Adad-nerari III 2002 (Q004782)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-nerari III 2002 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004782 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] 11–77 | To the god Nabû, heroic (and) exalted, son of Esagil, wise (and) splendid, mighty prince, heir of the god Nudimmud, whose command is supreme, skilled in the arts, trustee of all heaven and underworld, expert in everything, wise, the one who can write (lit. “holder of the tablet stylus”), learned in the scribal art, merciful (and) judicious, (5) who has the power to depopulate (and) repopulate (a country), beloved of the god Enlil, lord of lords, whose might has no rival, without whom there can be no order in heaven, the merciful (and) compassionate whose benevolence is good, dweller in Ezida, which is within Kalḫu, the great lord, his lord: |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | For the life of Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria, his lord, and (for) the life of Semiramis, the palace woman, his mistress: |
| Obverse [8:11] 99–1111 | Has Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, governor of Kalḫu (and) the lands Ḫamedu, Sirgana, Temenu, (and) Ialuna, had (this statue) made and he dedicated (it) for his life, that his days might be long, his years many, (for) the well-being of his family (lit. “house”) and people, (and) that he might not become ill. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | Whoever you are, after (me), trust in the god Nabû! Do not trust in another god! |
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 | a-na {d}AG da-pi-ni ša₂-qe₂-e DUMU e₂-sag-gil₂ IGI.GAL₂ šit-ra-hu | |
| 2 | NUN kaš-ka-šu IBILA {d}nu-dim₂-mud ša₂ qi₂-bit-su MAH-rat | |
| 3 | ABGAL nik-la-a-ti pa-qid kiš-šat AN-e KI-tim mu-du-u₂ mim-ma MU-šu₂ | |
| 4 | rap-ša₂ uz-ni ta-mi₃-ih GI ṭup-pi a-hi-zu šu-ka-mi₃ re-me-nu-u₂ muš-ta-lu | |
| 5 | ša₂ šu-ud-du-u₂ šu-šu₂-bu ba-šu-u₂ it-ti-šu₂ na-ra-am {d}BAD EN EN.MEŠ-e | |
| 6 | ša la iš-ša₂-na-nu dan-nu-su ša₂ ba-lu-uš-šu ina AN-e la iš-ša₂-ka-nu mil-ku | |
| 7 | re-me-nu-u₂ ta-ia-a-ru ša₂ na-as₂-hur-šu₂ DUG₃.GA a-šib e₂-zi-da ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}kal-hi | |
| 8 | EN GAL EN-šu₂ a-na TI {m}{d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR aš-šur EN-šu₂ u₃ TI | |
| 9 | {f}sa-am-mu-ra-mat MUNUS.E₂.GAL MUNUS.E₂.GAL NIN-šu₂ {m}EN-tar-ṣi-DINGIR-ma {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR | |
| 10 | {uru}kal-hi {kur}ha-me-de {kur}sir-ga-na {kur}te-me-ni {kur}ia-lu-na | |
| 11 | a-na TI ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂ UD.MEŠ-šu₂ šum₂-ud MU.MEŠ-šu₂ šul₃-mu E₂-šu₂ u UN.MEŠ-šu₂ la GAL₂ GIG-šu₂ | |
| 12 | u₂-še-piš-ma NIG₂.BA ma-nu ar-ku-u₂ a-na {d}AG na-at-kil ana DINGIR ša₂-ni-ma la ta-tak-kil |
Sources & licences
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