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Shalmaneser III 2001 (Q004735)

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

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DesignationShalmaneser III 2001
IDQ004735
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 [0:3] 11–33[To the god] Nergal of exalted might, resplendent leader, ..., [possessed of] strength, perfect one, replete with [...], resident of the city Tarbiṣu, great lord, [my] lord:
Obverse [3:4] 44–44[Bēl]-lūballiṭ, field marshal, [chief] herald:
Obverse [4:5] 55–55[I have dedicated (this) for] my life, that [my] days might be long [(...)]

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)
1[ana {d}U].GUR dan-dan-ni MAH SAG.KAL ši-tar-[hi ...]
2[ša] ⸢e⸣-mu-qi git₂-ma-lum ma-lu-[u ...]
3[a]-⸢šib⸣ {uru}tar-bi-ṣa EN GAL EN-[ia (...)]
4{[m}EN]-lu-TI {lu₂}tar-ta-nu {lu₂}⸢NIMGIR⸣ [GAL-u₂ (...)]
5[ana] ⸢TI⸣ ZI.MEŠ-a GID₂ UD.MES [(...) BA]

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