Šamši-Adad IV 3 (Q006003)
Royal Inscription, Middle Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | Šamši-Adad IV 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006003 |
| 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' | [...] ... [... had become] dilapidated. Two (monumental) lions on right and left [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] 3'3'–4'4' | [When the ...] of the goddess Ištar, my mistress, becomes old and [dilapidated], may [a future prince] restore it. |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [As for the one who does not restore it], may [the gods Aššur and Ištar] overthrow [his sovereignty and destroy] his name and [his] seed [from his land]. |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [Month of ..., ...th day, eponymy of Š]amšī-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' | [...] x x [...] x | |
| 2' | [... e-na]-ah 2 UR.MAH.MEŠ ša ZAG u GUB₃ | |
| 3' | [...] x {d}iš₈-tar₂ NIN-ia u₂-šal-ba-ru-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] x a-na aš₂-ri-šu lu-ter x [x] | |
| 5' | [... LUGAL-su] ⸢lis⸣-ki-pu MU-šu u₃ NUMUN-[šu] | |
| 6' | [i-na KUR-šu lu-hal-li-qu {iti}... UD ... li-mu {m]}⸢šam⸣-ši-{d}IŠKUR MAN KUR [AŠ] |
Sources & licences
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