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eCUT A 05-010 (Q006908)
Royal stone inscription, 9th/8th century, Taštepe · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | eCUT A 05-010 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006908 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, Great Britain |
| Language | Urartian |
| Period | 9th/8th century · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal stone inscription |
| Find spot | Taštepe |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}hal-di-ni-ni [uš-ma-ši-ni] | by the command of Ḫaldi |
| 2 | {m}mi₃-nu-a-še {m}iš-pu-[i-ni-hi-ni-še] | Minua and Isvpuini |
| 3 | i-ni E₂.⸢GAL-ni za⸣-[du-u₂-ni] | he built this fortress to perfection. |
| 4 | {uru}me-eš₁₅-ta-ha-⸢li⸣-[e KUR-ni-a/e] | the city Mesvtaḫa-elî, his land |
| 5 | ha-u-ni e-di-ni {kur}ma-[na-ni KUR-ni] | He conquered the land Mana, his land |
| 6 | a-šu₂-ni iš-ti-ni {[lu₂}ir-di{meš]} | As for him, with us, the birdi priests |
| 7 | a-šu₂-ni {lu₂}ERIN₂ GIR₃{meš} [PIT-HAL-LU]{meš} | As for me, the troops of the šēpi guardsmen |
| 8 | u₂-lu-uš-ta-i-bi {[d}hal-di-ni] | the god Ḫaldi |
| 9 | {[m}mi₃]-⸢nu⸣-u₂-a-⸢še⸣ [a-li-e] | Mīnu-eua-eše |
| 10 | [ha]-⸢u₂⸣-[bi] {kur}ma-na-⸢a⸣-[ni KUR-ni] | he conquered the land Manaea. |
| 11 | [e]-di-⸢i⸣-ni te-e-[ru-u₂-bi] | when he entered, |
| 12 | {[d]}hal-⸢di-i⸣ pu-lu-si [iš-ti-ni] | Ḫalaidi took the responsibility for it. |
| 13 | {[d]}hal-di-ni-ni al-su-⸢i⸣-[ši-ni] | Through the greatness of the god Ḫaldi |
| 14 | {[m}mi₃]-nu-u₂-[a]-⸢ni⸣ [MAN] DAN-NU | Minua, strong king |
| 15 | [a-lu]-si {⸢uru⸣}ṭu-uš-pa-a URU | the lord of the city E-e-ṭušpâ |
| 16 | {[m}mi₃-nu]-a-še ⸢a-li⸣ a-lu-še | Minuaše, the lord of the Ea, |
| 17 | i-ni [DUB-te pi-tu₂-li]-i-e | This is a sealed document. |
| 18 | a-⸢lu⸣-[še u₂-li i-ni-li du]-⸢li⸣-i-⸢e⸣ | “Alas, I want to say a lament to you, O Lamaštu! |
| 19 | tu₂-ri-[ni-ni {d}hal-di-še {d}IM-še] {d}[UTU] | may Ḫaldi, Adad, Šamaš |
| 20 | ma-a-[ni {d}UTU-ni] pi-i-ni | his name is Šamaš, his mouth |
| 21 | mi₃-i [ar-hi u₂]-ru-li-a-ni | What has he done wrong? |
| 22 | mi₃-[i i-na-i-ni mi₃-i na-a]-ra-a | Why, why did he not ...? |
| 23 | a-[u₂-i-e u₂-lu-u₂-li-e] | the aue, the ululi |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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