Tukulti-Ninurta I 16 (Q005852)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005852 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:33] 11–3333 | Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, king of kings, lord of lords, ruler of rulers, prince, lord of all, conqueror of the rebellious — those who do not submit (to him and) who are hostile to the god Aššur—, defeater of the princes of the Qutu as far as the land Meḫru, disperser of the forces of the land of the Šubaru and the remote lands Nairi as far as the border of Makan, 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 the universe, king of Assyria; son of Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also king of the universe (and) king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [33:58] 3434–5858 | At [that] time the temple of the goddess Dinitu, my mistress, which former kings had previously built — that temple had become dilapidated and I cleared away its debris down to the bottom of the foundation pit. I completely rebuilt that temple from top to bottom. I built within it a lofty dais (and) an awesome sanctuary for the abode of the goddess Dinitu, my mistress, and deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [58:67] 5959–6767 | May a later prince restore it (and) return my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the goddess Dinitu will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [67:79] 6868–7979 | As for the one who removes my inscription and my name: May the goddess Dinitu, my mistress, extinguish his sovereignty, break his weapon, cause his manhood to dwindle away, (and) hand him over to his enemies. |
| Obverse [79:80] 8080–8080 | Ubrum, the scribe. |
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 | |
| 3 | MAN KUR {d}a-šur | |
| 4 | MAN MAN.MEŠ EN EN.MEŠ | |
| 5 | ma-lik ma-li-ki | |
| 6 | NUN EN gim-ri | |
| 7 | ka-ši-id | |
| 8 | mu-ul-tar-hi | |
| 9 | la ma-gi-ri | |
| 10 | za-e-ru-ut | |
| 11 | {d}a-šur | |
| 12 | ne₂-ir mal-ki | |
| 13 | ša₂ qu-ti-i | |
| 14 | a-di {kur}me-eh-ri | |
| 15 | mu-se-pi-ih | |
| 16 | el-le-et | |
| 17 | {kur}šu-ba-ri-i | |
| 18 | u₃ KUR.KUR na-i-ri | |
| 19 | ne₂-su-ut | |
| 20 | pa-da-ni | |
| 21 | a-di pa-aṭ | |
| 22 | ma-ka-an | |
| 23 | MAN dan-nu | |
| 24 | le-u₂ MURUB₄ | |
| 25 | ša₂ kib-rat 4 | |
| 26 | ar-ki {d}⸢ša₂-maš⸣ | |
| 27 | ir-te-u₂ | |
| 28 | a-na-ku | |
| 29 | A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ | |
| 30 | MAN KIŠ | |
| 31 | MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 32 | A 10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KIŠ | |
| 33 | MAN KUR aš-šur-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 34 | i-na u₄-mi-[šu]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 35 | E₂ {d}di-ni-te | |
| 36 | NIN-ia | |
| 37 | ša₂ LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 38 | mah-ru-tu | |
| 39 | i-na pa-na | |
| 40 | e-pu-šu | |
| 41 | E₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 42 | e-na-ah-ma | |
| 43 | an-hu-su | |
| 44 | u₂-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 45 | dan-na-su ak-šud | |
| 46 | E₂ ša₂-a-tu | |
| 47 | iš-tu uš-še-šu | |
| 48 | a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu | |
| 49 | e-pu-uš | |
| 50 | u₃ u₂-še-ek-lil | |
| 51 | i-na qer-bi-šu | |
| 52 | BARA₂ ṣi-i-ra | |
| 53 | at-ma-na ra-šub-ba | |
| 54 | a-na ri-mi₃-it | |
| 55 | {d}di-ni-te NIN-ia | |
| 56 | e-pu-uš | |
| 57 | u₃ na-re-ia | |
| 58 | aš₂-ku-un | |
| 59 | NUN ar-ku-u₂ | |
| 60 | an-hu-su | |
| 61 | lu-di-iš | |
| 62 | šu-mi šaṭ-ra | |
| 63 | a-na aš₂-ri-šu | |
| 64 | lu-te-er | |
| 65 | {d}di-ni-tu | |
| 66 | ik-ri-be-šu | |
| 67 | i-še-em-me | |
| 68 | mu-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 69 | ši-iṭ-ri-ia | |
| 70 | u₃ MU-ia | |
| 71 | {d}di-ni-tu | |
| 72 | NIN-ti | |
| 73 | MAN-su liš-giš | |
| 74 | {giš}TUKUL-šu liš-be-er | |
| 75 | mu-tu-su | |
| 76 | a-na ri-hu-ti | |
| 77 | liš-ku-un | |
| 78 | a-na ŠU KUR₂.MEŠ-šu | |
| 79 | lu-me-li-šu | |
| 80 | {m}ub-rum A.ZU |
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