Shalmaneser IV 1 (Q006687)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kizkapanlı · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Shalmaneser IV 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006687 |
| Collection | Kahramanmaraş Museum, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kizkapanlı |
| Coordinates | 37.3750, 37.2931 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | Shalmaneser, strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the four quarters: |
| Obverse [3:10] 44–1010 | When Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, marched to Damascus, the tribute of Ḫadayyāni, the Damascene — silver, gold, copper, his royal bed, his royal couch, his daughter with her extensive dowry, the property of his palace without number — I received from him (Ḫadayyāni). |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | On my return (from Damascus) I gave this boundary stone to Uspilulume, king of the Kummuḫites. |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | Whoever (dares) to take (it) away from the possession of Ušpilulume, his sons, his grandsons: |
| Obverse [14:19] 1515–1919 | may the gods Aššur, Marduk, Adad, Sîn, (and) Šamaš not stand (by him) at his lawsuit; may they not listen to his prayers; and may they quickly smash his country like a brick. May he no longer give advice to the king. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Taboo of Aššur, my god, (and) Sîn, who dwells in Ḫarrān. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KAL MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | A {m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 3 | A {m}šam-ši-10 MAN kib-<rat> LIMMU₂-ti | |
| 4 | {m}šam-ši-DINGIR {lu₂}tar-ta-nu | |
| 5 | ki-i a-na {kur}ANŠE-šu₂ i-lik-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | ma-da-tu₂ ša₂ {m}ha-di-a-ni {kur}ANŠE-šu₂-a-a | |
| 7 | KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI URUDU {giš}NA₂ MAN-ti-šu | |
| 8 | {giš}ne₂-mat-tu₂ MAN-ti-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS-su | |
| 9 | KI nu-du-ni-ša₂ ma-aʾ-di | |
| 10 | NIG₂.GA E₂.GAL-lim la ma-ni am-hur-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ina ta-a-a-ar₂-ti-ia ta-hu-mu šu₂-a-tu | |
| 12 | a-na {m}uš-pi-lu-lu-me MAN {uru}ku-mu-ha-a-a | |
| 13 | a-din man-nu ša₂ TA ŠU-at {m}uš-pi-lu-lu-me | |
| 14 | DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ e-ki-mu | |
| 15 | aš-šur {d}AMAR.UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}30 {d}UTU | |
| 16 | a-na di-ni-šu₂ lu la i-za-zu | |
| 17 | pi-ti up-ni-šu₂ la i-ša₂-me-u-šu₂ | |
| 18 | KUR-su ki-i SIG₄ lu-ša₂-⸢bi-ru⸣ ur-ru-uh | |
| 19 | mim-ma ina UGU MAN la i-ma-lik | |
| 20 | ik-kib aš-šur DINGIR-ia {d}30 a-šib {uru}KASKAL |
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