Shalmaneser I 18 (Q005806)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005806 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | 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 — conqueror of the rebellious, subduer of all the mountains, who flattened like grain the army of the Qutu (over an area stretching) to remote regions, conqueror of the Lullumu and Šubaru, trampler of enemy lands above and below; [son of Adad-nā]rārī (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 [6:10] 77–1010 | At that time the temple of the goddess Ištar, mistress of Nineveh, my mistress — (its) wall and ziggurrat had been damaged in an earthquake and were in ruin. I rebuilt that ziggurrat from top to bottom. [The wall and gate of the temple of the goddess Išta]r, my mistress — I cleared away their debris (and) rebuilt the ruined sections from top to bottom. The gate [of the temple of the goddess Ištar] I rebuilt. I deposited my monumental inscription and clay inscriptions. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | [May a later prince, when that wall, ziggurrat, and gate become dilapidated, restore them. (Then) the goddess Išta]r will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: [Aššur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty (and) destroy his name and his seed from the land. 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}AB ŠID aš-šur LUGAL dan-nu | |
| 3 | LUGAL KIŠ UN.MEŠ u₂-tul₅ ab-ra-ti pa-qi₂-id | |
| 4 | e₂-kur ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ ša-di-i {d}nun-nam-nir ka-ši-id mul-tar-hi | |
| 5 | mu-⸢ša₂⸣-[ak]-⸢ni⸣-šu na-gab hur-ša-ni ša a-na ši-id-di na-as-ku-ti ERIM qu-ti-i | |
| 6 | u₂-⸢na⸣-[i-lu] ⸢ki⸣-i šu-u₂-bi ka-ši-id lu-ul-lu-mi-i u₃ šu-ba-ri-i da-iš KUR.KUR ia-bi | |
| 7 | e-liš u₃ ⸢šap⸣-[liš A {d}IŠKUR-ERIM].TAH₂ ša₂-ak-ni {d}AB ⸢ŠID⸣ aš-šur A ⸢GID₂-DI⸣-DINGIR ša₂-ak-ni {d}AB ŠID aš-šur-ma e-nu-ma | |
| 8 | E₂ {d}INANNA NIN {⸢uru⸣}ni-⸢na⸣-a NIN-ia BAD₃ u₃ ⸢si⸣-[qur]-⸢ra-tu ina⸣ [ri]-⸢i⸣-bi e-na-hu-ma ih-ṭab-tu si-qur-ra-ta | |
| 9 | ša₂-a-ti iš-tu ⸢uš-še⸣-[ša a-di] ⸢gaba⸣-dib-bi-<ša> e-⸢pu-uš⸣ [... {d]}⸢INANNA⸣ NIN-ia an-šu-su-nu u₂-ne₂-kir₆ ma-aq-ta | |
| 10 | iš-tu uš-še-⸢šu⸣ a-⸢di gaba-dib-bi-šu e⸣-pu-uš KA₂ x [...] x ⸢e⸣-pu-uš na-re-ia u₃ ti-me-ni-ia aš-ku-un | |
| 11 | [... {d]}⸢INANNA ik-ri⸣-be-šu ⸢i⸣-še-me mu-ne₂-kir₆ ši-iṭ-ri-ia u₃ šu-mi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 12 | [... {d}IŠKUR i-na be-ri-iq le-mu]-⸢te⸣ KUR-su li-ib-ri-iq a-na KUR-šu hu-ša₂-hi ⸢li-di⸣ |
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