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Ashurnasirpal II 099 (Q004553)

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

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DesignationAshurnasirpal II 099
IDQ004553
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 [0:1] 11–11To the divine queen of Kidmuru, the great mistress, his mistress: Ashurnasirpal, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur:
Obverse [1:3] 22–33I 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}šar-rat-kid₉-mu-ri NIN GAL-ti NIN-šu₂
2{m}AŠ-PAP-A ŠID AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ ŠID AŠ-ma ana TI ZI.MEŠ-a
3GID₂ UD.MEŠ-a šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-a SILIM ⸢NUMUN⸣.MEŠ-a KUR-a BA

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