Aššur-bel-kala 09 (Q005990)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-bel-kala 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005990 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | The remainder of the numerous animals [and the winged birds of the sky, wild game which he acquired], their names [are not written] with [these] animals, [their numbers are not written with these numbers]. |
| Obverse [2:10] 3'3'–10'10' | By the command of the gods Aššur (and) Adad, [the great gods, my lords, ... in pursuit of] the Arameans, which [twice] in one year [I crossed the Euphrates]. The Sutu, Naa[...] 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 Aḫlamu which ...] numerous [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | (traces) |
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' | si-te-et u₂-ma-mi ⸢ma⸣-[aʾ-di ...] | |
| 2' | MU.MEŠ-šu-⸢nu⸣ it-ti ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-mi ...] | |
| 3' | i-na siq-ri {d}a-šur {d}IŠKUR [... EGIR] | |
| 4' | {kur}a-ri-mi.MEŠ ša MU 1.[KAM₂ 2-šu {id₂}pu-rat-ta lu-u₂ e-te-bir] | |
| 5' | su-te₉-e.MEŠ {kur}na-⸢ʾa⸣-[...] | |
| 6' | ša i-na GIR₃ {kur}lab-na-a-ni x [... {giš}MA₂.MEŠ] | |
| 7' | ša KUŠ.DUH.ŠI-e.MEŠ MAN [...] | |
| 8' | ša UGU {id₂}sa-gu-⸢ra⸣ [(...) lu-u₂ ak-šud (...)] | |
| 9' | i-na u₄-me-šu-ma ši-di [ah-la-mi₃-i ša ...] | |
| 10' | ma-a-da-at-te.⸢MEŠ⸣ x [...] | |
| 11' | [...] |
Sources & licences
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