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Aššur-rem-nišešu 1 (Q005708)

Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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DesignationAššur-rem-nišešu 1
IDQ005708
CollectionArkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotQalat Sherqat (Assur)
Coordinates35.4581, 43.2620

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:4] 11–44Aššur-rêm-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent:
Obverse [4:11] 55–1111The wall which Kikkia, Ikūnum, Sargon (I), Puzur-Aššur (II), (and) Aššur-nārārī (I), son of Išme-Dagan (II), my forefathers, had built had become dilapidated and I rebuilt (it) from top to bottom for my life and the well-being of my city. I restored its clay cones to their places.
Obverse [11:17] 1212–1717The gods Aššur and Adad will listen to the prayers of a later prince when that wall becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore its clay cones to their places.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1{m}{d}a-šur₃-re-em-ni-še-šu
2ENSI₂ {d}a-šur₃
3DUMU {d}a-šur₃-ne₂-ra-ri
4ENSI₂ {d}a-šur₃ DUMU {d}a-šur₃-GAL
5ENSI₂ BAD₃ ša {m}ki-ki-a {m}i-ku-nu-um
6{m}LUGAL-ke-en pu₃-zur₈-{d}a-šur₃
7{m}{d}a-šur₃-ne₂-ra-ri DUMU iš-me-{d}da-gan
8ab-ba-ia u₂-up-pi₂-šu-ni e-na-ah-ma
9a-na ba-la₂-ṭi₂-ia u₃ ša-la₂-am URU{ki}ia
10iš-tu uš-še-šu a-di ša-ap-ti-šu
11e-pu-uš u₃ si₂-ka₃-ti-šu a-na aš-ri-ši₂-na
12u₂-te-er ru-ba-u₂ ur-ki-u₂
13e-nu-ma BAD₃ šu-ut e-nu-hu-ma
14e-ep-pu-šu {d}a-šur₃ u₃ {d}IŠKUR
15ik-ri-bi-šu i-ša-me₂-u₂-šu
16si₂-ka₃-ti-šu a-na aš-ri-ši₂-na
17lu-te-er

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