Tukulti-Ninurta I 24 (Q005860)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Tulul al-ʿAqir (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 24 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005860 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [1:18] 66–2222 | [...] attentive prince, [...] creature of the god Ea, ... king of kings, fierce anger [...] the god Adad [...] intelligence of [...] courageous, destructive weapon of the gods, Deluge in battle, [...] the ferocious, the incontestable attacker, select of the goddess Ištar — mistress of the gods of heaven (and) underworld, loved one of the Igigi gods, strong king, king of Assyria and king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), king of Sumer and Akkad, king of Sippar and Babylon, king of Tilmun and Meluḫḫa, king of the Upper and Lower Seas, king of the extensive mountains and plains, king of the lands of the Šubaru (and) Qutu and king of all the lands Nairi, king obedient to his gods, receiver in Aššur of valuable booty from the four quarters; 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 [18:29] 2323–3333 | At the beginning of my sovereignty (lit. at the beginning of the throne of my sovereignty) I uprooted 28,800 Hittite people from Syria (lit. “Beyond the Euphrates”) and led (them) into my land. I conquered the lands of the Qutu, Uqumanu, the lands Elḫunia and Šarnida, the land Meḫru. I brought about in battle the defeat of the extensive army of the Papḫu. I became lord of the lands Katmuḫu, Alzu, Madanu, Niḫanu, Alaia, Tepurzu, Purulumzu, and the entire land of the extensive Šubaru. I cut straight as a string through the rocky mountains of the lands Nairi. I subdued at my feet forty kings and their troops. |
| Obverse [29:36] 3434–4040 | At that time I approached Kaštiliašu, king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), to do battle. I brought about the defeat of his army. In the midst of that battle I captured Kaštiliašu, king of the Kassites, (and) bound I brought him as a captive into the presence of the god Aššur, my lord. (Thus) I became lord of Sumer and Akkad in its entirety (and) stood over them (its inhabitants) with joy and excellence. |
| Obverse [36:48] 4141–5252 | At that time the god Aššur, my lord, requested of me a cult center on the bank opposite my city, the desired object of the gods, and he commanded me to build his sanctuary. At the command of the god Aššur, the god who loves me, I built before my city, Aššur, a city for (the god) Aššur on the opposite bank, beside the Tigris, in uncultivated plains (and) meadows where there was neither house nor dwelling, where no ruin hills or rubble had accumulated, and no bricks had been laid. I called it Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta. I cut straight as a string through rocky terrain; I cleared a way through high difficult mountains with stone chisels; I cut a wide path for a stream which supports life in the land (and) which provides abundance, and I transformed the plains of my city into irrigated fields. I arranged for regular offerings to Aššur and the great gods, my lords, in perpetuity from the fish (lit. “produce”) of the water of that canal. |
| Obverse [48:51] 5353–5555 | At that time I constructed the temple ... for the repose of Aššur, my lord. I completed it from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription. |
| Obverse [51:53] 5656–5757 | [May] a later prince, when [that ...] becomes dilapidated, restore it. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 5 | [...] x x x x x [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x [(x)] x [x] ⸢NUN⸣ na-a-du | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢li-pit⸣ qat {d}⸢e₂-a⸣ x x MAN MAN.MEŠ uz-⸢zu⸣ dan-nu | |
| 8 | [x] x [x] x {⸢d}IŠKUR mu⸣ x (x) x-ti ta-ši-mat | |
| 9 | x x x ⸢qar⸣-di ka-šu-uš DINGIR.MEŠ a-bu-ub tam-ha-ri | |
| 10 | x (x) ⸢ek⸣-du ti-ib la ma-har bi-bil₂ ŠA₃ {d}INANNA | |
| 11 | NIN DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e KI-ti na-mad {d}i-gi-gi | |
| 12 | MAN dan-nu MAN KUR {d}aš-šur u₃ MAN {kur}kar-du-ni-aš | |
| 13 | MAN KUR šu-me-ri u₃ ak-ka-di-i | |
| 14 | MAN {uru}si-ip-par₅ u₃ {uru}KA₂.DINGIR | |
| 15 | MAN {kur}til-mu-un u₃ {kur}me-luh-hi | |
| 16 | MAN A.AB.BA AN.TA u₃ šu-pa-li-ti | |
| 17 | MAN hur-ša₂-an-ni u₃ na-me-e DAGAL.MEŠ | |
| 18 | MAN {kur}šu-ba-ri-i {kur}qu-ti-i u₃ MAN kul₂-la-at KUR.KUR na-i-ri | |
| 19 | MAN še-mu-u₂ DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ ma-hi-ir GUN DUGUD-ti | |
| 20 | ša₂ kib-rat 4-i i-na URU {d}aš-šur | |
| 21 | A {d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG MAN KIŠ MAN KUR {d}aš-šur | |
| 22 | A {d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KIŠ MAN KUR {d}aš-šur-ma | |
| 23 | i-na šur-ru {giš}GU.ZA MAN-ti-ia 8 ŠAR₂ ERIM.MEŠ ha-ti-i | |
| 24 | iš-tu e-ber-ti {id₂}pu-rat-ti as-su-ha-ma | |
| 25 | a-na ŠA₃ KUR-ia u₂-ra-a {kur}qu-ti-i {kur}u₂-qu-ma-ni-i | |
| 26 | {kur}el-hu-ni-a u₃ {kur}šar-ni-da {kur}me-eh-ri | |
| 27 | qa-ti lu ik-šud dab₂-du ERIM.MEŠ pap-hi-i DAGAL.MEŠ | |
| 28 | i-na qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri aš-ku-un {kur}kat-mu-hi {kur}al-zi | |
| 29 | {kur}ma-da-ni {kur}ni-ha-ni {kur}a-la-ia {kur}te-pur₁₃-zi | |
| 30 | {kur}pu-ru-lum-zi u₃ si-hir₂-ti {kur}šu-ba-ri-i | |
| 31 | DAGAL-ta a-bel₂ hur-ša₂-ni be-ru-ti ša₂ KUR.KUR na-i-ri | |
| 32 | ki-ma qe-e lu-se-lit 40-a MAN.MEŠ u₃ til-la-te-šu-nu | |
| 33 | a-na GIR₃.MEŠ-ia u₂-šek₂-niš₂ | |
| 34 | ina u₄-me-šu-ma it-ti {m}kaš-til-a-a-šu MAN {kur}kar-du-ni-aš | |
| 35 | a-na e-peš tuq-ma-ti as-niq a-bi-ik-tu ERIM.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 36 | aš-ku-un ina qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri ša₂-a-tu {m}kaš-til-a-a-šu | |
| 37 | MAN kaš-ši-i qa-ti lu ik-šud šal-lu-su u₃ ka-mu-su | |
| 38 | a-na ma-har {d}aš-šur EN-ia u₂-bi-la KUR šu-me-ri | |
| 39 | u₃ ak-ka-di-i a-na ZAG gim-ri-ša₂ a-bel₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-be | |
| 40 | u₃ me-tel-lu-ti UGU-šu-nu lu at-ta-zi-iz | |
| 41 | ina u₄-mi-šu₂-ma e-ber-ti URU-ia URU ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ {d}a-šur EN | |
| 42 | ma-ha-za e-ri-ša₂-ni-ma e-peš at-ma-ni-šu iq-ba-a | |
| 43 | ana si-qir {d}aš-šur DINGIR ra-i-mi-ia mu-hur-ti URU-ia aš-šur | |
| 44 | i-ta-at {id₂}{d}IDIGNA ina na-me-e A.GAR₃.MEŠ ar-bu-ti | |
| 45 | a-šar E₂ u₃ šub-tu la-a ba-šu-u₂ DU₆ u₃ e-pe-ru | |
| 46 | la-a šap-ku-ma SIG₄.MEŠ la-a na-da-at URU aš-šur e-ber-ta-a-an | |
| 47 | ⸢lu⸣ e-puš₂ {uru}kar-{m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta MU-šu ab-bi | |
| 48 | ⸢aš₂⸣-ri be-ru-ti ki-ma qe-e lu-se-lit pu-šuq hur-ša₂-ni | |
| 49 | ⸢ṣi⸣-ru-ti ina {na₄}pa-li-še lu-še-tiq mi-ṭi₂-ir-ta mu-kin₂-na-at | |
| 50 | na-pul₂-ti KUR a-bi-la-at nu-uh-ši uš-pel₂-ki-ma | |
| 51 | qar-bat URU-ia ana tam-ki-ri lu aš-ku-un ina hi-⸢ṣi⸣-ib | |
| 52 | ⸢A.MEŠ⸣ pa-at-ti šu-a-ti gi-na-a ana aš-šur u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 53 | ⸢GAL.MEŠ⸣ EN.MEŠ-ia da-riš lu ar-⸢ku-us⸣ ina u₄-mi-šu₂-ma | |
| 54 | ⸢E₂⸣ x x x-a ana ri-mi-it aš-šur EN-ia | |
| 55 | ⸢ab-ni iš-tu⸣ uš-še-ša₂ a-di ⸢gaba-dib⸣-bi-ša₂ u₂-še-ek-lil | |
| 56 | ⸢u₃ na-re-ia aš₂-ku-un NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂⸣ e-nu-ma | |
| 57 | [... e]-⸢na-hu an-hu-sa⸣ |
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