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Shalmaneser III 033 (Q004638)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationShalmaneser III 033
IDQ004638
CollectionArkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotNimrud (Kalhu)
Coordinates36.0992, 43.3275

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:2] 11–22Palace 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 [2:5] 33–55conqueror of the sea of the land Nairi (and) the western sea, 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 Ḫatti.
Obverse [5:13] 66–1313For a second time I marched to the great sea. For a third time I ascended Mount Amanus (and) cut down beams of cedar. 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 Aramu, the Urarṭian, (and) the lands Gilzānu (and) Ḫubuškia.

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
1E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ NUN-u₂
2ŠID aš-šur A aš-šur-PAP-A GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur A tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ GAR {d}BAD
3ŠID aš-šur-ma ka-šid A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}na-ʾi-ri A.AB.BA
4ša₂ šul₃-mu {d}šam-ši u A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri
5ina 15 BALA.MEŠ-a 12-šu₂ {id₂}A.RAD e-bir {kur}hat-ti
6ana paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ a-pel₂ 2-šu₂ a-na tam-ti GAL-ti
7a-lik 3-šu₂ a-na {kur}ha-ma-ni e-li GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ
8{giš}e-re-ni a-kis TA SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL a-di
9SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}A.RAD qa-ti KUR-ud 3-šu₂ a-na
10{kur}na-ʾi-ri a-lik TA {kur}en-zi a-di {kur}da-ia-ni
11{kur}su-uh-me a-di {uru}ar-ṣa-aš₂-kun URU MAN-ti-šu₂ ša₂
12{m}a-ra-me {kur}u₂-ra-ar-ṭa-a-a {kur}gil₂-za-ni
13{kur}hub-uš-ki-a GIM DU₆ a-bu-be aš₂-pu-nu

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