Shalmaneser III 023 (Q004628)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tigris Tunnel · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004628 |
| 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 [0:12] 11–1212 | Shal[maneser], great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of all peoples; the great <king> who has always acted mightily with the support of Šamaš (and) Adad, the gods who support him, and they have put under [his control] the mighty mountains from east to west; the fierce (and) merciless king who has gone after [his] enemies and victoriously swept over rivers and difficult mountains (leaving them) like ruin hills left by a deluge; |
| Obverse [12:18] 1313–1818 | son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria; conqueror from the sea of the land [Na]iri to the great sea of the west, the entire land Ḫatti, the lands [Melid], Daiēnu, Suḫme, the city Arṣaškun, (which is) a royal city of Ara[mu], the Urarṭian, (and) the lands Gilzānu (and) Ḫubuškia. I subdued (the territory stretching) from the source of the Tigris to the source of the Euphrates, from the sea of the interior of the land Zamua to the sea of Chaldea. |
| Obverse [18:20] 1919–2020 | I marched to [Babylon] (and) made sacrifices. Then I went down to Chaldea, conquered their cities, (and) received their tribute. |
| Obverse [20:27] 2121–2727 | Hadad-ezer (Adad-idri), the Damascene, (and) Irḫulēnu, the Ḫamatite, together with fifteen cities on the shore of the [sea], attacked [me] (and) I fought with them for a fourth time. I defeated them. [I] destroyed [their chariotry (and) cavalry (and) took away] their military equipment. [To save their lives] they [ran away]. |
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-SAG] | |
| 2 | MAN GAL MAN dan-nu | |
| 3 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur MAN | |
| 4 | kiš-šat UN.MEŠ <MAN> GAL | |
| 5 | ina re-ṣu-te ša₂ {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR | |
| 6 | DINGIR.MEŠ tik-le-šu₂ le-iš₃ | |
| 7 | DU.DU-ma KUR-e KAL.MEŠ TA | |
| 8 | ṣi-it {d}UTU a-di e-reb | |
| 9 | {d}šam-ši u₂-šat-me-ha ana [ŠU.II-šu₂] MAN | |
| 10 | ek-du la pa-du-u ša₂ EGIR [za]-i-[ri-šu] | |
| 11 | DU.DU-ma GIM ⸢DU₆⸣ a-bu-bi | |
| 12 | ID₂.MEŠ KUR.MEŠ ⸢GIG⸣.MEŠ | |
| 13 | u-kab-bi-sa ⸢šal⸣-ṭiš A AŠ-PAP-A | |
| 14 | MAN KUR AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ MAN KUR AŠ ka-šid | |
| 15 | TA tam-di ša₂ {kur}[na]-i-⸢ri⸣ EN tam-di GAL-te ša₂ SILIM {[d}šam-ši] | |
| 16 | {kur}hat-te ana paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ {[kur}me-li-di] {kur}da-ia-ni {kur}su-uh-me {uru}ar-ṣa-aš₂-ku-u | |
| 17 | URU MAN-ti-šu₂ ša₂ {m}a-ra-[me] {kur}u-ra-ar-⸢ṭa⸣-a-a {kur}gil₂-za-ni {kur}hub-uš-ki-a TA SAG e-ni | |
| 18 | ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL EN ⸢SAG⸣ e-ni ša₂ {[id₂]}⸢BURANUN{ki⸣} TA tam-⸢di⸣ ša₂ {kur}za-mu-a ša₂ be-ta-ni EN tam-di | |
| 19 | ša₂ {kur}kal-di ana GIR₃.II-ia ⸢u₂⸣-šak-niš ana {uru}KA₂.DINGIR ⸢a⸣-lik {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ [e]-pu-uš ana {kur}kal-di u₂-ri-di | |
| 20 | URU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu KUR-ud ma-da-tu₂-šu₂-nu am-hu-ur | |
| 21 | {[m]}10-id-ri {kur}ANŠE-šu₂ {m}ir-hu-le-ni {kur}ama-ta-a-a it-ti 15 URU.MEŠ ša₂ ši₂-di [tam-di a-na GABA-ia] | |
| 22 | ZI-ni 4-šu₂ KI-šu₂-nu ⸢am⸣-dah-hi-iṣ BAD₅.BAD₅-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [aš₂-kun {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 23 | [pet-hal-li-šu₂-nu a]-⸢ṣe⸣-[eʾ] ⸢u₂⸣-[nu]-ut ⸢ME₃⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 24 | [e-kim-šu₂-nu] | |
| 25 | [a-na šu-zu-ub] | |
| 26 | [ZI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 27 | [e-li]-u₂ |
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