Puzur-Sin 1001 (Q005681)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Puzur-Sin 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005681 |
| 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 | When Puzur-Sîn, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-bēl-šamê, destroyed the evil of Asīnum, offspring of Šamšī-[Adad (I)] who was ... of the city Aššur, and instituted proper rule for the city Aššur; (at that time) [I (Puzur-Sîn) removed] ... a foreign plague, not of the flesh of [the city] Aššur. |
| Obverse [14:35] 1515–3535 | The god Aššur justly ... [with] his pure hands and I, by the command of Aššur himself my lord, destroyed that improper thing which he had worked on, (namely) the wall and palace of Šamšī-Adad (I) his grandfather (who was) a foreign plague, not of the flesh of the city Aššur, and who had destroyed the shrines of the city Aššur. (I destroyed, I say) that palace ... which he had worked on. I built a wall from the façade of the Gate of the deity Ilula to the residence, (a structure) which no (other) king had ever built before. |
| Obverse [35:46] 3636–4646 | When that wall becomes dilapidated and is rebuilt, whoever removes my name and this monumental inscription of mine, may the god Aššur (and) his city lord destroy his name and his offspring from city and country entirely. May this monumental inscription of mine be returned to its place. |
| Obverse [46:54] 4747–5454 | When I built this wall, in my presence [a priest] performed [rituals]. ... for the hand [...] ... they washed/delineated [and] the foundation of the wall [made firm]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [i]-⸢nu⸣-me | |
| 2 | ⸢pu₃⸣-zur₈-{d}ZUEN | |
| 3 | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ {d}a-šur | |
| 4 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}a-šur-be-el-AN-e | |
| 5 | ⸢le-mu-tu⸣ a-si₂-nim | |
| 6 | [pa]-⸢ra⸣-aʾ₂ {d}UTU-ši-{⸢d⸣}[IŠKUR] | |
| 7 | ⸢ša x pu⸣ [x] ⸢ša {uru⸣}[aš]-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂-na⸣-ap-[pi]-lu x | |
| 9 | [x x] x [x] re-di-⸢am⸣ | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢na {uru⸣}aš-šur [(lu)] u₂-⸢up⸣-pi₂-šu | |
| 11 | x x u₃ a hi MU-šu | |
| 12 | [ši₃-bi]-⸢iṭ a-hi-tim⸣ la ši₂-ir | |
| 13 | [URU] {⸢d⸣}a-šur | |
| 14 | [...] x | |
| 15 | {d}⸢a-šur⸣ [x x (x)] x qa-te-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 16 | KU₃.[MEŠ]-ti | |
| 17 | i-na ⸢ki₃-na⸣-te-šu | |
| 18 | u₂-⸢ZA⸣-i-da-šu-ma | |
| 19 | la dam-qa-⸢am⸣ šu-a-ti | |
| 20 | ⸢i⸣-na ⸢qi₂⸣-bi-it {⸢d⸣}a-šur-ma | |
| 21 | ⸢be⸣-li₃-a qa-at ⸢up-pi₂⸣-šu | |
| 22 | ⸢BAD₃⸣{ki} u₃ E₂.GAL | |
| 23 | {d}UTU-ši-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 24 | a-bu a-bi-⸢šu⸣ ši₂-bi-⸢iṭ⸣ | |
| 25 | a-hi-tim la UZU {uru}aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 26 | ša iš-ra-at {uru}aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 27 | u₂-na-ak-ki-⸢ru-ma⸣ | |
| 28 | ⸢E₂.GAL GIR₃⸣ [x šu]-⸢a-ti⸣ | |
| 29 | e-⸢pu⸣-šu a-qur₂-ma | |
| 30 | iš-tu₃ pa-ri-ik-tim | |
| 31 | ša KA₂-{d}i-lu-la-a | |
| 32 | a-⸢di₂⸣-i ku-mi-im | |
| 33 | ša iš-tu₃ du-ri-im | |
| 34 | LUGAL ma-ma-na | |
| 35 | la u₂-še₂-pi₂-šu BAD₃{ki} | |
| 36 | e-pu-uš i-nu-me BAD₃{ki} | |
| 37 | šu-ut e-nu-hu-ma | |
| 38 | in-ne₂-ep-pu-šu | |
| 39 | ša šu-mi₃ ⸢u₃⸣ na-ru-a-⸢i⸣ | |
| 40 | a-nam₃ u₂-ša-sa₃-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 41 | {d}a-šur be-el URU{ki}⸢šu⸣ | |
| 42 | ⸢šu-um-šu u₃⸣ pa-ra-aʾ₂-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 43 | ⸢i-na URU{ki⸣} u₃ ma-tim | |
| 44 | ka-li-ša lu-ha-liq | |
| 45 | u₃ na-⸢ru-a⸣-i a-nam₃ | |
| 46 | a-na aš-ri-šu-ma | |
| 47 | lu-u₂-ta-<e>-ru i-⸢nu-me⸣ | |
| 48 | BAD₃{ki} a-nam₃ e-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
| 49 | i-na pa-ni-ia [x x x] | |
| 50 | e-pu-uš be-x [x x] | |
| 51 | a-na qa-ti [x x x] | |
| 52 | ka-al-la-[x x (x)] | |
| 53 | um-ta-as-⸢su₂⸣-[u₂-ma] | |
| 54 | uš-ši₂ ša BAD₃{⸢ki⸣} [x x] |
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