Shalmaneser III 011 (Q004616)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004616 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | [... god Šamaš, judge of heaven] and underworld, commander [of all]; god Nergal, perfect one, king of battle; [god Nusku], bearer of the holy scepter, circumspect god; goddess Ninlil, spouse of the god Enlil, [mother of] the great [gods]; great gods, who [decree destinies], who aggrandize my sovereignty; |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | [Shalmaneser], king of all people, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, [strong king, king of all] the four quarters, sun(god) of [all people, ruler of] all lands; son of Ashur[nasirpal (II), exalted priest, whose priesthood] was pleasing to the gods [and] (who) subdued [all lands at his feet, pure] offspring [of Tukultī-Ninurta (II)], who [slew] all his enemies: |
| Obverse [12:17] o 13'13'–o 17'17' | [At the beginning of] my reign, after I ascended [the royal throne], I mustered [my chariots (and) troops. I entered] the pass of [the land Simesi (and)] captured the city Aridu, [the fortified city of Ninnu]. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | In [my] first regnal year [I crossed the Euphrates (and) marched] to [the western sea]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [... I slew ten perfect specimens of strong, horned, wild bulls (and)] two calves [by the city Zuqarru], on the opposite bank [of the Euphrates]. |
| Reverse [2:15] r 3'3'–r 15'15' | In my twentieth regnal year [I crossed the Euphrates for the twentieth time (and) mustered with my (forces)] all [the kings] of the land Ḫatti. I crossed the Amanus range (and) went down [to the cities of Katê], of the Quean (Qau). I captured the cities [Lusanda], Abarnānu, [Kisuatnu], fortified [cities] together with [innumerable] cities from the nearest of his cities to the [farthest of his cities]. I massacred (and) plundered them. I fashioned two. royal statues of myself, inscribed thereon my mighty [praises] (and) erected [one in the nearest of] his cities (and) the second in the farthest of [his cities on a cape (jutting) into] the sea. (Thus) I prevailed over the land Que (Qau) with might and main. |
| Reverse [15:19] r 16'16'–r 19'19' | At that time the ancient wall [of my city Aššur] which [had been built previously by] Kikia, Puzur-[Aššur (I)], Ikūnu, son of Erišu, N[arām-Sîn], son of Puzur-Aššur (II), |
| Left Column ii [0:1] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1–l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1 | I recruited for the armed forces of my land 2,001 chariots (and) 5,242 [cavalry]. |
| Left Column ii [1:4] l.e. ii 22–l.e. ii 44 | [The name of the great (inner) wall is]: “Whose Brilliance Covers the Land.” [Its summit] protrudes ten bricks and it is twenty bricks wide. |
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' | x [... {d}ša₂-maš DI.KU₅ AN-e] | |
| 2' | u₃ KI-te ⸢mu-ma-ʾe⸣-[er gim-ri] | |
| 3' | {d}U.GUR git₂-ma-lu MAN tam-ha-⸢ri⸣ {[d}nusku] | |
| 4' | na-ši {giš}GIDRU KU₃-ti DINGIR ⸢mul⸣-[ta-lu] | |
| 5' | {d}NIN.LIL₂ hi-rat {d}<BAD> [um-mi DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 6' | GAL.MEŠ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ⸢mu⸣-[ši-mu ši-ma-ti] | |
| 7' | mu-šar-bu-u₂ MAN-ti-⸢ia⸣ {[m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG] | |
| 8' | MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ NUN ŠID aš-šur [LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kul-lat] | |
| 9' | kib-rat LIMMU₂-i {d}šam-⸢šu⸣ [kiš-šat UN.MEŠ mur-te-du-u₂] | |
| 10' | ka-liš KUR.MEŠ DUMU aš-šur-[PAP-A ŠID MAH ša ŠID-su] | |
| 11' | UGU DINGIR.MEŠ i-ṭi-bu-[ma KUR.KUR.MEŠ nap-har-ši-na a-na GIR₃.II-šu₂] | |
| 12' | u₂-⸢šek₂⸣-ni-šu nab-ni-[tu el-lu-tu ša {m}{d}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ] | |
| 13' | ša kul₂-lat za-i-ri-šu₂ [i-ne₂-ru-ma ina šur-rat] | |
| 14' | MAN-ti-ia ša [ina {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-ti] | |
| 15' | u₂-ši-bu {giš}[GIGIR.MEŠ ERIM.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 16' | ⸢ad-ke⸣ ina {kur}ne₂-⸢re⸣-[be ša {kur}si-me-si e-rub] | |
| 17' | {uru}a-ri-du [URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂ ša {m}ni-in-ni] | |
| 18' | KUR-ud ina 1 ⸢BALA⸣-[ia {id₂}A.RAD ina mi-li-ša₂ e-bir] | |
| 19' | a-⸢na⸣ [tam-di ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 2 GU₄.⸢AMAR⸣.[MEŠ ina {uru}zu-qar-ri] | |
| 2' | ša₂ GIR₃.II ⸢am⸣-[ma-te ša {id₂}A.RAD a-duk] | |
| 3' | ina 20 BALA.MEŠ-ia 20-šu₂ {id₂}A.RAD e-bir MAN.MEŠ-ni] | |
| 4' | ša {kur}hat-⸢ti DU₃⸣-[šu₂-nu it-ti-ia ad-ke] | |
| 5' | {kur}ha-ma-nu BAL-⸢kat₂⸣ [a-na URU.MEŠ-ni ša {m}ka-ti-i] | |
| 6' | {kur}qa-u₂-a-a ⸢at-ta⸣-[ra-da {uru}lu-sa-an-da] | |
| 7' | {uru}a-bar-na-ni {⸢uru⸣}[ki-su-at-ni URU.MEŠ-ni] | |
| 8' | KAL.MEŠ a-di URU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[ni a-na la ma-ni] | |
| 9' | TA SAG URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂ ⸢a⸣-[di qa-ni URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂] | |
| 10' | KUR-ud GAZ-šu-nu a-duk šal-⸢la⸣-[su-nu aš₂-lu-la] | |
| 11' | 2 ṣa-lam MAN-ti-a DU₃-uš [ta-na-ti] | |
| 12' | kiš-šu₂-ti-ia ina ŠA₃ al-⸢ṭu⸣-[ur 1-en ina SAG] | |
| 13' | URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂ 2-u₂ ina qa-⸢ni⸣ [URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂ ina SAG] | |
| 14' | tam-di az-qu-up ⸢li-i⸣-[ti] | |
| 15' | u₃ da-na-ni UGU {kur}⸢ga-u₂⸣-[e] | |
| 16' | al-ta-ka-an e-nu-ma ⸢BAD₃⸣ [URU-ia aš-šur] | |
| 17' | mah-ru-u₂ ša {m}ki-ki-a {m}⸢PUZUR⸣-[aš-šur] | |
| 18' | {m}i-ku-nu DUMU ⸢e⸣-ri-ši {m}⸢na⸣-[ram-{d}30 | |
| 19' | DUMU {m}{<<m>>}MAN-aš-šur | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | 2 LIM 1 {giš}⸢GIGIR.MEŠ⸣ 5 LIM 2 ME 42 [pet-hal-lu] | |
| 2 | a-na A₂.MEŠ KUR-ia ak-ṣur [MU BAD₃ GAL-e] | |
| 3 | ša me-lam-mu-šu KUR kat₂-mu 10 ⸢SIG₄⸣ [ša-pa-su] | |
| 4 | a-ṣi-a-at 20 SIG₄ rap-ša₂-at | |
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