Shalmaneser III 057 (Q004662)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004662 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | Palace of 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; desired one of the gods, chosen of the god Enlil, splendid vice-regent of Aššur, attentive prince, who frequents the shrines of the gods within Ešarra, who has seen (5) remote and rugged regions, who has trodden upon the mountain peaks in the highlands, receiver of booty (and) tax from all the (four) quarters, who opens paths above and below; Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur, governor of Kalḫu, has made (this). |
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 | E₂.GAL {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur A aš-šur-PAP-A | |
| 2 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur A TUKUL-MAŠ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma MAN ba-ʾi-it DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 3 | ni-šit IGI.II.MEŠ {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur šur-ru-hu NUN na-a-du | |
| 4 | muš-te-ʾu-u₂ aš₂-rat DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ qe₂-reb e₂-šar₂-ra a-mi-ru | |
| 5 | du-ur-gi u₃ šap-ša₂-qi mu-kab-bi-si SAG.MEŠ-ti ša₂ KUR-e hur-ša₂-ni | |
| 6 | ma-hir GUN igi-se₁₁-e ša₂ ka-liš UB.MEŠ mu-pa-tu-u₂ ṭu-da-ti | |
| 7 | ša₂ e-liš u šap-liš {m}{d}UTU-EN-PAP {lu₂}ša₂-kin₃ {uru}kal-hi DU₃-uš |
Sources & licences
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