Eriba-Adad II 1 (Q005998)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Eriba-Adad II 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005998 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Erība-Adad, king of the universe, [strong king, king of Assyria], king of all the four quarters, select [of the god Aššur], holy [priest], under the protective hand of the god Ninurta, [(the king who is) the] choice of the god Enlil, valiant man, [controller of] the insubmissive, who breaks up [the forces of the rebellious], strong gišginû, who [...] dangerous people, at whose [strong belligerent] attack the quarters (of the world) are in dire distress, the mountains [are convulsed], and [he has turned his] dangerous [enemies] into ghosts [like reeds in] a tempest, [who puts] the insubordinate [to flight], who defeats [his enemies (...)] the gods Ea, ... [...] |
| Obverse [17:20] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | Son of Aššur-bēl-[kala ...] son of Tiglath-[pileser (I) ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | (No translation warranted) |
| Reverse [7:12] r 1''1''–r 5''5'' | ... [...] storeroom [...] for number [...] and may he receive his prayer [...] Eḫursagkurkurra [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 6''6''–r 6''6'' | Month of ..., [...th day, eponymy of ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {m}SU-{d}IŠKUR LUGAL ⸢KIŠ⸣ [MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš-šur] | |
| 2 | MAN kul₂-lat kib-rat 4 bi-⸢bil₂⸣ [lib₃-bi aš-šur SANGA-u₂] | |
| 3 | el-lu ti-ri-iṣ qa-at {d}MAŠ [(MAN) ni-iš] | |
| 4 | IGI.MEŠ {d}BAD eṭ-lu qar-[du mu-la-iṭ] | |
| 5 | la ma-gi-⸢ri mu⸣-pa-ri-[ru KI.ṢIR.MEŠ mu-ul-tar-hi] | |
| 6 | giš-gi-nu-⸢u₂ dan⸣-nu ša x [...] | |
| 7 | al-ṭu-te ⸢ša⸣ a-⸢na⸣ ti-ib [ME₃-šu₂ dan-ni] | |
| 8 | UB.MEŠ ⸢ul-ta-nap⸣-ša-qa [i-hi-il-lu] | |
| 9 | hur-ša-⸢ni⸣ u₃ al-ṭu-te [KUR₂.MEŠ-šu ki-ma {giš}GI.MEŠ] | |
| 10 | me₂-he-e zi-qi-qiš [um-mi mu-šap-ri-id] | |
| 11 | la ka-ni-⸢še mu-ne₂-er⸣ [a-ia-bi-šu] | |
| 12 | {⸢d}e₂⸣-a {d}x x [...] | |
| 13 | [...] x [...] | |
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | a-ga-ša₂ x [...] | |
| 3' | KUR.KUR.MEŠ i-[...] | |
| 4' | šuk-nu-še ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | DUMU aš-šur-EN-[ka-la ...] | |
| 6' | DUMU GISKIM-⸢ti⸣-[A-e₂-šar₂-ra ...] | |
| 7' | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | E₂ [...] | |
| 3' | ša x [...] | |
| 4' | bur-[...] | |
| 5' | ŠID-x-[...] | |
| 6' | lu ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | x [...] | |
| 1'' | x ⸢ba⸣ [...] | |
| 2'' | ka-lak-ku x [...] | |
| 3'' | a-na me-nu-te x [...] | |
| 4'' | u lim-hur-šu ⸢i-na⸣ [...] | |
| 5'' | e₂-hur-sag-kur-kur-⸢ra⸣ [...] | |
| 6'' | {⸢iti⸣}[x] x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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