Adad-narari I 01 (Q005738)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-narari I 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005738 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Private Collection: Unknown, Unknown; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 |
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| Obverse [0:17] 11–1717 | Adad-nārārī, holy prince, pride of the gods, lord, appointee of the gods, founder of cult centers, defeater of the heroic — the army of the Kassites, Qutu, Lullumu, and Šubaru — scatterer of all enemies above and below, trampler of their lands from Lubdu and the land Rapiqu to Eluḫat, conqueror of the cities Taidu, Šuru, Kaḫat, Amasaku, Ḫurra, Šuduḫu, Nabula, Waššukanu, and Irridu, the entirety of Kašiieri to/with Eluḫat, the fortress of the city Sudu, the fortress of Ḫarrānu to/with Carchemish which is on the bank of the Euphrates, capturer of all people, extender of borders and boundaries, the king at whose feet the gods Anu, Aššur, Šamaš, Adad, and Ištar made all rulers and princes bow down, exalted priest of the god Enlil; |
| Obverse [17:24] 1818–2424 | Son of Arik-dīn-ili, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, conqueror of the land of the Turukku and the land Nigimḫu to its entire extent (as well as) all rulers of the mountains and hills of the extensive district of the Qutu, conqueror of the land Kutmuḫu and its entire allies, the hordes of Aḫlamu, Sutu, Iūru, together with their lands, extender of borders and boundaries; |
| Obverse [24:26] 2525–2626 | Grandson of Enlil-nārārī (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur, who defeated the army of the Kassites and overcame every one of his enemies, extender of borders and boundaries; |
| Obverse [26:32] 2727–3232 | Offspring of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), strong king, whose priesthood was outstanding in awesome Ekur and the well-being of his sovereignty was established as far away as the mountains, subduer of the land Muṣru, disperser of the hordes of the extensive land of the Šubaru, extender of borders and boundaries: |
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) |
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| 1 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ NUN el-lu si-mat DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 2 | e-tel-lu ša₂-ka-an-ki DINGIR.MEŠ mu-kin₂ ma-ha-zi | |
| 3 | ne₂-ir dap-nu-ti um-ma-an kaš-ši-i | |
| 4 | qu-ti-i lu-lu-mi₃-i u₃ šu-ba-ri-i | |
| 5 | mu-di₂-ip kul₂-la-at na-ki-ri e-li-iš | |
| 6 | u₃ šap-li-iš da-iš KUR.KUR-šu-nu | |
| 7 | iš-tu lu-ub-di u₃ {kur}ra-pi-qu | |
| 8 | a-di e-lu-ha-at ka-ši-id {uru}ta-i-di | |
| 9 | {uru}šu-ri {uru}ka-ha-at {uru}a-ma-sa-ki | |
| 10 | {uru}hu-ur-ra {uru}šu-du-hi {uru}na-bu-la | |
| 11 | {uru}uš-šu-ka-ni u₃ {uru}ir-ri-di | |
| 12 | si-hi-ir-ti ka-ši-ie-e-ri a-di e-lu-ha-at | |
| 13 | hal-ṣi₂ {uru}su-di hal-ṣi₂ ha-ra-ni a-di {uru}kar-ga-miš | |
| 14 | ša₂ a-ah {id₂}pu-ra-ti ṣa-bi-it kiš-šat ni-ši | |
| 15 | mu-ra-piš mi₃-iṣ-ri u₃ ku-du-ri LUGAL ša₂ ŠU.NIGIN₂ | |
| 16 | ma-al-ki u₃ ru-be-e {d}a-nu aš-šur {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR | |
| 17 | u₃ {d}iš₈-tar₂ a-na še-pi-šu u₂-še-ek-ni-šu | |
| 18 | ša₂-an-gu-u₂ ṣi-ru ša₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ DUMU GID₂-DI-DINGIR | |
| 19 | ša₂-ak-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur ka-ši-id {kur}tu-ru-ki-i | |
| 20 | u₃ {kur}ni-gim-hi a-di pa-aṭ gim-ri-šu gi-mi₃-ir | |
| 21 | ma-al-ki KUR-i u₃ hur-ša₂-ni pa-aṭ qu-ti-i | |
| 22 | ra-pal-ti ka-ši-id {kur}ku-ut-mu-hi u₃ na-gab re-ṣi-šu | |
| 23 | gu-un-nu ah-la-mi₃-i su-ti-i ia-u₂-ri | |
| 24 | u₃ KUR.KUR-šu-nu mu-ra-piš mi₃-iṣ-ri u₃ ku-du-ri | |
| 25 | DUMU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-ERIM.TAH₂ ŠID aš-šur-ma ša₂ um-ma-an kaš-ši-i | |
| 26 | i-na-ru-ma u₃ na-gab za-e-ri-šu qa-su ik-šu-du | |
| 27 | mu-ra-piš mi₃-iṣ-ri u₃ ku-du-ri li-ip-li-pi | |
| 28 | ša₂ {m}aš-šur-TI.LA LUGAL dan-ni ša₂ ša₂-an-gu-su | |
| 29 | i-na e₂-kur ra-aš-bi šu-tu-rat u₃ šu-lum | |
| 30 | LUGAL-ti-šu a-na ru-qa-te ki-ma KUR-i ku-un-nu | |
| 31 | mu-še-ek-ni-iš {kur}mu-uṣ-ri mu-se-pi-ih el-la-at | |
| 32 | {kur}šu-ba-re-e ra-pal-ti mu-ra-piš mi-iṣ-ri u₃ ku-du-ri |
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