Adad-narari I 13 (Q005750)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-narari I 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005750 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| 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 [0:15] 2929–4343 | At that time (to) the great wall of New City which (was erected on) a mound facing the [open country], which (stretches) from the great wall of Inner City by all of [New City] as far as the River (Tigris), (and) which Puzur-Aššur (III), my forefather, a king who preceded me, had previously built — to that wall Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, (who was) also my forefather, applied a façade. It again became dilapidated and (the wall) together with its gates and towers Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (who was) also my forefather, a king who preceded me, applied a facing and façade in different places. He rebuilt the ruined wall from top to bottom. That wall had become dilapidated and was in ruin. I, Adad-nā[rārī], vice-regent of the god [Aššur], restored and refaced the dilapidated and weakened (wall). I rebuilt the ruined (wall) from top to bottom. I made (it) the thickness of fourteen bricks (which were made) in my large brick mold and deposited my monumental inscriptions. I deposited my forefathers' monumental inscriptions with mine. |
| Obverse [15:21] 4444–4949 | In the future may a later prince, when that wall becomes old and dilapidated, restore it. May he restore my inscribed name, my monumental inscriptions, and my clay inscriptions to their places. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [21:22] 7575–7575 | [Month of ...th day], eponymy of Itti-ili-ašamšu. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | e-nu-ma ⸢BAD₃⸣ URU-GIBIL GAL-a ša₂ mu-le-e ša₂ IGI ⸢EDIN⸣ | |
| 30 | ša₂ iš-tu BAD₃ ⸢GAL⸣-e ša₂ lib₃-bi-URU a-na si-⸢hi-ir⸣-[ti URU-GIBIL] | |
| 31 | a-di ⸢ID₂⸣ ša₂ {m}pu-zur-{d}a-šur a-bi ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 32 | a-lik pa-ni-ia i-na pa-na e-pu-šu BAD₃ ša₂-a-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 33 | {m}{d}a-šur-EN-ni-še-šu a-bi-ma u₂-la-bi-is-su | |
| 34 | ⸢i⸣-tu-ur e-na-⸢ah-ma⸣ | |
| 35 | {m}SU-{d}IŠKUR ENSI₂ {d}a-šur a-bi-ma | |
| 36 | LUGAL a-lik pa-ni-ia a-di KA₂.GAL.MEŠ-šu | |
| 37 | u₃ a-sa-ia-te-šu a-šar ik-šir₃ a-šar u₂-la-bi-⸢is⸣-[su] | |
| 38 | ⸢BAD₃⸣ ma-aq-⸢ta⸣ iš-tu uš-še-šu a-⸢di⸣ gaba-dib-bi-šu ⸢e⸣-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 39 | BAD₃ šu-u₂ e-na-ah-ma ih-da-bi-it {m}{d}IŠKUR-⸢ERIM⸣.[TAH₂] ⸢ENSI₂ {d}a⸣-[šur] | |
| 40 | an-hu-su u₂-di-iš an-ša₂ ak-šer₃ ma-aq-ta iš-⸢tu⸣ uš-še-šu | |
| 41 | a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu e-pu-uš 14 SIG₄ i-na na-al-⸢ba⸣-ni-ia ⸢GAL u₂-ke-be-er⸣ | |
| 42 | u₃ na-re-e aš₂-ku-un na-re-e ša₂ ab-bi-ia | |
| 43 | it-ti na-re-ia-ma aš₂-ku-un | |
| 44 | a-na ar-ka-at UD.MEŠ ru-bu-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ | |
| 45 | e-nu-ma BAD₃ šu-u₂ | |
| 46 | u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma e-na-hu an-hu-su lu-⸢di⸣-iš | |
| 47 | ⸢šu⸣-mi₃ šaṭ-ra na-re-ia u₃ ti-me-⸢ni⸣-ia | |
| 48 | a-na aš-ri-šu-nu lu-te-⸢er⸣ {d}a-šur ik-ri-be-šu | |
| 49 | ⸢i⸣-še-me | |
| 75 | {[iti}x UD.x.KAM] li-mu {m}it-ti-DINGIR-a-šam-šu |
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