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Shalmaneser I 12 (Q005800)

Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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DesignationShalmaneser I 12
IDQ005800
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodMiddle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotQalat Sherqat (Assur)
Coordinates35.4581, 43.2620

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44[Shalmanes]er, appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, strong king, [king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (I), [vice-regent of the god Aššur], son of Arik-dīn-ili (who was) also [vice-regent of the god Aššur]:
Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88At that time the [...] of Aššur [...] of the prince [...] doorframes.
Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2'[May god ...] 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1{[m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu]-⸢SAG⸣ ša₂-ak-ni {d}BAD
2[ŠID {d}aš]-⸢šur⸣ LUGAL dan-nu
3[MAN KUR aš-šur] ⸢A⸣ {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂
4[ŠID {d}aš-šur] ⸢A⸣ GID₂-DI-DINGIR
5[ŠID {d}aš-šur]-⸢ma⸣ e-nu-ma
6[...] x-at aš-šur
7[...] ša₂ DUMU LUGAL
8[... si]-⸢ip⸣-pu x [(x)]
r
1'[a-na KUR-šu] hu-ša₂-ah-⸢ha⸣
2'[(...) li]-di

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