Shalmaneser III 038 (Q004643)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004643 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:10] 11–1010 | To the goddess Ištar, great mistress, [...], mistress of battle (and) strife, who performs [...] turmoil ... [...] ... [...] (5) secret shrine [...] ... [...] clothed in[...] ... [...] ... [...] (10) [Shalma]neser king [...] |
| Obverse [10:13] 1'1'–3'3' | [... son of Ashurnasirpal (II), exalted prince] whose priesthood [was pleasing] to [the gods and (who)] subdued [all lands at his feet, pure J offspring [of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), who] slew [all his enemies] and annihilated (them) like a flood; |
| Obverse [13:19] 4'4'–9'9' | [conqueror from the upper sea and] the lower sea of the land [...] and the sea of the land [...]. [I conquered] from the source of the [Tigris to the source of the Euphrates. From the land Enzi] to the land Suḫni [... the land] Gilzānu, the land Ḫubu[škia ...] I slew. |
| Obverse [19:22] 10'10'–12'12' | From [...] the land Parsua, the land Abd[adānu ...] the land Tugliaš, the land [...] this I conquered. |
| Obverse [22:26] 13'13'–16'16' | To [...] Borsippa [...] I made sacrifices to the god(s) [...] |
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 | a-na {d}INANNA NIN GAL-ti [...] | |
| 2 | NIN-at MURUB₄ ME₃ e-pi-[ša-at ...] | |
| 3 | ⸢sa⸣-ah-ma-ša₂-ti na-x-[...] | |
| 4 | AN a-x x x ⸢uz⸣-[...] | |
| 5 | ⸢at-ma-a⸣-ni pu-⸢uz⸣-[ri ...] | |
| 6 | x x ⸢in-ni⸣ AN [...] | |
| 7 | li-it-bu-šat x [...] | |
| 8 | AN ⸢na ta⸣ ši id nu [...] | |
| 9 | [x x (x)] x di x [...] | |
| 10 | [x x (x)] x MAŠ x [...] | |
| 1' | šur-⸢ru-hu NUN⸣-u₂ ⸢na⸣-[aʾ-du ...] | |
| 2' | ša₂ ŠID-⸢su UGU⸣ [DINGIR.MEŠ-ni i-ṭi-bu-ma KUR.KUR.MEŠ nap-har-ši-na a-na GIR₃.II.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₂⸣-šek₂-ni-[šu] ⸢nab-ni⸣-[tu KU₃-tu ša₂ tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ ša₂ kul₂-lat za-i-ri-šu₂] | |
| 4' | i-ne₂-⸢ru-ma iš⸣-[pu-na a-bu-ba-niš ka-šid TA tam-di AN.TA u] | |
| 5' | ⸢tam⸣-di ⸢KI.TA⸣ ša₂ {⸢kur⸣}na-[i-ri ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ tam-di ša₂ {kur}x [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢TA SAG e⸣-ni ša₂ {⸢id₂⸣}HAL.[HAL a-di SAG e-ni ša₂ {id₂}A.RAD qa-ti ik-šud TA {kur}en-zi] | |
| 8' | ⸢a-di⸣ {kur}su-uh-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | {[kur]}⸢gil⸣-za-nu {kur}hu-bu-⸢uš⸣-[ki-a ...] | |
| 10' | ⸢lu aš₂⸣-gi-iš TA [...] | |
| 11' | {⸢kur⸣}par₂-su-a {kur}ab-⸢da⸣-[da-na ...] | |
| 12' | {kur}tug-li-ia-aš₂ {kur}[...] | |
| 13' | ⸢šu₂-a-ti⸣ KUR-ud a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | {⸢uru}bar₂-sipa⸣{ki} [...] | |
| 15' | {⸢udu}SISKUR.MEŠ a-na⸣ {d}[...] | |
| 16' | ⸢BAL-qi₂⸣ |
Sources & licences
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