Shalmaneser III 021 (Q004626)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tigris Tunnel · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004626 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tigris Tunnel |
| Coordinates | 38.5297, 40.5475 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | (Gods) Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, (and) Ištar, the great gods who love my sovereignty (and) who make great my name; |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | Shalman[eser], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [king of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was also) king of Assyria; conqueror [from] the sea of the land Nairi to [the sea of] the west: |
| Obverse [7:17] 88–1717 | I conquered the entire land Ḫatti. [I entered] the passes of the land Enzite (and) conquered all of the lands Suḫme, Daiēnu, (and) Urarṭu. I passed on to the land Gilzānu (and) received tribute from the Gilzāneans. For a third time I marched to the land Nairi (and) wrote my name at the source of the Tigris. |
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 | aš-šur {d}30 {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 2 | {d}IŠKUR {d}INANNA DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 3 | ra-ʾi-mu-ut MAN-ti-ia mu-šar-bu-u | |
| 4 | MU-ia {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-[SAG] | |
| 5 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur A {m}aš-šur-PAP-A [MAN KUR aš-šur] | |
| 6 | A {m}TUKUL-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur ka-šid [TA] | |
| 7 | A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}na-i-ri a-⸢di⸣ [tam-di] | |
| 8 | ša₂ SILIM {d}šam-ši {kur}hat-ti | |
| 9 | a-na si-hir₂-te-ša₂ ⸢ŠU⸣ KUR-ud [(x)] | |
| 10 | ina ne₂-re-bi ša₂ {kur}en-⸢zi-te⸣ [e-rub] | |
| 11 | {kur}su-uh-⸢me⸣ {kur}da-ia-ni | |
| 12 | {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭu | |
| 13 | a-na si-hir₂-te-ša₂ | |
| 14 | ŠU KUR-ud | |
| 15 | a-na {kur}gil₂-za-ni e-tiq ma-da-tu₂ | |
| 16 | ša₂ {kur}gil₂-za-na-a-a am-hur 3-šu₂ ana | |
| 17 | {kur}na-i-ri a-lik ina SAG IGI ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL MU al-ṭu-ur |
Sources & licences
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