Ilu-šumma 1 (Q005619)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Ilu-šumma 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005619 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:13] 11–1313 | Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of Aššur, beloved of the god Aššur and the goddess Ištar, [son of Ša]lim-aḫum, vice-regent of Aššur, built the temple for the goddess Ištar, his mistress, for his life. |
| Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616 | He established the freedom (andurāru) of the Akkadians. |
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 | DINGIR-šu-ma | |
| 2 | ENSI₂ | |
| 3 | a-šu-ur{ki} | |
| 4 | na-ra-am | |
| 5 | {d}a-šur₃ | |
| 6 | u₃ {d}INANNA | |
| 7 | [DUMU ša]-lim-a-hu-um | |
| 8 | ENSI₂ | |
| 9 | a-šur₃{ki} | |
| 10 | a-na {d}INANNA | |
| 11 | NIN.A.NI | |
| 12 | a-na ba-la-ṭi₃-šu | |
| 13 | E₂ i-pu-uš | |
| 14 | a-du-ra-ar | |
| 15 | a-ka₃-di₃-i | |
| 16 | iš-ku-un |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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