Shalmaneser I 04 (Q005792)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005792 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; 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 [0:16] 11–1616 | Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, strong king, king of all people, shepherd of mankind, overseer of Ekur — the desired object of the gods (and) the mountain of the god Nunnamnir —, merciless crusher of criminals, great dragon of conflict, curser of enemies, the weapon which destroys the insubmissive, who weakens fierce (enemies), trampler of the rebellious, subduer of all the mountains, who flattened like grain the extensive army of the Qutu to remote regions, conqueror of the Lullubu and Šubaru, who carries off hostile foes above and below; |
| Obverse [16:18] 1717–1818 | 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 Aššur: |
| Obverse [18:26] 1919–2626 | At that time I built high towers in Eḫursagkurkurra, the temple of the god Aššur, my lord, at the holy Kalkal Gate. I installed a bronze entrance with large steps. I erected architraves with bosses, emblems, and bronze doors. |
| Obverse [26:38] 2727–3838 | At that time the old house of beer vats which the kings, my forefathers, had previously built: in order to expand the [wall] and increase the expanse I destroyed the house of those beer vats (and) removed all of them. I enlarged the expanse by sixteen yards. I made its inner wall ten layers of brick thick (and) its outer wall five layers of brick thick. I built the erinakku. I returned the beer vats and pipes. I completely rebuilt from top to bottom and made (everything) larger than before. |
| Obverse [38:42] 3939–4242 | I deposited my monumental inscriptions. I anointed with oil the monumental inscriptions of my forefathers, made sacrifices, and returned them with stones, silver, and gold to their places. |
| Obverse [42:49] 4343–4949 | In the future may a later prince, when that work becomes old and dilapidated, restore the ruins. As I did not (permanently) remove the monumental inscriptions of my forefathers (but) returned (them) to their places so may he return my monumental inscriptions to their places. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [49:55] 5050–5555 | [As for the one who removes] my inscriptions and my name: May [the god Ašš]ur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty and destroy his [name] (and) his seed from the land. May a king who is his enemy take away his throne and under his very eyes rule his land. |
| Obverse [55:57] 5656–5757 | [Month of Š]a-sarrāte, eponymy of Aššur-kāšid. |
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-SAG ša₂-ak-ni {d}AB ŠID aš-šur | |
| 2 | LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat UN.MEŠ | |
| 3 | u₂-tu-ul ab-ra-ti pa-qi₂-id e₂-kur | |
| 4 | ⸢ba⸣-i-it DINGIR ša-di {d}nun-nam-nir | |
| 5 | qa-mu-u₂ tar-gi-gi la pa-⸢du⸣-u₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢u₂⸣-šum₂-gal qa-ab-li | |
| 7 | [a]-ri-ir za-a-a-ri ka-šu-uš la ma-gi-ri | |
| 8 | mu-la-ak-ku ⸢aš₂⸣-ṭu-ti | |
| 9 | da-⸢iš⸣ muš-tar-⸢hi⸣ mu-ša-ak-ni-šu | |
| 10 | na-ga-⸢ab hur⸣-ša-ni | |
| 11 | ša a-na ši-id-⸢di⸣ na-as₂-ku-ti | |
| 12 | ⸢ra⸣-ap-ša ⸢um-ma⸣-an qu-ti-i | |
| 13 | u₂-na-i-lu ki-i ⸢šu-u₂⸣-be | |
| 14 | ka-ši-id lu-ul-lu-bi-i u₃ šu-ba-ri-i | |
| 15 | ša-li-il ge-ru-u₂ za-ma-ni | |
| 16 | e-li-iš u₃ ša-ap-li-iš | |
| 17 | DUMU {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ ša-ak-ni {d}AB ŠID aš-šur | |
| 18 | DUMU GID₂-DI-DINGIR ša-ak-ni {d}AB ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 19 | e-nu-ma i-na e₂-hur-sag-kur-kur-ra | |
| 20 | E₂ {d}aš-šur be-li-ia | |
| 21 | ⸢i-na⸣ KA₂ el-lu-ti ša {d}kal-kal | |
| 22 | ⸢na⸣-ma-ri ša-qu-ti lu e-pu-uš | |
| 23 | ⸢ne⸣-re-eb ZABAR me-le-e GAL.MEŠ | |
| 24 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ u₂-še-ez-zi-iz | |
| 25 | {⸢giš}GAN⸣.DU₇.MEŠ ni-ip-hi šu-ri-ni | |
| 26 | u₃ {giš}IG.MEŠ ZABAR lu-u₂ u₂-kin₂ | |
| 27 | ⸢i⸣-na u₄-mi-šu-ma E₂ hi-bur-ni la-bi-ra | |
| 28 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL.MEŠ ab-ba-u₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 29 | [i]-⸢na⸣ pa-na e-pu-[šu] | |
| 30 | ⸢BAD₃⸣ a-na šu-tu-ri tar-pa-ša a-na šur-[bi-i] | |
| 31 | ⸢E₂⸣ hi-bur-ni ša-tu-nu aq-⸢qur⸣ | |
| 32 | ⸢ŠU⸣.NIGIN₂-šu-nu u₂-ne₂-ki-ir | |
| 33 | [(x)]+16 i-na 1.KUŠ₃ tar-pa-ša u₂-ra-ab-bi | |
| 34 | 10 SIG₄ BAD₃-šu be-ta-na-a 5 SIG₄ BAD₃-šu ki-da-na-a | |
| 35 | ⸢u₂⸣-ke-be-er e-⸢ri⸣-na-ak-ki e-pu-uš | |
| 36 | hi-bur-⸢ni⸣ u₃ ra-ṭa-ti a-na aš-ri-šu-nu u₂-te-er | |
| 37 | el ⸢ša⸣ pa-na u₂-te-er iš-tu uš-še-šu-nu | |
| 38 | a-di ⸢gaba⸣-dib-bi-šu-nu e-pu-uš | |
| 39 | u₂-⸢ša⸣-ak-lil u₃ na-re-ia aš-⸢ku-un⸣ | |
| 40 | ⸢na-re-e⸣ ša ab-be-ia I₃ ap-⸢šu-uš⸣ | |
| 41 | ⸢ni-qa-a aq⸣-qi₂ it-ti NA₄ KU₃.BABBAR u₃ ⸢KU₃.GI⸣ | |
| 42 | a-⸢na aš-ri⸣-šu-nu u₂-te-er-šu-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 43 | ⸢a-na ar⸣-kat UD.MEŠ NUN a-ar-⸢ku⸣-[u₂] | |
| 44 | [e-nu]-⸢ma⸣ ši-ip-ru šu-u₂ u₂-šal-⸢ba⸣-[ru-ma] | |
| 45 | ⸢e-na⸣-hu an-hu-su-nu lu-di-[iš] | |
| 46 | ⸢ki-ma⸣ a-na-ku-ma na-re-⸢e ša⸣ [ab]-⸢be-ia⸣ | |
| 47 | [la u₂]-na-ki-ru a-na aš-ri-šu-⸢nu u₂⸣-te-ru | |
| 48 | [na]-⸢re⸣-ia a-na aš-ri-šu-nu lu-te-er | |
| 49 | {[d]}⸢aš⸣-šur ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me | |
| 50 | [mu-ne₂-kir₆] ⸢ši⸣-iṭ-ri-ia u₃ šu-mi₃-ia | |
| 51 | {[d}aš]-⸢šur⸣ be-li LUGAL-su lis-kip | |
| 52 | [šum]-⸢šu⸣ NUMUN-šu i-na KUR lu-hal-liq | |
| 53 | ⸢LUGAL EN⸣ le-mu-<ti>-šu {giš}GU.ZA-šu | |
| 54 | ⸢li-ṭi-ir⸣ a-na ni-iṭ-li IGI.MEŠ-šu | |
| 55 | ⸢KUR-su⸣ liš-pur | |
| 56 | {[iti]}⸢ša-sa⸣-ra-⸢te li⸣-mu | |
| 57 | {m}{d}aš-šur-KUR-⸢id⸣ |
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