Shalmaneser III 031 (Q004636)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004636 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | Palace of Shalmaneser, king of all people, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of Aššur: |
| Obverse [2:6] 33–66 | conqueror of the sea of the land Nairi (and) the western sea (5) also called (lit. “and”) the sea of the land Amurru: In my fifteenth regnal year I crossed the Euphrates for the twelfth time. I gained dominion over the entire land Hatti. |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | For a second time I marched to the great sea. For a third time I ascended Mount Amanus (and) cut down beams of cedar. |
| Obverse [8:16] 99–1616 | I conquered from the source of the Tigris to the source of the Euphrates. For a third time I marched to the land Nairi. I overwhelmed like a flood the (territory stretching) from the land Enzi as far as the lands Daiēnu (and) Suḫme, as far as the city Arṣaškun, the royal city of (15) Aramu, the Urarṭian, (and) the lands Gilzānu (and) Ḫubuškia. |
| Obverse [16:19] 1717–1919 | Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur, governor of Kalḫu, has installed forever this threshold in the palace of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, his lord. |
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 | E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ | |
| 2 | NUN-u₂ ŠID aš-šur A aš-šur-PAP-A GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur | |
| 3 | A tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur-ma ka-šid | |
| 4 | A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}na-ʾi-ri A.AB.BA ša₂ šul₃-mu | |
| 5 | {d}šam-ši u A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri | |
| 6 | ina 15 BALA.MEŠ-a 12-šu₂ {id₂}A.RAD e-bir {kur}hat-ti | |
| 7 | ana paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ a-pel₂ 2-šu₂ ana tam-ti GAL-ti | |
| 8 | a-lik 3-šu₂ a-na {kur}ha-ma-ni e-li | |
| 9 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}e-re-ni a-kis TA SAG | |
| 10 | e-ni ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL a-di SAG e-ni | |
| 11 | ša₂ {id₂}A.RAD qa-ti KUR-ud 3-šu₂ a-na | |
| 12 | {kur}na-ʾi-ri a-lik TA {kur}en-zi a-di | |
| 13 | {kur}da-ia-ni {kur}su-uh-me a-di | |
| 14 | {uru}ar-ṣa-aš₂-kun URU MAN-ti-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}a-ra-me {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭa-a-a | |
| 16 | {kur}gil₂-za-ni {kur}hub-uš-ki-a GIM DU₆ a-bu-be | |
| 17 | aš₂-pu-nu {na₄}KUN₄ šu₂-a-tu₂ {m}{d}UTU-EN-PAP | |
| 18 | ša₂-kin₃ {uru}kal-hi ina E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ | |
| 19 | MAN KUR aš-šur EN-šu₂ ana a-ṣa-at u₄-me u₂-kin₂ |
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