Šamši-Adad I 01 (Q005645)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad I 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005645 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Private Collection: Unknown, Unknown |
| 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 [0:17] 11–1717 | Šamšī-Adad, king of the universe, builder of the temple of the god Aššur, pacifier of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, by the command of the god Aššur who loves him, whom Anu and the god Enlil called by name for greatness among the kings who went before: |
| Obverse [17:58] 1818–5858 | The temple of the god Enlil which Erišum (I), son of Ilu-šūma, had built had become dilapidated and I abandoned it. I constructed the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, the fearful dais, the large chapel, the seat of the god Enlil, my lord, which were methodically made by the skilled work of the building trade within my city Aššur. I roofed the temple with cedar (beams). I erected in the rooms cedar doors with silver and gold stars. (Under) the walls of the temple (I placed) silver, gold, lapis lazuli, (and) carnelian; cedar oil, best oil, honey, and ghee I mixed in the mortar. I methodically made the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, and called it Eamkurkurra, ‘The Temple — The Wild Bull of the Lands’, the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, within my city, Aššur. |
| Obverse [58:72] 5959–7272 | When I built the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, the prices in my city, Aššur, (were): two cor of barley could be purchased for one shekel of silver; fifteen minas of wool for one shekel of silver; and two seahs of oil for one shekel of silver, according to the prices of my city Aššur. |
| Obverse [72:87] 7373–8787 | At that time I received the tribute of the kings of Tukriš and of the king of the Upper Land, within my city, Aššur. I set up my great name and my monumental inscription in the land Lebanon on the shore of the Great Sea. |
| Obverse [87:98] 8888–9898 | When the temple becomes dilapidated: may whoever among the kings, my sons, renovates the temple anoint my clay inscriptions and my monumental inscriptions with oil, make a sacrifice, and return them to their places. |
| Obverse [98:135] 9999–135135 | Who(ever) does not anoint my clay inscriptions and my monumental inscriptions with oil, does not make a sacrifice, does not return them to their places, (but) instead alters my monumental inscriptions, removes my name and writes his (own) name (or) buries (the monumental inscriptions) in the earth (or) throws (them) into the water: may the gods Šamaš, Enlil, Adad, and Šarru-mātim pluck the offspring of that king; may he and his army not prevail in the face of a king who opposes him; may the god Nergal take away by force his treasure and the treasure of his land; may the goddess Ištar, mistress of battle, break his weapon and the weapons of his army; may the god Sîn, ‘god of my head’, be an evil demon to him forever. |
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 | {d}UTU-ši-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | LUGAL KIŠ | |
| 3 | ba-ni E₂ | |
| 4 | {d}a-šur₄ | |
| 5 | mu-uš-te-em-ki | |
| 6 | ma-tim | |
| 7 | bi-ri-it {id₂}IDIGNA | |
| 8 | u₃ {id₂}BURANUN.NA | |
| 9 | i-na qi₂-bi-it | |
| 10 | {d}a-šur₄ | |
| 11 | ra-i-mi-šu | |
| 12 | ša AN u₃ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 13 | i-na LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 14 | a-li-ku-ut | |
| 15 | mah-ra | |
| 16 | šum-šu a-na ra-be₂-e-tim | |
| 17 | ib-bu-u₂ | |
| 18 | E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 19 | ša e-ri-šum | |
| 20 | DUMU DINGIR-šum-ma | |
| 21 | i-pu-šu | |
| 22 | E₂ i-na-ah-ma | |
| 23 | ⸢u₂⸣-ša-⸢as⸣-si₂-ik-šu-ma | |
| 24 | E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 25 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 26 | BARA₂ ra-aš-ba-am | |
| 27 | wa-at-ma-nam | |
| 28 | ra-be₂-e-em | |
| 29 | šu-ba-at {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 30 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 31 | ša i-na ši-pi₂-ir | |
| 32 | ne-me-eq | |
| 33 | i-ti-nu-tim | |
| 34 | šu-te-eṣ-bu-u₂ | |
| 35 | i-na qe₂-re-eb a-li-ia | |
| 36 | a-šur₄{ki} a-ab-ni | |
| 37 | E₂ {giš}⸢EREN⸣ | |
| 38 | u₂-ṣa-li-il | |
| 39 | i-na E₂.MEŠ | |
| 40 | {giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}EREN | |
| 41 | ša MUL-ši-na KU₃.BABBAR u₃ KU₃.GI | |
| 42 | uš-zi-iz | |
| 43 | i-ga-ra-at E₂ | |
| 44 | i-na KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI | |
| 45 | NA₄.ZA.GIN₃ NA₄.GUG | |
| 46 | I₃ GIŠ.EREN I₃.SAG | |
| 47 | LAL₃ u₃ I₃.NUN | |
| 48 | ši-la-ra-am a-ši-il | |
| 49 | E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 50 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 51 | uš-te-eṣ-bi-ma | |
| 52 | e₂-am-kur-kur-ra | |
| 53 | E₂ ri-im ma-ta-a-tim | |
| 54 | E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 55 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 56 | i-na qe₂-re-eb a-li-ia | |
| 57 | a-šur₄{ki} | |
| 58 | šum-šu a-ab-bi | |
| 59 | i-nu-ma E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 60 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 61 | e-pu-šu | |
| 62 | KI.LAM a-li-ia | |
| 63 | a-šur₄{ki} | |
| 64 | a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 65 | 2 GUR ŠE | |
| 66 | a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 67 | 15 MA.NA SIG₂ | |
| 68 | a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 69 | 2 BAN₂ I₃ | |
| 70 | i-na KI.LAM a-li-ia | |
| 71 | a-šur₄{ki} | |
| 72 | lu-u₂ iš-ša-am | |
| 73 | i-nu-mi-šu | |
| 74 | bi-la-at LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 75 | ša tu-uk-ri-iš{ki} | |
| 76 | u₃ LUGAL ma-a-tim-; | |
| 78 | i-na qe₂-re-eb a-li-ia | |
| 79 | a-šur₄{ki} | |
| 80 | lu am-ta-ha-ar | |
| 81 | šu-mi ra-be₂-e-em | |
| 82 | u₃ na-re-ia | |
| 83 | i-na ma-a-at | |
| 84 | la-ab-a-an{ki} | |
| 85 | i-na a-ah A.AB.BA | |
| 86 | ra-bi-i-tim | |
| 87 | lu-u₂ aš-ku-un | |
| 88 | i-nu-ma E₂ i-na-hu-ma | |
| 89 | ma-am-ma-an | |
| 90 | i-na LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 91 | ma-ri-ia | |
| 92 | ša E₂ u₂-ud-da-šu | |
| 93 | te-em-me-ni-ia | |
| 94 | u₃ na-re-e-ia | |
| 95 | I₃ li-ip-šu-uš | |
| 96 | ni-qi₂-a-am li-iq-qi₂-ma | |
| 97 | a-na aš-ri-šu-nu | |
| 98 | li-te-er-šu-nu-ti | |
| 99 | ša te-em-me-ni-ia | |
| 100 | u₃ na-re-e-ia | |
| 101 | I₃ la i-pa-aš-ša-šu | |
| 102 | ni-qi₂-a-am la i-na-aq-qu₂-ma | |
| 103 | a-na aš-ri-šu-nu | |
| 104 | la u₂-ta-ar-ru-šu-nu-ti | |
| 105 | u₂-lu-ma na-re-e-ia | |
| 106 | u₂-na-ak-ka-ru-u₂-ma | |
| 107 | šu-mi u₂-ša-sa₃-ku-ma | |
| 108 | šum-šu i-ša-aṭ-ṭa₂-ru | |
| 109 | i-na e-pe₂-ri-im | |
| 110 | i-qe₂-bi-ru | |
| 111 | a-na me-e | |
| 112 | i-na-ad-du-u₂ | |
| 113 | LUGAL ša-a-ti | |
| 114 | {d}UTU {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IŠKUR | |
| 115 | u₃ {d}šar-ru-ma-a-tim | |
| 116 | pe₂-re-eʾ₂-šu | |
| 117 | li-il-qu₂-tu | |
| 118 | ⸢a⸣-na pa-an LUGAL | |
| 119 | [ma]-hi-ri-šu | |
| 120 | šu-u₂ u₃ um-ma-na-tu-šu | |
| 121 | a-i ip-ri-ku | |
| 122 | {d}ne₃-eri₁₁-gal | |
| 123 | i-na ka-aš-ka-ši-im | |
| 124 | i-ši-it-ta-šu | |
| 125 | u₃ i-ši-it-ti ma-ti-šu | |
| 126 | li-ir-ta-ad-di | |
| 127 | {d}INANNA | |
| 128 | be-le-et ta-ha-zi-im | |
| 129 | GIŠ.TUKUL-šu u₃ GIŠ.TUKUL | |
| 130 | um-ma-na-ti-šu | |
| 131 | li-iš-bi-ir | |
| 132 | {d}ZUEN DINGIR re-ši-ia | |
| 133 | lu-u₂ ra-bi-iṣ | |
| 134 | le-mu-ti-šu | |
| 135 | a-na da-re-e-tim |
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