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Ashurnasirpal II 100 (Q004554)

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

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DesignationAshurnasirpal II 100
IDQ004554
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] 11–22[To the god Ea ...] who decrees the destinies of the lands [...] wise, whose decision is unalterable [...]:
Obverse [2:3] 33–33[Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria, son of Tuku]ltī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria:
Obverse [3:7] 44–77[I] dedicated (this) stone ḫaltappû [...] for [my] life, [that my days might be long, my years many, (for) the well-being of] my [seed] (and) my land, (for) the safekeeping of [my] vice-regal throne, [..., for] the scorching of [my enemies], for the [destruction of] my dangerous foes, [to subdue at my feet rulers who oppose me].

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)
1[a-na {d}e₂-a ...] ⸢mu⸣-šim {d}NAM.MEŠ KUR.[KUR.MEŠ ...]
2[... ha]-si-su ša₂ NU BAL-u mi₃-⸢lik⸣-[šu ...]
3[...] ⸢GISKIM⸣-MAŠ MAN KUR AŠ a-na TI ⸢ZI⸣.[MEŠ-a GID₂ UD.MEŠ-a]
4[šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-a SILIM NUMUN.MEŠ]-⸢a⸣ KUR-a PAP {giš}AŠ.TI ŠID-⸢ti⸣-[a ...]
5[za-i-ri-ia a-na] ⸢qa⸣-me-e aš₂-ṭu-ti-a a-⸢na⸣ [ZAH₂ mal-ki.MEŠ KUR₂.MEŠ-a]
6[a-na GIR₃.II.MEŠ-a šuk-nu]-še {na₄}hal-tap-pa lu x [...]
7[... a]-⸢qiš⸣

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