Shalmaneser III 013 (Q004618)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004618 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [I captured] the cities of Ara[mu, the Urarṭian, as far as the source] of the Tigris (and) as far as the source [of the Euphrates]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [In my sixteenth regnal year I crossed Mount Kullar (and)] conquered the lands Munna, Allabr[ia, Parsua, Abdadānu, Ḫaban, Namri], (and) Tugliaš. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'–o 8'8' | [In my seventeenth regnal year I crossed the Euphrates (and) received tribute] from the kings of the land Ḫatti. [I ascended the Amanus range], cut down cedar [timbers, (and) brought (them)] to my city, [Aššur. On my return] from the Amanus range [I slew] sixty-[three perfect specimens of strong, horned, wild bulls by the city Zuqarru, on the] opposite bank of the Euphrates, (and) [captured four alive]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [In] my eighteenth regnal year[...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [I fashioned two royal statues of myself, inscribed thereon] my mighty [praises ...] (Thus) I prevailed over the land (lit. “city”) Que (Qau) [with might and main]. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 4'4'–r 11'11' | [In my twenty-first regnal year ...] ... Moving on [from ... I went down to ...] the cities of Hazael [of Damascus ...] ... [...] I conquered [by means of tunnels], battering-rams, (and) siege towers the cities [...] Dababu, Mala[ḫa ...] I razed, destroyed, [(and) burned the cities ...] |
| Left [0:10] l.e. 1'1'–l.e. 10'10' | [In the future] may [a later prince ...] hear [of my heroic deeds (and)] recount my praiseworthy power As I anointed with oil, made sacrifices, (and) [returned] the monumental inscriptions of former kings to their places, |
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' | URU.MEŠ-ni ⸢ša {m}a-ra⸣-[me {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭa-a-a a-di SAG e-ni] | |
| 2' | ša {id₂}HAL.HAL a-di ⸢SAG⸣ [e-ni ša {id₂}A.RAD ak-šud ina 16 BALA.MEŠ-ia {kur}kul₂-la-ar at-ta-bal-kat₂] | |
| 3' | {kur}mu-un-na {kur}al-lab-⸢ri⸣-[a {kur}par-su-a {kur}ab-da-da-nu {kur}ha-ban {kur}na-mur] | |
| 4' | {kur}tug-li-ia-aš₂ qa-a-ti [ik-šud ina 17 BALA.MEŠ-ia {id₂}A.RAD e-bir ma-da-tu] | |
| 5' | ša MAN.MEŠ-ni ša {kur}hat-ti ⸢am⸣-[hur a-na KUR-e {kur}ha-ma-ni e-li {giš}gu-šur.MEŠ] | |
| 6' | {[giš]}e-re-ni ⸢a-ki-si a-na URU-ia⸣ [aš-šur ub-la ina ta-ia-ar-ti-ia] | |
| 7' | [ša] ⸢TA⸣ {kur}ha-ma-a-ni 1 ⸢šu-ši⸣ 3 {gu₄}AM.MEŠ dan-nu-te šu-ut qar-ni git₂-ma-lu-te ina {uru}zu-qar-ri] | |
| 8' | [ša GIR₃].⸢II⸣ am-⸢ma⸣-a-te ⸢ša₂ {id₂⸣}A.[RAD a-duk 4 TI.LA.MEŠ ina qa-te] | |
| 9' | [aṣ-bat ina] 18 BALA.⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] x x [...] | |
| 2' | kiš-šu₂-ti-ia [...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢UGU {uru}qa-u₂-e al-ta⸣-[kan ...] | |
| 5' | x x x x x x x [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢at-tu-muš⸣ x x x [...] | |
| 7' | URU.MEŠ-ni ša₂ {m}ha-<za>-aʾ-⸢DINGIR⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | x x x x x x [...] | |
| 9' | {⸢uru⸣}da-⸢na-bu {uru}ma-la⸣-[ha ...] | |
| 10' | ⸢na⸣-bi-⸢li ṣa⸣-bi-⸢te KUR⸣-[ud ...] | |
| 11' | ap-pul₂ ⸢aq⸣-[qur ...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | [lu-ul]-ta-[me] | |
| 2' | ⸢ta⸣-na-ti | |
| 3' | [li]-⸢ti-ia⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢li⸣-ta-as₃-⸢qar⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢ki⸣-ma a-na-ku-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢na⸣-re-e ša₂ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢mah⸣-ru-ti | |
| 8' | ⸢I₃⸣ ap-šu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢ni⸣-qa-a aq-qu | |
| 10' | ⸢a⸣-na aš-⸢ri-šu⸣-[nu] | |
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