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Eriba-Adad I 1 (Q005717)

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

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DesignationEriba-Adad I 1
IDQ005717
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010[Erība-Ada]d, [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, [son of Ašš]ur-bēl-nišēšu, (who was) also [vice-regent of the god Ašš]ur; [Ašš]ur-bēl-nišēšu (was) [the son of Ašš]ur-nārārī (II), [vice-regent of the god A]ššur; Aššur-nārārī (II) (was) [the son of Ašš]ur-rabi (I), [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r
Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1'[I deposited] my clay cone.
Reverse [1:11] r 2'2'–r 11'11'The gods Aššur [and Ad]ad [will listen to the prayers of a later] prince when [...] becomes dilapidated and [he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore] my [clay cone to its place].

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)
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1{[m}e-ri-ba-{d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣
2[ENSI₂ {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣
3[DUMU {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣-EN-ni-še-šu
4[ENSI₂ {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣-ma
5{[d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣-EN-ni-še-šu
6[DUMU {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣-ne₂-ra-ri
7[ENSI₂ {d}a]-šur₃
8{[d}a]-šur₃-ne₂-ra-ri
9[DUMU {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣-GAL
10[ENSI₂ {d}a]-⸢šur₃⸣
r
1'[... u] si-ka₃-ti
2'[aš-ku-un ru]-ba-u₂
3'[ur-ki-u₂] ⸢e⸣-nu-ma
4'[...] ⸢e⸣-nu-hu-ma
5'[e-pu-šu] {⸢d⸣}a-šur₃
6'[u {d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣
7'[ik-ri-bi]-šu
8'[i-ša-me₂]-u₂
9'[u]
10'[si-ka₃]-ti
11'[a-na aš-ri-ša lu-te]-⸢er⸣

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