Tukulti-Ninurta I 08 (Q005844)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005844 |
| 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 [0:5] 1'1'–5'5' | [...] loved one of the god [...] the great [gods], support [...] (the king whom) they always allowed to exercise rule [in the (four) quarters and who conquered all those who did not submit to him, capturer of enemy lands, extender of borders], strong [king], loved one of the great gods, of [lordly] lineage [whose priesthood in Ekur and whose rule over all people the god Enlil from of old made great, I; son of Sha]lmaneser (I), king of Assyria, son of [Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also king of Assyria]: |
| Obverse [5:10] 6'6'–10'10' | [When Aššur, my lord ...] named me and [... from Tulsinā the ... mountain, (the region) between the city Šasila (and) the city Mašḫat-šarri on the opposite bank of the] Lower [Zab], from (Mount) Zuq[ušku and Mount Lall]ar — [the district of the extensive land of the Qutu —, the land of the Uqumanu and the land Elḫunia to the lands Šarnida (and) Meḫru], the land of the Papḫu, the land Katmuḫu, the land Buššu, the land Mummu, [and the entirety of Mount Kašiiari, the land Alzu, the land Madanu, the land Niḫanu, the land Alaii, the land Tepurzu, and the land Purulumzu], all the [extensive] land of the Šubaru [to the border of Nairi and the border of Makan ...] (when those regions) I conquered [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] 11'11'–12'12' | [The prince who accepts] their gifts, the shepherd who has charge over them, [and the herdsman who properly administers them, I]: |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [... had become dilapidated and old. I cleared away] its debris [down to the bottom of the foundation pit. I completed it from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription]. |
| Obverse [13:15] 14'14'–15'15' | [May a later prince] restore it (and) [return] my inscribed name [to its place. (Then) the god Aššur] will listen to [his prayers]. |
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' | [...] x na-mad {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | [... DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL.MEŠ tu-⸢kul₂⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 3' | [ša ina kib-ra]-⸢ti⸣ ul-te-li-ṭu-⸢ma⸣ [kul₂-la-at la ma-gi-ri-šu₂ qa-su ik-šu-du ṣa-bit KUR.KUR KUR₂.MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [mu-re-piš mi₃-iṣ-ri MAN dan]-nu na-mad DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ NUMUN [be-lu-ti ša₂ iš-tu ul-la-a SANGA-su-nu i-na e₂-kur u₃ ša₂-pi-ru-su-nu i-na kiš-šat UN.MEŠ] | |
| 5' | {[d}BAD u₂-šer₃-bu-u₂ a-na-ku A {d]}⸢sal₂⸣-ma-nu-SAG MAN KUR aš-šur A {[d}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma] | |
| 6' | [e-nu-ma aš-šur EN ...] šu-ma ib-bu-ni u₃ ṣi-[... iš-tu tul-si-na-a KUR-i la-aš₂-qi be-ri-it {uru}ša₂-si-la] | |
| 7' | {[uru}maš-haṭ-MAN e-be-er-ti {id₂}za-be]-šu-pa-li iš-tu zu-⸢qu⸣-[uš-ki u₃ {kur}la-la]-⸢ar⸣ [ši-id-di {kur}qu-ti-i DAGAL-ti {kur}u₂-qu-ma-ni {kur}el-hu-ni-a] | |
| 8' | [a-di šar-ni-da {kur}me-eh]-⸢ri⸣ {kur}pap-hi {kur}kat-mu-hi {kur}bu-⸢uš⸣-še {kur}mu-um-mi [u₃ si-hi-ir-ti {kur}ka-ši-ia-ri {kur}al-zi {kur}ma-da-ni {kur}ni-ha-ni {kur}a-la-ia] | |
| 9' | {[kur}te-pur₁₃-zi u₃ {kur}pu-ru-lum]-⸢zi kul₂⸣-la-at {kur}šu-ba-ri-i [DAGAL-ti a-di pa-aṭ na-i-ri u₃ pa-aṭ ma-ka-an ...] | |
| 10' | [...] x qa-ti ik-šu-du | |
| 11' | [... NUN ma-hi-ir ṭa]-⸢te⸣-šu-nu ⸢SIPA⸣ pa-⸢qi₂⸣-su-nu | |
| 12' | [u₃ u₂-tul-lu mul-te-šir₃-šu-nu a-na-ku] | |
| 13' | [... e-na-ah-ma la-be-ru-ta] ⸢il⸣-lik an-<hu>-su | |
| 14' | [u₂-ne₂-kir₆ dan-na-su ak-šud iš-tu uš-še-šu a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu e-pu-uš u₃ na-re-ia aš-ku-un NUN EGIR an-hu-su lu]-⸢di⸣-iš šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ra | |
| 15' | [a-na aš-ri-šu lu-ter aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu] ⸢i⸣-še-[me] |
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