Shalmaneser I 06 (Q005794)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005794 |
| 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 [0:4] 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 Aššur: |
| Obverse [4:20] 55–2020 | At that time the temple of the Assyrian Ištar, my mistress, which Ilu-šumma, vice-regent of Aššur, my forefather, son of Šalim-aḫum (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur, had previously built and completed; that temple became dilapidated and Sargon (I), vice-regent of Aššur, son of Ikūnum (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur, restored (it); again it became dilapidated and Puzur-Aššur (III), my forefather, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (I) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur, restored (it); that temple (again) became dilapidated and Adad-nārārī (I), my father, vice-regent of Aššur, restored (it) — at that time (I), Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, reconstructed the weakened (portions of) that temple, I ... its ... I deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | In the future may a later prince, when that temple becomes dilapidated and he restores (it), restore my monumental inscription and inscribed name to its place. (Then) Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [21:31] 2222–3131 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: May Aššur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty (and) destroy his name and his seed from the land. May the goddess Ištar, my mistress, bring about the defeat of his land. May he not stand firm before his enemy. May the god Adad strike his land with terrible lightning (and) afflict his land with want. |
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 | |
| 2 | ša₂-ak-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 3 | A {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ ša₂-ak-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 4 | A GID₂-DI-DINGIR ša₂-ak-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 5 | e-nu-ma E₂ {d}iš₈-tar₂ aš-šu-ri-te NIN-ia <ša₂> | |
| 6 | i-na pa-na {m}DINGIR-šum-ma ŠID aš-šur a-bi | |
| 7 | A ša₂-lim-a-hi ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 8 | e-pu-šu-ma u₂-ša₂-ak-li-lu | |
| 9 | E₂ šu-u₂ e-na-ah-ma {m}LUGAL-ke-en | |
| 10 | ŠID aš-šur A i-ku-ni ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 11 | u₂-di-šu i-tu-ur e-na-ah-ma | |
| 12 | {m}pu-zur-aš-šur a-bi ŠID aš-šur | |
| 13 | A aš-šur-ERIM.TAH₂ ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 14 | u₂-di-iš E₂ šu-u₂ e-na-ah-ma | |
| 15 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ a-bi ŠID aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 16 | u₂-di-iš i-na u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 17 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG | |
| 18 | ša₂-ak-ni {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 19 | E₂ ša₂-a-tu an-ša₂ ak-še-er | |
| 20 | ti-ra-ti-šu u₂-ni-IG | |
| 21 | u₃ na-re-ia aš-ku-un a-na ar-kat UD.MEŠ ru-bu-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ e-nu-ma E₂ šu-u₂ e-na-hu-u₂-ma ud-da-⸢šu⸣ na-re-ia u₃ šu-mi₃ ⸢šaṭ⸣-[ra] a-na aš-[ri-šu] lu-te-⸢er aš⸣-šur ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me | |
| 22 | mu-na-ki-ir | |
| 23 | ši-iṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia | |
| 24 | aš-šur be-li LUGAL-su lis-kip | |
| 25 | MU-šu u₃ NUMUN-šu i-na KUR lu-hal-li-iq | |
| 26 | {d}iš₈-tar₂ NIN a-be-ek-te KUR-šu li-iš-ku-un | |
| 27 | i-na pa-ni na-ak-ri-šu | |
| 28 | ia iz-zi-iz {d}IŠKUR i-na be-ri-iq | |
| 29 | le-mu-te KUR-su | |
| 30 | li-ib-ri-iq a-na KUR-šu | |
| 31 | hu-ša₂-ha li-di |
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