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Shalmaneser III 035 (Q004640)

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

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DesignationShalmaneser III 035
IDQ004640
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] 11–11Palace of Shalmaneser, king of all peoples, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (IT), 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 [1:4] 22–44conqueror 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 [4:5] 55–55For a second time I marched to the great sea. For a third time I ascended Mount Amanus.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kiš-šat UN.MEŠ NUN-u₂ ŠID aš-šur A aš-šur-PAP-A
2GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur A tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur-ma ka-šid A.AB.BA
3ša₂ {kur}na-ʾi-ri A.AB.BA ša₂ šul₃-mu {d}šam-ši u A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri
4ina 15 BALA.MEŠ-a 12-šu₂ {id₂}A.RAD e-bir {kur}hat-ti ana paṭ gim-ri-ša₂
5a-pel₂ 2-šu₂ a-na tam-ti GAL-ti a-lik 3-šu₂ a-na {kur}ha-ma-ni e-li

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