Tukulti-Ninurta I 10 (Q005846)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005846 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 [0:14] 11–1414 | Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of Aššur, vice-regent of Aššur, attentive shepherd, favorite of the gods Anu and Enlil, whose name the god Aššur and the great gods faithfully called, the one to whom they gave the four quarters to administer and the one to whom they entrusted their dominion, [...] the one who encircled enemy lands [above (and)] below, strong king, [capable in] battle, the one who shepherds the [four] quarters at the heels of the god [Šamaš], I; [son of] Shalmaneser (I), [king of] Assyria; [son of] Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also [king of] Assyria: |
| Obverse [14:46] 1515–4646 | When Aššur, [my lord], faithfully chose [me to] worship him, [gave me the scepter for] my office of shepherd, [(presented) me in addition the] staff [for my office of herdsman ...; (at that time) ...] the insubmissive I conquered. From Tulsina the ... [mountain] (the region) between the cities Šasila and Mašḫaṭ-šarri on the opposite bank of the Lower Zab, from Zuqušku (and) Lalar, the district of the extensive Qutu, the entirety of Mount Kašiiari (to) the lands Alzu, Amadanu, Niḫanu, Alaia, Tepurzu, Purulumzu, all [the land of the extensive] Subaru [to the bank of the Euphrates — those lands (the great gods) allotted to me ...]. |
| Obverse [46:62] 4747–6262 | [At that time in the sacred area of] my city Aššur (which stretches) from the ziggurrat of the god Adad my lord [to the Craftsman's Gate, on the north] side [... straight] down its foundation pit [I reached bedrock ...] |
| Obverse [62:64] 6363–6464 | [May a later prince restore ... and return my inscribed name to its place. (Then)] Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [64:67] 6565–6767 | As for the one who removes my inscription and my name: May Aššur my lord extinguish 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{giš}[tukul-ti-{d}nin]-⸢urta⸣ MAN ⸢KIŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | MAN dan-nu ⸢MAN KUR⸣ aš-šur | |
| 3 | ni-šit aš-šur ŠID aš-šur | |
| 4 | SIPA na-a-du mi-gir {d}a-nim | |
| 5 | u {d}BAD ša₂ {d}aš-šur u DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6 | MU-šu₂ ⸢ke-niš₂ ib-bu-u₂ kib⸣-rat 4 | |
| 7 | ana ša₂-pa-⸢ri id-di⸣-nu-šu₂ | |
| 8 | u be-lu-si-⸢na⸣ [ana qa]-ti-šu | |
| 9 | u₂-me-lu-u₂ [...] ⸢mul-tas⸣-hir₂ | |
| 10 | KUR.KUR KUR₂.[MEŠ e-liš] ⸢šap⸣-liš | |
| 11 | MAN dan-nu [le-u₂] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ ša₂ kib-rat 4 | |
| 12 | ⸢ar⸣-ki {d}[ša₂-maš ir-te]-⸢u₂⸣ ana-ku | |
| 13 | [A] {d}sal₂-ma-[nu-MAŠ MAN] ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur | |
| 14 | [A {d}10-ERIM.[TAH₂ MAN] ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 15 | [e-nu]-⸢ma⸣ aš-[šur EN ana] ⸢pa-la⸣-[hi]-šu₂ | |
| 16 | [ke]-⸢niš₂ u₂⸣-[ta-ni-ma ana] ⸢SIPA⸣-ti-ia | |
| 17 | [(x)] x x x [...] ⸢ši⸣-[pi]-ra | |
| 18 | [x].MEŠ [...] KI-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 19 | [x] x x [...] ba-ni | |
| 20 | [x] x x [...] ša₂ iš-[tu] | |
| 21 | {[kur]}x x [...] ⸢el⸣-la-at | |
| 22 | [x] x x [...] x x DINGIR-ti-[(x)] | |
| 23 | [... la] ⸢ka-an⸣-še ŠU ik-šu-ud | |
| 24 | [iš]-tu ⸢tul-si-na⸣-[a u₃ KUR-i la-aš]-qi₂ be-ri-⸢it⸣ | |
| 25 | {uru}[ša-ši]-⸢la u₃⸣ [maš]-haṭ-LUGAL | |
| 26 | e-be-er-ti za-[be]-⸢šu⸣-pa-⸢li⸣-i | |
| 27 | ⸢iš⸣-tu {kur}[zu]-⸢qu⸣-uš-ki {kur}la-la-ar | |
| 28 | ⸢ši⸣-di {kur}⸢qu⸣-ti-i ⸢DAGAL⸣-ti | |
| 29 | ⸢si-hir-ti⸣ {kur}ka-ši-⸢ia⸣-[ri] | |
| 30 | {⸢kur}al⸣-zi | |
| 31 | {kur}a-ma-da-ni | |
| 32 | {kur}ni-⸢ha⸣-ni | |
| 33 | {kur}a-la-ia | |
| 34 | {kur}te-⸢pur₁₃-zi⸣ | |
| 35 | {kur}pu-ru-lim-zi | |
| 36 | kul₂-⸢la-at⸣ | |
| 37 | {[kur}šu]-ba-⸢ri-i⸣ | |
| 47 | [i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma i-na eš₁₅-ret URU]-⸢ia⸣ aš-šur | |
| 48 | [iš-tu si-qur-ra]-ti ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ EN-ia | |
| 49 | [a-di KA₂.GAL-ta-bi-ra mu]-hur-ti | |
| 50 | [il-ta-ni ...]-ti | |
| 54 | [(...) ana šu-pa]-lu dan-na-⸢su⸣ | |
| 64 | [...] aš-šur ik-ri-be-šu₂ | |
| 65 | [i-še-em]-me mu-ne₂-[ki]-ir šiṭ-ri-ia | |
| 66 | [u₃ MU]-ia aš-šur EN MAN-su liš-giš | |
| 67 | [MU-šu₂] NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR lu-hal-liq |
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