Tukulti-Ninurta I 14 (Q005850)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005850 |
| 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 [0:8] 11–88 | 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 [8:27] 99–2727 | At that time the temple of the goddess Dinitu, my mistress, which kings who preceded me had previously built — that temple had been dilapidated, crumbled, and in ruin since the reign of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of Aššur, my forefather. At that time, at the beginning of my sovereignty, I cleared away its earth down to the bottom of the foundation pit. I rebuilt the holy temple, her joyful dwelling, a perfect shrine, (and) her restful dais; I made them (lit. “which were”) more outstanding than before. I completed (it) from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscriptions. |
| Obverse [27:37] 2828–3737 | 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 Dinitu will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [37:43] 3838–4343 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: May the goddess Dinitu, my mistress, break his weapon (and) hand him over to his enemies. |
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 | |
| 2 | MAN KIŠ MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 3 | ni-šit aš-šur ŠID aš-šur | |
| 4 | SIPA ki-nu na-mad {d}INANNA | |
| 5 | mu-šek₂-niš₂ {kur}qu-ti-i | |
| 6 | a-di pa-aṭ gim-ri | |
| 7 | A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ ŠID aš-šur | |
| 8 | A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ ŠID aš-šur-ma | |
| 9 | u₄-ma E₂ {d}di-ni-te | |
| 10 | NIN-ia ša₂ i-na pa-na | |
| 11 | MAN.MEŠ a-lik pa-ni-ia | |
| 12 | e-pu-šu E₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | iš-tu BALA.MEŠ {m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ | |
| 14 | ŠID aš-šur a-bi-ia | |
| 15 | e-na-ah-ma im-qut | |
| 16 | ih-ṭa-bit i-na u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 17 | i-na šur-ru LUGAL-ti-ia | |
| 18 | ep-ri-šu u₂-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 19 | dan-na-su ak-šud | |
| 20 | E₂ KU₃ šu-bat hi-da-te-ša₂ | |
| 21 | E₂.AN.NA šuk-lu-la | |
| 22 | BARA₂ ta-ne₂-eh-ti-ša₂ | |
| 23 | ša₂ UGU mah-ri-i | |
| 24 | qud-me-ša₂ šu-tu-ru | |
| 25 | DU₃-ma iš-tu uš-še-šu | |
| 26 | a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu | |
| 27 | u₂-šek₂-lil u na-re-ia | |
| 28 | aš-ku-un NUN EGIR u₄-ma | |
| 29 | E₂ šu-u₂ u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma | |
| 30 | e-na-hu lu-diš lu-ne₂-me-er | |
| 31 | na-re-ia I₃ | |
| 32 | li-ip-šu-uš | |
| 33 | ni-qa-a li-qi | |
| 34 | ana aš-ri-šu-nu | |
| 35 | lu-te-er | |
| 36 | {d}di-ni-tu | |
| 37 | ik-ri-be-šu i-še-me | |
| 38 | mu-ne₂-kir₆ šiṭ-ri-ia | |
| 39 | u₃ MU-ia {d}di-ni-tu | |
| 40 | NIN {giš}TUKUL-šu | |
| 41 | liš-be-er | |
| 42 | ana ŠU KUR₂.MEŠ-šu | |
| 43 | lu-me-li-šu |
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