Tukulti-Ninurta I 20 (Q005856)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005856 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:10] 1'1'–10'10' | [who regularly received the tribute of their lands and the produce of] their mountains, [...] foremost [purification priest ... (As) with a bridle he controlled the lands Katmuḫu], Buššu, [Alzu], Madanu, [Niḫanu, Alaia, Tepurzu, Purulumzu, (and) the entire land of the extensive Šubaru and subdued] at his feet [the kings], their commanders [... who became] lord and the district of [... who cut straight] as a string [through the rocky mountains ... who did battle with] forty kings of the lands N[airi, brought about the defeat of their army, fastened bronze clasps to the necks of those same kings of the lands Nairi] and [brought them] into the presence of [the god Aššur ... who brought about the defeat of the extensive army of the Papḫu] in battle [... who became lord of ...] in its entirety. |
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' | [... GUN KUR.KUR-šu-nu u₃ hi-ṣi-ib] ⸢hur⸣-ša₂-ni-⸢šu⸣-[nu im-da-ha-ru ...] | |
| 2' | [... i-šip-pu re]-⸢eš₁₅⸣-tu-u₂ [... ša {kur}kat-mu-hi] | |
| 3' | [...] {kur}bu-uš-še {[kur}al]-⸢zi⸣ {kur}ma-da-ni {[kur}ni-ha-ni {kur}a-la-ia {kur}te-pur₁₃-zi {kur}pu-ru-lum-zi si-hir₂-ti {kur}šu-ba-ri-i DAGAL-ti] | |
| 4' | [i-na rap-pi lu u₂-la-iṭ MAN.MEŠ ša₂]-⸢pi⸣-ri-šu-nu a-na GIR₃.MEŠ-šu u₂-⸢še⸣-[ek-ni-šu ...] | |
| 5' | [... i]-⸢pe⸣-lu-ma mi-iṣ-re-ti ša x [...] | |
| 6' | [hur-ša₂-ni be-ru]-⸢ti⸣ ki-ma qe-[e u₂-se-li-tu ...] ⸢it-ti 40-a MAN.MEŠ KUR.KUR ⸢na⸣-[i-ri i-na qe₂-reb ta-ha-zi im-da-ha-ṣu a-bi-ik-tu um-ma-na-te-šu-nu iš-ku-nu MAN.MEŠ KUR.KUR na-i-ri ša₂-tu-nu] | |
| 7' | [i-na be-re-et ZABAR GU₂.MEŠ-šu-nu ir-pi]-⸢qu⸣-ma a-na ma-har {[d}aš-šur EN-ia lu-bi-la-šu-nu-ti ...] | |
| 8' | [ša dab₂-du ERIM.MEŠ pap-hi-i DAGAL].⸢MEŠ⸣ i-na qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri [iš-ku-nu ...] | |
| 9' | [...] a-na pa-aṭ gim-ri-[ša₂ i-be-lu ...] | |
| 10' | [...] x x (x) x [...] |
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