Šamaš-reša-uṣur 3 (Q006208)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sur Jureh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Šamaš-reša-uṣur 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006208 |
| Museum no. | IM 124193 |
| 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 so]n of Iqīša-Marduk, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari), son of Uayyāmu, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... son of A]dad-nādin-zēri, ditto (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari); Adad-nādin-zēri was the son of Kudurru, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... son of Ḫ]ammu-rāpi, king of Babylon. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [My ancestors are numerous; (...) I have] not [written down] their name(s) [from ... to] Kudurru. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [I, Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, ... the to]wn Imgur-Enlil, the town [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] of his [land] which with lapis lazuli ... |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] I made greater [tha]n my forefathers. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] the gods [Ma]dānu (and) Rammānu, the great gods, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [(...)] I settled them in a pleasant ab[ode inside my town Āl-gabbā]ri-bānî. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] ... house of the great gods |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] I built a town in the steppe for Āl-gabbāri-bānî and |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] for the god Adad, during my days the god Adad |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [... I named it] Dūr-Šamaš-rēša-u[ṣur]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... the stat]ues in their places |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... may he insc]ribe and like my own name |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] he should not be [negligent about the gods in] my [pal]aces. Ten qû of flour |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] of my land, I, whatever I say |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [is true ...] he should pres[ent] one sūtu of flour to me. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] that (man), (if) no one can read (this inscription) out loud to him, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [(...) should ask the elders of his land]: “Is it true that Šamaš-rēša-uṣur, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari], accomplished [the]se [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 | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}BA-ša₂-{d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ MIN DUMU {m}U₂-A-⸢A-MU⸣ | |
| 2 | [... {m}{d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣-SUM-NUMUN MIN {m}{d}IŠKUR-⸢SUM⸣-NUMUN ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}NIG₂.⸢DU⸣ | |
| 3 | [... {m}ha]-am-mu-ra-pi₂ LUGAL TIN.⸢TIR⸣{ki} [(x)] | |
| 4 | [...] {m}NIG₂.DU MU-šu₂-nu ul [aš-ṭu-ur] | |
| 5 | [...] {⸢uru⸣}im-gur-{d}en-lil₂ URU x [x (x)] | |
| 6 | [... ma]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ [(x)] x E₂ x [x x (x)] | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢UGU ša₂⸣ AD.MEŠ-e-a ⸢mah⸣-ru-⸢tu u₂-ša₂⸣-tirₓ(DIR) | |
| 8 | [... {d]}⸢DI⸣.KUD {d}⸢ram⸣-ma-an-nu DINGIR.⸢MEŠ GAL⸣.MEŠ | |
| 9 | [... ina lib₃-bi URU-ia URU-gab-ba]-ri-DU₃ ⸢KI⸣.[TUŠ] ṭa-ab-ta u₂-šar-me-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 10 | [...] x GIŠ ME/⸢IGI⸣ [x] E₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na URU-⸢gab⸣-ba-ri-DU₃ ina EDIN URU DU₃-ma | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na {d}IŠKUR ina UD.MEŠ-ia {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 13 | [...] x {uru}⸢BAD₃⸣-{m}{d}UTU-⸢SAG-PAP⸣ [MU-šu₂ az]-⸢kur⸣ | |
| 14 | [...] x-⸢la-a⸣ ina ba-⸢la⸣-x [...] | |
| 15 | [...] NA ⸢TA/UŠ⸣ x [...] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢TI I⸣ [...] | |
| 17 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x TA KU DIŠ x [(x) x] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ALAM⸣.MEŠ ina ⸢aš₂⸣-ri-ši-na | |
| 4' | [... lil]-ṭur u ki-⸢i MU⸣ at-tu-u₂-a | |
| 5' | [... na-de-e a-hi DINGIR.MEŠ] x GAL.MEŠ-a-a <a>-a DU₃-⸢uš⸣ 10 SILA₃ ZI₃ [(x)] | |
| 6' | [...] x ša₂ KUR-ia ana-ku ⸢mim⸣-ma a-qab-bu-[u₂] | |
| 7' | [kit-tu-ma ...] x-i a-na ⸢ia⸣-a-šu₂ 1.(BAN₂) ZI₃.DA ⸢BA⸣-[iš₃] | |
| 8' | [...] x-ri šu₂-u₂ mam-ma ina IGI-šu₂ la i-ša₂-⸢si⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] x um-ma kit-tu-u₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}UTU-SAG-PAP | |
| 10' | [... dul-la-a-ti an]-⸢na⸣-ta i-pu-uš | |
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