Aššur-bel-kala 04 (Q005985)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-bel-kala 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005985 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | Aššur-bēl-kal[a, great king, king of the] universe, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, [king of all the four quarters], provider for Ekur, select of the god Aššur, appointee of the Lord of the Lands, [who] acts [with the support of the god Aššur] in laying low his enemies, [whose] deeds the gods Aššur (and) Enlil [...], the unconquerable attacker, [the one to whom was entrusted] dominion of Assyria, the one who disintegrates [all enemy] lands [with the fire of] Girru (fire god), controller [of the insubmissive], the one who breaks up [the forces of the rebellious], the one who defeats [his enemies, ...] throws down, is changed [the one who ... in battle] has overwhelmed all princes, [... the one who ...] has conquered the [lands] of all [people from Babylon of the land Akka]d to the Upper Sea [of the land Amurru and the sea of the lands Nair]i, [the one who ...] ... has become lord of all; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Month of ..., ...th day, eponymy of] Aššur-rêm-nišēšu. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {⸢m⸣}{d}a-šur-EN-ka-⸢la⸣ [LUGAL GAL LUGAL] ⸢KIŠ⸣ LUGAL KUR {d}a-šur | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ la-a ša-na-⸢an⸣ [LUGAL kul₂-lat kib-rat 4-i za]-nin e₂-kur bi-bil₂ lib₃-bi {d}a-šur | |
| 3 | [GIR₃].NITA₂ EN KUR.KUR.MEŠ [ša i-na {giš}tukul-ti {d}a-šur it]-⸢tal⸣-la-ku i-sa-pa-nu ge-⸢ri⸣-šu | |
| 4 | [ša {d]}a-šur {d}BAD [... ep]-še-tu-šu ti-bu la-a nu-⸢uh-hu⸣ | |
| 5 | [ša] ⸢be⸣-lu-ut KUR {d}a-⸢šur⸣ [a-na qa-ti-šu u₂-me-el]-lu muš-⸢har⸣-[miṭ] | |
| 6 | [nap]-⸢har⸣ KUR.KUR.MEŠ [nak-ra-ti i-na IZI] {⸢d⸣}GIBIL₆ mu-⸢la⸣-[iṭ la ma-gi-ri] | |
| 7 | [mu]-pa-ri-[ir KI.ṢIR.MEŠ mul-tar-hi mu]-ne₂-er [a-ia-bi-šu] | |
| 8 | [ša₂ ... i]-⸢na⸣-ad-di ut-ta-⸢ka⸣-[ru ...] | |
| 9 | [...]-⸢bu⸣ x [...] | |
| 10 | [ša₂ ... i-na qab]-li u₂-sah-hi-pu gi-mir mal-ki.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | [ša₂ ... KUR.KUR.MEŠ-tu] ša kiš-ša-⸢at⸣ | |
| 12 | [UN.MEŠ iš-tu {uru}KA₂.DINGIR ša₂ KUR ak-ka]-de-e a-di A.AB.BA e-le-ni-⸢te⸣ | |
| 13 | [ša₂ {kur}a-mur-ri u₃ A.AB.BA ša₂ {kur}na-i]-⸢ri⸣ qa-as-su ik-šu-⸢du⸣ | |
| 14 | [ša₂ ...] taq₃-rin-⸢te i⸣-pe-lu gim-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[iti}... UD.x.KAM li-mu] {m}{d}a-šur-AGA₂-UN.MEŠ-šu | |
Sources & licences
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