Šamši-Adad IV 1 (Q006001)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad IV 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006001 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Šamšī-Adad, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I) (who was) also king of the universe (and) king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | At that time the towers [of the temple of] the Assyrian [Ištar], my mistress, which a prince who preceded me [had built, had become dilapidated (and)] I entirely rebuilt them. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | I inscribed monumental inscriptions and clay cones (and) [deposited] (them) therein. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [Month of ...], eighth day, eponymy of [Šamšī-Adad, king of] Assyria. |
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 | {m}šam-ši-{d}IŠKUR MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | DUMU {giš}tukul-ti-IBILA-e₂-šar₂-⸢ra⸣ MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 3 | DUMU aš-šur-SAG-i-ši MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 4 | e-nu-ma E₂ na-me-⸢ri⸣ [ša E₂ {d}iš₈-tar₂] aš₂-šu-ri-te NIN-ia | |
| 5 | ša NUN-u₂ a-lik pa-ni-ia [... a-na] si-⸢hir₂⸣-ti-šu ak-še-er | |
| 6 | {⸢na₄⸣}[NA.RU₂.A.MEŠ u₃] ⸢sik⸣-ka-te.MEŠ al-ṭu-ur i-na qer-bi-šu [aš₂-ku-un] | |
| 7 | {[iti}...] ⸢u₄⸣-me 8.KAM₂ li-mu {[m}šam-ši-{d}IŠKUR MAN KUR] aš-šur |
Sources & licences
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