Shalmaneser I 02 (Q005790)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005790 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; 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 [0:4] 11–44 | Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur; founder of holy cult centers, builder of Ekur — the shrine of the gods (and) the dwelling of the god Nunnamnir: |
| Obverse [4:21] 55–2121 | At that time Eḫursagkurkurra, the ancient temple — which Ušpia, my forefather, vice-regent of Aššur, had previously built (and when) it became dilapidated Erišum (I), my forefather, vice-regent of Aššur, rebuilt (it and when) 159 years had passed and it had again become dilapidated, Šamšī-Adad (I) (who was) also my forefather (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur rebuilt (it and) 580 years passed — the temple and its sanctuary were destroyed by fire. I cleared away (the debris of) that temple entirely down to the bottom of the foundation pit. I laid its foundation like the base of a mountain. As an addition I built two towers which had not been built before. I considerably enlarged beyond previous extent the forecourt of the god Nunnamnir and the expanse of the forecourt of the god Aššur, my lord. I put stools and cult platforms in their sanctuaries (and) placed therein all the gods of Ekur. I deposited my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions. |
| Obverse [21:24] 2222–2424 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: May the god Aššur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty (and) destroy his name and his seed from the land. |
| Obverse [24:26] 2525–2626 | Month of Ša-sarrāte, twentieth day, eponymy of Aššur-dammeq, son of Abi-ili. |
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 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur | |
| 2 | A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ GAR {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur A GID₂-DI-DINGIR | |
| 3 | ša₂-ak-ni {d}BAD ŠID aš-šur-ma mu-kin₂ | |
| 4 | ma-ha-zi el-lu-ti ba-nu e₂-kur ki-iṣ-ṣi DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 5 | šu-bat {d}nun-nam-nir e-nu-ma e₂-hur-sag-kur-kur-ra | |
| 6 | E₂ mah-ru-u₂ ša {m}uš-pi-a a-bi ŠID aš-šur | |
| 7 | i-na pa-na e-pu-šu e-na-ah-ma {m}e-ri-šu | |
| 8 | a-bi ŠID aš-šur e-pu-uš 2 šu-ši 39 MU.MEŠ | |
| 9 | il-li-ka-ma i-tu-ur e-na-ah-ma | |
| 10 | {m}{d}UTU-ši-{d}IŠKUR a-bi ŠID {d}aš-šur-ma e-pu-uš | |
| 11 | 9 šu-ši 40 MU.MEŠ il-li-ka-ma | |
| 12 | E₂ u₃ e-šer₃-ta-šu i-na qi-mi₃-it {d}gi-ra | |
| 13 | lu uš-tal-pi-it E₂ ša-tu a-na si-hir₂-ti-šu | |
| 14 | u₂-ne₂-kir₆ dan-na-su ak-šud iš-di-šu ki-ma | |
| 15 | ki-ṣir KUR-i lu ar-mi 2 na-ma-ri ša i-na mah-ri | |
| 16 | la ep-šu ki-ma a-tar-ti-ma e-pu-uš | |
| 17 | {ki}KISAL {d}nun-nam-nir u₃ tar-pa-aš₂ KISAL {d}aš-šur | |
| 18 | EN-ia el mah-ri-i ma-diš ut-tir u₃ u₂-šer₃-bi | |
| 19 | šu-pa-ti u₃ ne₂-me-di i-na eš-re-ti-šu-nu ar-mi | |
| 20 | kul₂-la-at DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut e₂-kur i-na qer-bi-šu | |
| 21 | u₂-kin₂ na-re-ia u₃ ti-me-ni-ia aš-ku-un | |
| 22 | mu-ne₂-kir₆ ši-iṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia | |
| 23 | {d}aš-šur EN LUGAL-su lis-kip MU-šu | |
| 24 | u₃ NUMUN-šu i-na KUR lu-hal-liq | |
| 25 | {iti}ša-sa-ra-te UD.20.KAM₂ li-mu | |
| 26 | {m}{d}aš-šur-da-mi₃-iq A a-bi-DINGIR |
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