Šamši-Adad I 1001 (Q005657)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Mardin · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad I 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005657 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Mardin |
| Coordinates | 37.3190, 40.7392 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:10] i' 1i 1–i' 1010 | ... [By] command of [the god] Enlil and [...] my attack [in Arra]pḫa [...] seventh day [...] and I sacrificed |
| Obverse Column ii [0:43] ii' 1ii 1– | I entered his fortress. I kissed the feet of the god Adad, my lord, and reorganized that land. I installed my governors everywhere and in Arrapḫa itself I sacrificed at the Festival of Heat to the gods Šamaš and Adad. On the twentieth day of the month Adar I crossed the River Zab (Zaiba) and made a razzia in the land of Qabra. I destroyed (lit. ‘struck down’) the harvest of that land and in the month of Magrānum (lit. ‘Threshing-Floor’) I captured all the fortified cities of the land of Arbela (Urbēl). I established my garrisons everywhere. Qabra ... [...] In ... the harv[est] ... that city in the month ... they did not carry ... that city in [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1 | [x x]-⸢da⸣-al-ma | |
| 2 | [ina] qi₂-bi-it | |
| 3 | {[d]}⸢EN⸣.LIL₂-ma | |
| 4 | [x x] x i-ti-⸢lam⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢ti⸣-bi-ia | |
| 6 | [ina ar-ra]-⸢ap⸣-hi-im{ki} | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢UD⸣.7.KAM | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-bi-ma | |
| 9 | [x x lu] ⸢aq⸣-qi₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| ii' | ||
| 1 | a-na ⸢ke⸣-er-hi-šu e-ru-ub | |
| 2 | še-pa {d}IŠKUR be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | aš-ši-iq-ma | |
| 4 | ma-⸢a-tam⸣ ša-a-ti | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂-taq₂⸣-qi₂-in | |
| 6 | ša-ak-⸢ni⸣-ia | |
| 7 | aš-⸢ta⸣-ka-ma | |
| 8 | i-si-in hu-um-ṭim | |
| 9 | a-na {d}UTU u₃ {d}IŠKUR | |
| 10 | i-na ar-ra-ap-hi-im{ki}ma | |
| 11 | lu-u₂ aq-qi₂ | |
| 12 | {iti}ŠE.KIN.TAR | |
| 13 | i-na UD.20.KAM-šu | |
| 14 | {⸢id₂⸣}za-i-ba-am | |
| 15 | [lu] e-bi-ir-ma | |
| iii' | ||
| 1 | a-na ma-a-at | |
| 2 | qa-ab-ra-a{ki} | |
| 3 | ah-ha-bi-it-ma | |
| 4 | ma-a-tam ša-a-ti | |
| 5 | e-bu-ur₂-ša | |
| 6 | am-ha-aṣ-ma | |
| 7 | a-la-ni da-an-na-ti | |
| 8 | ša ma-a-at ur-bi-e-el | |
| 9 | ka-la-šu-nu | |
| 10 | i-na {iti}ma-ag-ra-nim | |
| 11 | u₂-ṣa-ab-bi-it-ma | |
| 12 | bi-ra-ti-ia | |
| 13 | lu-u₂ aš-ta-ak-ka-an | |
| 14 | qa-ab-ra-a{ki} | |
| iv' | ||
| 1 | e-di [x x x] | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ [x x x] | |
| 3 | i-na x [x x x] | |
| 4 | e-bu-[ur₂-ša x] | |
| 5 | id x [...] | |
| 6 | a-lum ⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 7 | i-na {iti}[x x] | |
| 8 | la iš-⸢šu⸣ (x) [x x] | |
| 9 | a-lam ša [x x] | |
| 10 | i-na x [x x] | |
| 11 | i-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | da-[x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | be [...] | |
| 3' | {d}[...] | |
| 4' | lu x [...] | |
| 5' | li [...] | |
| 6' | a [...] | |
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