Šamaš-reša-uṣur 2 (Q006207)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sur Jureh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Šamaš-reša-uṣur 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006207 |
| Museum no. | IM 124199 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sur Jureh |
| Coordinates | 34.3113, 42.2056 |
English translation
By ORACC project suhu · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [I, Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, am the son of Iqīša-Marduk, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); Iqīš]a-Marduk was the son of Uayyāmu; Uayyāmu |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [was the son of ..., (ditto [governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari]); ... was the son of Adad-nādin-zēr]i, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); Adad-nādin-zēri was the son of Kudurru, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); one of an enduring lineage; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [distant descendant of Tunamissaḫ, son of Ḫamm]u-rāpi, king of Babylon. My ancestors are numerous; [(...)] I have not written down [their name(s) from ... to Kudurru]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | I, Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land [of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, ...] built a town and named it Āl-gabbāri-<bānî>. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] its [to]wer, which with bitumen and baked bricks |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] I made greater [than] my forefathers. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] the gods Madānu (and) Rammānu, the great gods, |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [(...) I settled them in] a pleasant abode [inside my town Āl-gabbār]i-bānî. [... Ā]l-gabbāri-bānî at the same time ... |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] ... facing |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] I named it [Nār/Kār/Dūr-Šamaš-rē]ša-uṣur. ... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] ... near ... Šamaš-rēša-uṣur |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] I named it [Dū]r-Šamaš-rēša-uṣur. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] my hands |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] I named it [Nār/Kār/Dūr-Šamaš-rē]ša-uṣur. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] I established there |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [... which] exists |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] the land of Sūḫu |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] Dūr-Šamaš-rēša-uṣur |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] ... the land Uqāya |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [...] my [...] I surrounded and |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [...] ... I est[abli]sh |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [...] Anyone in the future [who comes forward ...] they should read [this inscription] out loud to him [ ... that (man), (if)] no [one] can read (this inscription) out loud to him |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [(...)] should ask [(...) the eld]ers of his land: “[Is it] true [that Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of] Mari, [accomplished these] tasks?” |
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 | [...] x-a-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}U₂-A-A-MU {m}U₂-A-A-MU | |
| 2 | [... {m}{d}IŠKUR-SUM]-⸢NUMUN⸣ MIN {m}{d}IŠKUR-SUM-NUMUN DUMU {m}NIG₂.DU MIN NUMUN da-ru-u₂ | |
| 3 | [... {m}(ha)-am]-⸢mu⸣-ra-pu LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} ma-aʾ-du AD.MEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ul⸣ aš₂-ṭur ana-ku {m}{d}UTU-SAG-PAP {lu₂}GAR KUR | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢URU⸣ ab-ni-ma URU-gab-ba-ri-<DU₃> MU-šu₂ az-kur | |
| 6 | [... di]-ma-ti-šu₂ ša₂ ESIR.HI.A u a-gur-ru | |
| 7 | [... UGU ša] ⸢AD⸣.MEŠ-e-a mah-ru-u₂-tu u₂-ša₂-tirₓ(DIR) | |
| 8 | [... {d]}DI.KUD {d}ram-ma-nu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 9 | [... URU-gab-ba]-⸢ri⸣-DU₃ KI.TUŠ ṭa-ab-ti | |
| 10 | [u₂-šar-me-šu₂-nu-ti ...] ⸢URU-gab⸣-ba-ri-DU₃ 1-niš ⸢na⸣-šu₂-u | |
| 11 | [...] x A DA KU a-na tar-ṣu | |
| 12 | [... BAD₃-{m}{d}UTU]-⸢SAG⸣-PAP MU-šu₂ az-kur x-ri-is-su | |
| 13 | [...] x ša₂/a ṭa-hu x x {m}{d}UTU-SAG-PAP | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢ra⸣-a AŠ x x HU x AN | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢BAD₃⸣-{m}{d}UTU-SAG-PAP MU-šu₂ az-kur | |
| 16 | [...]-ṣir qa-te-ia | |
| 17 | [... BAD₃-{m}{d}UTU]-⸢SAG⸣-PAP MU-šu₂ ⸢az⸣-kur | |
| 18 | [...] x-šu₂ ina lib₃-bi aš₂-kun | |
| 19 | [...] i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 20 | [...] x {kur}su-hi | |
| 21 | [...] x ⸢BAD₃⸣-{m}{d}UTU-SAG-PAP | |
| 22 | [...] ŠA₃ TI ⸢LA I⸣ {kur}u₂-qa-a-a | |
| 23 | [...] x x GI TI | |
| 24 | [...]-ti-ia al-si-ma | |
| 25 | [...] x NU a-⸢šak-kan⸣ | |
| 26 | [...] x x [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x GAL x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] man-nu ar₂-ku-⸢u₂⸣ [x x (x)] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ina⸣ IGI-šu₂ lil-su-u₂ [(x x)] | |
| 4' | [... ina] IGI-šu₂ la i-ša₂-as-su-[u₂] | |
| 5' | [... ši-bu]-ut KUR-šu₂ liš-al um-ma kit-⸢tu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 6' | [... {kur]}ma-ri dul-la-a-ti | |
| 7' | [an-na-a-ti i-pu]-⸢uš⸣ | |
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