Šamši-Adad I 02 (Q005646)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad I 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005646 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Top [0:8] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 88 | I, [Šamš]ī-Adad, [king of] the universe, abandoned it and ... and the ziggurrat [...] |
| Top Column i [0:6] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1–t.e. i 66 | Šamšī-Adad, the strong one, king of the universe, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, beloved of the goddess Ištar: |
| Top Column i [6:25] t.e. i 77–t.e. i 2525 | The temple Emenue — which (is) in the district of Emašmaš, the old temple — which Man-ištūšu, son of Sargon, king of Akkad, had built, (that temple) had become dilapidated. The temple which none of the kings who preceded me from the fall of Akkad until my sovereignty, until the capture of Nurrugu — seven generations have passed — had rebuilt and |
| Top Column ii [0:20] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1–t.e. ii 2020 | [...] and the ziggurrat, a great ..., whose workmanship was greater and more skillful than before, I built. I erected the doorframes of that temple, the equal of which for perfection no king had ever built for the goddess Ištar in Nineveh. I raised its ziggurrat. (Thus) I completed it on a grand scale and named it Ekituškuga, ‘Her Treasure House.’ |
| Top Column ii [20:37] t.e. ii 2121– | The monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions of Man-ištūšu (I swear) I did not remove but [restored] to their [places]. I deposited [my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions ...] beside his [monumental inscriptions] and clay inscriptions. Therefore the goddess Ištar, my mistress, has given me a term of rule which is constantly renewed. |
| Top Column iii [10:28] t.e. iii 1111– | In the future when the temple becomes old, when Ekituškuga which I built has become dilapidated, and the king whom the god Enlil appoints restores (it): May he not remove my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions but restore them to their places as I did not remove the monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions of Man-ištūšu. |
| Top Column iv [1:25] t.e. iv 22–t.e. iv 2525 | If, (however), that king discontinues (that custom) and discards my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions, (if) he does not restore them to their places but deposits his monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions (in their place): That king shall have done what is offensive to gods and kings. May the god Šamaš, the great judge of heaven and underworld, hand him over to a king who is his enemy as one who gives up a murderer. May the goddess Ištar, mistress of Nineveh, take away his sovereignty and term of rule and [give] (them) to another. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] x | |
| 2 | [a]-na-[ku] | |
| 3 | {[d}UTU]-⸢ši-{d}IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 4 | [LUGAL] ⸢KIŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | [u₂]-⸢ša-as⸣-si₂-ik-šu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6 | [(x)] x meš sar x | |
| 7 | ⸢u₃⸣ zi-iq-qu₂-⸢ur⸣-[ra-tam] | |
| 8 | x (x) [...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | {⸢d}UTU-ši-{d⸣}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | da-num₂ | |
| 3 | LUGAL KIŠ | |
| 4 | ša-ki-in {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 5 | ENSI₂ {d}a-šur₄ | |
| 6 | na-ra-am {d}INANNA | |
| 7 | bi-tum e₂-me-nu-e₃ | |
| 8 | ša i-na qa-qar e₂-maš-maš | |
| 9 | bi-tim la-bi-ri | |
| 10 | ša ma-an-iš-ti-šu | |
| 11 | DUMU šar-ru-ki-in | |
| 12 | LUGAL a-ga-de₃{ki} | |
| 13 | i-pu-šu i-na-ah-ma | |
| 14 | bi-tam ša iš-tu | |
| 15 | šu-lum a-ga-de₃{ki} | |
| 16 | a-di šar-ru-ti-ia | |
| 17 | a-di ṣa-ba-at nu-ur-ru-gi{ki} | |
| 18 | 7 da-a-ru i-ti-qu₂-ma | |
| 19 | i-na LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 20 | a-li-ku-ut pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 21 | LUGAL ma-an-na-ma | |
| 22 | la i-pu-šu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 23 | ⸢am⸣ ra x x x x | |
| 24 | {⸢d⸣}x [...] x (x) [...] | |
| 25 | x [...] x [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [(x) x] meš [sar x] | |
| 2 | ⸢u₃ zi⸣-iq-qu₂-⸢ur⸣-ra-⸢tam⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢ŠU⸣ GIBIL ra-bi-a-am | |
| 4 | ša ⸢e⸣-li IGI qa-⸢ad⸣-mi KI | |
| 5 | ne-pe₂-šu-šu ra-bu-u₂ | |
| 6 | na-ak-lu lu e-pu-uš | |
| 7 | E₂ ša ki-a-am | |
| 8 | mi-im-mu-šu šu-uk-lu-lu | |
| 9 | LUGAL ma-an-na-ma | |
| 10 | a-na {d}INANNA | |
| 11 | i-na ni-nu-wa-a{ki} | |
| 12 | la i-pu-šu E₂ ša-a-ti | |
| 13 | si₂-ip-pi₂-šu uš-zi-iz | |
| 14 | zi-iq-qu₂-ur-ra-as-su₂ | |
| 15 | u₂-ul-li | |
| 16 | ra-bi-i-iš | |
| 17 | u₂-ša-ak-li-il-šu-ma | |
| 18 | e₂-ki-tuš-ku₃-ga | |
| 19 | hu-ru-uš ni-ṣi-ir-ti-ša | |
| 20 | šum-šu ab-bi | |
| 21 | na-re-e ma-an-iš-ti-šu | |
| 22 | ⸢u₃ te-em-me⸣-ni-šu | |
| 23 | ⸢u₂⸣-[na]-⸢ak-ki⸣-ru-ma | |
| 24 | [a-na ma-aš-ka-ni]-šu-nu-ma | |
| 25 | [la u₂-te-ru]-šu-nu-ti | |
| 26 | [na-re-e]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [u₃ te-em-me-ni-ia] | |
| 2 | x [...] | |
| 3 | a-na i-[di na-re]-e-šu | |
| 4 | u₃ te-[em]-⸢me⸣-ni-šu | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ aš-⸢ku⸣-un | |
| 6 | a-na ša-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 7 | {d}INANNA be-el-ti | |
| 8 | pa-la-a-am ed-de-ša-am | |
| 9 | lu-u₂ iš-ru-kam | |
| 11 | ⸢ah⸣-re-ti-iš u₄-mi | |
| 12 | ⸢la⸣-ba-ri-iš E₂ | |
| 13 | LUGAL ša {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 14 | i-na-ab-bu-šu | |
| 15 | i-nu-ma e₂-ki-tuš-ku₃-ga | |
| 16 | ša a-na-ku e-pu-šu | |
| 17 | i-ta-an-hu-ma | |
| 18 | u₂-ud-da-šu | |
| 19 | ki-ma a-na-ku na-re-e | |
| 20 | u₃ te-em-me-ni | |
| 21 | ša ma-an-iš-ti-šu | |
| 22 | la u₂-na-ak-ki-ru | |
| 23 | na-re-e-ia | |
| 24 | u₃ te-em-me-ni-ia | |
| 25 | a u₂-na-ak-⸢ki-ir⸣ | |
| 26 | a-na ma-aš-⸢ka⸣-[ni]-šu-nu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | li-⸢te⸣-er-šu-nu-ti | |
| 2 | ⸢šum⸣-ma LUGAL šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | ik-ši-⸢iṭ⸣-ma | |
| 4 | na-re-e-ia | |
| 5 | u₃ te-em-me-ni-ia | |
| 6 | u₂-ša-as-si₂-ik-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢a-na⸣ aš-⸢ri⸣-šu-nu | |
| 8 | la u₂-te-er-šu-nu-ti | |
| 9 | na-re-e-šu-ma | |
| 10 | u₃ te-em-me-ni-šu | |
| 11 | iš-ta-ka-an LUGAL šu-u₂ | |
| 12 | ša e-li DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 13 | u₃ LUGAL.MEŠ mar-⸢ṣu₂⸣ | |
| 14 | i-te-pe₂-eš | |
| 15 | {d}UTU da-a-ia-nu | |
| 16 | ra-bu-u₂ ša AN u₃ KI | |
| 17 | ki-ma ša-ri-ku be-el da-mi | |
| 18 | a-na qa-at LUGAL | |
| 19 | be-el le-mu-ut-ti-šu | |
| 20 | li-ma-al-⸢li-šu⸣ | |
| 21 | {d}INANNA NIN ni-nu-wa-a{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 22 | šar-ru-us-su₂ u₃ pa-la-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 23 | li-ṭe₄-⸢er⸣-šu-ma | |
| 24 | ⸢a-na ša⸣-[ni]-i-⸢im⸣ | |
| 25 | [li-di]-⸢in⸣ | |
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