Shalmaneser III 024 (Q004629)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tigris Tunnel · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004629 |
| 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 | Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, [king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of all] peoples, 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 defeated ... and [gone] after [his enemies and victoriously] swept over [rivers and difficult mountains] (leaving them) like ruin hills left by a deluge; |
| Obverse [4:10] 55–1010 | conqueror [from the sea of the land Nairi 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 [Aramu, the Urarṭian, (and) the lands Gilzānu] (and) Ḫubuškia. I subdued Urarṭu [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 [10:13] 1111–1313 | I marched to [Babylon] (and) made sacrifices [in Babylon], Borsippa, (and) Cutha. Then [I went down to] Chaldea, conquered their cities, (and) [received] tribute from the kings of Chaldea. Awe of my weapons [overwhelmed them] as far as [(the sea) Marratu (“Bitter”)]. |
| Obverse [13:17] 1414–1717 | [Hadad-ezer (Adad-idri)], the king of Damascus, together with twelve kings of [the land] Ḫatti, [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-MAŠ MAN GAL MAN ⸢dan⸣-[nu MAN kiš-ša-ti MAN KUR aš-šur MAN kiš-šat] | |
| 2 | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ ša₂ ina re-ṣu-te ša₂ {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [tik-le-šu₂ le-iš DU.DU-ma] | |
| 3 | KUR.MEŠ-e KAL.MEŠ TA ṣi-it {⸢d⸣}[šam-ši a-di e-reb {d}šam-ši u₂-šat-me-ha a-na ŠU.II-šu₂ MAN ek-du] | |
| 4 | la pa-du-u₂ ša₂ ina [x] SAG i-du-ku-ma ⸢EGIR⸣ [za-i-ri-šu DU.DU-ma ID₂.MEŠ KUR-e GIG.MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ki-ma DU₆ a-bu-bi [u₂-kab-bi]-sa [šal-ṭiš] ⸢ka-šid⸣ [TA tam-di ša₂ {kur}na-i-ri a-di tam-di GAL-te ša₂] | |
| 6 | SILIM {[d}šam-ši]-ma ša₂ {kur}hat-te EN paṭ gim-[ri-ša₂ ...] | |
| 7 | {uru}ar-ṣa-aš₂-ku-⸢un URU⸣ MAN-ti-šu₂ ša₂ {[m}a-ra-me {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭa-a-a {kur}gil₂-za-ni] | |
| 8 | {uru}hub-uš-⸢ki⸣-[a {kur]}⸢u₂-ra-ar⸣-[ṭi TA SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL] | |
| 9 | ⸢EN⸣ SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}⸢BURANUN⸣{ki} [TA tam]-⸢di⸣ [ša₂] {kur}⸢za-mu-a⸣ | |
| 10 | ša₂ E₂-a-ni EN tam-di ša₂ {kur}⸢kal-di⸣ ana ⸢GIR₃⸣.II-ia u₂-šak-niš | |
| 11 | ana {uru}TIN.[TIR{ki]} a-lik {udu}SISKUR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [ina {uru}TIN.TIR{ki} {uru]}⸢bar₂-sipa⸣{ki} | |
| 12 | {uru}ku-te₉-e DU₃-uš [a-na] {kur}kal-⸢di⸣ [u₂-ri-di] URU.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 13 | KUR-ud ma-da-tu₂ ša₂ LUGAL.MEŠ-ni TA {kur}kal-⸢di⸣ [am-hur] | |
| 14 | šu-ur-ri-bat {[giš}TUKUL].⸢MEŠ⸣-a <a>-di [mar-ra-ti is-hu-up {m}{d}IŠKUR-id-ri] | |
| 15 | MAN {kur}ANŠE-šu₂ EN 12 MAN.MEŠ ša₂ {[kur]}hat-⸢te⸣ [a-na GABA-ia it-bu-ni] | |
| 16 | 4-šu₂ it-te-šu₂-nu am-dah-hi-iṣ BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂-nu ⸢aš₂⸣-kun {giš}[GIGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu pet-hal-li-šu₂-nu a-ṣe-eʾ] | |
| 17 | u₂-⸢nu⸣-[ut] ⸢ME₃⸣-šu₂-nu e-kim-šu₂-nu ana [šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu e-li-u₂] |
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