Adad-nerari III 05 (Q004753)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tall Shekh Hamad (Dur-Katlimmu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-nerari III 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004753 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tall Shekh Hamad (Dur-Katlimmu) |
| Coordinates | 35.6436, 40.7402 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | [Adad-nārārī, great king], strong [king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of] Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters: |
| Obverse [2:4] 33–44 | I mustered (my) [chariotry, troops] and armed forces and [gave the order to march] to the land of Ḫatti. I crossed the Euphrates in flood. |
| Obverse [4:11] 55–1111 | I went down [to the city of Paqiraḫu]buna. Attār-šumkī,[son of Abī-rāme,together with eight kin]gs of Ḫatti, who had rebelled and [trusted in their strength] – the awesome radiance of the god Aššur, my lord, [overwhelmed them. In just o]ne year, [I subdued] the land of Ḫatti to its full extent. Towards the s[ea] of the west [I marched]. I [erec]ted m[y lordly image] in the city of Arwad in the midst of the sea. |
| Obverse [11:18] 1212–1818 | I ascended Mount Lebanon. I cut strong logs of cedar. At that time, I placed those cedars from Mount Lebanon in the gate of the temple of the god Salmānu, my lord. The old temple, which SShalmaneser (I), my ancestor (lit. father), had built, had become dilapidated and I, in a stroke of inspiration, built this temple from its foundations to its parapets. I placed the cedar roof beams from Mount Lebanon on top. |
| Obverse [18:20] 1919–2020 | When this temple becomes old and dilapidated may a future prince renovate its dilapidated parts and return the inscription (lit. written name) to its place. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN GAL MAN] dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur A {m}šam-ši-10 | |
| 2 | [MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur A] {⸢m}sal₂⸣-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti | |
| 3 | {[giš}GIGIR.MEŠ ERIM.HI.A.MEŠ] ⸢KARAŠ⸣ lu-u₂ ad-ke a-na {kur}hat-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4 | [a-na DU-ki lu aq-bi] {⸢id₂⸣}A.RAD ina mi-⸢li⸣-ša₂ e-⸢bir⸣ | |
| 5 | [a-na {uru}pa-qi-ra-hu]-bu-na a-ta-rad {m}a-tar-šum₂-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 6 | [A {m}AD-ra-me a-di 8 MAN].⸢MEŠ⸣-ni ša₂ {⸢kur}hat⸣-ti ša₂ i-si-hu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | [a-na A₂.MEŠ-šu₂-nu it-tak-lu] ⸢pu⸣-ul-hi me-lam-me ša₂ aš-šur ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 8 | [is-hu-pu-šu₂-nu-te ina iš]-⸢te⸣-et MU.AN.NA {kur}hat-ti | |
| 9 | ⸢a-di pa⸣-[aṭ gim-ri-ša₂ lu-u₂ ak]-⸢šud⸣ ina UGU {id₂}[tam-ti] | |
| 10 | ša₂ SILIM-me {d}UTU-ši ⸢lu-u₂⸣ [a-lik ṣa-lam EN-ti]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 11 | ina {uru}ar-me-di ša₂ MURUB₄ {id₂}tam-ti ⸢lu az⸣-qu-pu | |
| 12 | a-na {kur}lab-na-ni e-li GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}e-re-ni | |
| 13 | dan-nu-ti a-kis ina u₄-me-šu-ma {giš}e-re-ni šu-a-tu₂-nu | |
| 14 | TA qe₂-reb {kur}lab-na-ni lu aš₂-ša₂-a ina KA₂ E₂ {d}sal₂-ma-ni EN-a | |
| 15 | lu u₂-kin E₂ DINGIR la-bi-ru ša₂ {m}{d}sal₂-ma-ni-MAŠ a-bi | |
| 16 | e-pu-uš e-na-ah-ma u a-na-ku ina hi-sa-at lib₃-bi-ia | |
| 17 | E₂ DINGIR.MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ TA u₂-ši-šu a-di ga-ba-an-dibi-šu₂ lu e-pu-uš | |
| 18 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}e-re-ni ša₂ TA qe₂-reb {kur}lab-na-ni ina muh-hi lu-u u₂-kin | |
| 19 | e-nu-ma E₂ DINGIR šu-a-tu₂ u₂-šal-bar-u₂-ma e-na-hu | |
| 20 | NUN EGIR-u₂ an-hu-su lu-u₂-diš MU šaṭ-ru a-na KI-šu₂ lu-ter |
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