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Adad-nerari III 02 (Q004750)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Antakya · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAdad-nerari III 02
IDQ004750
CollectionArcheological Museum, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotAntakya
Coordinates36.1823, 36.1374

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] 11–33Adad-nārārī, great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters:
Obverse [3:7] 44–77The boundary which Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria, (and) Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal established between Zakur of the land of Ḫamat and Ataršumki, son of Adramu: the city Naḫlasi with all its fields, gardens, [and] settlements is (the property) of Ataršumki. They divided the Orontes River between them. This is the border.
Obverse [7:10] 88–1010Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria, (and) Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, have given it free and clear to Ataršumki, son of Adramu, to his sons, and his subsequent grandsons. His city (and) its territories [...] to the border of his land he made firm.
Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212By the name of the gods Aššur, Adad, and Ber, the Assyrian Enlil, the Assyrian [Ninli]l, and the name of Sîn, dwelling in Ḫarrān, the great gods [of] Assyria:
Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616whoever afterwards speaks ill of the terms of this stele, and takes by force this border from the possession of Ataršumki, his sons, or his grandsons; and destroys the written name (and) writes another name:
Obverse [16:19] 1717–1919may the gods [Aššur], Adad, and Ber, Sîn dwelling in Ḫarrān, the great gods of Assyria [whose] names are recorded on this stele, not listen to his prayers.

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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1{m}{d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN GAL MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR ⸢AŠ⸣
2A {m}šam-ši-10 MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-<<aš>>-šur
3A {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂
4[ta]-hu-mu ša₂ ina bir-ti {m}za-ku-ri {kur}ha-ma-ta-a-a
5[(u ina) bir]-ti {m}a-tar-šum₂-ki A {m}AD-ra-mu {m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR AŠ {m}šam-ši-DINGIR {lu₂}tar-ta-nu
6[iš-ku]-nu-ni {uru}na-ah-la-si a-di A.ŠA₃.MEŠ-šu₂ {giš}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂
7[u] ⸢di⸣-ma-ti-šu₂ gab-be ša₂ {m}a-tar-šum₂-ki šu-tu₂ {id₂}ar-am-tu₂ ina bi-ri-šu₂-nu
8[u₂-šam]-ši-lu-ma i-zu-zu mi-ṣir NAM-A {m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR AŠ {m}šam-ši-DINGIR {⸢lu₂⸣};
9u₂-za-ki-u₂-ma a-na {m}a-tar-šum-ki A {m}AD-ra-mu a-na DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂
10⸢DUMU⸣ DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ EGIR.MEŠ ki ri-mu-ti i-ri-mu URU-šu₂ ta-hu-ma-ti-šu₂
11[x x] a-na mi-ṣir KUR-šu₂ u₂-kin₂ MU aš-šur {d}IŠKUR u {d}be-er {d}BAD aš-šur-u₂
12{[d}NIN].⸢LIL₂⸣ aš-šur-tu₂ MU {d}30 a-šib {uru}KASKAL-ni DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ
13[ša₂] ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur man-nu EGIR-u₂ ša₂ pi NA.RU₂.A šu₂-a-tu₂
14[u₂]-šam-sa-ku-ma mi-ṣir an-na-a TA qa-at {m}a-tar-šum₂-ki
15[DUMU].MEŠ-šu₂ u DUMU DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ina dan-na-ni e-ki-mu
16[(x)] ⸢u⸣ šu-mu šaṭ-ri i-pa-ši-ṭa MU ša₂-nam-ma i-šaṭ-ṭar
17[aš-šur] {d}IŠKUR u {d}be-er {d}30 a-šib {uru}KASKAL DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša₂ KUR AŠ
18[ša₂ ina] NA.RU₂.A an-ne₂-e MU-šu₂-nu zak-ru
19⸢ik⸣-ri-bi-šu₂ ul i-ša₂-mu-u₂

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