Adad-narari I 18 (Q005755)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-narari I 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005755 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 [0:10] 1'1'–10'10' | I reconstructed that wall. I removed the weak, old beams, supports, and lashings (and) installed new beams, supports, and lashings. I made (them) reach between the wall [and] the door. I rebuilt the wall of the bakehouse from top to bottom. I restored it and deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [10:14] 11'11'–14'14' | In the future may a later prince, when that wall becomes dilapidated (and) he restores (it), restore my monumental inscription and my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [14:18] 15'15'–18'18' | He who erases my inscribed name and writes his (own) name or discards my monumental inscription, may the god Aššur, the exalted god, dweller of Eḫursagkurkurra, |
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' | x x x x x x x ⸢i⸣-ga-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 2' | ša₂-a-tu a-na eš₁₅-šu-ut-te ar-ṣi-ip | |
| 3' | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ ši-ip-ša₂-te u₃ nap-de-e | |
| 4' | ⸢an⸣-šu-te u₃ la-be-ru-te u₂-ne₂-⸢kir₆⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢GIŠ⸣.UR₃.MEŠ ši-ip-ša₂-te u₃ nap-de-e | |
| 6' | ⸢GIBIL⸣.MEŠ u₂-ki-in ⸢be⸣-er-te i-ga-ri | |
| 7' | [u] KA₂ qa-ab-⸢li u₂-te⸣-ṣi i-ga-ra | |
| 8' | [ša] ⸢E₂⸣ {lu₂}MUHALDIM.MEŠ iš-tu uš-še-šu | |
| 9' | [a-di] ⸢gaba⸣-dib-bi-šu e-pu-uš a-na aš-ri-šu | |
| 10' | [u₂]-te-er u₃ na-re-ia aš-ku-un | |
| 11' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ar-kat UD.MEŠ NUN ar-ku-u₂ | |
| 12' | ⸢e⸣-nu-ma i-ga-ru šu-u₂ e-na-hu-ma | |
| 13' | u₂-da-šu na-re-ia u₃ šu-mi šaṭ-ra | |
| 14' | a-na aš-ri-šu lu-te-er {d}aš-šur | |
| 15' | ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me ša₂ šu-mi šaṭ-ra | |
| 16' | ⸢i⸣-pa-ši-ṭu-ma šu-um-šu i-ša-ṭa-ru u₃ lu na-re-ia u₂-ša₂-am-sa-ku | |
| 17' | {⸢d}aš-šur DINGIR ṣi-ru⸣ a-ši-ib e₂-hur-sag-kur-kur-ra | |
| 18' | [...] x x |
Sources & licences
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