Shalmaneser III 022 (Q004627)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tigris Tunnel · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004627 |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | (Gods) Aššur, Adad, Sîn, Šamaš, (and) Ištar, the great gods who love my sovereignty (and) who have made great my dominion, power, leadership, and honorable name; |
| Obverse [4:8] 55–88 | Shalmaneser, king of all peoples, the prince, vice-regent of Aššur, strong king, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the universe and king of Assyria; conqueror from the sea of the land Nairi to the sea of the west: |
| Obverse [8:13] 99–1313 | I conquered the entire land Ḫatti. I entered the passes of the land Enzite (and) conquered the lands Suḫme, Daiēnu, (and) Urarṭu. For a second time I received tribute from the land Gilzānu. 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}IŠKUR {d}30 {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 2 | {d}INANNA DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ AGA₂-ut | |
| 3 | MAN-ti-ia ša₂ EN-ut kiš-šu-ti u | |
| 4 | ša₂-⸢pi⸣-ru-ti MU kab-tu | |
| 5 | u₂-šar-bu-u₂ {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ | |
| 6 | MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ NUN ŠID aš-šur | |
| 7 | MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš-šur A {m}aš-šur-PAP-A MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 8 | A tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid TA tam-di | |
| 9 | ša₃ {kur}na-i-ri a-di tam-di ša₂ SILIM {d}šam-[ši] {kur}hat-te | |
| 10 | ana si-hir₂-ti-ša₂ KUR-ud ina ne₂-re-bi ša₂ {[kur]}⸢en⸣-zi-[i-te e-ru]-ub | |
| 11 | {kur}su-uh-me {kur}da-ia-ni {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭu KUR-ud | |
| 12 | 2-šu₂ ma-da-tu₂ ša₂ {kur}gil₂-za-ni am-hur 3-šu₂ ana {kur}na-i-[ri] | |
| 13 | al-lik ina SAG <e-ni> {id₂}HAL.HAL MU al-ṭu-ur |
Sources & licences
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