Shalmaneser III 027 (Q004632)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004632 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Shalmaneser, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria; conqueror from the great sea of the land Amurru in the west to the sea of Chaldea, which is called the Marratu (“Bitter”) River, I gained dominion: |
| Obverse [5:12] 66–1212 | At that time, with regard to the old wall of my city, Aššur, which Tukultī-Ninurta (I), son of Shalmaneser (I), had previously built, I cleared away its ruined (portions) (and) dug out its foundation pit. I completely rebuilt it from top to bottom (and) decorated (it) more splendidly than ever before. I deposited my stone and clay inscriptions. |
| Obverse [12:15] 1313–1515 | May a later prince restore its ruined (portions) (and) return my inscription to its place. (Then) Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [15:17] 1616–1717 | The name of the outer wall is: “Who Convulses the Regions.” |
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 ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur DUMU aš-šur-PAP-A | |
| 2 | MAN KUR aš-šur DUMU GISKIM-{d}MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 3 | ka-šid TA tam-di GAL-ti ša {kur}a-mur-ri | |
| 4 | ša šul₃-me {d}šam-ši a-di tam-di | |
| 5 | ša {kur}kal-di ša {id₂}mar-ra-tu₂ | |
| 6 | i-qa-bu-ši-ni lu a-pel₂ e-nu-ma BAD₃{ki} | |
| 7 | URU-ia aš-šur mah-ru-u₂ ša {m}GISKIM-{d}MAŠ DUMU {d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ | |
| 8 | ina IGI DU₃-uš an-hu-su u₂-na-kir₆ | |
| 9 | dan-na-su ak-šud TA uš-še-šu a-di | |
| 10 | gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 11 | UGU mah-ri-i u₂-si-im [u₂]-šar-rih | |
| 12 | {na₄}NA.RU₂-ia u₃ te-me-ni-ia | |
| 13 | aš-kun NUN EGIR-u₂ an-hu-su | |
| 14 | lu-ud-diš MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ | |
| 15 | lu-te-er aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu₂ i-še-me | |
| 16 | šu-mu šal-he-e | |
| 17 | mu-nar₃-riṭ UB.MEŠ |
Sources & licences
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