Shalmaneser III 059 (Q004664)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004664 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:3] 4545–4747 | At the time of Marduk-zākir-šumi, king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), Marduk-bēl-usāte, his brother, rebelled against him. Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, marched to the aid of Marduk-zākir-šumi. He felled Marduk-bēl-usāte with the sword (and) confirmed Marduk-zākir-šumi on his father's throne. I marched about justly in the extensive land Karduniaš (Babylonia). I marched to Baby ion, Borsippa, and Cutha. I made sacrifices to the gods in the shrines of the towns of Karduniaš (Babylonia). I went down to Chaldea (and) gained dominion over Chaldea in its entirety. I received tribute from the kings of Chaldea as far as the sea (and) imposed my powerful might upon the Sealand. |
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)
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| 45 | ina tar-ṣi {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-MU MAN {kur}kar-du-ni-aš₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-EN-u₂-sa-te ŠEŠ-šu₂ it-ti-šu₂ ib-bal-kit {m}{d}sal₂-ma-[nu]-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur ana ERIM.TAH₂-te ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-MU a-lik {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-EN-u₂-sa-te | |
| 46 | ina {giš}TUKUL u₂-šam-qit {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-MU ina {giš}AŠ.TI AD-šu₂ u₂-kin₂ ina {kur}⸢kar⸣-du-ni-aš₂ DAGAL-ti me-še-ri-iš lu at-tal-lak ana {uru}[KA₂].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA{ki} {uru}bar₂-sipa{ki} u {uru}GU₂.DU₈.ERIM{ki} a-lik ana DINGIR.MEŠ BARA₂.MEŠ ma-ha-zi.MEŠ | |
| 47 | ša₂ {kur}kar-du-ni-aš₂ {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ-ia aq-qi₂ a-na {kur}kal-di u₂-ri-⸢di⸣ {[kur]}kal-du ana paṭ gim-ri-šu₂ a-pel₂ ša₂ LUGAL.MEŠ ša₂ {kur}kal-di a-di tam-ti GUN-šu₂-nu am-hur li-ti dan-na-ni ina KUR tam-ti aš₂-kun |
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