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Shalmaneser III 037 (Q004642)

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

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DesignationShalmaneser III 037
IDQ004642
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 [0:2] 11–22Palace of Shalmaneser, king of all peoples, prince, vice-regent of Aššur, [son of Ashurnasir]pal (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] 33–55conqueror of the sea of the land Nairi, the sea of the west, also called (lit. “and”) the sea of the land Amurru: I gained dominion over the entire land Ḫatti.

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
2NUN-u₂ ŠID aš-⸢šur⸣ [A {m}aš-šur-PAP]-⸢A⸣ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur
3A TUKUL-MAŠ GAR {d}BAD ⸢ŠID aš-šur-ma ka⸣-šid A.AB.BA
4ša₂ {kur}na-ʾi-ri tam-ti ša₂ šul₃-mu {d}šam-ši
5u tam-ti ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri {kur}hat-ti ana paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ a-⸢pel₂⸣

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