Aššur-reša-iši I 04 (Q005902)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-reša-iši I 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005902 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | [Aššur]-rēša-iši, appointee [of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, the one whose dominion the gods Anu, Enlil, and Ea], the great gods, [designated] for [the proper administration of Assyria (and whose priesthood they blessed), strong king], king of the universe, king of Assyria; son of Mut[akkil-Nusku, vice-regent of Aššur, son of Aššur-dān (I) (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur]: |
| Obverse [3:6] 44–66 | [At that time] the room of the {šaḫuru} of the hinter house [... which ... a king who preceded] me had built, in an earthquake at the time [of Aššur-dān (I) ...] I completed. Rosettes [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | [When the room of] those [šaḫuru] becomes old and dilapidated, [may] a later prince [restore ...]. May he write my name with his name (and) [return it] to that place. [(Then) may the god(s) ...] guide him properly [in joy and success]. |
| Obverse [8:10] 99–1010 | As for the one who removes [my inscription and my name: May ... the great gods glare at him] angrily [and] inflict upon him [an evil curse. May they 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) |
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| 1 | {[m}aš-šur]-⸢SAG⸣-i-ši ⸢ša₂-ak⸣-[ni {d}AB ŠID aš-šur ša₂] | |
| 2 | {[d}a-nu {d}BAD u {d}DIŠ] DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [šu-te-šur KUR aš-šur EN-su ib-bu-u₂ (...)] | |
| 3 | [MAN KALA] ⸢MAN⸣ KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur A mu-⸢tak₃⸣-[kil-{d}nusku ŠID aš-šur A aš-šur-dan ŠID aš-šur-ma] | |
| 4 | [e-nu-ma] ⸢E₂⸣ ša-hu-ri ša E₂ ku-⸢tal₂⸣-[li ... ša ...] | |
| 5 | [... pa]-⸢ni⸣-ia DU₃-šu i-na ri-be ša tar-[ṣi ...] | |
| 6 | [...] x lu u₂-ša-ak-lil ia-e-re ⸢TA⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] šu-a-tu-nu u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma e-na-hu NUN EGIR-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢šu⸣-mi₃ it-ti MU-šu lil-ṭu-ur i-na aš₂-ri šu-a-tu x [...] | |
| 9 | [ina ṭu-ub lib₃-bi u₃ ka-šad er-nin]-⸢te⸣ ṭa-bi-iš DU.DU.MEŠ-šu mu-ne₂-⸢kir₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [... DINGIR.MEŠ GAL].⸢MEŠ⸣ ez-zi-⸢iš⸣ [li-kil₂-mu-šu-ma er-re-ta ma-ru-ul]-te li-ru-ru-šu MU-šu NUMUN-šu i-na ⸢KUR⸣ [lu-hal-li-qu] |
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