Shalmaneser III 034 (Q004639)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004639 |
| 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 peoples, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, 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] 33–55 | conqueror of the sea of the land Nairi, the sea of the west, also called (lit. “and”) the sea of the land Amurru: In my fifteenth year I crossed the Euphrates for the twelfth time (and) gained dominion over the entire land Ḫatti. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Aḫunu, a man of Bīt-Adini, I deported together with his troops (and) his gods, (and) included them among the people of my land. |
| Obverse [6:11] 77–1111 | For a second time I marched to the great sea. For a third time I ascended Mount Amanus (and) cut down cedar beams. I marched to Mount Lallar, where the image of Anum-ḫirbe stands, (and) (10) erected my image with his. I conquered from the source of the Tigris to the source of the Euphrates. |
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) |
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| 1 | E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ NUN-u₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 2 | A aš-šur-PAP-A GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur A tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 3 | ka-šid A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}na-ʾi-ri A.AB.BA ša₂ šul₃-mu | |
| 4 | {d}šam-ši u A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri ina 15 BALA.MEŠ-a 12-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {id₂}A.RAD e-bir {kur}hat-ti a-na paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ a-pel₂ | |
| 6 | {m}a-hu-nu A {m}a-di-ni a-di ERIM.HI.A.MEŠ-šu₂ DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ a-su-ha | |
| 7 | a-na UN.MEŠ KUR-ia am-nu-šu₂ 2-šu₂ ana tam-ti GAL-ti a-lik 3-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ana {kur}ha-ma-ni e-li GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}e-re-ni a-kis ana KUR-e | |
| 9 | {kur}lal-la-ar a-šar ṣal-mu ša₂ {m}AN-hi-ir-be zaq-pu a-lik | |
| 10 | ṣal-mi₃ it-ti ṣal-mi₃-šu₂ u₂-še-ziz TA SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL | |
| 11 | a-di SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}A.RAD qa-ti KUR-ud |
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