Shalmaneser III 1001 (Q004722)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Assyria · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser III 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004722 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Assyria |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] Ashurnasirpal [...] |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [In] my accession year (and) [in my first regnal year, after I nobly ascended] the royal throne, [... Simer]ra, Ul[mānu], cities [... I carried off] from them [booty], property, (and) possessions. [(...)] |
| Obverse [7:12] o 8'8'–o 12'12' | [In my second regnal year, with the support of Aššur], the great lord, my [lord, I mustered my] chariotry (and) [army (and)] marched [to ... I (besieged and) captured] the city [... I carried off ...] cavalry, [...] their [..., their] oxen [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] which Shalman[eser, ... who] preceded me, had built, [had become old and dilapidated]. I delineated its area [... I (completely) rebuilt it from] top to bottom. [...] baked bricks ... surrounded [...]. I inscribed monumental inscriptions (and) [deposited them] therein. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [(...) Whoever] removes [my] inscriptions, [...] which among the kings, the fathers [...], may [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] AŠ-PAP-IBILA [...] | |
| 3' | [ina NAM].⸢SAG⸣ LUGAL-ti-ia [ina mah-re-e BALA-ia] | |
| 4' | [ša ina {giš]}⸢GU⸣.ZA LUGAL-⸢te⸣ [GAL-iš u₂-ši-bu ...] | |
| 5' | [x x x] x u₂ x [...] x x [...] | |
| 6' | {[uru}si-me]-⸢ra⸣ {uru}ul-[ma-ni-a] ⸢URU⸣.MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [šal-la-su]-⸢nu⸣ NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ-šu-⸢nu⸣ [NIG₂].⸢GA⸣.MEŠ-šu-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [ina 2 BALA.MEŠ-ia ina tukul-ti aš-šur] EN GAL-i [EN]-ia {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣.[MEŠ ERIM.HI.A.MEŠ-ia ad-ke] | |
| 9' | [...] x al-li-ki {uru}x [...] | |
| 10' | [... pit]-⸢hal⸣-le-e.MEŠ u₂-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-šu₂-nu GU₄.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu-nu ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ša ⸢sal₂⸣-ma-nu-[SAG ...] | |
| 2' | [... a-lik] pa-ni-ia e-pu-[šu ...] | |
| 3' | [...] a-šar-šu u₂-me-si [...] | |
| 4' | [... TA] ⸢uš⸣-še-šu ⸢a-di⸣ gaba-dib-be-⸢šu⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... a]-⸢gu⸣-re-e x [(x)] il-mi [...] | |
| 6' | [... {na₄}NA].⸢RU₂⸣.A.MEŠ ⸢aš₂⸣-[ṭu]-⸢ur⸣ i-na qe₂-[re-bi-šu₂ aš₂-kun] | |
| 7' | [(...) man-nu ša ši]-ṭir ⸢šu⸣-[mi-a] u₂-⸢na⸣-[ak-ki-ru ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ i-na MAN.MEŠ ⸢AD⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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