Shalmaneser III 046 (Q004651)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004651 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; British Museum, London, UK; 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | 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 Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also strong king, king of the universe, and king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [4:10] 55–1010 | At that time the ancient Tabira Gate, which Aššur-dān (II), son of Tiglath-pileser (II), kings who preceded me, had previously built — (that gate) had become dilapidated. I removed its weakened (parts), delineated its site, and dug out its foundation pit. I completely rebuilt it from top to bottom (and) decorated (it) more splendidly than before. At that time, I deposited my clay inscriptions. |
| Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515 | In the future, in days to come, when this gate becomes old and dilapidated, may a later prince restore its weakened (parts) (and) return my inscription to its place. (Then) the deities Aššur, Adad, Sîn and Šamaš, Ištar and Nergal, the great gods, will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [15:18] 1616–1818 | The month Duʾūzu, twenty-eighth day, eponymy of Taklāk-šarri, governor of the city Nēmed-Ištar. |
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 | |
| 2 | DUMU {m}aš-šur-PAP-A MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 3 | DUMU {giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 4 | DUMU {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 5 | e-nu-ma KA₂.GAL TIBIRA mah-ri-tu ša ina pa-an {m}aš-šur-KAL-an | |
| 6 | DUMU {m}{giš}tukul-ti-IBILA-e₂-šar₂-ra MAN.MEŠ-ni a-lik pa-ni-ia | |
| 7 | e-pu-uš e-na-ah-ma an-hu-sa u₂-na-ki-ri | |
| 8 | a-šar-ša u₂-ma-si dan-na-sa ak-šud{ud} iš-tu | |
| 9 | uš-še-ša a-di gaba-dib-bi-ša ar-ṣip u₂-šek₂-lil | |
| 10 | UGU mah-ri-i u₂-si-im u₂-šar-ri-hi ina u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 11 | {dug}te-me-ni aš-kun a-na EGIR u₄-me | |
| 12 | a-na u₄-um ṣa-a-te e-nu-ma KA₂.GAL BI u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma | |
| 13 | e-na-ha-ma NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ an-hu-sa lu-ud-diš | |
| 14 | MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ lu-te-er aš-šur {d}IŠKUR {d}30 | |
| 15 | u₃ {d}ša₂-maš {d}iš-tar u₃ {d}U.GUR DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 16 | ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-mu-u₂ {iti}ŠU UD.28.KAM₂ | |
| 17 | li-mu {m}tak₃-lak-MAN {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR | |
| 18 | {uru}ne₂-med-{d}INANNA |
Sources & licences
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