Tukulti-Ninurta I 18 (Q005854)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005854 |
| Collection | 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 [0:28] 11–2828 | Tukultī-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, conqueror of the rebellious — those who do not submit (to him and) who are hostile to the god Aššur—, defeater of all the unsubmissive rebels (of) the lands of the Uqumanu and Papḫu, crusher of the land Katmuḫu (and) the army of the land of the Qutu — difficult mountain (regions) — , disperser of the forces of the land of the Šubaru in their entirety, overwhelmer of all the unsubmissive (of) the lands Alzu (and) Purulumzu, legitimate prince who marches about in the four quarters with the support of the god Aššur and the great gods and has neither successful opponent nor rival, capturer of enemy districts above and below, strong king, capable in battle, the one who took over the rule of all the lands Nairi and subdued the forty kings, their commanders, at his feet, (the one who) added the lands Azalzi and Šepardi to his territory; son of Shalmaneser (I) king of Assyria; son of Adad-nārārī (I) (who was) also king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [28:35] 2929–3535 | At that time the ancient temple of the gods Sîn and Šamaš which kings who preceded me had previously built — that temple had become dilapidated and 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. The monumental inscriptions of former kings I returned to their places. |
| Obverse [35:39] 3636–3939 | May a later prince restore it (and) return my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the gods Sîn and Šamaš will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [39:43] 4040–4343 | As for the one who removes my inscription and my name: May the gods Sîn and Šamaš overthrow his sovereignty (and) destroy his name (and) his seed from the land. |
| Obverse [43:44] 4444–4444 | Month of Allanatu, eponymy of Aššur-bēl-ilāni. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta MAN KIŠ | |
| 2 | MAN dan-nu MAN KUR {d}aš-šur | |
| 3 | ka-ši-id mu-ul-tar-hi | |
| 4 | la-a ma-gi-ri za-e-ru-ut {d}aš-šur | |
| 5 | ne₂-ir {kur}u₂-qu-ma-ni-i | |
| 6 | u₃ pap-hi-i la-a ka-ni-ši | |
| 7 | pu-hur tar-gi-gi | |
| 8 | da-i-⸢iš⸣ {kur}kat-mu-hi | |
| 9 | um-⸢ma-na-at⸣ {kur}qu-ti-i | |
| 10 | ⸢pu⸣-šu-⸢uq⸣ hur-ša₂-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢mu⸣-se-⸢pi-ih⸣ el-le-et | |
| 12 | {⸢kur}šu⸣-ba-ri-i a-di pa-aṭ gim-ri | |
| 13 | ⸢sa-pi-in {kur}al-zi⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢u₃ {kur}pu-ru-lum-zi si-hi-ir⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢la⸣-a kan-ši ru-⸢ba-u₂ ki⸣-nu | |
| 16 | ⸢ša₂ i⸣-na {⸢giš⸣}tukul-⸢ti {d⸣}aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 17 | u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ i-⸢na kib⸣-rat 4 | |
| 18 | it-⸢tal⸣-la-ku-ma mu-ne₂-⸢eh⸣-ha | |
| 19 | u₃ ⸢gab-a-ri⸣-a la-a i-šu-u₂ | |
| 20 | ṣa-bi-it mi-iṣ-rat KUR₂.MEŠ | |
| 21 | ⸢e⸣-li-iš u₃ šap-li-iš | |
| 22 | ⸢LUGAL dan-nu le⸣-u₂ MURUB₄ | |
| 23 | ša₂ kul₂-la-at KUR.KUR na-i-ri | |
| 24 | i-pe-lu-ma 40-a LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 25 | ša₂-pi-ri-šu-nu a-na GIR₃.MEŠ-šu | |
| 26 | u₂-šek₂-ni-šu {kur}a-za-al-zi | |
| 27 | u₃ {kur}še-⸢par₂⸣-di-i a-na mi-ṣir KUR-šu | |
| 28 | iš-⸢ku-nu⸣ A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-⸢MAŠ⸣ MAN KUR {d}aš-šur | |
| 29 | A 10-ERIM.⸢TAH₂ MAN⸣ KUR {d}aš-šur-ma u₄-ma E₂ {d}30 | |
| 30 | u₃ {d}⸢ša₂-maš mah-ru⸣-u₂ ša₂ i-na pa-na | |
| 31 | LUGAL.⸢MEŠ a-lik⸣ pa-ni-ia e-pu-šu E₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 32 | e-⸢na⸣-ah-ma ⸢an-hu-su⸣ u₂-ne₂-ki-ir | |
| 33 | dan-⸢na⸣-su ⸢ak-šu-ud⸣ iš-tu uš-še-šu a-di | |
| 34 | ⸢gaba-dib-bi-šu u₂⸣-šak-lil ⸢u₃ na-re-ia⸣ | |
| 35 | aš-ku-un ⸢na-re-e⸣ ša₂ LUGAL.MEŠ mah-ru-te | |
| 36 | a-⸢na⸣ aš-ri-šu-nu u₂-ter NUN ⸢EGIR⸣ | |
| 37 | an-hu-su lu-di-iš MU šaṭ-ra | |
| 38 | ana aš-ri-šu₂ ⸢lu⸣-ter {d}30 u₃ {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 39 | ik-ri-be-⸢šu₂⸣ i-še-em-mu-u₂ | |
| 40 | mu-ne₂-kir₆ ši-iṭ-ri-ia | |
| 41 | u₃ šu-mi₃-ia {d}30 u₃ {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 42 | LUGAL-su lis-ki-pu MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 43 | i-na KUR lu-hal-li-qu | |
| 44 | {iti}al-la-na-tu ⸢li-mu⸣ {m}{d}a-šur-EN-DINGIR.MEŠ |
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