Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 05 (Q006215)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sur Jureh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006215 |
| Museum no. | IM 124200 |
| 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 Column i [0:16] i 1'1'–i 16'16' | as an honest man [... into my hands] deliver them up! [...] The god Apla-Adad, the great lord [...] and to the god Marduk, the gr[eat] lord [... of heaven] and earth they will go [...] to the well Makiru [... he ap]proached me and at the well M[akiru ... they de]ployed, but I, Ninurta-kudurrī-[uṣur, (governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari) (the chosen one) whom] the gods Šamaš and Marduk, Adad and Apla-[Adad ...] ... I [went] to his aid [...] I set behind me and in [...] I went out before them. [I became furious] with the [... and (...)] I became angry. Like a mighty lion I roared a[gainst ... I brought about] a cloud-burst over [them and] from my chariot I blew [them away] (lit. “washed [them away]”) like chaff. Arrows [quivered] like locusts over [my] forces. |
| Obverse Column iv [0:6] iv 1iv 1–iv 66 | they brought up. The Assyrian took the city Anat neit[her by force nor by battle]; (rather) the men — the citizens of the ci[ty themselves] — gave (it) [to the Assyrian]. Afterwards, the Assyrian [exiled them and] scattered t[hem] over (all) the lands. He turned [the houses] on (both) the landside and the hillside of the city Anat [into heaps of ruins]. Then the Assyrian settled [his own] men [in the city Anat]. |
| Obverse Column iv [6:17] iv 77–iv 1717 | From (the time of) T[abnēa, Iqīša-Marduk], and Nasḫir-Adad — three governors (in all) — [for fifty years, the city Anat] was (under the control) of the Assyrian, (and also) for three yea[rs, in the days of Šamaš-rēša-uṣur], the governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, [my] fat[her, bef]ore I ascended [the throne] of my father. When the gods Ad[ad and Apla-Adad] set [...], the city Anat [returned (its allegiance) to my father]. After four years, during which the city [Anat prospered], when [my father di]ed (lit. “[went] to his fate”), I ascended [the throne of] my [fat]her. [The regular offerings, offerings (...) and fe]stivals of [the god Adad ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | ki-i ki-nim x [...] | |
| 2' | mul-li-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | {d}A-{d}IŠKUR EN GAL [...] | |
| 4' | u a-na {d}AMAR.UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | u₃ KI-tim il-la-⸢ku⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | a-⸢na⸣ {pu₂}ma-ki-ri x [...] | |
| 7' | [im]-hur-in-ni-ma ⸢ina⸣ UGU {pu₂}⸢ma⸣-[ki-ri ...] | |
| 8' | ⸢is⸣-di-ru-ma ana-ku {m}{d}MAŠ-NIG₂.⸢DU⸣-[PAP ...] | |
| 9' | [ša₂] {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU {d}IŠKUR u {d}A-{⸢d⸣}[IŠKUR ...] | |
| 10' | [x (x)] ⸢ha⸣-di-tim a-na re-ṣi-šu₂ ⸢al⸣-[lik ...] | |
| 11' | a-⸢na⸣ ar₂-ki-ia aš₂-kun-ma u₃ ina x [...] | |
| 12' | a-na pa-ni-šu₂-nu u₂-ṣi-ma UGU LU₂ x [... e-ziz-ma (...)] | |
| 13' | a-gu-ug-ma ki-ma UR.MAH dan-nu ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | aš₂-gu-ug-ma IM.DIRI ri-ih-ṣi muh-hi-[šu₂-nu aš₂-kun-ma] | |
| 15' | ina {giš}GIGIR-ia ki-ma ha-mi ŠE.BAR ar-⸢hi⸣-[is-su-nu-ti] | |
| 16' | šil-ta-hu ki-ma e-re-bu UGU {lu₂}KARAŠ-[ia i-šub-bu] | |
| iv | ||
| 1 | ul-te-lu-u₂-nu {lu₂}aš-šur{ki}a-a ⸢ul⸣ [ina da-na-nu ul ina ṣal-ta] | |
| 2 | {uru}an-at iṣ-bat ERIN₂.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ ⸢URU⸣ [ra-man-šu₂-nu a-na {lu₂}aš-šur{ki}a-a] | |
| 3 | it-tan-nu ar₂-ka-a-nu {lu₂}aš-šur{ki}a-[a u₂-šag-li-šu-nu-ti-ma] | |
| 4 | pi-rik KUR.KUR.MEŠ u₂-sap-pi-ih-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu-ti E₂.MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ša₂ A₂ KUR u A₂ KUR-i ša₂ {uru}an-at [a-na DU₆ u₃ kar-mi] | |
| 6 | ut-tir u₃ {lu₂}aš-šur{ki}a-a ERIN₂.MEŠ ša₂ [ram-ni-šu₂ ina {uru}an-at] | |
| 7 | ul-te-še-bu ⸢ul-tu⸣ muh-hi {m}⸢tab⸣-[ne₂-e-a {m}BA-ša₂-{d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 8 | u₃ {m}NIGIN-ir-{d}IŠKUR 3 {lu₂}GAR.⸢KUR⸣.[MEŠ {lu₂}GAR.⸢KUR⸣.[MEŠ 50 MU.AN.NA.MEŠ {uru}an-at] | |
| 9 | ša₂ {lu₂}aš-šur{ki}a-a 3 MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA.MEŠ i-na UD.MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SAG-PAP] | |
| 10 | {lu₂}GAR {kur}su-hi u {kur}ma-ri ⸢AD⸣-[ia a-di ina GIŠ.GU.ZA] | |
| 11 | AD-ia la uš-ša₂-bu {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [u {d}A-{d}IŠKUR ...] | |
| 12 | ki-i iš-ku-nu {uru}an-⸢at⸣ [a-na AD-ia it-tu-ru] | |
| 13 | ina 4 MU.AN.NA.MEŠ ša₂ {⸢uru⸣}an-[at i-ša-ru AD-ia] | |
| 14 | a-na NAM.MEŠ-šu₂ ki-i [il-li-ku a-na-ku ina GIŠ.GU.ZA] | |
| 15 | ⸢AD⸣-ia u₂-šib [gi-na-ne₂-e u₃ SISKUR.(SISKUR).MEŠ (...)] | |
| 16 | [u i-sin]-na-a-ti ša₂ {[d}IŠKUR ...] | |
| 17 | [x x x (x x)] x [...] | |
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