Tukulti-Ninurta I 07 (Q005843)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005843 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | [Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, king of kings, lord of lords], king of the four quarters, conqueror of [the rebellious — those who do not submit to him (and) who are hostile to the god Aššur—, crusher of the lands of] the Uqumanu and Papḫu — [difficult mountain (regions) —, defeater of the princes of the Qutu as far as the land Meḫru], disperser of the forces of [the land of the Šubaru in their entirety together with the remote lands Nairi] as far as the border [of Makan, capturer of the four quarters above and below; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | At that time [... I] cleared away [its debris] (and) levelled its sacred site [... I] completed [it] from [top to bottom] and deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | [May] a later prince [restore it (and) return my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers.] |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [As for the one who] removes my inscription and my name: May Aššur, my [lord, overthrow] his sovereignty (and) destroy [his name and his seed from] the land. |
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) |
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| 1 | {[m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta MAN KIŠ MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš-šur MAN MAN.MEŠ EN EN.MEŠ] ⸢MAN kib⸣-rat 4 ka-šid [mul-tar-hi] | |
| 2 | [la ma-gi-ri-šu₂ za-e-ru-ut {d}a-šur da-iš {kur}u₂]-⸢qu⸣-ma-ni-i u₃ pap-[hi-i] | |
| 3 | [pu-šuq hur-ša₂-ni ne₂-ir ma-al-ki ša₂ qu-ti-i a-di {kur}me-eh]-⸢ri⸣ mu-se-pi-ih el-⸢le⸣-[et] | |
| 4 | {[kur}šu-ba-ri-i a-di pa-aṭ gim-ri it-ti KUR.KUR na-i-ri ne₂]-⸢su⸣-ut pa-da-ni a-di pa-⸢aṭ⸣ [ma₂-kan] | |
| 5 | [ṣa-bi-it kib-rat 4 e-liš u₃ šap-liš A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR aš]-šur A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma ⸢u₄⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 6 | [... an-hu-su u₂]-⸢ne₂⸣-kir₆ eš-re-ti-šu u₂-še-⸢en⸣-[sik ...] | |
| 7 | [...]-ta iš-[tu uš-še-šu a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu u₂]-šek₂-lil u₃ na-re-ia aš-ku-⸢un NUN⸣ EGIR | |
| 8 | an-hu-⸢su⸣ [lu-diš šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ra a-na aš-ri-šu lu-ter aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu i-še-em-me mu]-⸢ne₂⸣-kir₆ šiṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia aš-⸢šur⸣ [be]-⸢li⸣ | |
| 9 | LUGAL-su [lis-kip MU-šu NUMUN-šu i-na] ⸢KUR⸣ lu-hal-liq |
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