Šamši-Adad V 04 (Q004741)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad V 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004741 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 1'1'–5'5' | [(By the command of my great divinity it came about that): ... To] save his (Marduk-balāṭsu-iqbi) life [he entered the city Nēmetti-šarri (and) you pursued him]. You slaughtered his (people) (and) [took from him his] chariots, [cavalry, (and) battle equipment]. You [pressed] the battle right inside his city (and) [carried out a massacre at its gate. You cut down his orchards (and) razed, destroyed, (and) burned 2]56 cities in [its] environs. |
| Obverse [5:12] 6'6'–12'12' | With regard to what you wrote to me, as follows: “[I marched] to Dēr. [Dēr, the great city] whose foundations are as firm as bedrock, [...] I surrounded (and) captured that city. [I carried off ...] together with their great property, the property of the palace, [...], (10´) his royal couch, the treasury of his palace, [his palace] women, [... his daughters], 30,000 captives, oxen, [sheep, ... I razed, destroyed, and burned]476 cities in its environs.” |
| Obverse [12:20] 13'13'–20'20' | By the command of my great divinity it came about that: [You marched to Dēr]. Dēr, the great city whose [foundations are as firm] as bedrock, [...] (15´) you surrounded (and) captured that [city. You carried off ... together with] their [great] property, [the property of the palace, ...], his royal couch, the treasury [of his palace, his palace women, ...], his daughters, 30,000 captives, [oxen, sheep, ...]. You razed, destroyed, (and) [burned 4]76 cities [in its environs]. |
| Obverse [20:28] 21'21'–28'28' | With regard to what you wrote to me, as follows: “The people of [...] took fright in the face of the radiance of Aššur [...] and [abandoned] their cities. [To save] their lives [they set] out for El am. They massacred people [from the city Parsamaš] to the city Bīt-Bunakki, which is on the border of [...]. They carried off hostages, [...], oxen, (and) sheep. [...] They razed, destroyed, (and) burned [...].” |
| Obverse [28:34] 29'29'–34'34' | [By the] command of my great divinity it came about that: “[The people of ...] took fright [in the face of] the radiance of Aššur [and abandoned their cities. To save] their lives [they set out for Elam]. They massacred people [from the city Pa]rsamaš to [the city Bīt-Bunakki, which is on the border of ...]. They carried off hostages, [..., oxen, (and) sheep ... They razed, destroyed, (and) burned ...].” |
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' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [a-na šu-zu]-ub ZI.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [GAZ].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ ta-du-ak {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb URU-šu₂ mit-hu-ṣu ⸢ta⸣-[sa-kan ...] | |
| 5' | 2 ME 56 URU.MEŠ-ni ša₂ li-me-tu₂-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 6' | ša taš-pu-ra-an-ni ma a-na {uru}de-⸢e-ri⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ša ki-ma ki-ṣir KUR-e šur-šu-da SUHUŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 8' | ma-a URU šu₂-a-tum al-te-me ak-ta-šad ma-a [...] | |
| 9' | a-di NIG₂.GA-šu₂-nu ma-aʾ-di ma-a NIG₂.GA E₂.GAL [...] | |
| 10' | {giš}NA₂ MAN-ti-šu ni-ṣir-ti E₂.GAL-šu₂ {munus}[...] | |
| 11' | ma-a 30 LIM šal-la-su-nu ma-a GU₄.MEŠ-šu₂-[nu ...] | |
| 12' | ma-a 4 ME 76 URU.MEŠ-ni ša₂ li-me-tu₂-šu₂ ma-⸢a⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | ina pi-i DINGIR-ti-ia GAL-ti it-tuq-ta [...] | |
| 14' | {⸢uru⸣}de-e-ri ma-ha-zu GAL-a ša ki-ma ⸢ki⸣-[ṣir ...] | |
| 15' | [URU] šu₂-a-tum ta-al-⸢ti-me ta⸣-ak-⸢ta⸣-[šad ...] | |
| 16' | [a-di] NIG₂.GA-šu₂-nu [...] | |
| 17' | {⸢giš⸣}ne₂-mat-ti MAN-ti-šu ni-⸢ṣir⸣-[ti E₂.GAL-šu₂ ...] | |
| 18' | ⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ 30 LIM šal-la-su-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | 4 ME 76 URU.MEŠ-ni [...] | |
| 20' | ta-ta-pal ta-ta-qar [...] | |
| 21' | ša taš-pu-ra-an-ni ma-a UN.MEŠ [...] | |
| 22' | ma-a TA pa-an na-mur-rat aš-šur [...] | |
| 23' | ip-la-hu-ma ma-a URU.MEŠ-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[maš-še-ru-ma ...] | |
| 24' | ZI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ma a-na {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} pa-ni-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | ma-a a-di {uru}E₂-bu-na-ki ša mi-⸢ṣir⸣ [...] | |
| 26' | ma-a GAZ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-du-ku ma-a šal-la-⸢su⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 27' | GU₄.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ṣe-ni-šu₂-nu u₂-te-⸢ru⸣-ni ma-⸢a⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | ⸢ip-pu⸣-lu iq-qu-ru ina IZI [...] | |
| 29' | [ina pi]-⸢i⸣ DINGIR-ti-ia GAL-ti it-tuq-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
| 30' | [TA pa-an] ⸢na⸣-mur-rat aš-šur ip-la-⸢hu⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 31' | [a-na šu-zu-ub] ZI.MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na [...] | |
| 32' | [iš-tu {uru]}⸢par⸣-sa-maš a-di x [...] | |
| 33' | [GAZ.MEŠ-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ i-du-ku ⸢šal⸣-[la-su-nu ...] | |
| 34' | [...]-⸢nu u₂⸣-te-⸢ru⸣-[ni ...] |
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