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Aššur-uballiṭ I 2 (Q005720)

Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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DesignationAššur-uballiṭ I 2
IDQ005720
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodMiddle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 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)

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Obverse [0:12] 11–1212[Aššur-uballiṭ, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur], (was) the son of [Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of] the god Aššur, (was) the son of [Aššur-nārārī (II)]; Ašš[ur-nārārī (II), vice-regent] of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-[rabi (I)]; Aššur-[rabi (I), vice]-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of En[lil-nāṣir (I)]; En[lil-nāṣir (I)], vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-[Aššur (III)] (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur:
Obverse [12:22] 1313–2222Aššu[r-uballiṭ, appointee of the god] Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur: at that time the terrace of the great New Palace [... which] princes [earlier had made became dilapidated and I renovated that] terrace from top to bottom. [I deposited my clay cone].
Obverse [22:27] 2323–2727[The gods Aššur] and Adad will listen to the prayers of [a later prince when that terrace] 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)
1{[m}{d}aš-šur-TI.LA ŠID {d}a-šur₃]
2[DUMU {m}e-ri-ba-{d}IŠKUR]
3{[m}e-ri-ba-{d}IŠKUR ŠID {d}a-šur₃]
4DUMU {[m}{d}aš-šur-EN-ni-še-šu]
5{m}{[d}aš-šur-EN-ni-še-šu ŠID] {⸢d}a-šur₃⸣
6DUMU {⸢d⸣}[a-šur₃-ne₂-ra-ri]
7{m}{d}⸢a-šur₃⸣-[ne₂-ra-ri] ⸢ŠID⸣ {d}a-šur₃
8DUMU {d}a-⸢šur₃⸣-[GAL]
9{m}{d}a-⸢šur₃⸣-[GAL] ⸢ŠID⸣ {d}a-šur₃
10DUMU {d}EN.[LIL₂-na-ṣir]
11{m}{d}EN.[LIL₂-na-ṣir] ⸢ŠID⸣ {d}a-šur₃
12DUMU MAN-{[d}aš-šur] ⸢ŠID⸣ {d}a-šur₃-⸢ma⸣
13{m}{d}a-⸢šur₃⸣-[TI.LA ša₂-ki-in {d]}EN.LIL₂
14ŠID {d}a-šur₃ [i-nu]-⸢me⸣
15[tam]-⸢li⸣-a [ša E₂].⸢GAL⸣-GIBIL-ti GAL-ti
16[...]-⸢u₂⸣
17[...]-⸢šu⸣
18[ša (x)] ⸢ru⸣-ba-u₂
19[i-na pa-ni e-pu-šu-ni e-na-ah-ma] ⸢iš⸣-tu uš-še-šu
20[a-di ga-ba-an-dibi-šu] ⸢tam⸣-li-a
21[šu-a-tu u₂-di]-⸢is⸣-su
22[u₃ si₂-ka-ti aš-ku]-⸢un⸣
23[ru-ba-u₂ ur-ki]-⸢u₂⸣
24[e-nu-ma tam-li-a šu-ut] ⸢i⸣-nu-hu-ma e-pu-šu
25{[d}aš-šur] ⸢u₃⸣ {d}IŠKUR ik-ri-bi-šu i-šam-me-u₂
26[u₃ si₂-ka-ti a]-⸢na⸣ aš-ri-ša
27[lu-te]-er

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