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Shalmaneser III 096 (Q004701)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Sherif Khan (Tarbisu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationShalmaneser III 096
IDQ004701
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotTell Sherif Khan (Tarbisu)
Coordinates36.4088, 43.0773

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:2] 11–22To the god Nergal, who dwells in the city Tarbiṣu, his lord: Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria:
Obverse [2:4] 33–44He dedicated (this) [for] his life, that his days might be long, [his years] many, [(for) the well-being of his] seed [(and) land].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1a-na {d}U.GUR a-šib {uru}tar-bi-ṣi ⸢EN⸣-šu₂
2{m}{d}sal₂-man-MAŠ MAN GAL MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR ⸢aš-šur⸣{ki}
3[a-na] TI ⸢ZI⸣-ME-šu₂ GID₂ ⸢u₄⸣-me-šu₂
4⸢šum₂-ud⸣ [MU.MEŠ-šu₂ SILIM] ⸢NUMUN⸣-[šu₂ KUR-šu₂] BA

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