Aššur-bel-kala 06 (Q005987)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-bel-kala 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005987 |
| 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 [1:3] 2'2'–3'3' | [He dispatched merchants (and) they acquired burḫiš, dromedaries, (and)] tešēnū. [He formed (herds) of dromedaries, bred (them), (and) displayed] herds of them [to the people of his land]. |
| Obverse [3:5] 4'4'–5'5' | [The king] of Egypt sent a large [female monkey], a crocodile, [(and) a “river-man,” beasts of the Great Sea. He displayed (them) to the people of his land]. |
| Obverse [5:15] 6'6'–15'15' | [By the] command of the gods Aššur, Anu, and A[Idad, the great gods, my lords, ...] in pursuit of the Arameans, which twice in one year [I crossed the Euphrates]. I brought about their [defeat from the city An]at of the land Sūḫu and the city [Tadmar as far as the city Rapiqu of Karduniaš (Babylonia). I brought their] tribute and [tax to my city Aššur. The ...]-daiu, Sutu, [...]miraiu, who [live] at the foot of Mount [Lebanon ... in] rafts (made of inflated) goatskins [I crossed the Euphrates. I conquered the city ... which (is) on] the opposite bank of [the Euphrates, (on the River Saggurru). At that time the region of the A]ḫlamu which [...] the city Mi[...] |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | [... tama-ra-a-te].MEŠ ⸢te-še⸣-[ni.MEŠ ...] | |
| 3' | [... su-gul]-⸢la⸣-te-šu-nu [...] | |
| 4' | [... pa-gu-ta] GAL-ta ⸢nam-su⸣-[ha ...] | |
| 5' | [...] {⸢kur⸣}mu-uṣ-re-e ⸢u₂⸣-[še-bi-la ...] | |
| 6' | [i-na si]-⸢qir⸣ {d}a-šur {d}a-nim u₃ {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢EGIR⸣ {kur}a-ra-me ša MU 1.KAM₂ 2-[šu {id₂}pu-rat-ta lu-u₂ e-te-bir iš-tu] | |
| 8' | {[uru}a]-⸢na⸣-at ša {kur}su-hi u₃ {⸢uru⸣}[tad-mar u₃ a-di {uru}ra-pi₂-qi ša {kur}kar-du-ni-aš₂] | |
| 9' | [da-ab]-⸢da⸣-šu-nu aš₂-kun GUN ⸢u₃⸣ [ta-mar-ta a-na URU-ia aš-šur ub-la] | |
| 10' | [...]-ʾa-da-ia.MEŠ su-te₉-e.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...]-⸢mi⸣-ra-ia.MEŠ ša i-na GIR₃ {kur}[lab-na-a-ni ...] | |
| 12' | [...] x {giš}MA₂.MEŠ ša KUŠ.DUH.ŠI-[e.MEŠ (...) {id₂}pu-rat-ta lu-u₂ e-te-bir {uru}...] | |
| 13' | [ša] GIR₃.MEŠ am-ma-te ⸢ša⸣ {[id₂}pu]-⸢ra⸣-[at-ti (...) lu-u₂ ak-šud i-na u₄-me-šu-ma] | |
| 14' | [šid-di] ⸢ah⸣-la-mi₃-i ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] x {uru}mi-x-[...] | |
| 16' | [...] x [...] |
Sources & licences
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