Shalmaneser I 08 (Q005796)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005796 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Shalmaneser, appointee] of the god Enlil, [vice-regent] of Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of Aššur; Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of Aššur, (was) the son of Arik-dīn-ili, vice-regent of Aššur; Arik-dīn-ili, vice-regent of Aššur, (was) the son of Enlil-nārārī, vice-regent of Aššur; Enlil-nārārī, vice-regent of Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur: |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur: The rooms off the courtyard which (are) adjacent to the living quarters of the goddess Šerua and the temple of the god Dagan, [...] that room |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | May a later prince restore their ruins (and) return my monumental inscriptions to their places. (Then) Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | 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. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Month of Qarrate, ...th [day], eponymy of [Aššur-dam]meq. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ ša₂-ki]-⸢in {d⸣}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [ŠID] aš-šur DUMU {⸢d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂⸣ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 3 | {[m}{d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣-ERIM.TAH₂ ŠID aš-šur ⸢DUMU⸣ GID₂-⸢DI⸣-DINGIR | |
| 4 | ⸢ŠID⸣ aš-šur {m}GID₂-⸢DI-DINGIR⸣ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 5 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}EN.LIL₂-ERIM.TAH₂ ŠID aš-šur {⸢m}{d}EN.LIL₂-ERIM.TAH₂⸣ | |
| 6 | ŠID aš-šur DUMU aš-šur-TI.⸢LA⸣ | |
| 7 | ŠID aš-šur-ma {m}{d}sal₂-ma-⸢nu-SAG⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢ša₂⸣-ki-in {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 9 | ⸢E₂.HI⸣.A ša₂ tar-ba-ṣi ša₂ ⸢SUHUR ga-ni-ni⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}še-⸢ru-a u₃ SUHUR⸣ E₂ {d}da-⸢gan⸣ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢E₂⸣ ša₂-⸢a⸣-[tu] | |
| 12 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ru-bu-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ | |
| 2' | an-hu-si-na lu-di-iš na-re-ia | |
| 3' | a-na aš-ri-šu-nu lu-te-er | |
| 4' | aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me | |
| 5' | mu-ne₂-kir₆ ši-iṭ-ri-ia ⸢u₃⸣ šu-mi₃-ia | |
| 6' | aš-šur be-li LUGAL-su lis-kip | |
| 7' | MU-šu NUMUN-šu i-na KUR lu-hal-liq | |
| 8' | {⸢iti}qar-ra-te⸣ [UD].x.KAM li-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 9' | {[m}aš-šur-da]-⸢mi-iq⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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