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Aššur-dan II 2 (Q006014)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAššur-dan II 2
IDQ006014
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotQalat Sherqat (Assur)
Coordinates35.4581, 43.2620

English translation

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

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Obverse [0:5] 1'1'–5'5'[had sold] all [their sons and daughters]; by the command [of Aššur, my lord, I took prisoners], I inflicted [upon them a] major [defeat], I carried off [their] booty, [possessions, property, herds, (and) flocks] and [brought them to my city Aššur ...]
Obverse [5:16] 6'6'–16'16'The land Uluzu ... [... which previously had paid tribute] to my forefather [... they captured] for themselves; [(...) by the command/with the support] of Aššur, my lord, [I mustered] chariots [(and) troops ... I inflicted] upon them a major defeat. I destroyed, ravaged, (and) [burnt (...) their cities]. I pursued [the remainder of their troops which had fled] from my weapons [from ...] to the city Ḫalḫa[lauš ... I inflicted upon them a major] defeat. [(...)] I carried off their booty (and) possessions [and the remainder of them] I uprooted (and) [settled] in [...]
Obverse [16:22] 17'17'–22'22'Kundibḫalê, [king of the land Katmuḫu, ... rebelled and] the tax (and) tribute for [Aššur, my lord, he withheld ...] lofty [...] of the gods Adad and [...] I mustered [...]

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)
1'kul₂-⸢la⸣-[at DUMU.MEŠ-šu-nu DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu-nu a-na KU₃.BABBAR.MEŠ BUR₂.MEŠ-u₂-ni]
2'i-na ⸢si⸣-[qir aš-šur EN-ia a-na hu-ub-ta-ni lu ah-tab-ta di-ik-ta-šu₂-nu]
3'ma-ʾa-[at-ta ...]
4'a-duk šal-[la-su-nu NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ-šu-nu NIG₂.GA-šu₂-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šu₂-nu UDU ṣe-ni.MEŠ-šu-nu]
5'aš₂-lu-ul-⸢ma⸣ [a-na URU-ia aš-šur ub-la ...]
6'{kur}u₂-lu-zu-x [...]
7'a-na a-bi-ia [...]
8'a-na ra-ma-ni-šu-[nu u₂-ṣab-bi-tu-u₂-ni (...) ina si-qir]
9'ša aš₂-šur EN-ia {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣.[MEŠ um-ma-na-te-šu-nu ad-ke ...]
10'di-ik-ta-šu-nu ⸢ma⸣-[ʾa-at-ta a-duk (...) URU.MEŠ-šu-nu]
11'ap-⸢pu⸣-ul aq-qur [i-na IZI.MEŠ aš₂-ru-pu ši-ta-at um-ma-na-te-šu-nu ša]
12'⸢iš-tu⸣ pa-an {⸢giš}TUKUL⸣.[MEŠ-ia ip-par₂-ši-du-u₂-ni iš-tu ...]
13'a-di {uru}hal-ha-[la-uš ... EGIR-šu-nu]
14'ar-te-di ⸢di-ik⸣-[ta-šu-nu ma-ʾa-at-ta a-duk (...)]
15'⸢šal⸣-la-a-su-nu ⸢NIG₂.ŠU⸣.[MEŠ-šu-nu] ⸢aš₂-lu⸣-[ul-ma si-ta-te-šu-nu]
16'as₃-su-ha i-na x [...]
17'{m}⸢ku⸣-un-da-ab-ha-le-⸢e⸣ [šar {kur}kat-mu-hi ...]
18'⸢GUN⸣ ma-da-tu a-na [...]
19'ṣi-ra-a-te i-na x [...]
20'⸢ša⸣ {d}IŠKUR ⸢u₃⸣ [...]
21'ad-ke [...]
22'x [...]

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