Tukulti-Ninurta I 25 (Q005861)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Tulul al-ʿAqir (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 25 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005861 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | [With the support of the gods ... I approached Kaštiliašu, king of Karduniaš (Babylonia)], to do [battle. I brought about the defeat of his armies and felled his warriors.] 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. I stood over them with joy and excellence. |
| Reverse [8:24] r 99–r 2424 | At that time 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 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 the god Aššur and the great gods, my lords, in perpetuity from the fish (lit. “produce”) of the water of that canal. |
| Reverse [24:30] r 2525–r 3030 | At that time I built in my city, Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, the cult center which I had constructed, a holy temple, an awesome sanctuary for the dwelling of the god Aššur, my lord. I called it Ekurmešarra. Inside it I completed a great ziggurrat as the cult platform of the god Aššur, my lord, and deposited my monumental inscription. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢a-na⸣ [e]-peš [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | qe₂-reb tam-ha-ri ša₂-a-tu {m}kaš-til-a-a-šu | |
| 5 | MAN kaš-ši-i qa-ti lu ik-šu-ud šal-lu-su | |
| 6 | u₃ ka-mu-su ana ma-har {d}aš-šur EN-ia u₂-bi-la | |
| 7 | KUR šu-me-ri u URI{ki} ana ZAG gim-ri-ša₂ a-be₂-el | |
| 8 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi u me-tel-lu-ti UGU-šu-nu lu at-ta-[ziz] | |
| 9 | i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma e-ber-ti URU-ia URU ba-i-⸢it⸣ [DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 10 | aš-šur EN ma-ha-za e-ri-ša₂-ni-ma e-peš at-ma-ni-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢iq⸣-ba-a a-na si-qir aš-šur DINGIR ra-i-mi-ia mu-hur-ti | |
| 12 | URU-ia aš-šur i-ta-at {id₂}IDIGNA ⸢i-na na-me-e⸣ | |
| 13 | A.GAR₃.MEŠ ar-bu-ti a-šar E₂-ti u₃ [šub-tu] | |
| 14 | la ba-šu-u₂ ti-⸢lu u₃ e-pe-ri⸣ la šap-ku-ma | |
| 15 | ⸢SIG₄⸣.MEŠ la na-da-at URU {d}aš-šur e-ber-[tan] | |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣ e-puš₂ {uru}⸢kar-{m}{giš⸣}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta | |
| 17 | MU-šu₂ ab-bi aš₂-⸢ri⸣ be-ru-ti ki-ma qe-e | |
| 18 | ⸢lu⸣-se-lit pu-šuq ⸢hur⸣-ša₂-ni ṣi-ru-ti | |
| 19 | ⸢i⸣-na {na₄}pa-li-še lu-še-ti-iq mi-ṭi₂-ir-ta | |
| 20 | ⸢mu-kin₂⸣-na-at na-pul₂-ti KUR a-bi-la-at ⸢nu⸣-[uh-ši] | |
| 21 | uš-pel₂-ka-ma qar-bat URU-ia a-na tam-ki-ri | |
| 22 | lu aš₂-ku-un i-na hi-ṣi-ib A.MEŠ pa-at-ti šu-[a-ti] | |
| 23 | gi-na-a a-na {d}a-šur u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ [(...)] | |
| 24 | EN.MEŠ-ia a-na da-riš lu ar-ku-us₂ | |
| 25 | i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma i-na URU-ia {uru}kar-{m}GISKIM-⸢MAŠ⸣ | |
| 26 | ma-ha-az ab-nu-u₂ E₂ KU₃ at-ma-na ra-⸢šu⸣-[ub-ba] | |
| 27 | a-na šu-bat {d}a-šur EN-ia e-pu-uš e₂-kur-me-⸢šar₂⸣-[ra] | |
| 28 | ⸢MU-šu⸣ ab-bi i-na ŠA₃-šu si-qur-ra-ta GAL-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 29 | a-na ne₂-me-ed {d}a-šur EN-ia u₂-šek₂-[lil] | |
| 30 | [u] ⸢na-re-ia⸣ aš₂-ku-un [...] | |
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