Tukulti-Ninurta I 11 (Q005847)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005847 |
| 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 [0:14] 11–1414 | Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of Aššur, vice-regent of Aššur, faithful shepherd, loved one of the goddess Ištar, subduer of the land of the Qutu in their entirety; son of Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of Aššur; son of Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur: |
| Obverse [14:57] 1515–5757 | At that time the temple of the Assyrian Ištar, my mistress, which Ilu-šumma, my forefather, vice-regent of Aššur, a king who preceded me, had previously built — 720 years had passed (and) that temple had become dilapidated and old. At that time, at the beginning of my sovereignty, I cleared away its debris down to the bottom of the foundation pit. I rebuilt Eme, “Temple of Cultic Rubrics”, her joyful dwelling, the shrine, her voluptuous dais, (and) the awesome sanctuary; I made them (lit. “which were”) more outstanding than before and made (the temple) as beautiful as a heavenly dwelling. I completed (it) from top to bottom (and) deposited my monumental inscriptions. |
| Obverse [57:73] 5858–7373 | May a later prince, when that temple becomes old and dilapidated, restore (it and) make (it) resplendent. May he anoint with oil my monumental inscriptions, make sacrifices, (and) return (them) to their places. (Then) the goddess Ištar will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [73:81] 7474–8181 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: May the goddess Ištar, my mistress, break his weapon (and) hand him over to his enemies. |
| Obverse [81:86] 8282–8686 | At that time, at the beginning of my sovereignty, the goddess Ištar, my mistress, requested of me another temple which would be holier than her (present) shrine, and the old temple, the dwelling of the goddess Ištar, my mistress, which previously (was) her only one, (which) alone was designated as the abode of the goddess Ištar and before which no room of the šaḫuru had been built; |
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- | |
| 2 | {d}nin-urta | |
| 3 | MAN KIŠ MAN dan-nu | |
| 4 | MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 5 | ni-šit aš-šur | |
| 6 | ŠID aš-šur | |
| 7 | SIPA ki-nu na-mad | |
| 8 | {d}INANNA mu-šek₂-niš₂ | |
| 9 | {kur}qu-ti-i | |
| 10 | a-di pa-aṭ gim-ri | |
| 11 | A {d}SILIM.MA-MAŠ | |
| 12 | ŠID aš-šur | |
| 13 | A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ | |
| 14 | ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 15 | e-nu-ma | |
| 16 | E₂ {d}INANNA | |
| 17 | aš-šu-ri-ti | |
| 18 | NIN-ia | |
| 19 | ša₂ i-na | |
| 20 | pa-na | |
| 21 | {m}DINGIR-šum₂-ma | |
| 22 | a-bi ŠID aš-šur | |
| 23 | MAN a-lik | |
| 24 | pa-ni-ia | |
| 25 | e-pu-šu | |
| 26 | 600 2 šu-ši | |
| 27 | MU.MEŠ | |
| 28 | i-li-ka | |
| 29 | E₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 30 | e-na-ah-ma | |
| 31 | la-be-ru-ta | |
| 32 | il-lik | |
| 33 | i-na u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 34 | i-na šur-ru MAN-ti-ia | |
| 35 | an-hu-su | |
| 36 | u₂-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 37 | dan-na-su | |
| 38 | ak-šud₂ e₂-me | |
| 39 | E₂ par₂-ṣi | |
| 40 | šu-bat | |
| 41 | hi-da-ti-ša₂ | |
| 42 | E₂.AN.NA BARA₂ | |
| 43 | la-le-ša₂ | |
| 44 | at-ma-na | |
| 45 | ra-šub-ba | |
| 46 | ša₂ el mah-ri-i | |
| 47 | qud-me-ša₂ | |
| 48 | šu-tu-ru | |
| 49 | e-pu-uš-ma | |
| 50 | ki-ma šu-bat | |
| 51 | ša₂-me-e | |
| 52 | u₂-be-ni | |
| 53 | iš-tu uš-ši-šu₂ | |
| 54 | a-di gaba-dib-be-šu₂ | |
| 55 | u₂-šek₂-lil | |
| 56 | na-re-ia | |
| 57 | aš-ku-un | |
| 58 | NUN EGIR | |
| 59 | e-nu-ma | |
| 60 | E₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 61 | u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma | |
| 62 | e-na-hu | |
| 63 | lu-di-iš | |
| 64 | lu-ne₂-me-er | |
| 65 | na-re-ia I₃ | |
| 66 | lip-šu₂-uš | |
| 67 | ni-qa-a | |
| 68 | liq-qi | |
| 69 | ana aš-ri-šu₂-nu | |
| 70 | lu-te-er | |
| 71 | {d}INANNA | |
| 72 | ik-ri-be-šu₂ | |
| 73 | i-še-me | |
| 74 | mu-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 75 | šiṭ-ri-ia | |
| 76 | u₃ MU-ia | |
| 77 | {d}INANNA NIN | |
| 78 | {giš}TUKUL-šu₂ | |
| 79 | liš-be-er | |
| 80 | ana ŠU KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 81 | lu-me-li-šu₂ | |
| 82 | i-na u₄-me-šu-ma i-na šur-ru LUGAL-ti-ia | |
| 83 | {d}INANNA NIN E₂ ša₂-na-a ša₂ el mah-ri-i | |
| 84 | E₂.AN.NA-ša₂ qu-šu-du i-ri-ša₂-ni-ma | |
| 85 | E₂ TIL šu-bat {d}INANNA NIN-ia ša₂ i-na pa-na E₂ | |
| 86 | e-de-nu-u₂ i-gar il-ti-nu-u₂ a-na ri-mi-it {d}INANNA ku-un-nu-ma u₃ E₂ ša₂-hu-ru i-na pa-ni-šu la ep-šu |
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