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Shalmaneser I 29 (Q005817)

Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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DesignationShalmaneser I 29
IDQ005817
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodMiddle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

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

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] 11–11Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, restorer of Emašmaš, temple of the goddess Ištar, his mistress, in Nineveh.

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)
1{m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG ša₂-⸢ak⸣-[ni] {⸢d⸣}EN.LIL₂ ŠID {d}a-šur mu-di-iš e₂-maš-maš E₂ {d}iš₈-tar₂ NIN-šu i-na {uru}ni-na-a

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