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Shalmaneser I 13 (Q005801)

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

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DesignationShalmaneser I 13
IDQ005801
CollectionArkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88[Shalma]neser, appointee [of the god Enlil], vice-regent of the god Aššur, [builder of] Eḫursagkurkurra, [the temple of the god Aš]šur [his] lord; [son of Adad-nār]ārī (I), appointee [of the god Enlil, vice-regent] of the god Aš[šur; son of Arik-dīn-ili], (who was) also appointee of the god [Enlil and vice-regent of the god Aššur]:
Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4'May a king who is his enemy take away [his throne and under his very] eyes rule [his land].
Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5'[Eponymy of M]ušallim-A[ššur].

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]
2{[d}BAD] ⸢ŠID⸣ {d}a-⸢šur₄⸣
3[ba-nu] ⸢e₂⸣-hur-sag-⸢kur⸣-[kur-ra]
4[E₂ {d}a]-⸢šur₄ EN⸣-[šu]
5[A 10-ERIM].TAH₂ ša₂-⸢ak⸣-[ni]
6{[d}BAD ŠID] {⸢d⸣}a-⸢šur₄⸣
7[A GID₂-DI-DINGIR] ⸢ša₂⸣-ak-[ni]
8{[d}BAD ŠID {d}a-šur₄-ma]
r
1'⸢LUGAL⸣ EN le-[mu-ti-šu]
2'{[giš}GU.ZA-šu] li-⸢ṭi-ir⸣ [ana]
3'[ni]-⸢iṭ⸣-li IGI.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu]
4'[KUR-su] li-iš-[pur]
5'[li-mu {m]}⸢mu⸣-šal-lim-{d}a-[šur₄]

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