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Aššur-bel-kala 10 (Q005991)

Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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DesignationAššur-bel-kala 10
IDQ005991
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodMiddle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:3] 11–33The palace of Aššur-bēl-[kala, king of the universe, strong king, king of As]syria, son of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of [the universe], strong [king, king of Assyria], son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I) (who was) also king of the universe, [strong king, king of] Assyria:
Obverse [3:5] 44–55I made these sculptures in the provinces, cities, and garrisons for titillation.
Obverse [5:7] 66–77As for the one who removes my inscriptions and my name: the divine Sebetti, the gods of the West, will afflict him with snake-bite.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1E₂.GAL {m}aš-šur-⸢EN⸣-[ka-la MAN KIŠ MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš]-⸢šur⸣
2DUMU {giš}tukul-ti-A-e₂-šar₂-ra ⸢MAN⸣ [KIŠ MAN] ⸢dan⸣-[nu MAN KUR aš-šur]
3DUMU {d}a-šur-SAG-i-ši MAN KIŠ [MAN dan-nu MAN KUR] aš-šur-ma
4a-lam-ga-a-te an-na-te qe₂-[reb] ⸢NAM.MEŠ⸣ URU.MEŠ
5u₃ ub-ru-te.MEŠ ina muh-hi ṣi-a-hi e-ta-⸢pa-aš₂⸣
6mu-ne₂-kir₆ šiṭ-ri-ia u₃ MU-ia {d}⸢IMIN⸣.[BI] DINGIR.MEŠ
7{kur}MAR.TU me-he-eṣ ṣe-ri i-ma-ha-ṣu-uš

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