Aššur-bel-kala 03 (Q005984)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-bel-kala 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005984 |
| Collection | 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 [0:9] 1'1'–9'9' | [...] I fought [...] I made a colossal [royal statue of myself (and) wrote] thereon (a description of) my royal victories. [...] I traversed [Mount Ḫirua, conquered and burnt] the city Uruniaš of the land Ḫimme. I made a royal statue of myself (and) [wrote thereon (a description of) my] royal victories. [I made (another) royal statue of myself (and) erected (it) in Eš]arra, the house of my succor, before Aššur, my lord. [...] On numerous [campaigns against the Ar]ameans, the enemies of Aššur, who in the land [... I continually plundered ... 300 lions ...] with my fierce valor, in [my] second regnal year [... with] my sharp arrows [... their names] are not written with these animals [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'–11'11' | [At that time the ... Gate — Puzur-Ašš]ur (III), son of Aššur-nārārī (I) had built (it and when) it became dilapidated Ašš[ur-... rebuilt (it) — it had again become dilapidated], the flood had washed it away. [I completely reconstructed] this gate. |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [In the future], in days to come, [may a later] prince [when this gate becomes old and dilapidated, restore its weakened portions]. May he restore [my monumental inscriptions to] their [places]. (Then) A[ššur will listen to his prayers]. |
| Obverse [12:14] 13'13'–14'14' | [As for the one who removes my inscription and my name]: May [Aššur ...] take away from him [his throne]. |
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' | [...] x x (x)-a-te lu am-⸢da⸣-[haṣ ...] | |
| 2' | [ṣa-lam MAN-ti-ia šur]-⸢ba⸣-a DU₃-uš li-ta-at MAN-ti-ia i-na ⸢qer⸣-[bi-šu al-ṭu-ur (...)] | |
| 3' | [... {kur}hi-ru-a] ab-bal-kit {uru}u₂-ru-ni-aš₂ ša {kur}hi-im-me [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ṣa-lam MAN-ti-ia DU₃-uš li-ta-at LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[ia i-na qer-bi-šu al-ṭu-ur] | |
| 5' | [... DU₃-uš i-na e₂]-⸢šar₂⸣-ra E₂ tu-kul₂-ti-ia i-na pa-ni aš-šur ⸢EN⸣-[ia u₂-še-zi-iz (...)] | |
| 6' | [... KASKAL.MEŠ-at {kur}a]-⸢ri⸣-me ma-da-a-te za-i-ru-ut aš-šur ša i-na {kur}[... ah-tab-ba-tu (...)] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢te⸣ i-na me-ziz qar-du-ti-ia i-na 2-e ⸢BALA⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 8' | [... i-na] ⸢mul⸣-mu-li-ia na-ah-ZU-te [...] | |
| 9' | [... MU.MEŠ-šu-nu] ⸢it⸣-ti u₂-ma-mi an-ne₂-e la-a šaṭ-ru [...] | |
| 10' | [i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma KA₂.GAL ... ša (...) {m}pu-zur₈-aš]-⸢šur⸣ DUMU aš-šur-ERIM-TAH₂ e-puš₂ e-na-ah {m}aš-⸢šur⸣-[...] | |
| 11' | [mi]-lu it-bal-ši KA₂.GAL ši-a-ti a-[na si-hir₂-ti-ša ...] | |
| 12' | [...] a-na u₄-um ṣa-a-te NUN-u₂ [EGIR ...] | |
| 13' | [a-na aš]-⸢ri⸣-šu-nu lu-ter ⸢aš⸣-[šur ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-em-me mu-ne₂-kir₆ šiṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia ...] | |
| 14' | [... {giš}GU.ZA-šu] li-ki-mu-⸢šu⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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