Shalmaneser III 020 (Q004625)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kenk Boǧazı · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004625 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kenk Boǧazı |
| Coordinates | 37.2417, 37.8543 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashur[nasirpal (II)], great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukultr-Ninurta (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the universe, and king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [2:6] 33–66 | Conqueror from the sea of the lands Nairi to the western sea — all of the lands Enzi, Suḫme, Daiēnu, Urarṭu. the cities Muṣaṣir, Gilzānu, (and) Ḫubuškia. |
| Obverse [6:19] 77–1919 | Aḫunu, the man of Bīt-Adini, who had been swaggering about with might and main since (the days of) the kings, my fathers, (and) who had withheld the tribute and tax due to Aššur, my lord: at the beginning of my reign (10) I surrounded Tīl-Barsip, his royal city, (and) fought my way inside his city (lit. “I did battle in his city”). He became afraid in the face of the flash of my mighty weapons, abandoned his city, and crossed the Euphrates to save [his] life. (15) He made as his stronghold Mount Šītamrat, a mountain peak on the bank of the Euphrates, (which) is suspended from heaven like a cloud. [In] a second year I went after him. I surrounded the mountain peak (and) fought my way into his midst. Fear of the brilliance of Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed them. I removed them, brought them across the Euphrates, and regarded them as people of my land. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m]}{d}sal₂-[ma]-nu-MAŠ MAN GAL-u₂ MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU aš-šur⸣-[PAP-A] MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur DUMU TUKUL-MAŠ MAN ⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 3 | MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid TA tam-di ša KUR.KUR-na-⸢ʾi⸣-ri | |
| 4 | a-di tam-di ša šul₃-mu {d}šam-ši {kur}en-zi | |
| 5 | {kur}su-uh-me {kur}da-ia-e-ni {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭu | |
| 6 | {uru}mu-ṣa-ṣi-ru {uru}gil₂-za-a-nu {uru}hu-bu-uš-ke-e a-na paṭ | |
| 7 | gim-ri-ša₂ {m}a-hu-ni DUMU a-di-ni ša TA MAN.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia | |
| 8 | šip-ṣu u da-na-a-nu il-ta-ka-nu GUN u ma-da-tu₂ | |
| 9 | ša aš-šur EN-ia ik-lu-u₂ ina šur-rat MAN-ti-ia {uru}DU₆-bar-si-[ip] | |
| 10 | URU MAN-ti-šu₂ a-si-bi mit-hu-ṣu ina ŠA₃ URU-šu₂ aš₂-kun ⸢TA⸣ | |
| 11 | pa-an na-mur-rat {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia KAL.MEŠ | |
| 12 | ip-lah₂-ma URU-šu₂ u₂-maš-šir₃ a-na šu₂-zu-ub ZI-[šu₂] | |
| 13 | {id₂}pu-rat-tu₂ e-bir {kur}ši-it-am-rat u₂-ba-na-at | |
| 14 | KUR-e ša ina a-hat {id₂}pu-rat-te GIM DUNGU | |
| 15 | TA AN-e šu-qa-lu-lat a-na dan-nu-ti-šu₂ iš-kun [ina] 2-te | |
| 16 | MU.AN.NA EGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ ar-ti-di u₂-ba-na-at KUR-e a-si-bi | |
| 17 | ME₃ ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ aš₂-kun pu-ul-hi me-lam-me ša aš-⸢šur⸣ EN-ia | |
| 18 | is-hu-pu-šu₂-nu a-su-uh-šu₂-nu {id₂}pu-rat-tu₂ u₂-še-bir-šu₂-nu a-na | |
| 19 | UN.MEŠ KUR-ti-ia am-nu-šu₂-nu |
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