Aššur-nadin-apli 1 (Q005891)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-nadin-apli 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005891 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, 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 [0:14] 11–1414 | Aššur-nādin-apli, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, strong king, king of all people, prince, king of kings, faithful shepherd, to whom by the command of the gods Aššur, Enlil, and Šamaš the just scepter was given and whose important name was called for the return of the land, the king under the protective hand of the god Anu and select of the god Enlil, chosen of the gods Aššur and Šamaš, I; son of Tukultī-Ninurta (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur; son of Shalmaneser (I) (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur: |
| Obverse [14:27] 1515–2727 | When the course of the Tigris beside my city Aššur was altered, it cut through six hundred (iku) of field, and (so) created a (new) bed for itself; I prayed to the gods Aššur and Šamaš to return the course of the Tigris to its (former) position. (In return) I vowed to make my royal statue (and) to erect (it) at the entrance of my city, the desired object of the gods, in the presence of the gods Aššur and Šamaš. |
| Obverse [27:32] 2828–3232 | At that time I made the “house of my royal statue” on the bank of the Tigris at the entrance of my city, the city (which is) the desired object of the gods. I deposited my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions therein. |
| Obverse [32:36] 3333–3636 | May a later prince restore it (and) return my monumental inscriptions and clay inscriptions to their places. (Then) the god Aššur will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [36:40] 3737–4040 | As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: May the god Aššur, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty (and) destroy his name (and) his seed from the land. |
| Obverse [40:41] 4141–4141 | [Mont]h of Kuzallu, twenty-ninth day, eponymy of Erība-Sîn. |
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 | {⸢m⸣}{d}aš-šur-na-din-IBILA | |
| 2 | GAR {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID {d}aš-šur | |
| 3 | LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KIŠ UN.MEŠ | |
| 4 | NUN-u₂ LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ | |
| 5 | SIPA-u₂ ki-nu ša ina qi₂-bi-it {d}a-šur₄ | |
| 6 | {d}EN.LIL₂ u₃ {d}ša₂-maš {giš}GIDRU iš-re-tu | |
| 7 | na-ad-na-ta-šu-ma si-qir-šu DUGUD | |
| 8 | a-na ta-ar ma-a-ti ne₂-bu-u₂ | |
| 9 | LUGAL ti-ri-iṣ qa-at {d}a-nim | |
| 10 | u₃ bi-bil₂ ŠA₃ {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 11 | ni-ši-it {d}a-šur₄ u₃ {d}ša₂-maš a-na-ku | |
| 12 | DUMU {giš}tukul-ti-{d}nin-urta GAR {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 13 | ŠID {d}a-šur₄ DUMU {d}sal₂-ma-nu-SAG | |
| 14 | GAR {d}EN.LIL₂ ŠID {d}a-šur₄-ma | |
| 15 | e-nu-ma mar-di-it {id₂}IDIGNA | |
| 16 | it-ti i-ta-at URU-ia {d}a-šur₄ | |
| 17 | lu u₂-na-ki-ru-ma 10 šu-uš-ši A.ŠA₃ | |
| 18 | lu-u₂ ip-tu-($erasure$)-ma | |
| 19 | ta-lu-uk-ša lu-u₂ iš-ku-nu | |
| 20 | mar-di-it {id₂}IDIGNA a-na aš₂-ri-šu-nu | |
| 21 | a-na tu-ur-ri | |
| 22 | a-na {d}a-šur₄ u₃ {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 23 | qa-a-ti aš₂-ši | |
| 24 | ṣa-lam LUGAL-ti-ia e-pe-ša | |
| 25 | i-na si-ip-pi URU-ia ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 26 | i-na ma-har {d}a-šur₄ u₃ {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 27 | a-na ša-zu-zi lu ak-ru-ub | |
| 28 | i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma E₂ ṣa-lam LUGAL-ti-ia | |
| 29 | i-na ki-pi-ir {id₂}IDIGNA i-na si-ip-pi URU-ia | |
| 30 | URU ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ lu e-pu-uš | |
| 31 | na-re-ia u₃ te-me-ni-ia | |
| 32 | i-na qer-bi-ša aš₂-ku-un | |
| 33 | NUN-u₂ ar-ku-u₂ an-hu-su | |
| 34 | lu-ud-di-iš na-re-ia u₃ te-me-ni-ia | |
| 35 | a-na aš₂-ri-šu-nu lu-ter | |
| 36 | {d}a-šur₄ ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-em-mi | |
| 37 | mu-ne₂-ki-ir ši-iṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia | |
| 38 | {d}a-šur₄ EN šar-ru-us-su | |
| 39 | lis-ki-ip MU-šu NUMUN-šu | |
| 40 | i-na ma-a-ti lu-u₂-hal-liq | |
| 41 | {⸢iti⸣}ku-zal-lu UD.29.KAM li-mu {m}SU-{d}30 |
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