Shalmaneser III 042 (Q004647)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004647 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Shalmaneser, [strong] king, [king of the universe, king of Assyria], son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [strong] king, [king of the universe, king of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) [also strong] king, [king of the universe, and king of Ass]yria: |
| Obverse [3:9] 44–99 | For his life and the well-being of his [city], its wall and gates which previously (other) kings who preceded me had built — it (the wall) had become dilapidated and I completely rebuilt it from top to bottom. I deposited my clay cones. |
| Obverse [9:13] 1010–1313 | May a later prince restore its ruined (portions) (and) return my inscription to its place. (Then) the gods Aššur (and) Adad, the great gods, will listen to his prayers. May he return my clay cone to its place. |
| Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616 | Month of Šakināte, twenty-eighth day, eponymy Iaḫalu, the chief administrator (mašennu). |
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-SAG ⸢MAN⸣ [KUR aš-šur] | |
| 2 | DUMU {m}aš-šur-PAP-IBILA MAN [KUR aš-šur] | |
| 3 | DUMU {m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ MAN [KUR aš]-⸢šur⸣-[ma] | |
| 4 | a-na ba-la₂-ṭi₂-šu₂ u₃ ša-la₂-⸢am⸣ [URU]-šu | |
| 5 | BAD₃{ki} KA₂.GAL.MEŠ-šu ša ina pa-an MAN.MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | a-lik pa-ni-ia e-pu-uš | |
| 7 | ⸢e⸣-na-ah-ma a-na si-hir₂-ti-šu | |
| 8 | TA uš-še-šu a-di gaba-⸢dib-bi⸣-šu | |
| 9 | e-pu-uš {na₄}zi-qa-⸢ti⸣ [aš₂]-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 10 | ru-bu-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ an-⸢hu⸣-[su] ⸢lu⸣-ud-; | |
| 11 | MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-ša₂ [lu]-⸢ter⸣ | |
| 12 | {d}aš-šur {d}IŠKUR DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ik-ri-bi-šu | |
| 13 | i-šam-me-u₂ {na₄}zi-qa-ti ana aš₂-ri-ša₂ lu-⸢ter⸣ | |
| 14 | {iti}ša-ki-na-te UD.28.KAM₂ | |
| 15 | li-mu {m}ia-ha-lum | |
| 16 | {lu₂}AGRIG GAL-u₂ |
Sources & licences
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