Aššur-uballiṭ I 3 (Q005721)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-uballiṭ I 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005721 |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | Aššur-uballiṭ, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur: |
| Obverse [4:23] 55–2323 | When the god Aššur, my lord, allowed me to construct the Patti-ṭuḫdi (“Canal of Abundance”), bearer of abundant fertility, I filled in with earth the well which was called Uballiṭ-nišēšu (“It Has Given Life to His People”), (the source) of the pond behind the terrace — (it was) ten cubits down to water(-level) —, which previously Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē (II?), vice-regent of the god Aššur, had dug (and which) was reinforced with limestone, bitumen, (and) baked bricks — the limestone was below water-level — it was not suitable for the requirements of an orchard. |
| Obverse [23:30] 2424–3030 | In the future, a king who wishes (to use) that well can remove the earth and (thereby) reach the water. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{d}a-šur-TI | |
| 2 | ENSI₂ {d}a-šur | |
| 3 | DUMU SU-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 4 | ENSI₂ {d}a-šur-ma | |
| 5 | e-nu-ma {d}a-šur be-li₂ | |
| 6 | pa-at-ti-ṭuh-di | |
| 7 | a-bi-la-at HE.GAL₂ | |
| 8 | u₃ HE₂.NUN | |
| 9 | a-na e-pe-ši lu id-⸢di⸣-na | |
| 10 | PU₂ ša u₂-bal-iṭ-<ni>-še-šu šum-ša | |
| 11 | ša ia-a-ar-hi ša ku-tal tam-le-e | |
| 12 | 10 i-na am-me-ti | |
| 13 | šu-pu-ul-ša a-di me-e | |
| 14 | ša i-na pa-na | |
| 15 | {m}{d}a-šur-na-din-a-hi | |
| 16 | ENSI₂ {d}a-šur | |
| 17 | ih-ru-ši | |
| 18 | i-na pi-li ku-up-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 19 | a-gur₂-ri pi-li | |
| 20 | i-na ṭi-bi ša PU₂ kun-nu | |
| 21 | a-na ši-par₂ {giš}KIRI₆ | |
| 22 | e-pe-ši ul na-ṭa-a | |
| 23 | e-pe-ra lu u₂-me-li-ši | |
| 24 | a-na EGIR.MEŠ u₄-mi | |
| 25 | LUGAL ša PU₂ ša-a-ti | |
| 26 | i-ha-ša-hu-ši | |
| 27 | ep-ri-ša | |
| 28 | li-še-la-am-ma | |
| 29 | ⸢u₃⸣ me-e-ša | |
| 30 | li-ik-šu-ud |
Sources & licences
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