Shalmaneser I 20 (Q005808)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005808 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 | To the god Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of Aššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur: |
| Obverse [4:11] 55–1111 | The temple of the god Aššur, my lord, I have entirely rebuilt from top to bottom. I have made it larger than before. I have dedicated (this door socket) to the god Aššur, my lord, for my life, the safe-keeping of my seed, and the well-being of Assyria. |
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 | a-na {d}aš-šur EN-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG ša₂-ak-ni {d}BAD | |
| 3 | ŠID aš-šur A {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ | |
| 4 | ŠID aš-šur A GID₂-DI-DINGIR | |
| 5 | ŠID aš-šur-ma E₂ {d}a-šur EN-ia | |
| 6 | ana si-hir₂-ti-šu iš-tu | |
| 7 | uš-še-šu a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu | |
| 8 | e-pu-uš el ša₂ pa-na | |
| 9 | u₂-šer₃-bi ana TI-ia šu-lum | |
| 10 | NUMUN-ia u₃ SILIM KUR {d}aš-šur | |
| 11 | ana {d}aš-šur EN-ia a-qiš |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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