Tiglath-pileser I 11 (Q005936)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Tiglath-pileser I 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005936 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:8] r 1'1'–r 8'8' | its inner [...] as far as ... [...] ... [...] This palace I constructed from top to bottom (and) [decorated] (it) in a fashion more splendid than ever. I surrounded (it) [with knobbed nails of] bronze. [I made high] doors of fir, made (them) fast with bronze [bands, (and) hung (them)] in its gateway. |
| Reverse [8:18] r 9'9'–r 18'18' | [...] which with the support of the gods Aššur, Anu, Enlil, [... the great gods], my sustainers, the lands of/which [...] I made replicas in parūtu-alabaster [and basalt of a nāḫiru, which is called a sea-horse (and) which by the command of the gods Ninurta and Nergal, the great gods], my [lords, I had killed with a harpoon of] my own [making in the Great Sea of the land Amurru, (and) of a live] burḫiš [which was brought] from the mountain/land [Lumaš ... on the other side of the land Ḫabḫu. I stationed (them) on the right and left at my] royal [entrance]. [...] I inscribed my monumental inscriptions (and) [deposited (them)] joyfully [in ... I called it Egallugalublimmub]a, “Palace of the King of the Four Quarters.” |
| Reverse [18:26] r 19'19'–r 26'26' | [In the future, in] days to come, [may a later prince], when [this palace becomes old and] dilapidated, [restore its weakened portions] either with cedar, [or ...], or tamarisk [...] ... May [he see] my monumental inscriptions, [identify (them), anoint (them) with oil], make sacrifices, (and) [return (them)] to [their places. (Then) the god Aššur, the great lord, and] the goddess Ištar, mistress of [Nineveh, will listen to his prayers]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x {giš}[...] ⸢u₂⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ni x x-ri-ti ša ⸢ni⸣-x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-šu ša be-ta-nu a-⸢di⸣ e-⸢li⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...]-ri-te ša a-na x [(x)] ⸢ku/lu/u₃⸣ ša i-⸢da⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | [... E₂].⸢GAL⸣-lum ši-i iš-⸢tu⸣ uš-še-⸢ša⸣ [a-di gaba-dib-bi-ša] | |
| 6' | [ar]-⸢ṣip⸣ UGU mah-re-e u₂-šer₃-⸢rih⸣ [u₂-si-im] | |
| 7' | [sik-kat₃ kar-ri] ⸢ZABAR⸣ al-mi {giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}a-⸢šu⸣-[hi ṣi-ra-te DU₃-uš] | |
| 8' | [i-na me-sir] ⸢ZABAR⸣ u₂-⸢ra⸣-ki-is₅ i-na KA₂-ša u₂-[re-et-te] | |
| 9' | [...] ša i-na {giš}tukul-ti {d}a-šur {d}a-nim {d}BAD {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 10' | [DINGIR.MEŠ GAL]-⸢te⸣ tik-le-⸢ia⸣ [x] x [KUR].KUR.MEŠ-te ša x [x x] | |
| 11' | [...]-lu-⸢šu⸣-nu [...] x qa-ti x [...] x [...] | |
| 12' | [DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN].⸢MEŠ⸣-ia u₂-[...] x ar x [...] x [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢bur⸣-hi-iš [ba-al-ṭa ša] ⸢iš⸣-tu {kur}[lu-ma-aš₂ ...]-⸢te⸣ | |
| 14' | [...] x x tam-⸢ši⸣-[li-šu-nu] ⸢ša⸣ {na₄}pa-⸢ru⸣-u₂-[te ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢e-pu⸣-uš [i-na ne₂-reb] LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[ia im-na u₃ šu-me-la] | |
| 16' | [u₂-ša-zi-iz]-ma {na₄}⸢NA.RU₂⸣.[A.(MEŠ)]-⸢ia⸣ al-⸢ṭu-ur⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] x-i i-na ta-ši-⸢la⸣-at lib₃-[bi ...] | |
| 18' | [e₂-gal-lugal-ub-limmu₂]-⸢ba⸣ E₂.GAL LUGAL kib-rat 4-[i šum-ša ab-bi] | |
| 19' | [a-na ar-kat₃ UD.MEŠ a-na] u₄-um ṣa-a-te e-nu-ma ⸢E₂⸣.[GAL-lum ši-i] | |
| 20' | [u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma e]-⸢na⸣-hu lu-u₂ {giš}⸢e-re-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | [lu-u₂ ...]-x lu-u₂ {giš}tar-pu-[ʾu ...] | |
| 22' | [...] x TAR ME ta ir ta x [...] | |
| 23' | [...] {⸢na₄⸣}NA.RU₂.A.MEŠ-ia ⸢li⸣-[mur-ma] | |
| 24' | [lu-mes-si I₃.MEŠ lip-šu]-⸢uš {udu⸣}SISKUR-a liq-qi ⸢a⸣-[na aš₂-ri-šu-nu lu-ter] | |
| 25' | {[d}a-šur EN GAL-u₂] ⸢u₃⸣ {d}INANNA be-lat {⸢uru⸣}[ni-nu-a] | |
| 26' | [ik-ri-be-šu i-še-mu-u₂] | |
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