Tukulti-Ninurta I 22 (Q005858)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Tulul al-ʿAqir (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005858 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tulul al-ʿAqir (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta) |
| Coordinates | 35.4964, 43.2686 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:13] 3939–5151 | At that time the god Aššur-Enlil, my lord, requested of me a cult center on the bank opposite my city and he commanded me to build his sanctuary. Beside the desired object of the gods (i.e. the city Aššur) I built the great cult center, my royal dwelling, (and) called it Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta. I completed within it the temple of the gods Aššur, Adad, Šamaš, Ninurta, Nusku, Nergal, Sebetti, and the goddess Ištar, the great gods, my lords. I made the Pattu-mēšari (“Canal of Justice”) flow as a wide (stream) to its sanctuaries (and) arranged for regular offerings to the great gods, my lords, in perpetuity from the fish (lit. “produce”) of the water of that canal. Within that cult center I took possession of much terrain beside the Tigris, I erected (a terrace which was) 120 layers of brick high, (and) on top of those layers of brick I constructed Egalmešarra, “House of the Universe”, my royal dwelling. |
| Obverse [13:16] 5252–5454 | At that time I built the wall of Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, the great cult center, (to inspire) awe for my lordship. I completed it from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [16:20] 5555–5858 | In the future may a later prince, when that wall becomes old and dilapidated, restore it. May he anoint with oil my monumental inscription, make sacrifices, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [20:29] 5959–6767 | He who destroys that wall, discards my monumental inscription and my inscribed name, abandons Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, my capital, and neglects (it): May the god Aššur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty, smash his weapons, bring about the defeat of his army, diminish his borders, decree the end of his reign, darken his days, vitiate his years, (and) destroy his name and his seed from the land. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | ina u₄-mi-šu-ma e-ber-ti URU-ia {d}a-šur-{d}BAD EN ma-ha-za | |
| 40 | e-ri-ša₂-ni-ma e-peš at-ma-ni-šu₂ iq-ba-a | |
| 41 | i-ta-at ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ ma-ha-za GAL-a šu-bat MAN-ti-ia | |
| 42 | ab-ni {uru}kar-{m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ MU-šu ab-bi | |
| 43 | ina qer-bi-šu₂ E₂ {d}a-šur {d}IŠKUR {d}UTU {d}nin-urta {d}nusku | |
| 44 | {d}U.GUR {d}IMIN.BI u₃ {d}iš₈-tar₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia | |
| 45 | u₂-šek₂-lil pa-at-tu-me-ša₂-ri a-na iš-re-ti-šu₂ | |
| 46 | uš-pel₂-ki ina hi-ṣi-ib A.MEŠ pa-at-ti šu-a-ti | |
| 47 | gi-na-a ana DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ana da-ri-iš | |
| 48 | lu ar-ku-us ina qe₂-reb ma-ha-zi ša₂-a-tu qa-qa-ra-te | |
| 49 | ma-da-te i-ta-at {d}IDIGNA aṣ-bat 2 šu-ši ti-ik-pi | |
| 50 | a-na e-le-na lu-be-liṭ e-le-en ti-ik-pi ša₂-tu-nu | |
| 51 | e₂-gal-me-šar₂-ra E₂ kiš-ša₂-ti šu-bat MAN-ti-ia ab-ni | |
| 52 | ina u₄-mi-šu-ma BAD₃ {uru}kar-{m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ ma-ha-zi GAL-i | |
| 53 | ri-ši-ib-tu be-lu-ti-ia e-pu-uš iš-tu uš-še-šu₂ | |
| 54 | a-di gaba-dibi-šu₂ u₂-šek₂-lil u₃ na-re-ia aš₂-ku-un | |
| 55 | a-na EGIR UD.MEŠ NUN ar-ku-u₂ e-nu-ma du-ru | |
| 56 | šu-u₂ u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma e-na-hu an-hu-su lu-di-iš | |
| 57 | na-re-ia I₃ lip-šu-uš ni-qa-a liq-qi | |
| 58 | a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ lu-ter {d}a-šur ik-ri-be-šu₂ i-še-me | |
| 59 | ša₂ BAD₃ ša₂-a-tu i-a-ba-tu-ma na-re-ia | |
| 60 | u₃ MU šaṭ-ra u₂-ša₂-sa-ku {uru}kar-{m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ | |
| 61 | ma-ha-az be-lu-ti-ia u₂-maš-ša₂-ru-ma | |
| 62 | i-na-du-u₂ {d}a-šur EN MAN-su lis-kip | |
| 63 | {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-še-bir a-bi-ik-ti ERIM.MEŠ-šu | |
| 64 | liš-ku-un mi-iṣ-re-ti-šu₂ lu-ṣe-hi-ir | |
| 65 | u₃ qi-it BALA.MEŠ li-ši-ma-šu₂ UD.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 66 | lu-uṭ-ṭi₂ MU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-le-mi-in MU-šu₂ u₃ NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 67 | i-na KUR lu-hal-liq |
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