu qar-du ša ina tukul-⸢ti⸣ [aš-šur ...] | |
| 17 | [...] x KUR.KUR.MEŠ x [...] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢KUR⸣.MEŠ x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | TA UGU NU MAN ša UŠ {id₂}hi-rit ša {uru}[...] | |
Sources & licences
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