Shalmaneser III 040 (Q004645)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004645 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 |
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| Obverse Column i [0:9] i 1i 1–i 99 | Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, king of all the four quarters, ferocious, capable, rival of the great princes of the universe (and) kings; son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the universe and king of Assyria; conqueror of the lands Enzi, Gilzānu, Ḫubuškia, (and) U...: I brought about [their] destruction and swept over them like fire. |
| Obverse Column i [9:13] i 1010–i 1313 | I uprooted Aḫunu, a man of Bīt-Adini, together with his gods, his troops, his horses, (and) his palace property (and) reckoned them (the troops) as people of my land. |
| Obverse Column i [13:24] i 1414–i 2424 | I defeated Hadad-ezer (Adad-idri), the Damascene, together with twelve princes who were his allies. I laid low like sheep 29,000 of his brave warriors (and) threw the remnant of his troops into the Orontes. They fled to save their lives. |
| Obverse Column i [24:42] i 2525– | Hadad-ezer (Adad-idri) passed away (and) Hazaʾel, son of a nobody, took the throne. He mustered his numerous troops (and) moved against me to wage war and battle. I fought with him (and) defeated him. I took away from him his walled camp. He fled to save his life (and) I pursued (him) as far as Damascus, his royal city. (ii 1) [I cut down his] gardens. [...]The gods Anu and A[dad ...] peace [...] I received tax [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:1] iii 1iii 1–iii 1iii 1 | I marched for a second time to the land Namri. I carried off Ianzû, king of the land Namri, together with his gods, booty from his land, (and) his palace property to my city Aššur. |
| Obverse Column iii [1:4] iii 22–iii 44 | I went up to Mount Tunni, the silver mountain, (and) Mount Mulû, the alabaster mountain, (and) erected my mighty steles on them. I carried away alabaster in quantities so large it could not be reckoned. |
| Obverse Column iii [4:8] iii 55–iii 88 | I marched to the lands Que (and) Tabal, I conquered those lands (and) turned (them) into ruin hills. I confined Katê, the perverse enemy, to Paḫru, his royal city. My lordly brilliance overwhelmed him. I carried off his daughter with her dowry to Kalḫu (and thus) he submitted to me. |
| Obverse Column iii [8:11] iii 99–iii 1111 | At that time I rebuilt the walls of my city Aššur from top to bottom. I made my royal statue (and) erected (it) at the Tabira Gate. The name of the great (inner) wall is: “Whose Brilliance Covers the Land.” The name of its outer wall is: “Who Convulses the Regions.” |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN GAL-u₂ MAN dan-nu | |
| 2 | MAN kul₂-lat kib-rat LIMMU₂-i ek-du | |
| 3 | le-ʾu-u₂ ša₂-nin mal-ki.MEŠ | |
| 4 | ša₂ kiš-ša₂-ti GAL.MEŠ MAN.MEŠ-ni | |
| 5 | DUMU aš-šur-PAP-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 6 | A TUKUL-MAŠ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ka-šid | |
| 7 | {kur}en-zi {kur}gil₂-za-a-nu {kur}hu-bu-⸢uš⸣-[ki-a] | |
| 8 | {kur}⸢u₂⸣-x-x ⸢na-aš₂-pan-ta⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 9 | aš₂-⸢kun-ma⸣ ki-ma {d}⸢GIBIL₆⸣ | |
| 10 | UGU-šu₂-nu a-ba-ʾi {m}a-hu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | DUMU a-di-ni a-di ⸢DINGIR.MEŠ⸣-ni-[šu₂] | |
| 12 | ERIM.HI.<A>-šu₂ KUR-šu₂ NIG₂.GA E₂.⸢GAL⸣-[šu₂ a]-su-⸢ha⸣ | |
| 13 | a-na UN.MEŠ KUR-ia ⸢am⸣-nu-šu | |
| 14 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-id-ri ša-{kur}ANŠE-[šu₂] | |
| 15 | a-di 12 mal-ki.MEŠ re-ṣi-šu | |
| 16 | BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun-ma 20 LIM 9 ⸢LIM⸣ | |
| 17 | a-li-li mun-dah-hi-ṣi-šu₂ | |
| 18 | u₂-ne₂-li ki-ma šu-bi | |
| 19 | ⸢si⸣-ta-at ERIM.HI.A-šu₂-nu a-na | |
| 20 | {⸢id₂⸣}a-ra-an-te | |
| 21 | ⸢at⸣-bu-uk | |
| 22 | a-na | |
| 23 | šu-zu-ub | |
| 24 | ZI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu e-li-u₂ | |
| 25 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-id-ri KUR-šu₂ e-mi-id | |
| 26 | {m}ha-za-aʾ-DINGIR DUMU la ma-ma-na | |
| 27 | {giš}GU.ZA iṣ-bat ERIM.HI.A-šu₂ ma-aʾ-du | |
| 28 | id-ka-a a-na e-peš | |
| 29 | MURUB₄ u ME₃ a-na GABA-a it-ba-a | |
| 30 | it-ti-šu₂ am-dah-hi-iṣ BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ | |
| 31 | aš₂-kun BAD₃ uš-ma-ni-šu₂ e-kim-šu₂ | |
| 32 | a-na šu-zu-ub ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 33 | e-li a-di | |
| 34 | {uru}di-ma-aš₂-qi | |
| 35 | URU MAN-ti-šu₂ ar-di | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | {giš}KIRI₆.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ak-kis] | |
| 2 | ⸢KUR⸣ [x] ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] {⸢d⸣}a-nu u {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] tap-šu-uh-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [... IGI].SA₂-e [...] | |
| 6 | [... am-hur (...)] | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | 2-šu₂ a-na {kur}nam-ri a-lik {m}ia-an-zu-u₂ MAN {kur}nam-ri a-di DINGIR.MEŠ-ni-šu₂ šal-lat KUR-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢NIG₂⸣.GA E₂.GAL-šu₂ a-na URU-ia aš-šur ub-la a-na {kur}tu-un-ni KUR-e KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 3 | {kur}mu-li-i KUR-e {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL e-li ṣal-mu geš-ru-ti-a | |
| 4 | ina qer-bi-šu₂-nu ul-ziz {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ma-aʾ-du a-na la ma-ni | |
| 5 | aš₂-ša₂-a a-na {kur}qu-u₂-e {kur}ta-ba-li a-lik KUR.KUR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | a-ne₂-er-ma a-na DU₆ u kar-me u₂-ter {m}ka-ti-i {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ šap-ṣu | |
| 7 | ina {uru}pa-ah-ri <URU> MAN-ti-šu₂ e-sir-šu₂ me-lam-me EN-ti-a is-hu-pu-šu₂-ma DUMU.MUNUS-su | |
| 8 | it-ti nu-du-ni-ša₂ ana {uru}kal-hi ub-la GIR₃.II-ia iṣ-bat | |
| 9 | ina u₄-me-šu-ma BAD₃.MEŠ-ni URU-ia aš-šur TA uš-še-šu-nu a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu-nu DU₃-uš | |
| 10 | ṣa-lam MAN-ti-a DU₃-uš ina KA₂.GAL TIBIRA ul-ziz MU BAD₃ GAL-e ša₂ me-lam-mu-šu₂ KUR kat₂-mu | |
| 11 | MU šal-hi-šu₂ mu-nar₃-ri-ṭi₂ kib-ra-a-te | |
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