Shalmaneser III 026 (Q004631)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004631 |
| Collection | Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 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 [0:15] 11–1515 | Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur; conqueror from the upper sea to the lower (sea), the sea of Chaldea, which is called the Marratu (“Bitter”) River. Marching to the land Ḫatti I gained dominion over all of it. I marched to Babylon, Borsippa, (and) Cutha (and) made my sacrifices. |
| Obverse [15:24] 1616–2424 | At that time the old wall of my city, Aššur, which Tukultī-Ninurta (I), son of Shalmaneser (I), a king who preceded me, had previously built, (this wall) had become dilapidated and I built it anew. |
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 | |
| 2 | GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur | |
| 3 | A aš-šur-PAP-A ŠID AŠ | |
| 4 | A TUKUL-MAŠ ŠID AŠ-ma | |
| 5 | ka-šid TA tam-di | |
| 6 | AN.TA u KI.TA | |
| 7 | u tam-di ša₂ {kur}kal-di | |
| 8 | ša₂ {id₂}mar-ra-tu₂ | |
| 9 | i-qa-bu-ši-ni | |
| 10 | a-lik {kur}hat-ti ana paṭ{aṭ} | |
| 11 | gim-ri-ša₂ a-pel₂ | |
| 12 | ana {uru}KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 13 | {uru}bar₂-sipa{ki} | |
| 14 | {uru}ku-te-e a-lik | |
| 15 | {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ-ia | |
| 16 | aq-qi e-nu-ma | |
| 17 | BAD₃ URU-ia aš-šur{ki} | |
| 18 | mah-ru-u₂ | |
| 19 | ša₂ ina IGI TUKUL-{d}MAŠ | |
| 20 | A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ | |
| 21 | MAN a-lik IGI-ia | |
| 22 | ina IGI DU₃-uš | |
| 23 | e-na-ah-ma | |
| 24 | ana iš-šu-ti DU₃-uš |
Sources & licences
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