Adad-nerari II 4 (Q006023)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-nerari II 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006023 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [I am enormously radiant, I am a hero], I am a warrior, [I am a virile] lion, [I am foremost, I am exalted, I]; |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | Adad-nārārī, strong king, king of [Assyria, king of the four quarters, the one who defeats his enemies, I], the king capable in battle, overwhelmer [of cities, the one who scorches the mountains of (foreign) lands, I], the virile warrior, [the one who controls those opposed to him, who is inflamed against the evil] and the wicked, [I scorch] like the god Girru (fire god), [I overwhelm like the deluge, ...], I have no successful opponent; |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'–o 12'12' | [I am belligerent like a young bull], I strike [the wicked like] the fierce [dagger, I constantly blow like the onslaught of the wind, I] rage like the gale, I uproot (people) [like hair] of the skin, [I overpower like the net], I enclose [like the trap], at the mention of [my strong] name [the princes of the four quarters] sway like reeds in a storm, [at the onset of my campaign] their weapons [melt] as though in a furnace; |
| Obverse [12:20] o 13'13'–o 20'20' | valiant man who marched with the support of the god Aššur, [his lord, from the other side of] the Lower [Zab], the district of the land of the Lullumu, the lands Ḫabḫu (and) [Zamua], as far as the passes of the land Namru and subdued the land of the extensive [Qumānu] as far as the lands Meḫru, [Salua, and Uraṭru]. I marched to [the land ...]. I made sacrifices before [the god(s) ...]. The remainder of the land [...] I felled with the sword (and) the booty [I brought to my city Aššur]. |
| Obverse [20:26] o 21'21'–o 26'26' | (Who) became lord over the entire land Katmuḫu [...]. Yet a fourth time I marched to the land [... the lands] Nairi [...] ... [...] tribute [...] |
| Obverse [26:53] o 27'27'– | (The remainder of the text is too broken for translation.) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] qar-ra-da-ku la-[ab-ba-ku ...] | |
| 2' | {[m]}{d}IŠKUR-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN dan-nu MAN ⸢KUR⸣ [aš-šur MAN kib-rat 4-i mu-ne₂-er a-ia-bi-šu a-na-ku] | |
| 3' | MAN le-ʾu-u₂ MURUB₄ sa-[pi-in URU.MEŠ mu-šah-me-ṭi₂ KUR-e ša KUR.MEŠ a-na-ku] | |
| 4' | zi-ka-ru qar-du [mu-la-iṭ aš₂-ṭu-te-šu₂ hi-it-muṭ rag-gi] | |
| 5' | u ṣe-ni ki-ma {d}{giš}BAR [a-ha-maṭ ki-ma a-bu-be a-sa-pan ...-ša-te] | |
| 6' | mu-ne₂-ha ul i-šu [ki-ma GU₄.AMAR da-pi-na-ku ki-ma GIR₂] | |
| 7' | šal-ba-be u₂-ra-ṣa-pa [ṣe-ni ki-ma ti-ib ša₂-a-ri ez-zi-qi] | |
| 8' | ki-ma an-hu-li šit-[mu-ra-ku ki-ma ...] | |
| 9' | ša₂ pa-a-ri u₂-na-sah [ki-ma šu-uš-kal-li a-sa-hap ki-ma hu-ha-ri] | |
| 10' | a-kat₃-tam a-na za-kar₃ šu-mi₃-[ia dan-ni ma-al-ki kib-rat 4-tim] | |
| 11' | ki-ma ⸢GI me⸣-he-e i-šu-⸢bu⸣ [a-na ṣa-bat ge-ri-ia] | |
| 12' | {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ki-ma ki-⸢iš⸣-[ki-te-e i-ṣu-du] | |
| 13' | eṭ-lu qar-du ša₂ i-na {giš}tukul-ti {d}a-šur [EN-šu iš-tu e-ber-tan {id₂}za-be]-šu-pa-⸢li⸣- | |
| 14' | i ši-di {kur}lu-lu-me-e {kur}hab-hi {kur}[za-mu-a] a-di ne₂-[ri-bi] | |
| 15' | ša₂ {kur}nam-ri il-⸢li⸣-ku-ma {kur}[qu-ma-ni-i] | |
| 16' | DAGAL.MEŠ a-di {kur}me-eh-ri {⸢kur⸣}[sa-lu-a u₃ {kur}u₂-raṭ-ri] | |
| 17' | a-na GIR₃.II.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-šek₂-niš ⸢a⸣-[na {kur}...] | |
| 18' | lu a-lik {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ a-na pa-⸢an⸣ {[d}...] | |
| 19' | lu e-pu-uš si-ta-at {kur}[...] | |
| 20' | i-na {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ u₂-šam-qit ki-ši₂-⸢te⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | {kur}kat-mu-hi a-na paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ i-⸢pe⸣-[lu-ma ...] | |
| 22' | ⸢u₃⸣ 4-te-šu a-na {kur}x [...] | |
| 23' | {[kur}{kur]}na-i-ri lu a-⸢lik⸣ [...] | |
| 24' | [...] x.MEŠ-ia u₂-x [...] li-ṭi-[...] | |
| 25' | [...] x-da-at [...] | |
| 26' | [...] x x ma-da-⸢at⸣-[tu ...] | |
| 27' | dab₂-da {m}{⸢d⸣}[ša₂-maš-mu-SIG₅ ...] | |
| 28' | a x [...] | |
| 29' | {⸢uru⸣}[...] | |
| 30' | i-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 31' | a-[...] | |
| 32' | ma-[...] | |
| 33' | ⸢i-na⸣ [...] | |
| 34' | x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x x [x] x x [...] | |
| 2' | i-na x [...] | |
| 3' | li-x [...] | |
| 4' | iš-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | {⸢kur⸣}su-hi a-⸢di⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | BAD₅.BAD₅ [...] | |
| 7' | mar-⸢ši⸣-[su-(nu) ...] | |
| 8' | a-na {kur}ha-ni-⸢gal⸣-[bat ...] | |
| 9' | iš-tu {⸢uru⸣}[...] | |
| 10' | u₃ 7 [...] | |
| 11' | šap-ṣu-[ti ...] | |
| 12' | DAGAL-te x [...] | |
| 13' | ⸢ṣi⸣-im-⸢da⸣-[at ni-ri-i-šu₂ ...] | |
| 14' | {m}nu-ur-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | ma-a-di {giš}[...] | |
| 16' | a-na SAL LU [...] | |
| 17' | li-i-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | [x] x x x [...] | |
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