Aššur-bel-kala 01 (Q005982)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-bel-kala 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005982 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:11] o 1'1'–o 11'11' | [...] of the land Ḫimme [...] against/upon ... [...] his city [...] ... [...] their fortresses, their [...], of the land Ḫimme, [I conquered and destroyed/plundered]. Men and [sheep] which, like the stars of heaven, [had no number, I carried off]. All of their cities, of the land Ḫimme, [I conquered and destroyed]. I did not leave [a single warrior alive]. I flayed the men, their city-rulers, [...]. Over against their numerous cities I built [into mounds the corpses of] their [warriors] which I had felled with the sword in the battlefield [...]. Soldiers, armed troops, [...] without number I blinded. (Thus) I achieved vengeance for my land which [...] ... their blood/corpses ... |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | I marched to the land Ḫabḫu. The cities Ḫasa, [...] from the city Ašku ... [...], cities of the land Ḫabḫu, I conquered. I [carried off ...] to my city Aššur. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | Tukultī-Mēr, king of the land M[ari ...] great, entered. [...] By the command of the god Aššur, [my lord], I marched [to the land Mari (...)]. The land Mar[i ...] I uprooted their [people]. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 17'17'– | (Too broken for translation) |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | (Too broken for translation) |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [...] I planted/erected them. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | [... with ...] liyāri-wood (white cedar), (and) gold I made. [...] ... I blocked up. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'–r 11'11' | [...] annually, after them [...] the gods Ninurta and Nergal, who love my priesthood, [gave to me the wild beasts]. I killed [...] wild asses [...] with these animals my [...] I was doing/making. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [...] ... and keep rebelling [...] king [...] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'–r 16'16' | (Too broken for translation) |
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 ša {kur}hi-x-[x] | |
| 2' | [...] x [x x] x [...] x-ia UGU x ru na [x] | |
| 3' | [...] x URU-šu [...] x li MEŠ a li tu | |
| 4' | [...] hal-ṣa-ni-šu-nu [...]-a-nu-ti-šu-nu ša {kur}hi-me | |
| 5' | [...] a-mi-lu-ta u₃ [...] x ša ki-ma MUL.MEŠ AN-e | |
| 6' | [...] nap-har URU.MEŠ-šu-nu ša {kur}hi-me | |
| 7' | [...] ul e-zib LU₂.MEŠ EN.MEŠ URU.MEŠ-šu-nu a-ku-⸢uṣ⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] i-na UGU URU.MEŠ-šu-nu ma-[du-te šal-mat ERIM.MEŠ]-šu-nu ša i-na tu-ša-ri | |
| 9' | [...] i-na {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ u₂-šam-qi-tu a-na x [...]-ir-ia-te.MEŠ ar-ṣip | |
| 10' | muq-tab-li ERIM.MEŠ {giš}TUKUL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [... a-na la]-⸢a⸣ mi-na u₂-ne₂-pil₂ | |
| 11' | gi-mil KUR-ia ša a-[...] UŠ₂.MEŠ-šu-nu a x (x) šap-pu-ʾu-ta | |
| 12' | a-na {kur}hab-hi al-lik {uru}ha-sa [...] x x ul-tu {uru}aš₂-ku-x | |
| 13' | [...] URU.MEŠ-ni ša {kur}hab-hi ak-⸢šud⸣ [...] ⸢a⸣-na URU-ia aš-šur ⸢ub⸣-[la] | |
| 14' | {m}{giš}tukul-ti-{d}me-er MAN {kur}⸢ma₂⸣-[ri ...] x GAL-e e-⸢ru⸣-[ub] | |
| 15' | [...] i-na qi₂-⸢bit⸣ {d}a-šur [EN-ia ...] al-lik {kur}ma₂-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 16' | [...] x x [...]-⸢šu⸣-nu as-su-[ha] | |
| 17' | [...] x-na ša DIŠ x x x | |
| 18' | [...] x ša x x [(x)] | |
| 19' | [...] x x 5-šu-nu lu e-[x-(x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ṣu x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x lu bur šu x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] aš₂-qu-up-šu-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5' | [...]-šu li-ia-⸢a-ri⸣ KU₃.GI ⸢DU₃-uš⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] a x-ri-a-tu ak-si-ir | |
| 7' | [...]-u₂-ta MU-šam-ma EGIR-šu-nu | |
| 8' | [... {d]}⸢MAŠ⸣ u₃ {d}IGI.DU ša SANGA-ti-ia i-ra-mu | |
| 9' | [...].MEŠ a-duk ANŠE.EDIN.NA.MEŠ | |
| 10' | [... it]-⸢ti⸣ u₂-ma-mi x an-ne₂-e | |
| 11' | [...]-ia e-tap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 12' | [...] x i-ši-ma lu ⸢ib⸣-ba-la-ka-tu | |
| 13' | [...] ba KAL LUGAL x [...] x-er-šu | |
| 14' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 15' | [...] x-ma [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x [...] | |
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