Shalmaneser III 056 (Q004661)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004661 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | Shalmaneser, king of the universe, king of Assyria, 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; splendid priest of the god Aššur, attentive prince who frequents the shrines of the gods within Ešarra: . |
| Obverse [2:7] 33–77 | At that time the ziggurat of the god Ninurta, the great lord, my lord, the site of which no one among the kings, my fathers, had ever designated nor had the bricks been laid — with my skill, which the god Ea, lord of wide understanding, gave me, I built this ziggurat in Kalḫu. |
| Obverse [7:11] 88–1111 | When the god Ninurta sees this ziggurat, may he rightly rejoice and command that my days be long, may he ordain that my years be many. |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | May a later prince restore its ruined (portions) (and) return my inscription to its place. |
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 ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ A AŠ-PAP-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ | |
| 2 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ-ma ŠAPRA {d}aš-šur šur-ru-hu NUN na-du muš-te-eʾ-u | |
| 3 | aš₂-rat DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ qe₂-reb e₂-šar₂-ra e-nu-ma U₆.NIR | |
| 4 | {d}MAŠ EN GAL-e EN-ia ša₂ ina MAN.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-a-a | |
| 5 | a-šar-ša₂ la kul-lu-mu-ma la-a ŠUB-at SIG₄.MEŠ | |
| 6 | ⸢ina⸣ hi-sa-at lib₃-bi-a ša₂ {d}e₂-a EN uz-nu DAGAL | |
| 7 | i-qi₂-šu-u₂-ni U₆.NIR šu-a-tu₂ ina {uru}kal-hi lu DU₃-uš | |
| 8 | e-nu-ma {d}MAŠ U₆.NIR | |
| 9 | šu-a-tu₂ e-ma-ru ke-niš{eš} | |
| 10 | {li}lih₂-du-ni GID₂ UD.MEŠ-a liq-bi | |
| 11 | šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-a li-tas-qar | |
| 12 | NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ | |
| 13 | an-hu-sa lu-ud-di-iš | |
| 14 | MU.SAR a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ lu-ter |
Sources & licences
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