Shalmaneser III 039 (Q004644)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004644 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | Shalmaneser, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) [also king of Assyria]; conqueror from the sea of the land Nairi [to the sea of Chaldea], which is called the Marratu (“Bitter”) River. I (lit. “He”) conquered [as far as] the western sea. I marched to Babylon (and) Borsippa (and) made sacrifices. |
| Obverse [5:10] 66–1010 | At that time the temple of the gods Anu (and) Adad, my lords, which previously Tiglath-pileser (I), son of Mutakkil-Nusku, <had built>, had become dilapidated (and) I entirely rebuilt it. I brought cedar beams (and) installed (them) over (it). |
| Obverse [10:14] 1111–1414 | May a later prince restore its weakened (portions) and return my inscription to its place. (Then) Aššur, the god Anu, and the god Adad will listen to his prayers. May he return my clay cone to its place. |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | The month Muḫur-ilāni, fifteenth day, the twentieth year of my reign. |
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 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ ⸢MAN KUR aš-šur⸣ DUMU aš-šur-PAP-A MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | DUMU TUKUL-{d}MAŠ ⸢MAN⸣ [KUR aš-šur-ma] ka-šid TA tam-di ša {kur}na-i-ri | |
| 3 | [a-di tam-di ša₂ {kur}kal-di] ša {id₂}mar-ra-te i-qa-bu-ši-ni | |
| 4 | [a-di] ⸢tam⸣-di ša šul₃-me {d}šam-ši ŠU-ti ik-šud | |
| 5 | [a-na] {⸢uru⸣}KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} {uru}bar₂-sipa al-lik {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ | |
| 6 | aq-qi ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma E₂ {d}a-nim {d}IŠKUR | |
| 7 | <EN>.MEŠ-ia ša ina pa-an {m}{giš}tukul-ti-IBILA-e₂-šar₂-ra | |
| 8 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}mu-tak₃-kil-{d}nusku <e-pu-šu₂> e-na-ah-ma | |
| 9 | [a]-na si-hir₂-ti-šu a-na iš-šu-ti DU₃-uš | |
| 10 | {[giš]}gu-šur.MEŠ {giš}e-re-ni aš₂-ša₂-a a-na muh-hi u₂-kin₂ | |
| 11 | NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ an-hu-su lu-ud-⸢diš⸣ | |
| 12 | MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-šu lu-ter{er} | |
| 13 | aš-šur {d}a-num {d}IŠKUR ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-mu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {na₄}zi-qa-ti a-na aš₂-ri-ša lu-ter{er} | |
| 15 | {iti}mu-hur-DINGIR.MEŠ UD.15.KAM₂ MU.1.KAM₂ 20 BALA.MEŠ-ia |
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