Shalmaneser III 043 (Q004648)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004648 |
| 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, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) [also] vice-regent of the god Aššur: |
| Obverse [3:8] 44–88 | For his life and the well-being of his city, both walls and their gates which previously (other) kings who preceded me had built — they (the walls and gates) had become dilapidated and I completely rebuilt them (lit. “it”) from top to bottom. My clay cones I deposited. |
| Obverse [8:12] 99–1212 | A later prince, when the walls and gates become dilapidated, must rebuild them. (Then) Aššur (and) Adad, the great gods, (and) the Assyrian Ištar will listen to [his] prayers. [May he return] my clay cones to their places. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | Month of Šakināte, first day, eponymy of Nergal-mudammiq, governor [(of ...)]. |
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 ENSI₂ {d}aš-šur | |
| 2 | DUMU {m}aš-šur-PAP-A ENSI₂ {d}aš-šur | |
| 3 | DUMU {m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ ENSI₂ {d}aš-šur-[ma] | |
| 4 | a-na ba-la₂-ṭi₂-šu₂ u₃ ša-la₂-am a-li-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 5 | BAD₃{ki} ki-la-le u₃ KA₂.GAL-šu₂-nu ša ina pa-an MAN.MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | a-lik pa-ni-ia e-pu-uš e-na-hu-ma | |
| 7 | a-na si-hir₂-ti-šu₂ TA uš-še-šu₂ a-di šap-ti-šu e-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 8 | u₃ {na₄}zi-qa-a-te aš₂-ku-un | |
| 9 | NUN-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ e-nu-ma BAD₃{ki} u₃ KA₂.GAL.MEŠ | |
| 10 | e-na-hu-ma e-pu-uš aš-šur {[d]}IŠKUR DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ {d}INANNA aš₂-šu-ri-[tu] ik-ri-bi-[šu] | |
| 11 | i-ša₂-me-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 12 | zi-qa-ti ana aš₂-ri-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [lu-ter] | |
| 13 | {iti}ša-ki-na-te UD.1.⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 14 | lim-mu {m}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ-mu-SIG₅ {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM [(...)] |
Sources & licences
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