Shalmaneser III 047 (Q004652)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004652 |
| Collection | 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, 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: |
| Obverse [3:9] 44–99 | At that time the ancient Tabira Gate, which Aššur-dān (II), my forefather, had previously built, had become dilapidated and I restored its weakened (parts). I rebuilt it from top to bottom. |
| Obverse [9:13] 1010–1313 | May a later prince restore its weakened (parts) (and) return my inscription to its place. (Then) Aššur and the god Nergal will listen to his prayers. |
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 | |
| 2 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ A AŠ-PAP-A | |
| 3 | MAN KUR AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ MAN KUR AŠ-ma | |
| 4 | e-nu-ma KA₂.GAL TIBIRA | |
| 5 | mah-ri-tu₂ ša₂ {m}aš-šur-KAL-an a-bi | |
| 6 | ina IGI DU₃-uš e-na-ah-ma | |
| 7 | an-hu-sa ud-diš | |
| 8 | TA uš-še-ša₂ a-di | |
| 9 | gaba-dib-bi-ša₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 10 | NUN EGIR-u₂ an-hu-sa | |
| 11 | lu-diš MU šaṭ-ra ana KI-šu₂ lu-ter | |
| 12 | aš-šur u {d}U.GUR ik-ri-bi-šu₂ | |
| 13 | i-še-mu-u |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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