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Adad-nerari III 2011 (Q004791)

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

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DesignationAdad-nerari III 2011
IDQ004791
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotDohok
Coordinates36.8587, 42.9188

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1'[...] troops [...] the river [...]
Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2'[...] wagon, might of the fearful flood, [...]
Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3'[...] strife. Šamšī-ilu, man fearless [in battle, ...]
Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4'[...] ... upon his steeds, the extensive river [...]
Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5'[...] to him and Argištu, in the midst of battle, the bow [...]
Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6'[... he (Argištu) abandoned] his camp (and) with a single horse he [disappeared. ...]
Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7'[...] him and the army of the Amurru ... [...]
Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8'[...] evil approaching (and) rebellion becoming rife (lit. ‘strong’) [...]
Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9'[...] his/its meadow like a ..., like a ... [...]
Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10'[...] ... the blood of his warriors being shed, with redness [it dyed ...]
Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11'[...] his [...]s, his cities, ... [...]
Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12'[... in] his land he established kidinnu-security [...]
Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13'[...] which/of Mušallim-Marduk, the chief judge, [...]
Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14'[...] the river ...bi, breccia (rock), ... [...]
Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15'[...] Sams1-ilu, the field marshal, siege ... [...]
Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16'[...] his bow, his valor, ... [...]
Obverse [16:17] 17'17'–17'17'[...] may the god discredit (his) name in the midst of battle [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'[...] x um-ma-⸢na-a-te⸣ [x x x (x)] {⸢id₂⸣}x [...]
2'[...]-at {giš}ma-gar-ru ⸢gi-piš⸣ a-ge-e pal-hu-[ti ...]
3'[...] ⸢ta⸣-ha-zi {m}{d}UTU-DINGIR eṭ-lu la a-⸢di⸣-[ru ...]
4'[...] x-li-ta UGU mu-ur-ni-is-qi₂-šu₂ DAGAL-tu₂ ID₂ x [...]
5'[...]-⸢su⸣-um-ma {m}ar-giš-tu ina qe-reb ME₃ {giš}PAN x [...]
6'[... e-zib] ⸢ka⸣-ra-šu-uš ina e-din-ne₂-e si-si-i e-[li ...]
7'[...]-su-ma um-ma-na a-mur-ru-u₂ {lu₂}nir-x [...]
8'[...] ⸢le⸣-mu-tu it-ku-pat sah-maš-tu-um-ma da-ʾa-[at ...]
9'[...] ⸢gi⸣-par₂-šu₂ GIM ka-lak-ki-im-ma GIM aš₂-qu-la-⸢li⸣-[im-ma ...]
10'[...] x x-tu-u₂ UŠ₂.MES qu-ra-di-šu₂ šur-du-ma il-[lu-riš ...]
11'[...].MEŠ-šu₂ URU.MEŠ-šu₂ x x x [...]
12'[... ina] KUR-šu₂ ki-din-na ⸢iz-qu-pa-am⸣-ma ⸢im⸣-[...]
13'[...] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}sar-tin-nu [...]
14'[...] {⸢id₂⸣}x-bi {na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA dur a x ku [...]
15'[... {m]}{d}UTU-DINGIR {lu₂}tar-ta-ni ni-⸢i⸣-tu₂ am-ma-ru DIŠ x [...]
16'[...] x {giš}PAN-šu₂ qar-du-us-su ir šeš x [...]
17'[...] DINGIR šu-mu LAL ina qe₂-reb ⸢tam⸣-ha-ru [...]

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