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Ashurnasirpal II 098 (Q004552)

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

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DesignationAshurnasirpal II 098
IDQ004552
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 [0:2] 11–22To the god Enlil, king of destinies and designs, the one who shakes the highlands, who dwells in the temple of Kidmuru, the great lord, my lord: Ashurnasirpal, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur:
Obverse [2:4] 33–44I dedicated (this) for my life, that my days might be long, my years many, (for) the well-being of my seed (and) land.

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)
1ana {d}BAD MAN {d}NAM.⸢MEŠ u⸣ GIŠ.HUR.MEŠ mu-na-ri-iṭ
2hur-ša₂-ni a-šib E₂-kid₉-mu-ri EN GAL-e EN-a {m}AŠ-PAP-A
3ŠID AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ ŠID AŠ-ma ana TI ZI.MEŠ-a GID₂
4UD.MEŠ-a šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-a SILIM NUMUN.MEŠ-a KUR-a NIG₂.BA

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