Shalmaneser III 009 (Q004614)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004614 |
| Collection | Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:18] o 1o 1–o 1818 | [Shalmaneser, great king], strong king, king of the universe, [unrivalled king], dragon, the weapon which destroys [all quarters, commander of] princes everywhere, [...] valiant [man], appointee of Enlil, vice-regent of Ašš[ur, ... who] has smashed all his enemies [like a pot, strong] male, [merciless (and)] unsparing in battle, [who] slew [... in the] mountains [... with] mighty weapons, annihilated (them) [like a flood], and the corpses of his enemies [...] extensive, strong king, [...],ruler of [all lands, the king (who is the)] desired object of the gods, [chosen of the god Enlil], trustworthy [appointee of Ašš]ur, [... into whose hands] the gods of heaven [and underworld] entrusted the just [scepter ...] ... |
| Right [0:15] r.e. 1'1'–r.e. 15'15' | [In my eighteenth regnal year ...] his [.. . Hazael] of Damascus [...] and [...]his [...] I[...] ... extensive. I defeated [him] and took away from him [his] walled [camp]. To [save] his life he ran [away (but)] I [pursued (him) as far as] Dam[ascus], his royal city. [I cut down] his gardens (and) burned [his] sheaves. [...] of D[amascus ...] |
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}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG LUGAL] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ MAN dan-nu MAN ⸢KIŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL la ša-na-an u₂]-⸢šum₂⸣-gal-lu ka-šu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 3 | [kal kib-ra-te ša-pi-ir] ⸢mal⸣-ki.MEŠ ša₂ kul₂-la-⸢te⸣ | |
| 4 | [... eṭ-lu qar]-⸢du⸣ ša₂ E₂.KUR ENSI₂ aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 5 | [... ša] kul₂-lat na-ki-ri-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [GIM ha-aṣ-ba-te] u₂-da-qi-qu ⸢NITA₂⸣ | |
| 7 | [dan-nu la pa-du-u₂ la] ga-mil tu-qu-un-[te] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢u⸣ {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ dan-nu-te | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣-de-e i-na-ru | |
| 10 | [a-bu-ba-ni-iš is]-⸢pu⸣-nu-ma pa-gar ge-ri-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] x DAGAL.MEŠ MAN dan-nu | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x]-i mur-te-du-u₂ | |
| 13 | [ka-liš KUR.KUR.MEŠ LUGAL ba]-⸢ʾi⸣-it DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 14 | [ni-šit IGI.II.MEŠ {d}EN.LIL₂ GIR₃.NITA₂ aš]-⸢šur⸣ pit-qu-du | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e | |
| 16 | [u KI-tim (x x) {giš}GIDRU] e-šir₃-tu | |
| 17 | [x x x ŠU.II-šu₂ u₂]-ma-lu-u₂ | |
| 18 | [...] x x x | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1' | [...].⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [ha-za-aʾ-DINGIR] ša₂-{kur}⸢ANŠE⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3' | [...]-uk u₃ [...] | |
| 4' | [...]-di-šu₂ AŠ [...] | |
| 5' | x [...]-e DAGAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [(...) a-bi-ik-ta-šu₂] | |
| 6' | aš₂-⸢kun⸣-ma BAD₃ [uš-ma-ni-šu₂] | |
| 7' | e-kim-šu₂ a-na [šu-zu-ub] | |
| 8' | ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ e-[li a-di] | |
| 9' | {⸢uru}di-ma⸣-[aš₂-qi] | |
| 10' | ⸢URU MAN⸣-ti-šu₂ ⸢ar⸣-[te-di] | |
| 11' | {giš}KIRI₆.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [ak-kis] | |
| 12' | ku-ri-⸢la⸣-[šu₂ ina IZI] | |
| 13' | aš₂-⸢ru⸣-up [...] | |
| 14' | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}⸢di⸣-[ma-aš₂-qi] | |
| 15' | x [...] | |
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