Ashurnasirpal II 057 (Q004511)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurnasirpal II 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004511 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; unlocated |
| 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 | Ashurnasirpal, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (II) (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of Aššur: |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | At that time Emašmaš, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh, my mistress, [which Šam]šī-Adad, vice-regent of Aššur, a prince who preceded me, had built — (this temple) had become dilapidated and I rebuilt it from top to bottom. I completed (it and) decorated (it) more splendidly than ever before. I inscribed my stele (and) deposited (it) therein. |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | May a later prince restore its weakened (portions and) return my inscribed name to its place. |
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 | {m}AŠ-PAP-A GAR {d}BAD ŠID AŠ A GISKIM-MAŠ ⸢GAR {d⸣}BAD ŠID AŠ A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ ⸢GAR⸣ {d}BAD ŠID AŠ-ma | |
| 2 | e-nu-ma e₂-maš-maš E₂ {d}INANNA ša₂ {uru}NINA NIN-ia [ša {m}šam]-⸢ši⸣-10 ŠID AŠ NUN DU IGI-ia e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 3 | e-na-ah-ma TA UŠ₈-šu₂ EN gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ ar-ṣip u₂-šek₂-lil u₂-si-im u₂-šar-rih UGU mah-re-e u₂-ša₂-[tir] | |
| 4 | {⸢na₄}NA⸣.RU₂.A al-ṭur ina qe₂-reb-šu₂ aš-kun [NUN]-u₂ ⸢EGIR⸣-u₂ an-hu-su lu-ud-diš-šu₂ MU šaṭ-ra ana KI-šu₂ lu-ter |
Sources & licences
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