Shalmaneser III 004 (Q004609)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004609 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) |
| Coordinates | 36.6750, 38.1192 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | God Aššur, great lord, [king of all the great gods]; god Anu, king of the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, lord of the lands; god Enlil, father of [the gods, who decrees destinies], who devises the designs of [heaven (and) underworld]; (5) god Ea, wise one, king of the apsû, [creator of] clever devices; god Sîn, light [of heaven (and) underworld], the noble one; god Šamaš, [judge of the (four) quarters, who leads aright] all humankind; [goddess Ištar, mistress of war and battle], whose game [is fighting; the great gods, who love] (10) my sovereignty, [who] have made great [my dominion, power, and leadership, (who) have richly established for me my honorable name (and) my lofty command] over [all lords]; |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313–o 2323 | [Shalmaneser, king of all people, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, strong king, king of Assyria], king of all the four quarters, [sun(god) of all people], (15) ruler of all [lands, the king (who is the) desired object of the gods], chosen of the god Enlil, [trustworthy] appointee [of Aššur], attentive [prince], who has seen [remote] and rugged regions, who has [trodden upon the] mountain [peaks] in all the highlands, receiver [of booty] (20) and tax from all [the (four) quarters], who opens paths [above and below], at whose [strong] attack [for combat the (four) quarters] are distressed[...] |
| Left [0:9] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 99 | [son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, whose priesthood was pleasing to the gods and (who)] subdued [all lands] at his feet, pure offspring of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (L.E. 5) who slew all his enemies and annihilated (them) like a flood: |
| Left [9:14] l.e. 1010–l.e. 1414 | Conqueror from the sea of the land Nairi to the western sea; he conquered. |
| Left [14:17] l.e. 1515–l.e. 1717 | When he had filled the wide plain |
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 | {d}a-šur EN GAL-u₂ [...] | |
| 2 | {d}a-nu MAN {d}NUN.GAL.MEŠ u {d}a-nun-na-ki | |
| 3 | EN KUR.KUR.MEŠ {d}BAD a-bu [...] | |
| 4 | mu-ṣir e-ṣu-rat [...] | |
| 5 | {d}e₂-a er-šu MAN ZU.AB [...] | |
| 6 | nik-la-te {d}30 na-[nar₃ ...] | |
| 7 | {d}e-tel-lu {d}ša₂-maš [...] | |
| 8 | gim-ri te-ne₂-[še-te ...] | |
| 9 | ša₂ me-lul-ta-ša₂ [...] | |
| 10 | MAN-ti-ia [...] | |
| 11 | u₂-šar-bu-u₂ [...] | |
| 12 | UGU [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | MAN kul-lat ⸢kib⸣-[rat ...] | |
| 15 | mur-te-du-u₂ ka-[liš ...] | |
| 16 | ni-šit e-ni {d}BAD ⸢GIR₃⸣.[NITA₂ ...] | |
| 17 | na-a-⸢du a-me-ru⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | u ⸢šap-ša₂-qi mu⸣-[kab-is ...] | |
| 19 | ša₂ KUR-e ka-[liš] ⸢hur-ša₂-a-ni ma⸣-[hir₂ ...] | |
| 20 | u i-gi-se-e ⸢ša₂ DU₃⸣-[ši-na ...] | |
| 21 | mu-pat-tu-u₂ ⸢ṭu-da⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 22 | ša₂ a-na ⸢ti⸣-[ib ...] | |
| 23 | ⸢ul-ta-nap-ša₂-qa⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | a-na GIR₃.II.MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 2 | u₂-šak-ni-šu | |
| 3 | nab-ni-tu₂ KU₃-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ša₂ {giš}tukul-ti-{d}[MAŠ] | |
| 5 | ša₂ kul-lat | |
| 6 | za-i-ri-šu | |
| 7 | i-ne₂-ru-ma | |
| 8 | is-pu-nu | |
| 9 | a-bu-ba-ni-iš | |
| 10 | ka-šid TA tam-di | |
| 11 | ša₂ {kur}na-⸢i-ri⸣ | |
| 12 | a-di A.AB.BA | |
| 13 | ša₂ SILIM {d}šam-še | |
| 14 | ŠU ik-⸢šu₂-du⸣ | |
| 15 | e-nu-ma | |
| 16 | um-ta-al-[lu] | |
| 17 | EDIN DAGAL | |
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