Erišum I 02 (Q005622)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Erišum I 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005622 |
| 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 [0:14] 11–1414 | Eriš[um], vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of the god Aššur, built the temple (and) all the temple area for the god Aššur, his lord, for his life and the life of his city. |
| Obverse [14:44] 1515–4444 | When I started the work, my city being under my command, I made tax-exemption (I put andurāru) on silver, gold, copper, tin, barley, and wool, as well as on the payment of bran and straw (tax). Into (the mortar of) every wall I mixed ghee and honey and (then) laid one layer of bricks. With the god Aššur, my lord, standing by me, I cleared houses from the Sheep Gate to the People’s Gate. My father had constructed a wall but I made the wall higher than my father had. |
| Obverse [44:50] 4545–5050 | He who removes without respect any of my work, the inscribed tablet; [him may] the gods A[ššur (and) ...] |
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 | i-ri-⸢šum⸣ | |
| 2 | ENSI₂ | |
| 3 | {d}a-šur₃ | |
| 4 | DUMU DINGIR-šu-ma | |
| 5 | ENSI₂ | |
| 6 | {d}a-šur₃ | |
| 7 | E₂ gi-me-er-ti | |
| 8 | i-sa₃-re | |
| 9 | a-na {d}a-šur₃ | |
| 10 | be-li₂-šu | |
| 11 | a-na ba-la-ṭi₃-šu | |
| 12 | u₃ ba-la-aṭ | |
| 13 | a-li-šu | |
| 14 | i-pu-uš | |
| 15 | i-nu-me qa₂-ti | |
| 16 | a-na e-ep-ši₂ | |
| 17 | a-di₃-u₂ | |
| 18 | a-li a-na pi₂-a | |
| 19 | u₂-ši₂-ib-ma | |
| 20 | a-du-ra-ar | |
| 21 | KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI | |
| 22 | URUDU AN.NA še-im | |
| 23 | SIK₂ a-di₃ e-da₂ | |
| 24 | tuh-he u₃ pa₂-e | |
| 25 | aš₂-ku-un | |
| 26 | i-na mi₃-ma | |
| 27 | i-ga-re | |
| 28 | I₃.NUN u₃ LAL₃ | |
| 29 | u₂-ši₂-il-ma | |
| 30 | ti-ib-kam | |
| 31 | iš-te₉-en | |
| 32 | as-bu-uk | |
| 33 | {d}a-šur₃ be-li₂ | |
| 34 | i-zi-za-ma | |
| 35 | iš-tu₃ a-bu-ul-; | |
| 36 | a-di₃ | |
| 37 | a-bu-ul-ni-še₂ | |
| 38 | be₂-ta-tim | |
| 39 | u₂-ša-di₃ a-bi-i | |
| 40 | BAD₃ i-ṣi₂-ir-ma | |
| 41 | a-na ma-la | |
| 42 | ša a-bi-a-ma | |
| 43 | BAD₃ e-li-iš | |
| 44 | u₂-ṣi₂-ma | |
| 45 | ša mi₃-ma li-ip-ti-a | |
| 46 | ša ṭup-pa₂-am | |
| 47 | la <i>-hi₂-ṭu₃-ma | |
| 48 | u₂-ša-sa₃-[ku] | |
| 49 | {⸢d⸣}a-[šur₃] | |
| 50 | {⸢d⸣}[...] |
Sources & licences
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