Ashurnasirpal II 049 (Q004503)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004503 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | [Ashur]nasirpal, strong king, king [...], unrivalled king of the world, [...], attentive prince who [...] heaven (and) underworld, [...] those insubmissive to him [...], exalted priest, [...] Aššur, the god Adad [...] whose priesthood in [the temples they established forever ...], shepherd [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] ... [...] may [a later prince] restore [its weakened (portions). May he restore my] inscribed name [to its place]. (Then) Aššur (and) the god Adad, [the great] lords, [... will listen to his prayers]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | As for the one who erases my inscription [and writes his (own) name ...: may Aššur, the god Adad (and)], the goddess Ištar, the great gods [...] |
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 | {[m}aš-šur]-⸢PAP⸣-A MAN dan-nu MAN [...] | |
| 2 | [...] MAN KIŠ la ša₂-<na>-an x [...] | |
| 3 | [NUN]-u₂ na-a-du ša₂ x [...] | |
| 4 | AN-e KI-tim i-x [...] | |
| 5 | la ma-gi-ri-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 6 | SANGA-u₂ ṣi-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | aš-šur {d}IŠKUR [...] | |
| 8 | SANGA-su ⸢i⸣-[na ...] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}⸢SIPA⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | na-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x x [...] | |
| 3' | ŠEG₃.MEŠ [...] | |
| 4' | x x x [...] | |
| 5' | lu-ud-diš MU šaṭ-[ra ...] | |
| 6' | aš-šur {d}IŠKUR EN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ša₂ MU šaṭ-ra i-pa-⸢ši⸣-[ṭu ...] | |
| 8' | {d}INANNA DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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