Shalmaneser I 1008 (Q005833)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser I 1008 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005833 |
| Collection | 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 Column i [0:2] i 1'1'–i 2'2' | [(who was) also] vice-regent of the god Aššur: |
| Obverse Column i [2:5] i 3'3'–i 5'5' | The temple of the god Enlil, my lord, which Eri[šum (I)] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:12] ii 1'1'–ii 12'12' | I rebuilt from [top] to bottom. I laid its foundation in limestone like a mountain. [In] that wall [I set] silver, gold, lapis-lazuli, (and) cornelian [and into the mortar I mixed] ghee, best oil, |
| Obverse Column iii [0:11] iii 1'1'–iii 11'11' | [...] I deposited my monumental inscriptions and clay [inscriptions with the monumental inscriptions of Šamšī-Adad (I) ...] sacrifice. |
| Obverse Column iv [0:10] iv 1'1'–iv 10'10' | No translation warranted. |
| Obverse Column v [0:11] v 1'1'–v 11'11' | May [the god Enlil] seek out [...] for goodness. May he love my sovereignty. May he cause my shepherdship and patronage (of temples) to shine forth forever. |
| Obverse Column vi [0:3] vi 1'1'–vi 3'3' | [May a later prince restore my monumental inscriptions and inscriptions to their places]. (Then) [the god Enlil] will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse Column vi [3:22] vi 4'4'– | He who does not anoint my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions with oil; does not make a sacrifice; does not [return] them to their places; but alters [my monumental inscriptions]; discards my name and writes his (own) name: That king may the god En[lil ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ | |
| 2' | {d}a-⸢šur₄⸣-[ma] | |
| 3' | ⸢E₂ {d⸣}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ | |
| 4' | EN-ia ša₂ {m}e-⸢ri⸣-[šum] | |
| 5' | x x [...] x [...] | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | [iš]-⸢tu⸣ [uš-ši-šu] | |
| 2' | [a]-⸢di⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢gaba-dib⸣-bi-šu | |
| 4' | [e]-⸢pu⸣-uš uš-ši-šu | |
| 5' | [(x)] ⸢pi⸣-li NA₄.MEŠ | |
| 6' | [ki]-ma KUR | |
| 7' | [(x)] u₂-⸢ki⸣-in | |
| 8' | ⸢i⸣-ga-ra ša₂-tu | |
| 9' | [x] KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI | |
| 10' | {⸢na₄⸣}ZA.GIN₃ NA₄.GUG | |
| 11' | [(x)] x I₃.⸢NUN⸣ I₃.SAG | |
| 12' | [...] x | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | lu x [...] | |
| 5' | na-[re-ia] | |
| 6' | u ⸢tim⸣-[me-ni-ia] | |
| 7' | ⸢it⸣-[ti na-re-e] | |
| 8' | {m}{d}[UTU-ši-{d}IŠKUR] | |
| 9' | lu aš-[kun] | |
| 10' | AŠ [...] | |
| 11' | ⸢ni-qa⸣-[a] | |
| iv | ||
| 1' | (x) [...] | |
| 2' | ša [...] | |
| 3' | e-[...] | |
| 4' | a-na [...] | |
| 5' | ša₂ {m}{d}[UTU-ši]- | |
| 6' | {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [(...)] | |
| 7' | LUGAL [...] | |
| 8' | ša₂ x [...] | |
| 9' | {na₄}[...] | |
| 10' | ŠU x [...] | |
| v | ||
| 1' | [x] ana SIG₅-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢lil⸣-te-am-ma | |
| 3' | LUGAL-ti | |
| 4' | li₂-ra-am | |
| 5' | SIPA-ti | |
| 6' | u za-ni-nu-ti | |
| 7' | ⸢ana⸣ UD ṣa-ti | |
| 8' | li₂-ša₂-pi | |
| 9' | x x | |
| 10' | ⸢hi⸣-ṣi-ib | |
| 11' | x la₂ x | |
| vi | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ik⸣-ri-bi-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢i⸣-še-em-me | |
| 4' | ša₂ na-re-ia | |
| 5' | u tim-me-ni-ia | |
| 6' | I₃ la₂ i-pa-ša₂-šu | |
| 7' | ni-qa-a | |
| 8' | la₂ i-na-qu-u | |
| 9' | ⸢ana⸣ aš-⸢ri-šu-nu⸣ | |
| 10' | [la] u-⸢tar⸣-[ru-šu-nu] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | u₂-na-⸢ka⸣- | |
| 2' | ru-ma | |
| 3' | šu-mi ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂- | |
| 4' | sa₃-⸢ku⸣-ma | |
| 5' | MU-šu₂ i-šaṭ- | |
| 6' | ṭa-ru | |
| 7' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša₂-tim | |
| 8' | {⸢d⸣}EN.[LIL₂] | |
| 9' | [...] (x) x (x) [...] | |
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