Adad-narari I 11 (Q005748)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-narari I 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005748 |
| 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 [0:21] 1'1'–21'21' | [At that time] the facing (of the quay wall) [which (stretches) from] the palace complex [to] the processional avenues, [which] Aššur-uballiṭ (I), my forefather, had previously built; a ... wadi had broken through and beyond it in the middle at the top of the orchards of Inner City. In order to still the rage of the mighty waters I faced (the area of) the ... wadi with baked brick and bitumen. I installed three drains to carry off the water. I altered (the course of) the water and kept (it) away with baked brick and bitumen ... on the opposite bank ... I widened ... I piled up [...] ... [...] and I deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [21:27] 22'22'–27'27' | In the future may a [later] prince, when the facing (of the quay wall) and the drains therein become dilapidated and he renews (them), restore the name of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), my forefather, and my inscribed name to their places. (Then) Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [27:34] 28'28'–34'34' | (As for) the one who discards the name of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), my forefather, and my inscribed name: May Aššur, the great lord, overthrow his sovereignty. May he destroy his name (and) his seed from the land. [May] the goddess Ištar, my mistress, bring about the defeat of his land. |
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' | [e-nu-ma ki]-⸢si-ir-tu⸣ [ša iš]-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 2' | E₂.GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [a]-⸢di⸣ ta-al-la-ka-[ti] | |
| 3' | [ša i]-⸢na⸣ pa-na {m}aš-šur-TI.LA | |
| 4' | a-⸢bi⸣ e-pu-šu | |
| 5' | i-na re-eš₁₅ {giš}KIRI₆.MEŠ ša₂ {uru}lib₃-bi-URU | |
| 6' | na-ah-lu na-ha-su | |
| 7' | ⸢i⸣-na mi-iš-li-ša₂ | |
| 8' | ib-tu-qu-ši-ma e-ti-qu | |
| 9' | ⸢a⸣-na uz-zi A.MEŠ dan-nu-te | |
| 10' | nu-uh-hi na-ah-la na-ha-sa | |
| 11' | i-na a-gur-ri u₃ ku-up-ri | |
| 12' | lu ak-si-ir 3 na-hi-ri | |
| 13' | ⸢a⸣-bi-lu-ut A.MEŠ aš-ku-⸢un⸣ | |
| 14' | A u₂-ša₂-an-ni-iʾ-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 15' | i-na a-gur-ri u₃ ku-up-[ri] | |
| 16' | u₂-ne₂-si u₂-x x [...] | |
| 17' | x i-na am-mi-x x [...] | |
| 18' | u₂-ra-piš ib-[...] | |
| 19' | [aš]-pu-uk x [...] | |
| 20' | [...] x KU u₂-[...] | |
| 21' | u₃ na-re-ia aš-[ku-un] | |
| 22' | a-na ar-kat UD.MEŠ NUN ⸢ar⸣-[ku-u₂] | |
| 23' | e-nu-ma ki-si-ir-tu u₃ na-hi-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 24' | ša₂ lib₃-bi-šu-nu e-na-hu-ma u₂-da-šu | |
| 25' | MU {m}aš-šur-TI.LA a-bi-ia | |
| 26' | u₃ šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ra a-na aš-ri-šu lu-te-er | |
| 27' | aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me | |
| 28' | ša₂ MU {m}aš-šur-TI.LA a-bi-ia | |
| 29' | ⸢u₃⸣ šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ra u₂-ša₂-am-sa-ku | |
| 30' | aš-šur be-lu GAL-u₂ LUGAL-su li-is-kip | |
| 31' | ⸢MU⸣-šu NUMUN-šu i-na KUR lu-hal-li-iq | |
| 32' | {d}iš₈-tar₂ be-el-ti | |
| 33' | a-bi-ik-ti KUR-šu | |
| 34' | [li-iš]-ku-⸢un⸣ |
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