Adad-nerari III 09 (Q004757)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-nerari III 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004757 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, [son of Šamš]ī-Adad (V), strong king, king [of the universe], king of Assyria, [son of Shal]maneser (III), king of the four quarters: |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Decree: he has entrusted the land Ḫindānu to Palil-[ēriš], governor of the land Raṣappa. The ilku is under his authority. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | Whoever lays claim against the provisions of the decree, which is (in favor) of Palil-ēriš, governor of the land Raṣappa (and) governor [of the land Ḫindānu], ... [...] his agent. Whoever [... files a] suit before the king against Nergal-ēriš [...]: |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Now he must not speak calumnies, [for the king] has wholeheartedly entrusted [the land Ḫindānu] to [Palil-ēriš], governor of the land Raṣappa. The gods Adad and Ber [...] |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515–o 2323 | A later prince whom [Aššur] will name [for] the sovereignty of Assyria: he must not cancel (lit. “remove”) the provisions of this document, he must not remove the people of the land Ḫindānu from the authority of Palil-ēriš, governor of the land Raṣappa, to add them to another province and (20) entrust them to someone else. For future days, for eternity, they are included with the province of Raṣappa [and] the governor of Raṣappa [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:14] r 1r 1–r 1414 | Whoever, either prince, [or ...], or brother of the king, [or ...], or vizier, or [...], or master, or commoner, or [...], (5) stands (to testify), the testimony [which he declares] must be good. Whoever (he be), he must not speak bad [testimony] concerning the people of the land Ḫindānu before [the king, his lord]. In the presence of the king, his lord, he must not [say]: “Remove the people of Ḫindānu from the authority of Palil-[ēriš], (10) governor of the land Raṣappa. Put them under the authority of someone else.” (If he does), may the king, his lord, banish him from his palace with curses (lit. “bad words”) and maledictions (lit. “notgood- oaths”). As long as he lives may he not be allowed to re-enter the palace. May he (the king) remove his province (from his authority) and hand it over to his enemy. |
| Reverse [14:18] r 1515–r 1818 | Whoever says concerning the land Ḫindānu, “Remove the land Ḫindānu from the authority of the governor of [Raṣappa]”: may the god Marduk, the great lord, glare at him angrily (and) [ordain for him] an evil fate forever. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | The king swears by god that he has entrusted the land Ḫin[dānu ...] to Palil-ēriš. [No one] may take (it from him). |
| Reverse [20:33] r 2121–r 3333 | Whoever [removes this] document from the presence of the divine mistress of Nineveh [and] throws it in water, or burns it with fire, or buries it in the earth, or (25) puts it in another place, or throws it into a Taboo House where it is inaccessible: may the deities Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, Marduk, Enlil, father of the gods, Ninurta, the warrior, Nergal, the lord of judgment, the Assyrian Ištar, (all) these great gods, (30) glare angrily at him and eradicate [his name, his seed], and his offspring from the land. May they clothe his body with leprosy as with a garment. |
| Reverse [33:35] r 3434–r 3535 | Month of Simānu, twenty-fourth day, [eponymy of] Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, governor [of Kalḫu]. |
| Reverse [35:38] r 3636–r 3838 | Whoever says in the presence of the king, “Remove the land [Ḫindānu from the authority of Palil-ēriš], governor of the land Raṣappa”: according to this document [...] ... [...] |
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 | {[m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ MAN dan-⸢nu⸣ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR [aš-šur] | |
| 2 | [A {m}{d}šam]-⸢ši⸣-{d}IŠKUR MAN dan-nu ⸢MAN⸣ [ŠU₂] ⸢MAN⸣ KUR [aš-šur] | |
| 3 | [A {m}{d}sal₂]-ma-nu-MAS MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-[tim] | |
| 4 | [di]-⸢i⸣-[nu] {⸢kur⸣}hi-⸢in-da⸣-nu ina ŠU {m}{d}IGI.⸢DU⸣-[KAM] | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR.KUR {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa im-tu-nu ina ŠU-šu₂ ⸢il⸣-[ku (...)] | |
| 6 | man-ma <ša> ina UGU ⸢pi-i di⸣-i-⸢ni ša₂ {m}{d⸣}[IGI].⸢DU⸣-[KAM] | |
| 7 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-⸢pa⸣ {lu₂}ša₂-ki-⸢in⸣ [x x x (x)] | |
| 8 | i-rad-di x (x) x x UD EN-šu₂ šu UD [x x x x (x)] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-ter-ṭe₂-mi₃-i-šu₂ {lu₂}mu-ter-ṭe₂-mi₃-i-šu₂ man-ma [x x x x (x)] | |
| 10 | ina IGI MAN bu-qur₂ {m}{d}IGI.DU-KAM [x x x x (x)] | |
| 11 | u NU MUNUS.SIG₅-te la i-zak-kar x [x x x (x)] | |
| 12 | ina kun-nu lib₃-bi-šu₂ ina ŠU {m}{⸢d⸣}[IGI.DU-KAM] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa ⸢im⸣-[tu-nu x x x x x (x)] | |
| 14 | {d}IŠKUR u {d}be-er [x x x x x x x x (x)] | |
| 15 | NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ ša [aš-šur ana] ⸢MAN⸣-ut KUR AŠ{ki} | |
| 16 | i-nam-bu-u MU-⸢šu₂ u₃ pi⸣-i dan-ni-ti | |
| 17 | ⸢šu⸣-[a]-⸢tu₂ la⸣ u₂-šam-sak {kur}hi-in-da-na-[a-a] | |
| 18 | [ina] ⸢ŠU⸣ {m}{d}IGI.DU-KAM {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR KUR ra-⸢ṣa⸣-[pa] | |
| 19 | la-a e-kim a-na pa-ha-ti ša₂-ni-ti-ma ina ŠU man-ma | |
| 20 | ša₂-ni-im-ma la i-man-nu a-na EGIR UD.MEŠ ana UD.MEŠ ṣa-a-ti | |
| 21 | ⸢it⸣-ti pa-ha-at {kur}ra-ṣa-pa ⸢ma-ni⸣ | |
| 22 | [x] {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa [x x x (x)] | |
| 23 | [x x x x x] x U₂ GAR [x x x (x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-nu lu NUN-[u₂ ...] | |
| 2 | lu ŠEŠ MAN [...] | |
| 3 | lu {lu₂}SUKKAL lu {lu₂}x [...] | |
| 4 | lu BAD lu MAŠ.EN.GAG ⸢lu⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | u₂-⸢šu-zu⸣-ma a-mat-su [...] | |
| 6 | a-⸢mat⸣ MUNUS.SIG₅-tim u la [...] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {kur}hi-in-da-na-a-a ina IGI [x x x x (x)] | |
| 8 | man-ma la i-zak-kar ana IGI MAN EN-šu₂ la i-[qa-bi] | |
| 9 | ma-a {kur}hi-in-da-na-a-a ina ŠU {m}{d}IGI.DU-[KAM] | |
| 10 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR ra-ṣa-pa še-ṣi ina ŠU ša₂-ni-im-ma mu-nu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | MAN EN-šu₂ ul-tu qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢it⸣-ti a-mat HUL-tim u MU NU SIG₅ i-na-sah-šu₂ | |
| 13 | ⸢a⸣-di u₄-me TI.LA ina qe₂-reb E₂.GAL e-reb-šu₂ NU GAL₂ | |
| 14 | NAM-su e-ki-mu-šu₂-ma ina ŠU {lu₂}<KUR₂>-šu₂ i-man-nu-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢man⸣-nu ša₂ a-mat ša₂ {kur}hi-in-⸢da-ni i⸣-qa-bu-ni | |
| 16 | ma-a {⸢kur}hi⸣-in-da-nu TA ŠU {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR [ra-ṣa-pa] ⸢še⸣-ṣi | |
| 17 | {d}AMAR.[UTU] EN GAL-u₂ ez-⸢zi⸣-iš ⸢lik⸣-[kil-me]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 18 | ši-mat HUL-tim ana ṣa-a-ti [...] | |
| 19 | MAN MU DINGIR i-za-kar {kur}hi-⸢in⸣-[da-na ...] | |
| 20 | ina ŠU {m}{⸢d}IGI⸣.DU-KAM im-tu-[nu ...] | |
| 21 | la u₂-šam-sak ⸢ša₂ ṭup⸣-pa [...] | |
| 22 | ul-tu IGI {d}⸢GAŠAN-{uru⸣}ni-⸢nu⸣-[a ...] | |
| 23 | lu-u₂ ina A.⸢MEŠ ŠUB⸣-u₂ lu ina IZI GIBIL₂-u₂ | |
| 24 | lu ina KI i-tam-me-ru lu ina aš₂-ri ša₂-ni-im-ma | |
| 25 | i-šak-ka-nu lu-u₂ ina E₂ a-sak-ki | |
| 26 | a-šar la aʾ-a-ri KU₄-ma i-na-su-ku | |
| 27 | aš-šur {d}UTU {d}MUATI {d}AMAR.UTU {d}EN.LIL₂ AD DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 28 | {d}MAŠ qar-ra-[du] {d}ne₃-eri₁₁-gal EN šip-ṭi | |
| 29 | {d}iš₈-tar₂ aš₂-šu-ri-⸢tu⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ an-nu-ti | |
| 30 | ez-zi-iš lik-kil-mu-šu₂-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 31 | u NUNUZ-šu₂ i-na KUR li-hal-[li-qu (...)] | |
| 32 | SAHAR.ŠUB-BA-a i-na zu-[um-ri-šu] | |
| 33 | GIM ṣu-ba-ti li-⸢hal⸣-[li-pu-šu] | |
| 34 | {iti}SIG₄.GA UD.24.⸢KAM⸣ [li-mu] | |
| 35 | {m}EN-LAL-⸢DINGIR-ma⸣ {lu₂}GAR.[KUR {lu₂}GAR.[KUR ...] | |
| 36 | man-nu ša₂ ina IGI MAN i-qab-bu-ni x ma-a {⸢kur⸣}[hi-in-da-na ina ŠU {m}{d}IGI.DU-KAM] | |
| 37 | {[lu₂]}⸢GAR⸣.KUR {[lu₂]}⸢GAR⸣.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa še-ṣi ki-⸢i⸣ x-[x] an-ni-[i ...] | |
| 38 | [...] x x x [...] | |
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