Arik-din-ili 8 (Q005737)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Arik-din-ili 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005737 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| 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 [0:8] 1'1'–8'8' | [...] ... [...] 100 of their sheep, 100 of their oxen [...] to Aššur he brought. At that time [...] ... 7000 storage-containers, in their mouths/by their command, in front of [...] ... a large battering-ram he made. Arik-dīn-ili [...] ... his gift to the goddess Ištar [... for] his life he gave [...] |
| Obverse [8:17] 9'9'–17'17' | [...] powerful, Arik-dīn-ili the harvest of Esini [... he] carried off. Esini, 33 chariots of ... [...] with the ... he killed. Arik-dīn-ili in [...] ... of his chariots he led. The chariots [... the city Ar]nuna of the land Nigimḫi, the fortress of the land ... [... Esi]ni in the city Arnuna he shut up ... [...] its [...] (and) its gate he destroyed ... [...] Arik-dīn-ili scattered ... [...] all of [... took] an oath to Arik-dīn-ili ... [...] |
| Obverse [17:26] 18'18'–26'26' | [...] One mina of (copper) was set (as the price) of grain. Ari[k-dīn-ili ... the cities] ...-turiḫa, Ḫabaruḫa which to [... the city] Kutila, their army he moved away [... the cities] Tarbiṣi, Kudina he [...] ... he gave them. The city Kutila [...] ... At that time with 90 of his chariots [...] the lower [rivers] he crossed. 600 men of the city i[...] ... with ... he killed. Remaku [...] ... for the punishment of the city Nagabbilḫi he killed. [...] |
| Obverse [26:34] 27'27'–34'34' | [...] famine. Two minas of (copper) was set (as the price) of grain. [...] ... from the land Ḫalaḫi forever ... [...] ... he plundered. 254,000 men [...] he killed. He brought about their defeat. [Their] captives [he carried off bound ... to] Aššur he brought. At that time 100? [...] he rebelled. Asini until |
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' | [...] ki [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ni x x ⸢uru⸣ [x] ke e a-di x x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 100 ṣe-ni-šu-nu 1 ME GUD.MEŠ-šu-nu [...] | |
| 4' | [...] a-na URU {d}a-šur ub-la i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x-te 7 LIM PISAN i-na KA-ši-na a-na IGI ša [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x ia-šu-ba GAL-ma e-pu-uš {m}GID₂-DI-DINGIR [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x-na NIG₂.BA-šu a-na {d}iš₈-tar₂ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x-ṭi-šu i-qiš [...] | |
| 9' | [...] gap-šu {m}GID₂-DI-DINGIR BUR₁₄ ša {m}e-si-ni [...] | |
| 10' | [... e]-ki-ma {m}e-si-ni 33 {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ ša x [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x i-na ši-di-te i-duk {m}GID₂-DI-DINGIR i-na [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x RU-te ša {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ-šu ir-di {giš}GIGIR.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 13' | [... ar]-nu-na ša {kur}ni-gim-hi BAD₃ {kur}iš-[...] | |
| 14' | [... {m}e-si]-ni i-na {uru}ar-nu-ni e-si-ir x [...] | |
| 15' | [...]-x-šu KA₂.GAL-šu u₂-sa-ri-ih x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x {m}GID₂-DI-DINGIR u₂-sa₃-pi-ih x x [...] | |
| 17' | [...] gab-be ma-me-ta a-na {m}GID₂-DI-DINGIR x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x 1 MA.NA.TA.AM₃ ŠE iš-ši-kin₂ {m}⸢GID₂⸣-[DI-DINGIR ...] | |
| 19' | [...] x-tu-ri-ha {uru}ha-ba-ru-ha ša a-na [...] | |
| 20' | [...] {⸢uru⸣}ku-ti-la ERIM.MEŠ-šu-nu is-su-⸢ha⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | [...] {⸢uru⸣}tar-bi-ṣi {uru}ku-di-na u₂-[...] | |
| 22' | [...]-ta id-di-na-šu-nu {uru}ku-ti-la [...] | |
| 23' | [...]-pe-lu i-na UD-šu-ma i-na 90 {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ-šu [...] | |
| 24' | [...] ⸢šap⸣-li-a-te e-bir 6 ME LU₂.MEŠ {uru}hi-[...] | |
| 25' | [...] x x i-na ši-di-te i-duk {m}re-ma-ku [...] | |
| 26' | [...] x a-na ar₂-ni {uru}na-gab-bil-hi i-duk [...] | |
| 27' | [...] i da {munus}KALA.GA 2 MA.NA.TA.AM₃ ŠE i-ši-⸢kin₂⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | [...] x-e iš-tu {kur}ha-la-hi a-di ṣa-ti x [...] | |
| 29' | [...] x ih-bu-ta 2 ME 54 LIM ⸢LU₂⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 30' | [...] i-duk dab₂-da-šu-nu iš-ku-un šal-⸢lu⸣-[su-nu ...] | |
| 31' | [... ana] URU {d}a-šur ub-la i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma 1 ME [...] | |
| 32' | [... it]-ta-bal-kat {m}a-si-ni a-di x [...] | |
| 33' | [...] x a giš x su a x x [...] | |
| 34' | [...] x x x x x x [...] |
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