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Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 07 (Q006217)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sur Jureh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationNinurta-kudurri-uṣur 07
IDQ006217
Museum no.IM 124880
CollectionIraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotSur Jureh
Coordinates34.3113, 42.2056

English translation

By ORACC project suhu · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:11] o 1'1'–o 11'11'[...] ... [(Although) they wou]nded [thirty-eight men from among my forces], not one [person among] them (my forces) fell [dead in the steppe]. I fell [upon] them (the enemy) like a [bla]zing fire and put one thousand six hundred [and sixteen of] their [men] to the sword. Moreover, I removed the arms (and) lower lips [of eighty of] their men and let them go free [to] (spread the news of my) glory. From [the well Ma]kiru as far as the well Gallabu and [the well Sur]ibu, I defeated (and) annihilated them. I b[ro]ke up [their] numerous [auxiliary troops] <and> [split up their military contingents (...)] ... [...]
Reverse [0:8] r 1'1'–r 8'8'[The palace of Enamḫe-zēra-ibni, governor of the land of Sūḫu (and the land of Mari), (which is located in) the district of the city Raʾil, which is in the middle of the Euphrates River], had become [old and I abandoned it. I built another palace above it]: 64 cubits [is its length (and) 12 1/2 cubits is] its [wid]th. [I made it] 20 cubits [longer and 4 cubits wider than the palace of Enamḫe-zēra]-ibni. [I built (even) anoth]er palace [above it on top of an embankment; I made it] 45 cubits [long (and) 9 cubits wide. ...] ...

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[...] x [...] x x
2'[... u₂-mah]-⸢hi-ṣu⸣ a-a-⸢um⸣-[ma ina lib₃-bi]-šu₂-nu
3'{[lu₂}UŠ₂-šu₂ ina EDIN] ul ⸢im-qut⸣ GIM {d}⸢GIBIL₆⸣ [mut]-⸢tan⸣-pi-hu
4'[ana lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu an-qu-ut-ma 1 LIM 6 ME 16 ERIN₂].MEŠ
5'[ina lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu a-na pi-i GIR₂.AN.BAR aš₂-kun ⸢u₃⸣ [ša₂ 80 ERIN₂.MEŠ
6'[ina lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu kap-pi-šu₂-nu sa-ap-sa-pi-šu₂-nu aš₂-ši-ma
7'[ana] ⸢da⸣-li-li un-daš₂-šir₃-šu₂-nu-ti ul-tu muh-hi
8'{[pu₂}ma]-ki-ri a-di {pu₂}gal-la-bu u₃ a-di muh-hi
9'{[pu₂}su]-⸢ri-bu⸣ BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂-nu GAR-un ka-mar-šu₂-nu ⸢SIG₃-aṣ⸣
10'[ILLAT-su-nu] ⸢ka⸣-bit-ti ⸢ap-ṭur⸣-<ma> ⸢u₂⸣-[par-ri-ir]
11'[...] x x [...]
r
1'[...] x x [(x)]
2'[... la-ba]-⸢riš⸣ DU [x] x
3'[...] x x 64 ina 1.KUŠ₃
4'[... ru-pu]-⸢us⸣-su
5'[... {m}e₂-nam-he₂-NUMUN]-DU₃ 20 ina 1.KUŠ₃
6'[... ša₂-ni]-tu₄ ⸢E₂.GAL⸣
7'[... e-pu-uš]-⸢ma 45 ina 1.KUŠ₃
8'[...] x NA [(x)]

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