Aššur-dan II 3 (Q006015)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Aššur-dan II 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006015 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
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 | Aššur-dān, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (II), strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rabi (II) (who was) also strong king, king of the universe, (and) king of Assyria: |
| Obverse [4:13] 55–1313 | When this Craftsman’s Gate — which previously Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku (who was) also vice-regent of Aššur, a prince who preceded me, had made — (when) this gate became dilapidated, I removed its weakened (portions), delineated its area, (and) dug out its foundation pit. I rebuilt (and) completed it from top to bottom. I decorated it better than before. Then I made capitals (and) ... (and) decorated the top of the gate of my city (with them). |
| Obverse [13:19] 1414–1919 | In future days, in days to come, when the Craftsman's Gate becomes old and dilapidated, may a later prince restore its weakened (portions and) return my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the gods Aššur, Adad, Sîn, Šamaš, (and) Ištar, the great gods, will listen to his prayers. |
| Obverse [19:21] 2020–2121 | Month of Tišri, first day, eponymy of Ubrutu, son of Nazi-Maruttaš. |
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}aš-šur-KAL-an MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | DUMU {giš}tukul-ti-A-e₂-šar₂-ra MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 3 | DUMU aš-šur-SAG-i-ši MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 4 | DUMU aš-šur-GAL MAN dan-nu MAN KIŠ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 5 | e-nu-ma KA₂.GAL-TIBIRA šu-a-tu | |
| 6 | ša i-na pa-an {m}{giš}tukul-ti-A-e₂-šar₂-ra ŠID aš-šur | |
| 7 | DUMU aš-šur-SAG-i-ši ŠID aš-šur DUMU mu-tak₃-kil-{d}nusku ŠID aš-⸢šur⸣-[ma] | |
| 8 | NUN-u₂ a-lik pa-ni-ia e-pu-uš KA₂.GAL šu-a-tu | |
| 9 | e-na-hu-ma an-hu-su u₂-ne₂-kir₆ | |
| 10 | a-šer₃-ša u₂-me-si dan-na-sa ak-šu-da | |
| 11 | iš-tu uš-še-ša a-di gaba-dib-bi-ša ar-ṣip | |
| 12 | u₂-šek₂-lil UGU mah-ri-te u₂-si-me i-na u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 13 | {dug}qu-maš-a-tu {dug}sa-ak-ki e-pu-šu i-na SAG KA₂.GAL URU-ia | |
| 14 | u₂-si-me a-na EGIR u₄-me a-na u₄-um ṣa-a-tu | |
| 15 | e-nu-ma KA₂.GAL-TIBIRA u₂-šal-ba-ru-ma | |
| 16 | e-na-hu NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ an-hu-sa | |
| 17 | lu-ud-diš MU šaṭ-ra a-na aš₂-ri-šu lu-te-er | |
| 18 | aš-šur {d}IŠKUR {d}30 u₂ {d}UTU {d}iš-tar DINGIR.MEŠ GAL-te | |
| 19 | ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-mu-u₂ | |
| 20 | {iti}DU₆ UD.1.KAM₂ li-mu | |
| 21 | {m}ub-ru-tu DUMU na-zi-muru-taš₂ |
Sources & licences
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