Shalmaneser III 025 (Q004630)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004630 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] 11–88 | Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, king of the universe, unrivalled king, dragon, the weapon which destroys all quarters, commander of princes everywhere, who has smashed all (5) his enemies like a pot, strong male, merciless (and) unsparing in battle; 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: |
| Obverse [8:20] 99–2020 | Conqueror from the upper sea to the lower sea, the lands Ḫatti, Luḫutu, Damascus, Lebanon, Que, Tabal, (and) Melid; the one who has seen the sources of the Tigris and Euphrates. To avenge Marduk-zākir-šumi (15) I marched to Akkad. [I] defeated Marduk-bel-uṣāte, (his) younger brother. I entered Cutha, Babylon, (and) Borsippa, (and) presented my sacrifices to the gods of the towns of Akkad. I went down to Chaldea (and) received tribute from all the kings of Chaldea. |
| Obverse [20:31] 2121–3131 | When the great (inner) wall of my city, Aššur, and its outer wall, which the kings, my fathers, who preceded me, had previously built - (when) these walls became dilapidated and fell into ruin, I took (25) both of them, as a single work assignment, from the Tabira Gate to the Tigris. I delineated their area, dug out their foundation pit, (and) completely rebuilt them on bedrock from bottom to top. <I deposited> my monumental inscription (and) returned the monumental inscriptions of the kings, my fathers, to their places. |
| Obverse [31:33] 3232–3333 | At that time (the image of) the god Kidudu, guardian of the wall, as well as this same wall had become dilapidated (and) I fashioned it anew. |
| Obverse [33:36] 3434–3636 | May a later prince restore the damaged (portions) of the walls (and) return my inscription to its place. Then Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [36:40] 3737–4040 | The name of the great (inner) wall is: “Whose Brilliance Covers the Land.” The name of its outēr wall is: “Who Convulses the Regions.” The god Ulai is the guardian of his city (and) the god Kidudu is the guardian of his wall. The name of the Tabira Gate is: “Entrance for All Lands through the Strong Wall.” |
| Obverse [40:47] 4141–4747 | “Controller of Princes” is the Tabira Gate. “Favorable (for the passage) of Its Troops” (and) “The King’s Entrance” is the Step Gate. “Founder of the Excellent (Throne)” is the Ziggurat Gate. “Aššur Subdues the Perverse” is the Aššur Gate. “Noble Is the King’s Bull Colossus” is the Statue Gate. “The God Šamaš Defeats the Rebellious” is the [Šamaš] Gate. (45) “Provider of Best Beer for the Gods” is the ... River Gate. “It Is Taboo to the Insubmissive” is the Tiserri Gate. |
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 | |
| 2 | MAN la ša₂-na-an u₂-šum₂-gal-lu | |
| 3 | ka-šu-uš DU₃ kib-ra-a-te ša₂-pir | |
| 4 | mal-ki.MEŠ ša₂ kul₂-la-te ša₂ kul₂-la-at | |
| 5 | na-ki-ri-šu₂ ki-ma ha-aṣ-ba-te | |
| 6 | u₂-da-qi-qu NITA₂ dan-nu la pa-du-u₂ | |
| 7 | la ga-mil tu-qu-un-te A aš-šur-PAP-IBILA | |
| 8 | MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur A {giš}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta | |
| 9 | MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid TA tam-di AN.TA | |
| 10 | a-di tam-di KI.TA {kur}hat-ti {kur}lu-hu-te | |
| 11 | {kur}i-me-ri {kur}lab-na-na {kur}qu-i | |
| 12 | {kur}ta-ba-li {kur}me-li-di a-mir | |
| 13 | e-na-a-te ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL u {id₂}⸢pu-rat⸣-te | |
| 14 | a-na tu-ur gi-mil-li ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-MU | |
| 15 | a-na KUR ak-ka-di-i ⸢a⸣-lik | |
| 16 | {[m}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU-EN-u₂-sa-[a]-te ⸢du-pu-su dab₂-da-šu⸣ | |
| 17 | [am]-⸢ha⸣-aṣ a-na GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} bar₂-sipa{ki} | |
| 18 | KU₄-ub {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ-ia a-na DINGIR.MEŠ ma-ha-zi | |
| 19 | ša₂ KUR ak-ka-di-i aq-qi a-na {kur}kal-di u₂-rid ma-da-tu | |
| 20 | ša₂ MAN.MEŠ-ni ša₂ {kur}kal-di DU₃-šu₂-nu am-hur | |
| 21 | e-nu-ma BAD₃ GAL-a ša₂ URU-ia aš-šur u₃ {bad₃}šal-hu-šu | |
| 22 | ša₂ MAN.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia a-lik mah-ri-ia | |
| 23 | ina pa-ni e-pu-šu BAD₃.MEŠ-ni šu-nu-ti e-na-hu-ma | |
| 24 | la-bi-ru-ta DU-ku TA KA₂.GAL TIBIRA a-di | |
| 25 | UGU {id₂}HAL.HAL ki-lal-le-šu₂-nu a-na 1-en | |
| 26 | pil-ki-ia aṣ-bat a-šar-šu₂-nu lu-ma-si | |
| 27 | dan-na-su-nu lu ak-šu-da ina UGU ki-ṣir | |
| 28 | KUR-i dan-ni uš-ši-šu-nu a-di | |
| 29 | gaba-dib-bi-šu-nu ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil {na₄}NA.RU₂.A <aš₂-kun> | |
| 30 | {na₄}NA.RU₂.A ša₂ MAN.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia ana aš₂-ri-šu₂-nu | |
| 31 | u₂-ter | |
| 32 | ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma {d}ki-du-du ma-ṣar BAD₃ | |
| 33 | it-ti BAD₃-ma šu-a-tum iʾ-a-bit a-na | |
| 34 | iš-šu-te DU₃-uš NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ an-hu-ut | |
| 35 | BAD₃.MEŠ-ni lu-ud-diš MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-šu | |
| 36 | lu-ter aš-šur ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-em-me | |
| 37 | MU BAD₃ GAL-e ša₂ me-lam-mu-šu₂ KUR kat₂-mu | |
| 38 | MU {bad₃}šal-hi-šu mu-nar₃-ri-ṭi₂ kib-ra-a-te | |
| 39 | {d}u₂-la-a ma-ṣar URU-šu₂ {d}ki-du-du ma-ṣar BAD₃-šu₂ | |
| 40 | MU KA₂.GAL TIBIRA ša₂ BAD₃ dan-ni ne₂-rab DU₃ KUR.KUR | |
| 41 | sa-ni-qa-at mal-ki.MEŠ KA₂.GAL TIBIRA DUG₃.GA-at | |
| 42 | UGU um-ma-ni-ša₂ KA₂.GAL ne₂-rab MAN muš-la-li | |
| 43 | mu-šar-ši-da-at a-rat-te-e KA₂.GAL si-qur-ra-a-te aš-šur | |
| 44 | mu-kan-niš šap-ṣu-te KA₂.GAL aš-šur ba-na-at {d}LAMMA ⸢MAN⸣ | |
| 45 | KA₂.GAL ṣal-mi₃ {d}UTU ne₂-er mul-tar-hi KA₂.GAL {⸢d⸣}[UTU] | |
| 46 | ra-si-nat ku-ru-nu DINGIR.MEŠ KA₂.GAL ma-gal ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 47 | ik-kib-ša₂ la ma-ga-ri KA₂.GAL ti-ser-⸢ri⸣ |
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