Tukulti-Ninurta I 1001 (Q005879)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tukulti-Ninurta I 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005879 |
| Collection | Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] plundering of the [four] quarters |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] midst of their warriors [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] all their habitations [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] I subdued and [imposed] corvée [(...)] |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'–o 11'11' | [At that time] I marched [to the land Šarnid]a, the land Meḫru. [By means of the army of the land of the Qutu], which the god Aššur and the great gods [had allotted to me, I] cut down [mighty beams of the land Meḫru] (and) brought (them) to my city, Aššur. [I buttressed my lordly palace which I] love with those beams from the land Meḫru. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] strong, in battle, fierce ones [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] plundering of my land [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] their habitations [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [I] turned [into ruin hills] (and) carried off their booty [...] |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | I gained dominion over [the lands Alzu, Amadanu, Niḫ]anu, Alaia, Tepur[zu, and Purulimzi]. With joyful heart [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [... kings] of the lands Nairi [fiercely took up a position] for armed conflict. I fought [with] them (and) [brought about their] defeat. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] and dominion ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] the lands Paiteru, Nadanu, [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] ...ara, ... [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...]ḫumna, Ḫimme, [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] Adurgini, Irgi[...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] Andia[be ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x mu x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x DAGAL u ša iš-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x mi-še-ʾ-ti kib-rat i-x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x ⸢qe₂⸣-reb mu-⸢uq⸣-tab-li-⸢šu-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x DU₆ da-ad-me-šu-nu x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-še-⸢ek⸣-ni-iš u₃ ⸢tup⸣-[ši-ka e-mi-id (...)] | |
| 8' | [(...) i-na u₄-me-šu-ma a-na {kur}šar-ni]-⸢da⸣ {kur}me-eh-⸢ri⸣ lu al-⸢li⸣-[ik] | |
| 9' | [i-na e-mu-qa-at um-ma-na-at {kur}qu-ti]-⸢i⸣ ša {d}aš-šur u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [is-qi-ia iš-ru-ku] | |
| 10' | {[giš}GU.ŠUR.MEŠ {kur}me-eh-ri dan-nu-ti lu a]-⸢ki⸣-is a-na URU-ia {d}aš-šur lu ⸢u₂⸣-[bil E₂.GAL be-lu-ti-ia ša₂] | |
| 11' | [a]-⸢ra⸣-mu ina {giš}⸢UR₃⸣.MEŠ me-eh-ri ša-⸢tu⸣-[nu lu u₂-kin₂ (...)] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢dan⸣-ni ina ma-ha-zi šap-ṣu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...]-ar-ti mi-⸢še-ʾ⸣-ti KUR-ia [...] | |
| 14' | [...] x UD/ERIM da-ad-mi-⸢šu⸣-nu [...] | |
| 15' | [... ana DU₆ u₃ kar-me u₂]-⸢te⸣-er šal-la-⸢su⸣-nu aš₂-lu-la x [...] | |
| 16' | [... {kur}al-zi {kur}a-ma-da-ni {kur}ni]-⸢ha⸣-ni {kur}a-la-ia {kur}te-⸢pur⸣-[zi {kur}pu-ru-lim-zi] | |
| 17' | [...] x x a-bel₂ ina ⸢hu⸣-ud [ŠA₃ ...] | |
| 18' | [...] x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x-an-dal-ha {kur}a-⸢šu⸣-x-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-ab-šu-la-x {kur}a-a-⸢rab⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... tam]-ti e-le-ni-ti x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x la x ka at pu x x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x lu-se-li-it ne₂-ri-be x [...] | |
| 7' | [... LUGAL].MEŠ KUR.KUR na-i-ri i-na qa-ab-⸢li⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... it-ti-šu]-nu am-da-⸢ha-aṣ⸣ a-bi-ik-⸢ta⸣-[šu-nu aš-ku-un ...] | |
| 9' | [...] x-bi u₃ be-lu-ti u la is x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] {kur}pa-i-te-ri {kur}na-da-⸢ni⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] {kur}x-a-ra {kur}u₂-x [...] | |
| 12' | [...]-hu-um-na {kur}hi-mi [...] | |
| 13' | [...] a-du-ur-gi-ni {kur}ir-gi-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] x x ⸢KUR an⸣-di-a-[be ...] | |
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