Šamši-Adad IV 2 (Q006002)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad IV 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006002 |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | [Šamšī]-Adad, strong king, [king of the universe, king of Assyria ...], chosen of Aššur and [Šamaš, ...] beloved of the gods, [...], his [lords]; son of Tiglath-pileser (I) [...]: |
| Obverse [4:10] 55–1010 | [The ... of Išta]r of Nineveh, my mistress, which [... had previously restored] had again become dilapidated and [... rebuilt it and again] it had become dilapidated. Now its terrace [...] I built anew (and) finished (it) [...] ... [...] |
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 KAL [MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur] | |
| 2 | [...] ni-šit ⸢aš⸣-šur ⸢u₃⸣ {[d}UTU ...] | |
| 3 | [...] x-nu AGA₂-am {d}[...] | |
| 4 | [...].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu DUMU GISKIM-A-e₂-šar₂-[ra ...] | |
| 5 | [... {d}iš₈]-⸢tar₂⸣ {uru}ni-nu-a NIN-ia ša {m}[...] | |
| 6 | [...] x-u₂ i-tur₂ e-na-ah-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] x e-na-ah-ma u₃ tam-la-šu x [...] | |
| 8 | [... a-na eš]-⸢šu⸣-ut-te ar-ṣip u₂-⸢šek₂⸣-lil ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ŠAM₃ 3-at ra ka ni ša ut x [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x x x x x ⸢ia al⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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