Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 13 (Q006223)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sur Jureh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006223 |
| Museum no. | IM 124882 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1'1'–o 10'10' | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | I built [a town] there and named [it Dūr-Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur. I settled] people [in it (and)] stationed [mounted soldiers] in it. [This (town) is the] open [eyes] of the land of Sū[ḫu for the sake of the security of the land of Sūḫu]. No [one in the future] who comes forward should ne[glect this town] (or) ex[pel] the in[habitants whom] I settled [in this town. They should (continue to) guard (this town)] against the [enemy for the sake of the security] of the land of Sū[ḫu]. ... [...] |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | x x x x x x ME [...] | |
| 3' | x x (x) [(x)] x x KUR [...] | |
| 4' | DIN x ⸢UL⸣ BI x x [...] | |
| 5' | x x x x BE [...] | |
| 6' | x x BA {kur}⸢ma-ri⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | x x RI ⸢ŠI⸣ x [...] | |
| 8' | x [(x)] x [(x)] x [...] | |
| 9' | x x BE x x [...] | |
| 10' | x x x (x) [x (x)] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [(x)] x ina muh-hi DU₃-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢az-kur⸣ LU₂ aš₂-bu-ti [...] | |
| 3 | ina lib₃-bi u₂-ša₂-az-ziz [...] | |
| 4 | pe-ti-ti ša₂ {kur}su-[hi ...] | |
| 5 | ša₂ ⸢E₁₁⸣-ma ⸢a⸣-na ⸢na⸣-[de-e ...] | |
| 6 | ⸢la i-raš⸣-ši ⸢LU₂ aš₂⸣-[bu-ti ...] | |
| 7 | u₂-še-šib a-a u₂-⸢nak⸣-[kir₃-šu₂-nu-ti ...] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {kur}su-[hi] la-pa-an {lu₂}[KUR₂ ...] | |
| 9 | x x x x x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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