Aššur-uballiṭ I 1 (Q005719)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-uballiṭ I 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005719 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Aššur-uballiṭ, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | (was) the son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, |
| Obverse [5:7] 66–77 | (was) the son of Aššur-nārārī (II); Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, |
| Obverse [7:9] 88–99 | (was) the son of Aššur-rabi (I); Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, |
| Obverse [9:13] 1010–1313 | (was) the son of Enlil-nāṣir (I); Enlil-nāṣir (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur: |
| Obverse [12:15] 1313–1515 | Aššur-uballiṭ, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur,[for his life] and the well-being of his city |
| Obverse [14:17] 1515–1717 | the Gre[at Wall] of New City, [which previously] had been built outside |
| Obverse [16:20] 1717–2020 | but now was situated within the city — which Puzur-Aššur (III), my forefather, the prince, had previously built — |
| Obverse [20:24] 2121–2424 | (that wall) had become dilapidated; I (Aššur-uballiṭ) rebuilt (it) from top to bottom. I deposited my clay cone. |
| Obverse [23:25] 2424–2525 | A later prince, when that house becomes dilapidated |
| Obverse [25:27] 2626–2727 | and he rebuilds (it), the gods Aššur, Adad, and Bēl-šarri |
| Obverse [27:29] 2828–2929 | will listen to his prayers. May (the same prince) restore my clay cone to its place. |
| Obverse [29:31] 3030–3131 | Month of Muḫur-ilāni, eponymy of Enlil-mudammiq. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{d}aš-šur-TI.LA ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 2 | DUMU {m}e-ri-ba-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 3 | {m}e-ri-ba-{d}IŠKUR ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 4 | DUMU {m}{d}aš-šur-EN-ni-še-šu | |
| 5 | {m}{d}aš-šur-EN-ni-še-šu ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 6 | DUMU {m}{d}aš-šur-ne₂-ra-ri | |
| 7 | {m}{d}aš-šur-ne₂-ra-ri ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 8 | DUMU {m}{d}aš-šur-GAL | |
| 9 | {m}{d}aš-šur-GAL ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 10 | DUMU {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-na-ṣir | |
| 11 | {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-na-ṣir ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 12 | DUMU {m}MAN-{d}aš-šur ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 13 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}aš-šur-TI.LA ša₂-ki-in {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 14 | [a-na ba-la₂-ṭi₃]-⸢šu⸣ u₃ ša-lam URU-šu | |
| 15 | [BAD₃] ⸢GAL⸣ ša URU-GIBIL | |
| 16 | [ša i-na pa-ni] i-ki-di | |
| 17 | ⸢ep-šu⸣-u₂-ni u₂-ma-a | |
| 18 | i-na qa-bal URU iš-ta-ak-nu-ni | |
| 19 | ša {m}MAN-{d}aš-šur a-bi ru-ba-u₂ | |
| 20 | i-na pa-ni e-pu-šu-ni | |
| 21 | e-na-ah-ma iš-tu uš-še-šu | |
| 22 | a-di ga-ba-an-dibi-šu e-pu-uš | |
| 23 | u₃ si₂-ka-ti aš-ku-un | |
| 24 | ru-ba-u₂ ur-ki-u₂ | |
| 25 | e-nu-ma E₂ šu-a-tu | |
| 26 | e-nu-uh-ma e-pu-uš | |
| 27 | {d}aš-šur {d}IŠKUR u₃ {d}EN-LUGAL | |
| 28 | ik-ri-bi-šu i-šam-me-u₂ | |
| 29 | u₃ si₂-ka-ti a-na aš-ri-ša lu-te-er | |
| 30 | {iti}mu-hur-DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 31 | lim-mu {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-mu-SIG₅ |
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